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On 02/04/2013 10:26 AM, Laurentiu Palcu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Re-generating applications' cache every time the system is rebooted is not a
> very efficient process for an embedded device. Usually, the cache directory is
> used by applications to store data resulting from time consmuming I/O or
> calculation. So, this patchset will take out /var/cache from tmpfs.

What if you have a READONLY rootfs? This patch will "break" those 
devices I think.


>
> Thanks,
> Laurentiu
>
> The following changes since commit 75f470cd18d693a9a96d9849291c2c8de4dcbeb8:
>
>    qt4: Add space for _appends (2013-02-01 22:49:47 +0000)
>
> are available in the git repository at:
>
>    git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky-contrib lpalcu/remove_cache_from_volatiles
>    http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky-contrib/log/?h=lpalcu/remove_cache_from_volatiles
>
> Laurentiu Palcu (5):
>    base-files: remove /var/cache from volatiles
>    fs-perms: remove /var/cache from volatiles
>    initscripts: remove /var/cache from volatiles
>    systemd: remove /var/cache from volatiles
>    rpm: remove /var/volatiles/cache/rpm from the FILEs list
>
>   meta/files/fs-perms.txt                            |    1 -
>   meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb  |    4 ++--
>   .../initscripts/initscripts-1.0/volatiles          |    2 --
>   .../systemd/systemd/00-create-volatile.conf        |    1 -
>   meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4.9.bb             |    1 -
>   5 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>