[oe] Create dir with 700 permissions from recipe
Denys Dmytriyenko
denis at denix.org
Thu Aug 20 03:40:18 UTC 2009
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 02:19:12PM +0200, marcin at juszkiewicz.com.pl wrote:
> Dnia Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:58:25 +0200 napisales[as]:
>
> > > 1) never ever install something into $HOME
>
> > 1) Is there possibly something written why not to do that?
>
> Not every device has $HOME on same partition as / (for example most of
> Zaurus devices). And as those files ends in package what will happen if user
> will change file in $HOME and then package will overwrite it with other
> contents? What with users other then root?
>
> I know that in your situation most of those reasons are nothing to worry
> about but this is why we do not touch anything in $HOME.
This warning is only applicable to OE developers or distro maintainers.
Doesn't really apply to anyone doing own custom images...
--
Denys
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