[yocto] Fwd: do_configure error

[Burton, Ross]

On 28 September 2017 at 05:51, Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 12:33 PM, Burton, Ross <ross.burton at intel.com>
> wrote:
> > On 23 September 2017 at 06:56, mohammed aqdam <mohammedaqdam at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> i'm getting the following error...
> >>
> >> root at pcz-ee207837-2:/u/my_poky/poky-2/poky/build# bitbake -k
> >> rpi-test-image
> >
> >   ^^^^
> >
> >>  configure: error: you should not run configure as root
> >
> > As it says, you're running as root.  I thought we bailed early if this
> > happened but obviously not.  Don't build as root, build as a normal user.
> >
>
> this should be added to sanity check I think
>

I thought it did, and I was right:

def check_sanity_everybuild(status, d):
    ...
    if 0 == os.getuid():
        raise_sanity_error("Do not use Bitbake as root.", d)

Either Mohammed's user is called root but doesn't have UID 0, or Mohammed
has disabled sanity.

Ross
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