[Ltib] LTIB build errors (permission denied and too many levels of symbolic links)

[Stephens, Peter A.]

During build operations using LTIB I have a problem with permissions and
the number of levels of symbolic links.  It seems like LTIB wants a
portion of the commands to build the root file system to be run as the
root user, but this appears not to be happening.  Line 481 makes a call
to the function "mk_fs_image" defined in "Ltibutils.pm". I found out
that the "rm -..." commands were not being called as root.  Thank you in
advance for your inputs.

I am using Fedora 8 with ltib-mpc5121ads-20071210.

---------------------- The output from two subsequent runs is below
----------------------

Run 1: After a "./ltib -m distclean" and "sudo rm -rf ./rootfs.tmp/*",
and then running "./ltib --configure" I get:

   Processing deployment operations
   ==================================
   making filesystem image file
   staging directory is
/home/hzqmrk/proj/ltib-mpc5121ads-20071210/rootfs.tmp
   removing the boot directory and files
   rm: cannot remove
`/home/hzqmrk/proj/ltib-mpc5121ads-20071210/rootfs.tmp/boot/u-boot.bin':
Permission denied

   ...

   rm: cannot remove
`/home/hzqmrk/proj/ltib-mpc5121ads-20071210/rootfs.tmp/boot/linux.config
': Permission denied
   rm: cannot remove
`/home/hzqmrk/proj/ltib-mpc5121ads-20071210/rootfs.tmp/boot/mpc5121ads.d
tb': Permission denied
   Died at ./ltib line 481, <> line 360.

   Started: Tue Mar 11 17:15:09 2008
   Ended:   Tue Mar 11 17:36:22 2008
   Elapsed: 1273 seconds

   Build Failed

   Exiting on error or interrupt

Run 2: Running "./ltib --configure" a second time gives:

   Processing deployment operations
   ==================================
   making filesystem image file
   staging directory is
/home/hzqmrk/proj/ltib-mpc5121ads-20071210/rootfs.tmp
   rm: cannot remove
`/home/hzqmrk/proj/ltib-mpc5121ads-20071210/rootfs.tmp/bin/gzip': Too
many levels of symbolic links
   rm: cannot remove
`/home/hzqmrk/proj/ltib-mpc5121ads-20071210/rootfs.tmp/bin/df': Too many
levels of symbolic links

   ...

   rm: cannot remove
`/home/hzqmrk/proj/ltib-mpc5121ads-20071210/rootfs.tmp/bin/bash':
Permission denied
   rm: cannot remove
`/home/hzqmrk/proj/ltib-mpc5121ads-20071210/rootfs.tmp/bin/chgrp': Too
many levels of symbolic links

   ...

   rm: cannot remove
`/home/hzqmrk/proj/ltib-mpc5121ads-20071210/rootfs.tmp/usr/bin/patch':
Too many levels of symbolic links
   rm: cannot remove
`/home/hzqmrk/proj/ltib-mpc5121ads-20071210/rootfs.tmp/usr/bin/gst-feedb
ack': Permission denied

   ...

   rm: cannot remove
`/home/hzqmrk/proj/ltib-mpc5121ads-20071210/rootfs.tmp/boot/bootable_ker
nel': Too many levels of symbolic links
   rm: cannot remove
`/home/hzqmrk/proj/ltib-mpc5121ads-20071210/rootfs.tmp/boot/mpc5121ads.d
tb': Permission denied
   Died at ./ltib line 481, <> line 358.

   Started: Thu Mar 13 13:17:59 2008
   Ended:   Thu Mar 13 13:19:56 2008
   Elapsed: 117 seconds

   Build Failed

   Exiting on error or interrupt
 
 
Peter A. Stephens 
address@hidden
765-451-7074    


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