This makes it possible to build the Debian packages without requiring
(pseudo-)root privileges, when the build drivers support this mode
of operation.
See-Also: /usr/share/doc/dpkg/rootless-builds.txt.gz
Signed-off-by: Guillem Jover <guillem@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/package/builddeb | 9 +++++++--
scripts/package/mkdebian | 1 +
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index b14abbe5afbb..d428c0945d4b 100755
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ if_enabled_echo() {
create_package() {
local pname="$1" pdir="$2"
+ local dpkg_deb_opts
mkdir -m 755 -p "$pdir/DEBIAN"
mkdir -p "$pdir/usr/share/doc/$pname"
@@ -36,14 +37,18 @@ create_package() {
| xargs -r0 md5sum > DEBIAN/md5sums"
# Fix ownership and permissions
- chown -R root:root "$pdir"
+ if [ "$DEB_RULES_REQUIRES_ROOT" = "no" ]; then
+ dpkg_deb_opts="--root-owner-group"
+ else
+ chown -R root:root "$pdir"
+ fi
chmod -R go-w "$pdir"
# in case we are in a restrictive umask environment like 0077
chmod -R a+rX "$pdir"
# Create the package
dpkg-gencontrol -p$pname -P"$pdir"
- dpkg-deb ${KDEB_COMPRESS:+-Z$KDEB_COMPRESS} --build "$pdir" ..
+ dpkg-deb $dpkg_deb_opts ${KDEB_COMPRESS:+-Z$KDEB_COMPRESS} --build "$pdir" ..
}
deploy_kernel_headers () {
diff --git a/scripts/package/mkdebian b/scripts/package/mkdebian
index dae6c0ec0bd6..b98c382f967a 100755
--- a/scripts/package/mkdebian
+++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ Source: $sourcename
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Maintainer: $maintainer
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
Build-Depends: bc, rsync, kmod, cpio, bison, flex | flex:native $extra_build_depends
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/
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