Hi Colin, The correct way of doing this is a package postinstallation script that is run by the package manager after the package containing your application is installed on the target system.
You add to your recipe: pkg_postinst_${PN}() { #!/bin/sh echo "whateveryouneed" >> ${D}/etc/inittab } The build system will include this as the post install script into the package in the correct form for the package manager you are using e.g. RPM, DEB, IPK. This will work when the build system installs your package into the system root or when executed on the target. You can also distinguish the two cases: pkg_postinst_${PN}() { #!/bin/sh if [ x"$D" = "x" ] ; then # shell commands for target execution else # shell commands for build system execution fi } In the case of target execution $D is not set. Best regards, Rudi On Friday, January 6, 2017 1:39:40 PM PST colin.helliw...@ln-systems.com wrote: > Hi, > > I have a custom recipe for an application, and the app also needs an entry > adding to inittab. I'd like to trigger this, obviously, only when the app is > included in the image. > > I came across some hints at how to do this - > http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-virtualization/tree/recipes-c > ore/sysvinit/sysvinit-inittab_2.88dsf.bbappend?h=dizzy - but the app isn't > in DISTRO_FEATURES. (Right or wrong.., I include it in the image with a > "CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL +=" in my image recipe). > > Any suggestions on how to make this inittab addition conditional? > > Thanks -- Rudolf J Streif
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