avahi: fix the /var/run conflict with other package

avahi will create an empty /var/run dir, which will conflict with base-files package.
This patch fix this by using populate-volatiles.sh approach recommended by OE handbook.

Signed-off-by: Yu Ke <ke.yu@intel.com>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/packages/avahi/avahi.inc b/meta/packages/avahi/avahi.inc
index 4e29493196..2a5bf4a182 100644
--- a/meta/packages/avahi/avahi.inc
+++ b/meta/packages/avahi/avahi.inc
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ INITSCRIPT_PARAMS_avahi-daemon = "defaults 21 19"
 INITSCRIPT_NAME_avahi-dnsconfd = "avahi-dnsconfd"
 INITSCRIPT_PARAMS_avahi-dnsconfd = "defaults 22 19"
 
+do_install() {
+        autotools_do_install
+
+        # don't install /var/run when populating rootfs. Do it through volatile
+        # /var/run of current version is empty, so just remove it.
+        # if /var/run become non-empty in the future, need to install it via volatile
+        rm -rf ${D}/var/run
+}
+
 # At the time the postinst runs, dbus might not be setup so only restart if running
 
 pkg_postinst_avahi-daemon () {