[OE-core] [oe-core][rocko][sumo][master][PATCH 1/2] bitbake.conf: add PERSISTENT_LOG_DIR variable

[Ankur Tyagi]

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Regards
Ankur

On Mon 20 Aug, 2018, 9:12 PM Ankur Tyagi, <ankur.tyagi85 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Initially I thought of doing that but then dropped it because it would
> create a dependency on syslog configuration file.
> If in future syslog configuration parameter (LOGFILE) gets renamed, then
> we need to make corresponding change as well.
>
> I think creating /var/log as a link is a less dependent change.
>
> Let me know your thoughts.
>
> Regards
> Ankur
>
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 1:49 PM ChenQi <Qi.Chen at windriver.com> wrote:
>
>> The requirement is to put logs into directories other than /var/log.
>> Could it be achieved by modifying the syslog daemon configuration file
>> (e.g. /etc/syslog.conf) to replace /var/log with the specified
>> directory. Maybe the corresponding logrotate configuration file also
>> needs to be modified.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Chen Qi
>>
>> On 08/18/2018 08:59 AM, Ankur Tyagi wrote:
>> > This variable is only respected when VOLATILE_LOG_DIR is "no".
>> >
>> > The default value is "" which results in the /var/log being log
>> directory.
>> >
>> > The user could override this value to a path e.g "/home/root/log" which
>> > results /var/log being a link pointing to /home/root/log directory on
>> > persistent storage.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Ankur Tyagi <ankur.tyagi85 at gmail.com>
>> > ---
>> >   meta/conf/bitbake.conf | 2 ++
>> >   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
>> > index e5dc1ac..9db22c8 100644
>> > --- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
>> > +++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
>> > @@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ ROOT_HOME ??= "/home/root"
>> >   # If set to boolean true ('yes', 'y', 'true', 't', '1'), /var/log
>> links to /var/volatile/log.
>> >   # If set to boolean false ('no', 'n', 'false', 'f', '0'), /var/log is
>> on persistent storage.
>> >   VOLATILE_LOG_DIR ?= "yes"
>> > +# If VOLATILE_LOG_DIR is false and PERSISTENT_LOG_DIR is set, /var/log
>> links to PERSISTENT_LOG_DIR
>> > +PERSISTENT_LOG_DIR ??= ""
>> >
>> >   ##################################################################
>> >   # Architecture-dependent build variables.
>>
>>
>>
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