[oe] why rootfs directory in temp is empty

[Frans Meulenbroeks]

2009/12/22 Denys Dmytriyenko <denis at denix.org>:
> 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.

Ehm, can you please clarify why this would cause a problem?
(btw if I recall correctly the rootfs is still there in the work dir,
and anyway you can build a rootfs in a tar.gz file and untar that).

Frans