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[v14,06/11] package.bbclass: add support for ACLs and xattr

Message ID 20231015145749.69995-6-p.lobacz@welotec.com
State New
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Series [v14,01/11] package.bbclass: override tar with tar-native | expand

Commit Message

Piotr Łobacz Oct. 15, 2023, 2:57 p.m. UTC 
Extend `tar` command, with additional parameters, depending
on choosen package class and target distro features, in order
to support ACLs and xattr.

Currently only `package_ipk` supports fully ACLs and xattr.

Signed-off-by: Piotr Łobacz <p.lobacz@welotec.com>
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 meta/classes-global/package.bbclass | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass
index 580884cd83..22af6552d7 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass
@@ -353,8 +353,13 @@  python perform_packagecopy () {
 
     # Start by package population by taking a copy of the installed
     # files to operate on
-    # Preserve sparse files and hard links
-    cmd = 'tar --exclude=./sysroot-only -cf - -C %s -p -S . | tar -xf - -C %s' % (dest, dvar)
+    # Preserve sparse files, hard links, ACLs and extended attributes
+    # TODO: for the moment only ipk packages are supporting ACLs and extended attributes
+    # we need to add support for other package systems as well, but that doesn't bother
+    # tar from creating archives with acl and/or xattr support
+    acl = bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'acl', '--acls', '', d)
+    xattr = bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'xattr', '--xattrs', '', d)
+    cmd = f'tar --format=posix {acl} {xattr} --numeric-owner --exclude=./sysroot-only -cf - -C {dest} -p -S . | tar --format=posix {acl} {xattr} -xf - -C {dvar}'
     subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
 
     # replace RPATHs for the nativesdk binaries, to make them relocatable