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

[Ming Liu]

On 12/19/2012 03:30 AM, Saul Wold wrote:
> On 12/18/2012 03:23 AM, Burton, Ross wrote:
>> 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...
>>
> Sorry, this was my suggestion, It actually is creating 
> /var/lib/urandom which should be a persistent sub-dir of /var
>
> I was bouncing back and for about it being in the the recipe's 
> do_install vs  populate volaties file, I did not see any other 
> /var/lib/<dir> being created so I leaned toward this solution.  This 
> was on the list a week or so ago, we could go back to itbeing created 
> in the do_install()

OK, so I will resend the patch creating it in do_install() as V3 since 
it's a bit long time ago.

the best,
thank you

>
> Sau!
>
>
>> Ross
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