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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-12-30 10:20:28 -0800 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2017-01-11 17:23:17 +0000 |
| commit | 62f7812b932d0441dace5b8070d1ac198ed8d5bc (patch) | |
| tree | aecc6e45c58db3ca9920ac4439348fbce5e17e96 /documentation | |
| parent | 5d64b8e076f347a36cd3893becdb90a7443fbb06 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-62f7812b932d0441dace5b8070d1ac198ed8d5bc.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: New VOLATILE_LOG_DIR variable description
Fixes [YOCTO #6132]
No mention of how to make the target directory /var/log
persistent. I added a note to the "post-install-logging"
image feature that points to the new VOLATILE_LOG_DIR
variable description, which I added to the glossary.
(From yocto-docs rev: 5d2bdf49e569e44d02602501d72418f04dbe6e4a)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-features.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 28 |
2 files changed, 31 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-features.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-features.xml index 282a517191..a4516a2665 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-features.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-features.xml @@ -297,6 +297,12 @@ Enables logging postinstall script runs to the <filename>/var/log/postinstall.log</filename> file on first boot of the image on the target system. + <note> + To make the <filename>/var/log</filename> directory + on the target persistent, use the + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-VOLATILE_LOG_DIR'><filename>VOLATILE_LOG_DIR</filename></ulink> + variable by setting it to "no". + </note> </para></listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis>ptest-pkgs:</emphasis> Installs ptest packages for all ptest-enabled recipes. diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index a696ee4e66..6e15e65f54 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ <link linkend='var-S'>S</link> <link linkend='var-T'>T</link> <link linkend='var-UBOOT_CONFIG'>U</link> -<!-- <link linkend='var-glossary-v'>V</link> --> + <link linkend='var-VOLATILE_LOG_DIR'>V</link> <link linkend='var-WARN_QA'>W</link> <link linkend='var-XSERVER'>X</link> <!-- <link linkend='var-glossary-y'>Y</link> --> @@ -15544,8 +15544,30 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" </glossdiv> -<!-- <glossdiv id='var-glossary-v'><title>V</title>--> -<!-- </glossdiv>--> + <glossdiv id='var-glossary-v'><title>V</title> + + <glossentry id='var-VOLATILE_LOG_DIR'><glossterm>VOLATILE_LOG_DIR</glossterm> + <info> + VOLATILE_LOG_DIR[doc] = "Specifies the persistence of the target's /var/log directory, which is used to house postinstall target log files." + </info> + <glossdef> + <para role="glossdeffirst"> +<!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> + Specifies the persistence of the target's + <filename>/var/log</filename> directory, which is used to + house postinstall target log files. + </para> + + <para> + By default, <filename>VOLATILE_LOG_DIR</filename> is set + to "yes", which means the file is not persistent. + You can override this setting by setting the + variable to "no" to make the log directory persistent. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> <glossdiv id='var-glossary-w'><title>W</title> |