Re: Cross compiling user applications for armv7

Michał Kruszewski <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.arm
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> make installworld/kernel won’t work without root privileges because it would create an invalid ‘world’
> how would a setuid binary work after non-root install lets say passwd(1)

I have no idea.
However, embedded Linux build tools, for example Buildroot, are able to prepare valid target root files systems with valid permissions without requiring root privileges on the host machine.

Regards,
Michał
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