From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]) by metis.ext.pengutronix.de with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S7VPf-0005LM-36 for ptxdist@pengutronix.de; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:21:32 +0100 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S7VPc-0005gI-AA for ptxdist@pengutronix.de; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:21:28 +0100 Received: from h96-60-251-119.cncrtn.dsl.dynamic.tds.net ([96.60.251.119]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:21:28 +0100 Received: from jkirk865 by h96-60-251-119.cncrtn.dsl.dynamic.tds.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:21:28 +0100 From: Jerry Kirk Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:21:15 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: [ptxdist] Proper way to modify an ETC file Reply-To: ptxdist@pengutronix.de List-Id: PTXdist Development Mailing List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: ptxdist-bounces@pengutronix.de Errors-To: ptxdist-bounces@pengutronix.de To: ptxdist@pengutronix.de Within my embedded project I'd like to modify Busybox's FTPD command to allow more general access to the filesystem. I'm not quite sure the right way to do this. I've been considering 1. A local "patch" to the busybox file that gets copied 2. A new package that runs SED and modifies the busybox file in /etc or copies a new file into the root What is the right way to make local changes for my project to the root filesystem of the embedded system? -- ptxdist mailing list ptxdist@pengutronix.de