[yocto] Create empty directory in RFS

[Yani Dubin]

On 25 September 2015 at 10:32, Edward Wingate <edwingate8 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> How can I create an empty directory in my root FS?  I want to create
> /mnt/sd to use as a mount point.  I put "install -d ${D}/mnt/sd" in
> do_install() of one of my recipes, but I get:
>
> ERROR: QA Issue: my-recipe: Files/directories were installed but not shipped
>   /mnt
>   /mnt/sd [installed-vs-shipped]
>

That is correctly installing it, the QA issue is telling you that you
need to add the directory name to FILES_${PN} (for it to be
packaged/shipped, else it will not make it into the rootfs).

Regards,
Yani.




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