[OE-core] [PATCH v2 0/5] #11662 - wic should mount /boot

[Otavio Salvador]

On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 4:31 AM, Ed Bartosh <ed.bartosh at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 05:41:45PM -0300, Fabio Berton wrote:
>> The last patch I sent is here:
>> https://patchwork.openembedded.org/patch/139252/
>>
>> We're using this patch internally with Pyro branch. I can rework to
>> apply on master.
>>
>> On 06/27/2017 05:35 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> >On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Ed Bartosh <ed.bartosh at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>> >>The patchset also fixes long standing bug: wic updated fstab
>> >>inplace in rootfs directory. This causes other tasks working with
>> >>rootfs directory to produce incorrect results or crash. This is
>> >>fixed by copying rootfs to the temporary directory before updating
>> >>fstab.
>> >
>> >As you is working on this, please also include Fabio's patch on the
>> >patchset. It includes a command like option to disable fstab change at
>> >all. For delta-based updates this is imperative.
>> >
>> >Fabio, could you point him the last patch revision?
>> >
>
> Do we really need that?
>
> JFYI: Mount point in .wks is an optional field. It makes sense to use it only
> if partition needs to be mounted on boot. fstab will not be updated
> unless it's explicitly requested by specifying mount points in .wks

It should have support to not touch it. For images which we intend to
do delta updates, the content cannot be changed besides the original
rootfs generation. So yes, we need that.

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