Ping Regards Ankur
On Mon 20 Aug, 2018, 9:12 PM Ankur Tyagi, <ankur.tyag...@gmail.com> wrote: > Initially I thought of doing that but then dropped it because it would > create a dependency on syslog configuration file. > If in future syslog configuration parameter (LOGFILE) gets renamed, then > we need to make corresponding change as well. > > I think creating /var/log as a link is a less dependent change. > > Let me know your thoughts. > > Regards > Ankur > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 1:49 PM ChenQi <qi.c...@windriver.com> wrote: > >> The requirement is to put logs into directories other than /var/log. >> Could it be achieved by modifying the syslog daemon configuration file >> (e.g. /etc/syslog.conf) to replace /var/log with the specified >> directory. Maybe the corresponding logrotate configuration file also >> needs to be modified. >> >> Best Regards, >> Chen Qi >> >> On 08/18/2018 08:59 AM, Ankur Tyagi wrote: >> > This variable is only respected when VOLATILE_LOG_DIR is "no". >> > >> > The default value is "" which results in the /var/log being log >> directory. >> > >> > The user could override this value to a path e.g "/home/root/log" which >> > results /var/log being a link pointing to /home/root/log directory on >> > persistent storage. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Ankur Tyagi <ankur.tyag...@gmail.com> >> > --- >> > meta/conf/bitbake.conf | 2 ++ >> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) >> > >> > diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf >> > index e5dc1ac..9db22c8 100644 >> > --- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf >> > +++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf >> > @@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ ROOT_HOME ??= "/home/root" >> > # If set to boolean true ('yes', 'y', 'true', 't', '1'), /var/log >> links to /var/volatile/log. >> > # If set to boolean false ('no', 'n', 'false', 'f', '0'), /var/log is >> on persistent storage. >> > VOLATILE_LOG_DIR ?= "yes" >> > +# If VOLATILE_LOG_DIR is false and PERSISTENT_LOG_DIR is set, /var/log >> links to PERSISTENT_LOG_DIR >> > +PERSISTENT_LOG_DIR ??= "" >> > >> > ################################################################## >> > # Architecture-dependent build variables. >> >> >>
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