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-rw-r--r--buildstream/_platform/linux.py13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/buildstream/_platform/linux.py b/buildstream/_platform/linux.py
index 7af1a2283..2763259c8 100644
--- a/buildstream/_platform/linux.py
+++ b/buildstream/_platform/linux.py
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ class Linux(Platform):
self._gid = os.getegid()
self._die_with_parent_available = _site.check_bwrap_version(0, 1, 8)
- self._user_ns_available = self._check_user_ns_available()
+
+ if self._local_sandbox_available():
+ self._user_ns_available = self._check_user_ns_available()
+ else:
+ self._user_ns_available = False
def create_sandbox(self, *args, **kwargs):
# Inform the bubblewrap sandbox as to whether it can use user namespaces or not
@@ -58,8 +62,13 @@ class Linux(Platform):
################################################
# Private Methods #
################################################
- def _check_user_ns_available(self):
+ def _local_sandbox_available(self):
+ try:
+ return os.path.exists(utils.get_host_tool('bwrap')) and os.path.exists('/dev/fuse')
+ except utils.ProgramNotFoundError:
+ return False
+ def _check_user_ns_available(self):
# Here, lets check if bwrap is able to create user namespaces,
# issue a warning if it's not available, and save the state
# locally so that we can inform the sandbox to not try it