[Buildroot] [PATCH v3 0/5] Improve verification of custom rootfs skeletons and overlays

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 07/05/2018 16:44, Carlos Santos wrote:
> This series makes some improvements in the verification of custom rootfs
> skeletons and overlays, regarding mergerd /usr:
> 
> Patch 1 adds a script to check if a given path complies to the merged /usr
> requirements and makes skeleton-custom.mk use it instead of a bunch of
> variables filled by $(shell ...) macros.
> 
> Patch 2 ensures that /bin, /lib and /sbin are created for custom skeletons,
> either as directories or symlinks, according to BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR. 
> 
> Patch 3 uses the script added in patch 1 to check rootfs overlays, in
> target-finalize.
> 
> Patch 4 allows rootfs overlays to override symbolic links on purpose (e.g.
> /var/log, to persist system logs).
> 
> Patch 5 removes the restriction of using merged /usr only with the default
> skeleton or when systemd is selected.
> 
> Carlos Santos (5):
>   skeleton-custom: use a script to check merged usr structure
>   skeleton-custom: install /bin, /lib, and /sbin
>   Makefile: check rootfs overlays with BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR enabled
>   Makefile: allow rootfs overlays to override symbolic links
>   system: allow selecting merged /usr along with custom rootfs skeleton


 Series applied to master, thanks.

 I still have a few individual comments on some of the patches.

 Regards,
 Arnout

> 
>  Makefile                                   | 20 ++++++++++++---
>  docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt           | 17 +++++++++++++
>  package/skeleton-custom/skeleton-custom.mk | 25 +++----------------
>  support/scripts/check-merged-usr.sh        | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  system/Config.in                           |  8 ++----
>  5 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100755 support/scripts/check-merged-usr.sh
>