[OE-core] [PATCH 1/4] selftest/buildoptions: use a thinner image to test 'read-only-rootfs' feature

[Patrick Ohly]

On Wed, 2017-02-01 at 09:02 -0600, Leonardo Sandoval wrote:
> 
> On 01/31/2017 05:16 PM, Richard Purdie wrote:
> > On Tue, 2017-01-31 at 16:50 -0600,
> > leonardo.sandoval.gonzalez at linux.intel.com wrote:
> >> From: Leonardo Sandoval <leonardo.sandoval.gonzalez at linux.intel.com>
> >> -        bitbake("core-image-sato")
> >> +        bitbake("core-image-minimal")
> >>           # do_image will fail if there are any pending postinsts
> > Whilst this is certainly going to be a touch faster, I believe we do
> > want to test read only rootfs with a larger image like sato to make
> > sure the postinsts really do work with a read only system?
> 
> I don't get it. What would make the test different using a larger image?

The postinst of each component installed into the image must work
properly in a read-only rootfs configuration. So the test is partly for
image creation, partly for the components, and thus more comprehensive
when using a larger image.

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