From: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/dhcpcd: create /var/db/dhcpcd
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2021 18:59:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875z3aic4k.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8cb5000b-fbc0-6230-a12c-4dd974b6e074@green-communications.fr> (Nicolas Cavallari's message of "Tue, 2 Feb 2021 18:40:22 +0100")
>>>>> "Nicolas" == Nicolas Cavallari <nicolas.cavallari@green-communications.fr> writes:
>> > + mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/var/db/dhcpcd
>>
>> What is stored here? Does it need to persist over reboots? How should a
>> readonly rootfs be handled? Could we perhaps make it a symlink to /run
>> or similar?
>>
> It stores DHCP DUID and IPv6 stable privacy secrets. It must persist
> over reboots, or the features that need them must be disabled or
> configured not to.
> Apparently, dhcpcd is smart enough to detect read only systems and
> plan accordingly, but i did not test it.
OK, thanks.
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-02 17:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-01 19:24 [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/dhcpcd: create /var/db/dhcpcd Fabrice Fontaine
2021-02-02 15:40 ` Peter Korsgaard
2021-02-02 17:03 ` Fabrice Fontaine
2021-02-02 17:58 ` Peter Korsgaard
2021-02-02 17:40 ` Nicolas Cavallari
2021-02-02 17:59 ` Peter Korsgaard [this message]
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