From 6406677e92fa341ff3c88f6cdcca56ad217500ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Opdenacker Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 12:11:28 +0200 Subject: ref-manual: variables: document VOLATILE_TMP_DIR (From yocto-docs rev: 9e66f080b3609e5d51648feec4d6d7ff72644e9e) Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker CC: Trevor Woerner Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual') diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index c787a17937..62f28bd278 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -9387,6 +9387,18 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. file is not persistent. You can override this setting by setting the variable to "no" to make the log directory persistent. + :term:`VOLATILE_TMP_DIR` + Specifies the persistence of the target's ``/tmp`` directory. + + By default, :term:`VOLATILE_TMP_DIR` is set to "yes", in which case + ``/tmp`` links to a directory which resides in RAM in a ``tmpfs`` + filesystem. + + If instead, you want the ``/tmp`` directory to be persistent, set the + variable to "no" to make it a regular directory in the root filesystem. + + This supports both sysvinit and systemd based systems. + :term:`WARN_QA` Specifies the quality assurance checks whose failures are reported as warnings by the OpenEmbedded build system. You set this variable in -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf