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Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 08/10] irda-utils: make /etc/sysconfig writable in read-only rootfs
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On 07/29/2013 11:26 PM, Phil Blundell wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-07-29 at 10:33 +0800, Qi.Chen@windriver.com wrote:
>> From: Chen Qi <Qi.Chen@windriver.com>
>>
>> This diretory needs to be writable, the following error will appear
>> at system start-up.
>>
>>     /etc/rc5.d/S20irattach: /etc/sysconfig/irda: Read-only file system
> The whole chunk of code in that script that's trying to write
> to /etc/sysconfig seems bogus.  I think the right fix is just to delete
> it rather than trying to provide a a volatile implementation
> of /etc/sysconfig (which seems like a contradiction in terms).
>
> p.
>
>

After a second look at the script, I think you're right.
Thank your for pointing it out :)
I'll fix this in my V3 patchset.

Best Regards,
Chen Qi

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