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From: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com>
To: Leonardo Sandoval <leonardo.sandoval.gonzalez@linux.intel.com>
Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] selftest/buildoptions: use a thinner image to test 'read-only-rootfs' feature
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 17:13:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1485965619.14889.2.camel@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c3a990d7-237d-e433-ae02-8bfe7214c162@linux.intel.com>

On Wed, 2017-02-01 at 09:02 -0600, Leonardo Sandoval wrote:
> 
> On 01/31/2017 05:16 PM, Richard Purdie wrote:
> > On Tue, 2017-01-31 at 16:50 -0600,
> > leonardo.sandoval.gonzalez@linux.intel.com wrote:
> >> From: Leonardo Sandoval <leonardo.sandoval.gonzalez@linux.intel.com>
> >> -        bitbake("core-image-sato")
> >> +        bitbake("core-image-minimal")
> >>           # do_image will fail if there are any pending postinsts
> > Whilst this is certainly going to be a touch faster, I believe we do
> > want to test read only rootfs with a larger image like sato to make
> > sure the postinsts really do work with a read only system?
> 
> I don't get it. What would make the test different using a larger image?

The postinst of each component installed into the image must work
properly in a read-only rootfs configuration. So the test is partly for
image creation, partly for the components, and thus more comprehensive
when using a larger image.

-- 
Best Regards, Patrick Ohly

The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although
I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way
represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak
on behalf of Intel on this matter.





  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-02-01 16:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-01-31 22:50 [PATCH 0/4] Some optimizations on top time selftest checks leonardo.sandoval.gonzalez
2017-01-31 22:50 ` [PATCH 1/4] selftest/buildoptions: use a thinner image to test 'read-only-rootfs' feature leonardo.sandoval.gonzalez
2017-01-31 23:16   ` Richard Purdie
2017-02-01 15:02     ` Leonardo Sandoval
2017-02-01 16:00       ` Richard Purdie
2017-02-01 16:13       ` Patrick Ohly [this message]
2017-02-02 12:40   ` Burton, Ross
2017-01-31 22:50 ` [PATCH 2/4] selftest/buildoptions: force compile task instead of cleaning sstates leonardo.sandoval.gonzalez
2017-01-31 23:16   ` Richard Purdie
2017-01-31 22:50 ` [PATCH 3/4] selftest/bbtests: use write_config instead of local.conf file leonardo.sandoval.gonzalez
2017-01-31 22:50 ` [PATCH 4/4] selftest/archiver: invalidate stamps instead of removing TMPDIR leonardo.sandoval.gonzalez

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