[OE-core] [PATCH V2] initscripts: add urandom directory into volatiles

Burton, Ross ross.burton at intel.com
Tue Dec 18 11:23:20 UTC 2012


On 18 December 2012 06:23, Ming Liu <ming.liu at windriver.com> wrote:
> /etc/init.d/urandom fails to start/stop because it tries to save
> random-seed into /var/lib/urandom folder which does not exist in the
> file system.
>
> Fixed by adding /var/lib/urandom into volatiles.

Doesn't this mean that the persistent state of urandom will be saved
to a ramdisk?

Mixing up persistent and transient state in /var is exactly why /run
exists, and why we should switch to support /run as soon as
possible...

Ross




More information about the Openembedded-core mailing list