[yocto] read-only-rootfs causes systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service failure ( symlink(../run/lock, /var/lock) failed: Read-only file system)

[Ayoub Zaki]

Hi,

On 06.10.2017 15:40, richard_allen at keysight.com wrote:
> I am build an image with read-only-rootfs
> When enabled, during startup I get a
>
> [FAILED] Failed to start Create Volatile Files and Directories.
> See 'systemctl status systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service' for details.
>
>
>
> ● systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service - Create Volatile Files and Directories
>     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service; static; vendor pre
> set: enabled)
>     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2017-09-01 19:16:27 UTC; 3min 52s ago
>       Docs: man:tmpfiles.d(5)
>             man:systemd-tmpfiles(8)
>    Process: 945 ExecStart=/bin/systemd-tmpfiles --create --remove --boot --exclude-prefix=
> /dev (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
>   Main PID: 945 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
>
> Sep 01 19:16:27 dso systemd[1]: Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories...
> Sep 01 19:16:27 dso systemd-tmpfiles[945]: symlink(../run/lock, /var/lock) failed: Read-only file system
> Sep 01 19:16:27 dso systemd-tmpfiles[945]: "/var/tmp" already exists and is not a directory.
> Sep 01 19:16:27 dso systemd-tmpfiles[945]: "/var/log" already exists and is not a directory.
> Sep 01 19:16:27 dso systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
> Sep 01 19:16:27 dso systemd[1]: Failed to start Create Volatile Files and Directories.
> Sep 01 19:16:27 dso systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Unit entered failed state.
> Sep 01 19:16:27 dso systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
>
>
> Not clear if I should be worried about this.
> If so, what should be done?
> Thanks
>
>
> Richard C. Allen
> Keysight Technologies
> richard_allen at Keysight.com
>
can you show your /etc/fstab ?

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