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| author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2014-01-31 16:25:55 -0600 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2014-02-11 12:01:32 +0000 |
| commit | f670e3a13401d6f690657ae4a17084074c015a13 (patch) | |
| tree | 9482b809a09e4d099d29688524486c862f66e72a /documentation | |
| parent | f084e33e5d72cebb7272287245c87c0ce3486920 (diff) | |
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ref-manual: Edits to ROOT_HOME
Fixes [YOCTO #5762]
Applied some more detail based on Laszlo's review comments.
(From yocto-docs rev: eb8d11504d6c22dfd9620422df3fc31cfcebb00c)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 21 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index ae39bf2..b7189e7 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -5480,13 +5480,26 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" <literallayout class='monospaced'> ROOT_HOME ??= "/home/root" </literallayout> + <note> + This default value is likely used because some + embedded solutions prefer to have a read-only root + filesystem and prefer to keep writeable data in one + place. + </note> + </para> + + <para> You can override the default by setting the variable - in any layer or in the - <filename>local.conf</filename> file using the following - form: + in any layer or in the <filename>local.conf</filename> file. + Because the default is set using a "weak" assignment + (i.e. "??="), you can use either of the following forms + to define your override: <literallayout class='monospaced'> - ROOT_HOME ?= "<path>" + ROOT_HOME = "/root" + ROOT_HOME ?= "/root" </literallayout> + These override examples use <filename>/root</filename>, + which is probably the most commonly used override. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> |
