From: Rob Landley <r...@landley.net>

Teach INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID and INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID that -1 means "current user".

Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <r...@landley.net>
---

 scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh |    2 ++
 usr/Kconfig                   |   12 ++++--------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
index 17fa901..7666fa1 100755
--- a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
+++ b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
@@ -268,10 +268,12 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
        case "$arg" in
                "-u")   # map $1 to uid=0 (root)
                        root_uid="$1"
+                       [ "$root_uid" = "-1" ] && root_uid=$(id -u || echo 0)
                        shift
                        ;;
                "-g")   # map $1 to gid=0 (root)
                        root_gid="$1"
+                       [ "$root_gid" = "-1" ] && root_gid=$(id -g || echo 0)
                        shift
                        ;;
                "-d")   # display default initramfs list
diff --git a/usr/Kconfig b/usr/Kconfig
index 572dcf7..3b6ff16 100644
--- a/usr/Kconfig
+++ b/usr/Kconfig
@@ -26,10 +26,8 @@ config INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID
        depends on INITRAMFS_SOURCE!=""
        default "0"
        help
-         This setting is only meaningful if the INITRAMFS_SOURCE is
-         contains a directory.  Setting this user ID (UID) to something
-         other than "0" will cause all files owned by that UID to be
-         owned by user root in the initial ramdisk image.
+         If INITRAMFS_SOURCE points to a directory, files owned by this UID
+         (-1 = current user) will be owned by root in the resulting image.
 
          If you are not sure, leave it set to "0".
 
@@ -38,10 +36,8 @@ config INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID
        depends on INITRAMFS_SOURCE!=""
        default "0"
        help
-         This setting is only meaningful if the INITRAMFS_SOURCE is
-         contains a directory.  Setting this group ID (GID) to something
-         other than "0" will cause all files owned by that GID to be
-         owned by group root in the initial ramdisk image.
+         If INITRAMFS_SOURCE points to a directory, files owned by this GID
+         (-1 = current group) will be owned by root in the resulting image.
 
          If you are not sure, leave it set to "0".
 

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