1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bitbake/bin/bitbake b/bitbake/bin/bitbake
index d46c3dde3b..49efdf1eb0 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/bitbake
+++ b/bitbake/bin/bitbake
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ from bb import cookerdata
 __version__ = "1.25.0"
 logger = logging.getLogger("BitBake")
-# Python multiprocessing requires /dev/shm
+# Python multiprocessing requires /dev/shm on Linux
-if not os.access('/dev/shm', os.W_OK | os.X_OK):
+if sys.platform.startswith('linux') and not os.access('/dev/shm', os.W_OK | os.X_OK):
    sys.exit("FATAL: /dev/shm does not exist or is not writable")
 # Unbuffer stdout to avoid log truncation in the event

diff --git a/bitbake/bin/bitbake b/bitbake/bin/bitbake index d46c3dde3b..49efdf1eb0 100755 --- a/bitbake/bin/bitbake +++ b/bitbake/bin/bitbake
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ from bb import cookerdata
44	__version__ = "1.25.0"	44	__version__ = "1.25.0"
45	logger = logging.getLogger("BitBake")	45	logger = logging.getLogger("BitBake")
46		46
47	# Python multiprocessing requires /dev/shm	47	# Python multiprocessing requires /dev/shm on Linux
48	if not os.access('/dev/shm', os.W_OK \| os.X_OK):	48	if sys.platform.startswith('linux') and not os.access('/dev/shm', os.W_OK \| os.X_OK):
49	sys.exit("FATAL: /dev/shm does not exist or is not writable")	49	sys.exit("FATAL: /dev/shm does not exist or is not writable")
50		50
51	# Unbuffer stdout to avoid log truncation in the event	51	# Unbuffer stdout to avoid log truncation in the event