[OE-core] [jethro][PATCH v2] license.bbclass: fix host contamination warnings for license files

[Jagadeesh Krishnanjanappa]

>
>
> >>> WARNING: Could not copy license file
> >>>
> /data/poky-master/tmp/work/corei7-64-poky-linux/gmp/6.0.0-r0/gmp-6.0.0/COPYING.LESSERv3
> >>> to
> >>>
> /data/poky-master/tmp/work/corei7-64-poky-linux/gmp/6.0.0-r0/license-destdir/gmp/COPYING.LESSERv3:
> >>> [Errno 1] Operation not permitted:
> >>>
> '/data/poky-master/tmp/work/corei7-64-poky-linux/gmp/6.0.0-r0/license-destdir/gmp/COPYING.LESSERv3'
> >
> > The above warning comes up during do_populate_lic task, and this task
> > is not being executed in pseudo environment. So changing ownership of
> > license files to root user (explicitly via "0") fails, as normal user
> > doesn't have permissions to do so.
> >
> > In this case, use of os.getuid() and os.getgid() behaves correctly, by
> > giving normal user id and solving this warning. So this is one
> > advantage of using os.getuid() and os.getgid() over explicit "0".
>
> The real fix would be put this to run under pseudo, it seems.
>
>
Running populate_lic under pseudo will solve this warning. I will send v3,
if other members are fine with this solution.

Thanks,
Jagadeesh

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