package.bbclass: support persistent /var/log

Add a new file, fs-perms-persistent-log.txt, which treats /var/log
as a directory instead of a link.

Modify package.bbclass to use this file if VOLATILE_LOG_DIR is set to boolean
false value.

[YOCTO #6132]

(From OE-Core rev: 6b22e247bf91f112401cad822cd7fe0b5621ffe0)

Signed-off-by: Chen Qi <Qi.Chen@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

2 files changed, 67 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index 2fe30dac0c..a051617ee1 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ python fixup_perms () {
         bbpath = d.getVar('BBPATH')
         fs_perms_tables = d.getVar('FILESYSTEM_PERMS_TABLES')
         if not fs_perms_tables:
-            fs_perms_tables = 'files/fs-perms.txt'
+            fs_perms_tables = 'files/fs-perms.txt' if oe.types.boolean(d.getVar('VOLATILE_LOG_DIR', True)) else 'files/fs-perms-persistent-log.txt'
         for conf_file in fs_perms_tables.split():
             str += " %s" % bb.utils.which(bbpath, conf_file)
         return str
diff --git a/meta/files/fs-perms-persistent-log.txt b/meta/files/fs-perms-persistent-log.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a7cf3ab94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/files/fs-perms-persistent-log.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# This file contains a list of files and directories with known permissions.
+# It is used by the packaging class to ensure that the permissions, owners and
+# group of listed files and directories are in sync across the system.
+#
+# The format of this file 
+#
+#<path> <mode>  <uid>   <gid>   <walk>  <fmode> <fuid>  <fgid>
+#
+# or
+#
+#<path> link <target>
+#
+# <path>: directory path
+# <mode>: mode for directory
+# <uid>:  uid for directory
+# <gid>:  gid for directory
+# <walk>: recursively walk the directory?  true or false
+# <fmode>: if walking, new mode for files
+# <fuid>:  if walking, new uid for files
+# <fgid>:  if walking, new gid for files
+# <target>: turn the directory into a symlink point to target
+#
+# in mode, uid or gid, a "-" means don't change any existing values
+#
+# /usr/src              0755    root    root    false   -       -       -
+# /usr/share/man        0755    root    root    true    0644    root    root
+
+# Note: all standard config directories are automatically assigned "0755 root root false - - -"
+
+# Documentation should always be corrected
+${mandir}               0755    root    root    true    0644    root    root
+${infodir}              0755    root    root    true    0644    root    root
+${docdir}               0755    root    root    true    0644    root    root
+${datadir}/gtk-doc      0755    root    root    true    0644    root    root
+
+# Fixup locales
+${datadir}/locale       0755    root    root    true    0644    root    root
+
+# Cleanup headers
+${includedir}           0755    root    root    true    0644    root    root
+${oldincludedir}        0755    root    root    true    0644    root    root
+
+# Cleanup debug src
+/usr/src/debug          0755    root    root    true    -       root    root
+
+# Items from base-files
+# Links
+${localstatedir}/run    link    /run
+${localstatedir}/lock   link    /run/lock
+${localstatedir}/tmp    link    volatile/tmp
+
+/home                           0755    root    root    false - - -
+/srv                            0755    root    root    false - - -
+${prefix}/src                   0755    root    root    false - - -
+${localstatedir}/local          0755    root    root    false - - -
+
+# Special permissions from base-files
+# Set 1777
+/tmp                            01777   root    root    false - - -
+${localstatedir}/volatile/tmp   01777   root    root    false - - -
+
+# Set 0700
+${ROOT_HOME}                    0700    root    root    false - - -
+
+# Set 2775-lsb
+${localstatedir}/mail           02775   root    mail    false - - -