ref-manual: New VOLATILE_LOG_DIR variable description

Fixes [YOCTO #6132]

No mention of how to make the target directory /var/log
persistent.  I added a note to the "post-install-logging"
image feature that points to the new VOLATILE_LOG_DIR
variable description, which I added to the glossary.

(From yocto-docs rev: 5d2bdf49e569e44d02602501d72418f04dbe6e4a)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark
2016-12-30 10:20:28 -08:00
committed by Richard Purdie
parent 5d64b8e076
commit 62f7812b93
2 changed files with 31 additions and 3 deletions

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@@ -297,6 +297,12 @@
Enables logging postinstall script runs to
the <filename>/var/log/postinstall.log</filename> file
on first boot of the image on the target system.
<note>
To make the <filename>/var/log</filename> directory
on the target persistent, use the
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-VOLATILE_LOG_DIR'><filename>VOLATILE_LOG_DIR</filename></ulink>
variable by setting it to "no".
</note>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>ptest-pkgs:</emphasis>
Installs ptest packages for all ptest-enabled recipes.