[oe] why rootfs directory in temp is empty

Mike Westerhof mike at mwester.net
Tue Dec 22 15:05:31 UTC 2009


Guo Hongruan wrote:
> Hi guys,
>   Today, I build an base-image using OE. And I want to check the content
> of rootfs, but I found the directory rootfs in building directory is
> empty. I remember there was the ontent of the target root filesystem.
> Why have to remove them? Does it means the rootfs directory is unuseful?
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 

Add IMAGE_KEEPROOTFS = "1" to your local.conf file.
I'm not sure why the change was made to clean it out every build, though.

-Mike (mwester)




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