2 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
index ea0b63e767..61b810c938 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
@@ -80,6 +80,22 @@ def exec_watch(cmd, **options):
 
     return buf, None
 
+def exec_fakeroot(d, cmd, **kwargs):
+    """Run a command under fakeroot (pseudo, in fact) so that it picks up the appropriate file permissions"""
+    # Grab the command and check it actually exists
+    fakerootcmd = d.getVar('FAKEROOTCMD', True)
+    if not os.path.exists(fakerootcmd):
+        logger.error('pseudo executable %s could not be found - have you run a build yet? pseudo-native should install this and if you have run any build then that should have been built')
+        return 2
+    # Set up the appropriate environment
+    newenv = dict(os.environ)
+    fakerootenv = d.getVar('FAKEROOTENV', True)
+    for varvalue in fakerootenv.split():
+        if '=' in varvalue:
+            splitval = varvalue.split('=', 1)
+            newenv[splitval[0]] = splitval[1]
+    return subprocess.call("%s %s" % (fakerootcmd, cmd), env=newenv, **kwargs)
+
 def setup_tinfoil():
     """Initialize tinfoil api from bitbake"""
     import scriptpath
diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/deploy.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/deploy.py
index ca74a8e51d..448db9637d 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/deploy.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/deploy.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
 import logging
-from devtool import exec_build_env_command, setup_tinfoil, DevtoolError
+from devtool import exec_fakeroot, setup_tinfoil, DevtoolError
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('devtool')
 
@@ -73,9 +73,13 @@ def deploy(args, config, basepath, workspace):
     extraoptions = ''
     if args.no_host_check:
         extraoptions += '-o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'
-    if not args.show_status:
+    if args.show_status:
+        tarextractopts = 'xv'
+    else:
+        tarextractopts = 'x'
         extraoptions += ' -q'
-    ret = subprocess.call('scp -r %s %s/* %s:%s' % (extraoptions, recipe_outdir, args.target, destdir), shell=True)
+    # We cannot use scp here, because it doesn't preserve symlinks
+    ret = exec_fakeroot(rd, 'tar cf - . | ssh %s %s \'tar %s -C %s -f -\'' % (extraoptions, args.target, tarextractopts, destdir), cwd=recipe_outdir, shell=True)
     if ret != 0:
         raise DevtoolError('Deploy failed - rerun with -s to get a complete '
                            'error message')