ref-manual: New VOLATILE_LOG_DIR variable description
Fixes [YOCTO #6132] No mention of how to make the target directory /var/log persistent. I added a note to the "post-install-logging" image feature that points to the new VOLATILE_LOG_DIR variable description, which I added to the glossary. (From yocto-docs rev: 5d2bdf49e569e44d02602501d72418f04dbe6e4a) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Enables logging postinstall script runs to
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the <filename>/var/log/postinstall.log</filename> file
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on first boot of the image on the target system.
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<note>
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To make the <filename>/var/log</filename> directory
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on the target persistent, use the
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<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-VOLATILE_LOG_DIR'><filename>VOLATILE_LOG_DIR</filename></ulink>
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variable by setting it to "no".
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</note>
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><emphasis>ptest-pkgs:</emphasis>
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Installs ptest packages for all ptest-enabled recipes.
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<link linkend='var-S'>S</link>
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<link linkend='var-T'>T</link>
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<link linkend='var-UBOOT_CONFIG'>U</link>
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<!-- <link linkend='var-glossary-v'>V</link> -->
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<link linkend='var-VOLATILE_LOG_DIR'>V</link>
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<link linkend='var-WARN_QA'>W</link>
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<link linkend='var-XSERVER'>X</link>
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<!-- <link linkend='var-glossary-y'>Y</link> -->
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</glossdiv>
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<!-- <glossdiv id='var-glossary-v'><title>V</title>-->
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<!-- </glossdiv>-->
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<glossdiv id='var-glossary-v'><title>V</title>
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<glossentry id='var-VOLATILE_LOG_DIR'><glossterm>VOLATILE_LOG_DIR</glossterm>
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<info>
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VOLATILE_LOG_DIR[doc] = "Specifies the persistence of the target's /var/log directory, which is used to house postinstall target log files."
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</info>
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<glossdef>
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<para role="glossdeffirst">
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<!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
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Specifies the persistence of the target's
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<filename>/var/log</filename> directory, which is used to
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house postinstall target log files.
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</para>
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<para>
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By default, <filename>VOLATILE_LOG_DIR</filename> is set
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to "yes", which means the file is not persistent.
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You can override this setting by setting the
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variable to "no" to make the log directory persistent.
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</para>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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</glossdiv>
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<glossdiv id='var-glossary-w'><title>W</title>
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