On 06/08/21 21:27, Stijn Tintel wrote:
In OpenWrt, /var is symlinked to /tmp by default. This is done to reduce the amount of writes to the flash chip, which often don't have the greatest durability. As a result, things like DHCP or UPnP lease files, are not persistent across reboots. Since OpenWrt can run on devices with more durable storage, it makes sense to have an option for a persistent /var. Add an option to make /var persistent. When enabled, /var will no longer be symlinked to /tmp, but /var/run will be symlink to /tmp/run, as it should contain only files that should not be kept during reboot. The option is off by default, to maintain the current behaviour.
Since it does not really need to recompile anything, I think it can/should be handled as a package, not as a compile option.
When you install the package these operations are executed, if you remove the package they are undone.
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