[oe] why rootfs directory in temp is empty

Denys Dmytriyenko denis at denix.org
Tue Dec 22 19:51:57 UTC 2009


On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 09:05:31AM -0600, Mike Westerhof wrote:
> 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.

To prevent people from using it as an NFS share and having problems.

-- 
Denys




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