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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Used to find files installed in sysroot which are not tracked by sstate manifest
+# Update BASE
+
+BASE="/OE/oe-core"
+TMPDIR="${BASE}/tmp-eglibc"
+
+OUTPUT=${BASE}/sysroot.cruft.`date "+%s"`
+WHITELIST="\/var\/pseudo\/*[^\/]*$ \/shlibs$ \.pyc$ \.pyo$"
+
+mkdir ${OUTPUT}
+find ${TMPDIR}/sstate-control -name \*.populate-sysroot\* -o -name \*.package\* | xargs cat | grep sysroots | \
+  sed 's#tcbootstrapusr#tcbootstrap/usr#g; s#/$##g; s#///*#/#g' | \
+  # work around for missing / in manifest for eglibc-initial, paths ending with / for directories and multiplied // (e.g. paths to native sysroot)
+  sort > ${OUTPUT}/master.list.all
+sort -u ${OUTPUT}/master.list.all > ${OUTPUT}/master.list # -u because some directories are listed for more recipes
+find ${TMPDIR}/sysroots/ | \
+  sort > ${OUTPUT}/sysroot.list
+
+diff ${OUTPUT}/master.list.all ${OUTPUT}/master.list > ${OUTPUT}/duplicates
+diff ${OUTPUT}/master.list ${OUTPUT}/sysroot.list > ${OUTPUT}/diff.all
+
+cp ${OUTPUT}/diff.all ${OUTPUT}/diff
+for item in ${WHITELIST}; do 
+  sed -i "/${item}/d" ${OUTPUT}/diff;
+done
+
+# too many false positives for directories
+# echo "Following files are installed in sysroot at least twice"
+# cat ${OUTPUT}/duplicates
+
+echo "Following files are installed in sysroot, but not tracked by sstate"
+cat ${OUTPUT}/diff