buildroot/system/skeleton/run, branch 2016.02

skeleton: make /run a proper directory/filesystem

2015-02-03T14:58:03+00:00

Making /var/run and /run symlinks to /tmp is bad since the underlying tmpfs filesystem is mode 1777 which leads to possible security attack vectors via badly owned/mask-mode pidfiles and state files residing there. So make /run a proper directory with /var/run symlinked to it. Eventually all startup scripts and state info should be pointed to /run directly as per the linux fhs and good practice. Add a tmpfs filesystem entry for /run so that busybox inittab, systemv inittab and systemd automount mounts it there to avoid breaking the system. While at it fix inconsistent spacing in /etc/fstab by using tabs and drop the "static file system information" header whatever that means. Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni

New top-level directory: system

2012-11-04T11:51:08+00:00

This directory groups the following elements: * the default root filesystem skeleton * the default device tables * the Config.in options for system configuration (UART port for getty, system hostname, etc.) * the make rules to apply the system configuration options Even though the skeleton and device tables could have lived in fs/, it would have been strange to have the UART, system hostname and other related options into fs/. A new system/ directory makes more sense. As a consequence, this patch also removes target/Makefile.in, which has become useless in the process. [Peter: fixup TARGET_SKELETON settings / documentation to match] Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni Acked-by: Yann E. MORIN Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard