[OE-core] making /var/log persistent

[ChenQi]

On 08/12/2015 06:29 PM, Jack Mitchell wrote:
> I'm trying to make /var/log persistent and I'm having trouble. I've 
> made a bbappend to base_files which contains:
>
> dirs755_append = " \
>         /var/log \
> "
>
> volatiles = "tmp"
>
> Looking in the resulting image, /var/log is indeed now a directory and 
> not a symlink to volatile storage, however when the image is flashed 
> to target and booted it is reverted back to being a symlink; I assume 
> by some init script?
>
> Can anyone shed any light on what more is required to get a persistent 
> log directory.
>
> Cheers,
> Jack.

I sent out a series of patches regarding this area.
The patch title is "[OE-core] [PATCH 0/4] Support persistent /var/log".

Regards,
Chen Qi