From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [81.255.54.16] (helo=mx.laposte.net) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Hdapu-00065A-6f for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:42:18 +0200 Received: from smtp.laposte.net (10.150.9.43) by mx.laposte.net (7.2.060.1) id 45FFE41400CACE34; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:42:17 +0200 Received: from smtpin.laposte.net (10.150.9.73) by smtp.laposte.net (7.3.118.6) id 46067A870260729A; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:42:17 +0200 Received: from [192.168.2.2] (86.201.55.132) by smtpin.laposte.net (7.2.060.1) (authenticated as c.romain) id 45FA4DAE0032E2E8; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:40:19 +0200 Message-ID: <4623FC06.9060009@laposte.net> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:43:18 +0200 From: cyril Romain User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070323) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions References: <1176760923.4623f25b913f9@dominion.kabel.utwente.nl> In-Reply-To: <1176760923.4623f25b913f9@dominion.kabel.utwente.nl> Cc: openembedded-devel@openembedded.org Subject: Re: Making /var/lib persistent X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:42:18 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Koen Kooi wrote: > Marcel Holtmann just pointed me to the fact that OE mount /var as tmpfs for > almost all machines, which wipes /var/lib at boot, which will break bluez and > dpkg. > > What would be the best way to preserve /var/lib (and maybe others) across boots? > I suggest the use of symlinks in /var/lib that point to a let's say /srv/ directory. thoses links will be created at boot time, e.g.: ln -s /srv/bitlbee/lib /var/lib/bitlbee Best regards, cyril