[yocto] permissions when installing scripts

[Belisko Marek]

Hi Bas,

On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 8:45 PM Bas Mevissen <abuse at basmevissen.nl> wrote:
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>
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> cp -a or --preserve(=<something>) optionally combined with other options
> does the trick. However, using install is the better solution.
But -p will keep current user and not root used when installed in
final rootfs (also QA report warnings about host contamination).
I think I'll stick with install ;). Thanks.
>
>
> -- Bas.
>
> On 2018-10-15 14:35, Burton, Ross wrote:
> > As you've discovered, cp doesn't preserve permissions.  Using install
> > -m755 is the idiom.
> >
> > Ross
> > On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 11:12, Belisko Marek <marek.belisko at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have package which contains bunch of scripts (with +x flag for
> >> user). When installed in do_install method (simply by copying them to
> >> destination) they loose +x flag. I know copying directly is not best
> >> approach but there exists better way how to keep scripts permissions
> >> like in repo (except calling install -m 755 for all of them)? Thanks.
> >>
> >> BR,
> >>
> >> marek
> >>
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BR,

marek

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