From: "'Clara Kowalsky' via isar-users" <isar-users@googlegroups.com>
To: isar-users@googlegroups.com
Cc: Clara Kowalsky <clara.kowalsky@siemens.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] rootfs-add-files: use privileged execution helper for rootless builds
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:25:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261021112532.3824701-2-clara.kowalsky@siemens.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261021112532.3824701-1-clara.kowalsky@siemens.com>
rootfs_add_files uses host sudo to create directories and files.
In unshare mode, package installation runs as root in a user namespace,
where host-root ownership may not map to namespace root. Dpkg can then
fail to replace a rootfs file with:
Unable to create `<path>.dpkg-new`: Permission denied.
Use RUN_PRIVILEGED_CMD for rootfs operations and disable ownership
preservation when copying files in unshare mode.
Fixes: 4fedb1ae6f90 ("add support for fully rootless builds")
Signed-off-by: Clara Kowalsky <clara.kowalsky@siemens.com>
---
meta/classes-recipe/rootfs-add-files.bbclass | 15 +++++++++++----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs-add-files.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs-add-files.bbclass
index d33752f3..b21e282b 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs-add-files.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs-add-files.bbclass
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ ROOTFS_ADDITIONAL_FILES ??= ""
python rootfs_add_files() {
+ import shlex
+
+ cmd = shlex.split(d.getVar('RUN_PRIVILEGED_CMD'))
+ copy_args = ['-a']
+ if d.getVar('ISAR_CHROOT_MODE') == 'unshare':
+ copy_args.append('--no-preserve=ownership')
+
postprocess_additional_files = d.getVar('ROOTFS_ADDITIONAL_FILES').split()
rootfsdir = d.getVar("ROOTFSDIR")
@@ -24,18 +31,18 @@ python rootfs_add_files() {
destination = d.getVarFlag(additional_file_entry, "destination") or ""
source = d.getVarFlag(additional_file_entry, "source") or ""
if os.path.exists(f"{rootfsdir}/{destination}"):
- bb.process.run(["/usr/bin/rm", "-f", f"{rootfsdir}/{destination}"])
+ bb.process.run(cmd + ["/usr/bin/rm", "-f", f"{rootfsdir}/{destination}"])
dest_dir = os.path.dirname(destination)
- bb.process.run(["sudo", "-E", "/usr/bin/mkdir", "-p", f"{rootfsdir}/{dest_dir}" ])
+ bb.process.run(cmd + ["/usr/bin/mkdir", "-p", f"{rootfsdir}/{dest_dir}"])
# empty source creates only an empty destination file
if not source:
- bb.process.run(["sudo", "-E", "/usr/bin/touch", f"{rootfsdir}/{destination}" ])
+ bb.process.run(cmd + ["/usr/bin/touch", f"{rootfsdir}/{destination}"])
return
if not os.path.exists(f"{source}"):
bb.error(f"{source} does not exists and cannot be copied to the rootfs!")
# no recursive copy only single files
- bb.process.run(["sudo", "-E", "/usr/bin/cp", "-a", f"{source}", f"{rootfsdir}/{destination}" ])
+ bb.process.run(cmd + ["/usr/bin/cp"] + copy_args + [source, f"{rootfsdir}/{destination}"])
}
ROOTFS_INSTALL_COMMAND += "rootfs_add_files"
--
2.55.0
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2026-10-21 11:25 [PATCH 1/2] rootfs-add-files: correctly remove files in ROOTFSDIR 'Clara Kowalsky' via isar-users
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2026-10-21 11:54 ` [PATCH 2/2] rootfs-add-files: use privileged execution helper for rootless builds 'MOESSBAUER, Felix' via isar-users
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