Re: [LEDE-DEV] [PATCH 1/1] add support for overlaying rootfs content

2016-12-12 Thread Petr Štetiar
Rafał Miłecki [2016-12-07 16:19:08]: > This adds support for install-overlay define. When used in package it allows > installing files to a special directory that gets copied to the root when > installing it. It allows overwriting files provided by other packages. Handy,

Re: [LEDE-DEV] [PATCH 1/1] add support for overlaying rootfs content

2016-12-08 Thread John Crispin
On 07/12/2016 21:52, Karl Palsson wrote: > > Rafał Miłecki wrote: >> On 7 December 2016 at 16:44, Karl Palsson >> wrote: >>> How is this different from just reverting the commit that stopped >>> this from working? I'm all for this, don't get me wrong,

Re: [LEDE-DEV] [PATCH 1/1] add support for overlaying rootfs content

2016-12-07 Thread Karl Palsson
Rafał Miłecki wrote: > On 7 December 2016 at 16:44, Karl Palsson > wrote: > > How is this different from just reverting the commit that stopped > > this from working? I'm all for this, don't get me wrong, but if a > > package can just explicitly define a

Re: [LEDE-DEV] [PATCH 1/1] add support for overlaying rootfs content

2016-12-07 Thread Rafał Miłecki
On 7 December 2016 at 16:44, Karl Palsson wrote: > How is this different from just reverting the commit that stopped > this from working? I'm all for this, don't get me wrong, but if a > package can just explicitly define a file as "this overwrites > whatever" how is that any

Re: [LEDE-DEV] [PATCH 1/1] add support for overlaying rootfs content

2016-12-07 Thread Karl Palsson
How is this different from just reverting the commit that stopped this from working? I'm all for this, don't get me wrong, but if a package can just explicitly define a file as "this overwrites whatever" how is that any different from before? If I remember correctly it was this one: commit

[LEDE-DEV] [PATCH 1/1] add support for overlaying rootfs content

2016-12-07 Thread Rafał Miłecki
From: Rafał Miłecki This adds support for install-overlay define. When used in package it allows installing files to a special directory that gets copied to the root when installing it. It allows overwriting files provided by other packages. Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki