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authorArnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>2013-02-07 11:58:10 +0000
committerPeter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>2013-02-08 22:11:24 +0100
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rootfs-overlay: also exclude .empty files
This makes it possible to put empty directories in the overlay. Thanks to Aras Vaichas for pointing that out. Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be> Acked-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
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@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ there are a few ways to customize the resulting target filesystem.
* Create a filesystem overlay: a tree of files that are copied directly
over the target filesystem after it has been built. Set
- +BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY+ to the top of the tree. +.git+, +.svn+,
- +.hg+ directories and files ending with +~+ are excluded.
+ +BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY+ to the top of the tree. +.git+, +.svn+, +.hg+
+ directories, +.empty+ files and files ending with +~+ are excluded.
_Among these first 3 methods, this one should be preferred_.
* In the Buildroot configuration, you can specify the path to a