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From: Ross Burton <Ross.Burton@arm.com>
To: Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
Cc: Changqing Li <changqing.li@eng.windriver.com>,
	"openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org"
	<openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org>
Subject: Re: [OE-core] [master][PATCH 2/2] rootfs-postcommands.bbclass: add post func remove_unused_dnf_log_lock
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2023 11:11:33 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <328B87A9-2B41-4B96-ACBE-C84E3575E1FC@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANNYZj-6GkQ-udC+Nd0zyQbwKtkfrr0hNKZ-AaMEUzgnTCNT1A@mail.gmail.com>

On 30 Jun 2023, at 16:07, Alexander Kanavin via lists.openembedded.org <alex.kanavin=gmail.com@lists.openembedded.org> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 30 Jun 2023 at 11:14, Changqing Li
> <changqing.li@eng.windriver.com> wrote:
>> Remove log_lock.pid which maybe created during do_rootfs. In commit
>> [dnf: only write the log lock to root for native dnf],
>> native dnf changed to write log lock to root, and target dnf still
>> use /var/log, so log_lock.pid need to be removed post do_rootfs.
> 
> This is not making clear why the file needs to be removed. What
> problems occur if it is left in place? Is it supposed to be added,
> then removed by dnf during do_rootfs, and if this doesn't happen, is
> that a problem with dnf that needs to be fixed, rather than removing
> the file manually after the fact?

Absolutely.  If the dnf image creation is leaving lock files then we fix the dnf image creation.  Does dnf leave a daemon hanging around? Does it leave lock files when it shouldn’t?  Either way, this should be in dnf or the image creation code itself, not a generic rootfs postcommand.

Ross

  reply	other threads:[~2023-07-04 11:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-06-30  9:14 [master][PATCH 1/2] dnf: only write the log lock to root for native dnf changqing.li
2023-06-30  9:14 ` [master][PATCH 2/2] rootfs-postcommands.bbclass: add post func remove_unused_dnf_log_lock changqing.li
2023-06-30 15:07   ` [OE-core] " Alexander Kanavin
2023-07-04 11:11     ` Ross Burton [this message]
2023-07-11  8:34       ` Changqing Li
2023-07-17 20:22         ` Alexander Kanavin
2023-12-05  5:46           ` Changqing Li
2023-12-05  9:55             ` Alexander Kanavin
2023-12-06  2:39               ` Changqing Li
2023-12-06  9:41                 ` Alexander Kanavin

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