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[YOCTO #5436] Automatic selection of static uid/gid is needed for a dynamically generated passwd and group file to have a deterministic outcome. When a package is installed and instructs the system to add a new user or group, unless it selects a static uid/gid value, the next available uid/gid will be used. The order in which packages are installed is dynamically computed, and may change from one installation to the next. This results in a non-deterministic set of uid/gid values. Enabling this code by adding USERADDEXTENSION = "useradd-staticids", and adding a preconfigured passwd/group file will allow the continued dynamic generation of the rootfs passwd/group files, but will ensure a deterministic outcome. (Dynamic generation is desired so that users and groups that have no corresponding functionality are not present within the final system image.) The rewrite params function will override each of the fields in the useradd and groupadd calls with the values specified. Note, the password field is ignored as is the member groups field in the group file. If the field is empty, the value will not be overridden. (Note, there is no way to 'blank' a field, as this would only generally affect the 'comment' field and there really is no reason to blank it.) Enabling USERADD_ERROR_DYNAMIC will cause packages without static uid/gid to generate an error and be skipped for the purpose of building. This is used to prevent non-deterministic behavior. USERADD_UID_TABLES and USERADD_GID_TABLES may be used to specify the name of the passwd and group files. By default they are assumed to be 'files/passwd' and 'files/group'. Layers are searched in BBPATH order. (From OE-Core rev: 18c99dac52b746b88cd084eb4c2a2ef0329a6ff3) Signed-off-by: Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Poky
Poky is an integration of various components to form a complete prepackaged build system and development environment. It features support for building customised embedded device style images. There are reference demo images featuring a X11/Matchbox/GTK themed UI called Sato. The system supports cross-architecture application development using QEMU emulation and a standalone toolchain and SDK with IDE integration.
Additional information on the specifics of hardware that Poky supports is available in README.hardware. Further hardware support can easily be added in the form of layers which extend the systems capabilities in a modular way.
As an integration layer Poky consists of several upstream projects such as BitBake, OpenEmbedded-Core, Yocto documentation and various sources of information e.g. for the hardware support. Poky is in turn a component of the Yocto Project.
The Yocto Project has extensive documentation about the system including a reference manual which can be found at: http://yoctoproject.org/documentation
OpenEmbedded-Core is a layer containing the core metadata for current versions of OpenEmbedded. It is distro-less (can build a functional image with DISTRO = "nodistro") and contains only emulated machine support.
For information about OpenEmbedded, see the OpenEmbedded website: http://www.openembedded.org/
Where to Send Patches
As Poky is an integration repository, patches against the various components should be sent to their respective upstreams.
bitbake: bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org
meta-yocto: poky@yoctoproject.org
Most everything else should be sent to the OpenEmbedded Core mailing list. If in doubt, check the oe-core git repository for the content you intend to modify. Before sending, be sure the patches apply cleanly to the current oe-core git repository. openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
Note: The scripts directory should be treated with extra care as it is a mix of oe-core and poky-specific files.