1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/insane.bbclass b/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
index f2d2ca3689..bfaf2577d0 100644
--- a/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
@@ -50,6 +50,20 @@ ALL_QA = "${WARN_QA} ${ERROR_QA}"
 
 UNKNOWN_CONFIGURE_WHITELIST ?= "--enable-nls --disable-nls --disable-silent-rules --disable-dependency-tracking --with-libtool-sysroot --disable-static"
 
+# This is a list of directories that are expected to be empty.
+QA_EMPTY_DIRS ?= " \
+    /dev/pts \
+    /media \
+    /proc \
+    /run \
+    /tmp \
+    ${localstatedir}/run \
+"
+# It is possible to specify why a directory is expected to be empty by defining
+# QA_EMPTY_DIRS_RECOMMENDATION:<path>, which will then be included in the error
+# message if the directory is not empty. If it is not specified for a directory,
+# then "but it is expected to be empty" will be used.
+
 def package_qa_clean_path(path, d, pkg=None):
     """
     Remove redundant paths from the path for display.  If pkg isn't set then
@@ -917,6 +931,22 @@ def package_qa_check_unlisted_pkg_lics(package, d, messages):
                            "listed in LICENSE" % (package, ' '.join(unlisted)))
     return False
 
+QAPKGTEST[empty-dirs] = "package_qa_check_empty_dirs"
+def package_qa_check_empty_dirs(pkg, d, messages):
+    """
+    Check for the existence of files in directories that are expected to be
+    empty.
+    """
+
+    pkgd = oe.path.join(d.getVar('PKGDEST'), pkg)
+    for dir in (d.getVar('QA_EMPTY_DIRS') or "").split():
+        empty_dir = oe.path.join(pkgd, dir)
+        if os.path.exists(empty_dir) and os.listdir(empty_dir):
+            recommendation = (d.getVar('QA_EMPTY_DIRS_RECOMMENDATION:' + dir) or
+                              "but it is expected to be empty")
+            msg = "%s installs files in %s, %s" % (pkg, dir, recommendation)
+            oe.qa.add_message(messages, "empty-dirs", msg)
+
 def package_qa_check_encoding(keys, encode, d):
     def check_encoding(key, enc):
         sane = True