1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
index 8a80a563f0..b28413b8f5 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
@@ -173,6 +173,17 @@ install_tools() {
         install ${SDK_DEPLOY}/${BUILD_ARCH}-nativesdk-libc.tar.bz2 ${SDK_OUTPUT}/${SDKPATH}
 }
 
+# Since bitbake won't run as root it doesn't make sense to try and install
+# the extensible sdk as root.
+sdk_ext_preinst() {
+        if [ "`id -u`" = "0" ]; then
+                echo "ERROR: The extensible sdk cannot be installed as root."
+                exit 1
+        fi
+        SDK_EXTENSIBLE="1"
+}
+SDK_PRE_INSTALL_COMMAND_task-populate-sdk-ext = "${sdk_ext_preinst}"
+
 # FIXME this preparation should be done as part of the SDK construction
 sdk_ext_postinst() {
         printf "\nExtracting buildtools...\n"