1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
index 16275b2ea5..01c5434f0d 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
@@ -710,6 +710,16 @@ def check_sanity_version_change(status, d):
         if i and workdir.startswith(i):
             status.addresult("You are building in a path included in PSEUDO_IGNORE_PATHS " + str(i) + " please locate the build outside this path.\n")
 
+    # Check if PSEUDO_IGNORE_PATHS and and paths under pseudo control overlap
+    pseudoignorepaths = d.getVar('PSEUDO_IGNORE_PATHS', expand=True).split(",")
+    pseudo_control_dir = "${D},${PKGD},${PKGDEST},${IMAGEROOTFS},${SDK_OUTPUT}"
+    pseudocontroldir = d.expand(pseudo_control_dir).split(",")
+    for i in pseudoignorepaths:
+        for j in pseudocontroldir:
+            if i and j:
+                if j.startswith(i):
+                    status.addresult("A path included in PSEUDO_IGNORE_PATHS " + str(i) + " and the path " + str(j) + " overlap and this will break pseudo permission and ownership tracking. Please set the path " + str(j) + " to a different directory which does not overlap with pseudo controlled directories. \n")
+
     # Some third-party software apparently relies on chmod etc. being suid root (!!)
     import stat
     suid_check_bins = "chown chmod mknod".split()