[ostree] doc/adapting-existing: A bit more elaboration and a typo fix
- From: Colin Walters <walters src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [ostree] doc/adapting-existing: A bit more elaboration and a typo fix
- Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 23:19:26 +0000 (UTC)
commit 1ab01a6b35db9001ef9bbc41c0d97118f83a9b47
Author: Colin Walters <walters verbum org>
Date: Sat Aug 24 19:18:57 2013 -0400
doc/adapting-existing: A bit more elaboration and a typo fix
doc/adapting-existing.xml | 25 +++++++++++++------------
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/doc/adapting-existing.xml b/doc/adapting-existing.xml
index f651479..d02e70b 100644
--- a/doc/adapting-existing.xml
+++ b/doc/adapting-existing.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<!ENTITY version SYSTEM "../version.xml">
]>
<part id="adapting-existing">
- <title>Adapating existing mainstream distributions</title>
+ <title>Adapting existing mainstream distributions</title>
<chapter id="layout">
<title>System layout</title>
<para>
@@ -20,18 +20,19 @@
</para>
<para>
- The <filename class='directory'>/sysroot</filename> directory is
- a new OS-level directory that OSTree expects to use as a bind
- mount target to the physical <filename
- class='directory'>/</filename> root directory. Remember,
- because by default the system is booted into a
+ Remember, because by default the system is booted into a
<literal>chroot</literal> equivalent, there has to be some way
- to refer to the actual physical root filesystem, and there is
- precedent for this name in the initramfs context. This
- directory must exist; for example, the OSTree tool at runtime
- expects that <filename
- class='directory'>/sysroot/ostree/repo</filename> refers to the
- system repository.
+ to refer to the actual physical root filesystem. Therefore,
+ your operating system tree should contain an empty <filename
+ class='directory'>/sysroot</filename> directory; at boot time,
+ OSTree will make this a bind mount to the physical / root
+ directory. There is precedent for this name in the initramfs
+ context. You should furthermore make a toplevel symbolic link
+ <filename class='directory'>/ostree</filename> which points to
+ <filename class='directory'>/sysroot/ostree</filename>, so that
+ the OSTree tool at runtime can consistently find the system data
+ regardless of whether it's operating on a physical root or
+ inside a deployment.
</para>
<para>
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