From: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
To: "Yann E. MORIN via buildroot" <buildroot@buildroot.org>
Cc: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>,
Romain Naour <romain.naour@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH] docs/manual: add merged-bin details to customize rootfs
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 21:17:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87346jrooi.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251107214009.403006-1-yann.morin.1998@free.fr> (Yann E. MORIN via buildroot's message of "Fri, 7 Nov 2025 22:40:09 +0100")
>>>>> "Yann" == Yann E MORIN via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org> writes:
> As was done in dc7c6487cff0 (Makefile: check rootfs overlays with
> BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR enabled) to document how overlays should be
> set up for the merged-usr case, and following 428ac6fcc4c2 (system:
> add support for merged /usr/sbin (aka merged-bin), extend the
> documentation to explain how rootfs overlays should be set up for
> the merged-bin case.
> Reported-by: Romain Naour <romain.naour@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
> ---
> docs/manual/customize-rootfs.adoc | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.adoc b/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.adoc
> index d334093748..5d8bcba778 100644
> --- a/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.adoc
> +++ b/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.adoc
> @@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ When +BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR+ is enabled, then the overlay must not
> such a situation, should the overlay have any programs or libraries,
> they should be placed in '/usr/bin', '/usr/sbin' and '/usr/lib'.
> +
> +Additionally, when +BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_BIN+ is enabled, then the overlay
> + must not contain the '/usr/sbin' directory, as Buildroot will create
> + it as a symbolic link to '/usr/bin'. In such a situation, should the
> + overlay have any program, they should be placed in '/usr/bin'.
s/program/programs/. I will send a patch.
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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2025-11-07 21:40 [Buildroot] [PATCH] docs/manual: add merged-bin details to customize rootfs Yann E. MORIN via buildroot
2025-11-09 17:39 ` Julien Olivain via buildroot
2025-11-12 20:17 ` Peter Korsgaard [this message]
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