On 10 October 2010 09:09, Martin Jansa <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 12:29:58AM +0200, Joachim Ott wrote:
>> In order to try out new images, 3 things should be standard within every 
>> image:
>>
>> 1. /tmp should be a normal directory instead of a link to /var/tmp
>> (which then goes to /var/volatile/tmp) *OR* enlightenment should write
>> its logfile to /var/log instead of /tmp (see below)
>
> Xsession log moved from /tmp/x.log to /var/log/Xsession.log

I still had /tmp/x.log created and no Xsession.log in /var/log.

>> 2. /var/log should be a normal directory instead of a link to
>> /var/volatile/log (which contents is lost with every reboot) - it's up
>> to the tester to shrink the logfiles if they fill the fs
>
> keeping /var/log and other often changed files in nand/uSD is normally
> not needed wearing, unless you're debuging why your phone rebooted suddenly.
> You can always move your logs somewhere else before reboot or install better
> syslog and log to remote location directly.

That was my thought, it should be for unstable only. For testing or
better, it should go to /var/volatile (tho it's consuming your RAM
then).

>> 3. /etc/fstab should have an UNIONFS entry for a rootfs-overlay where
>> the tester has his favorite settings for /etc/ssh /etc/wpa_supplicant
>> /usr/local /home/root and such
>>
>> It shouldn't be so hard to do, except maybe agreeing on a standard
>> devicename for the overlay-fs.
>
> I have my favourite settings integrated in my reflash script, but if
> more users need this I'll gladly apply patch for it.

I will try to set up such a unionfs overlay and report later.
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