diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.0.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.0.rst index 800ba20a27b5..191debd0174a 100644 --- a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.0.rst +++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.0.rst @@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ New Features / Enhancements in 5.0 - Add minimal VS Code configuration to avoid VS Code's indexer from choking on build directories. + - VOLATILE_LOG_DIR and VOLATILE_TMP_DIR were removed in favour of the + FILESYSTEM_PERMS_TABLES mechanism. Known Issues in 5.0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/features.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/features.rst index 2ea946b31d36..97c05cc2839f 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/features.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/features.rst @@ -323,8 +323,8 @@ The image features available for all images are: .. note:: - To make the ``/var/log`` directory on the target persistent, use the - :term:`VOLATILE_LOG_DIR` variable by setting it to "no". + To make the ``/var/log`` directory on the target persistent, remove + ``files/fs-perms-volatile-log.txt`` from :term:`FILESYSTEM_PERMS_TABLES`. - *ptest-pkgs:* Installs ptest packages for all ptest-enabled recipes. diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index 32c9e7407dbc..994ee23e2709 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. :term:`K ` :term:`L ` :term:`M ` :term:`N ` :term:`O ` :term:`P` :term:`R ` :term:`S` :term:`T` -:term:`U ` :term:`V ` :term:`W ` :term:`X ` .. glossary:: @@ -2994,11 +2993,12 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. and users across an entire work project. It is best to do this in the packages themselves but this is not always possible. - By default, the OpenEmbedded build system uses the ``fs-perms.txt``, - which is located in the ``meta/files`` folder in the :term:`Source Directory`. - If you create your own file - permissions setting table, you should place it in your layer or the - distro's layer. + By default, the OpenEmbedded build system uses + ``fs-perms.txt``, ``fs-perms-volatile-log.txt``, and + ``files/fs-perms-volatile-tmp.txt`` which are located in the + ``meta/files`` folder in the :term:`Source Directory`. If you create + your own file permissions setting table, you should place it in your + layer or the distro's layer. You define the :term:`FILESYSTEM_PERMS_TABLES` variable in the ``conf/local.conf`` file, which is found in the :term:`Build Directory`, @@ -9983,26 +9983,6 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. PACKAGE_INSTALL = "${INITRAMFS_SCRIPTS} ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils} base-passwd" - :term:`VOLATILE_LOG_DIR` - Specifies the persistence of the target's ``/var/log`` directory, - which is used to house postinstall target log files. - - By default, :term:`VOLATILE_LOG_DIR` 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. - - :term:`VOLATILE_TMP_DIR` - Specifies the persistence of the target's ``/tmp`` directory. - - By default, :term:`VOLATILE_TMP_DIR` is set to "yes", in which case - ``/tmp`` links to a directory which resides in RAM in a ``tmpfs`` - filesystem. - - If instead, you want the ``/tmp`` directory to be persistent, set the - variable to "no" to make it a regular directory in the root filesystem. - - This supports both sysvinit and systemd based systems. - :term:`WARN_QA` Specifies the quality assurance checks whose failures are reported as warnings by the OpenEmbedded build system. You set this variable in