On Thu, 2016-11-24 at 07:15 +0100, Ulrich Ölmann wrote: > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 04:56:56PM +0100, Patrick Ohly wrote: > > Excluding only the directory content but not the actual directory is > > indeed a good point. I'm a bit undecided. When excluding only the > > directory content, there's no way of building a rootfs without that > > mount point, if that's desired. OTOH, when excluding also the directory, > > the data would have to be staged under a different path in the rootfs > > and the mount point would have to be a separate, empty directory. > > > > I'm leaning towards excluding the directory content and keeping the > > directory. > > what about having both possibilities by leaning against the syntax that rsync > uses to specify if a whole source directory or only it's contents shall be > synced to some destination site (see [1])?
I like that idea. -- Best Regards, Patrick Ohly The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak on behalf of Intel on this matter. -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core