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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt | 6 |
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diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt b/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt index 9d3a62ddaf..6b72a37b32 100644 --- a/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt +++ b/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt @@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ A filesystem overlay is a tree of files that is copied directly etc., files called +.empty+ and files ending in +~+ are excluded from the copy. + +When +BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR+ is enabled, then the overlay must not + contain the '/bin', '/lib' or '/sbin' directories, as Buildroot will + create them as symbolic links to the relevant folders in '/usr'. In + such a situation, should the overlay have any programs or libraries, + they should be placed in '/usr/bin', '/usr/sbin' and '/usr/lib'. ++ As shown in xref:customize-dir-structure[], the recommended path for this overlay is +board/<company>/<boardname>/rootfs-overlay+. |
