At present binman writes tools into the ~/bin directory. This is convenient but some may be concerned about downloading unverified binaries and running them. Place then in a special ~/.binman-tools directory instead.
Mention this in the documentation.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org ---
tools/binman/binman.rst | 2 ++ tools/binman/bintool.py | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/binman/binman.rst b/tools/binman/binman.rst index 2bcb7d3886f..29034da92f1 100644 --- a/tools/binman/binman.rst +++ b/tools/binman/binman.rst @@ -1407,6 +1407,8 @@ You can also use `--fetch all` to fetch all tools or `--fetch <tool>` to fetch a particular tool. Some tools are built from source code, in which case you will need to have at least the `build-essential` and `git` packages installed.
+Tools are fetched into the `~/.binman-tools` directory. + Bintool Documentation =====================
diff --git a/tools/binman/bintool.py b/tools/binman/bintool.py index 302161fcb47..6ca3d886200 100644 --- a/tools/binman/bintool.py +++ b/tools/binman/bintool.py @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class Bintool: missing_list = []
# Directory to store tools - tooldir = os.path.join(os.getenv('HOME'), 'bin') + tooldir = os.path.join(os.getenv('HOME'), '.binman-tools')
def __init__(self, name, desc, version_regex=None, version_args='-V'): self.name = name