Added /var/lib/ipkg to fix bug #216 as reported by Adrian Day and solved by jbowler. Added more explanations for links.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/packages/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/volatiles b/packages/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/volatiles
index 45d373cedc..37ce8b529a 100644
--- a/packages/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/volatiles
+++ b/packages/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/volatiles
@@ -12,10 +12,20 @@
 # l root root 0777 /var/test /tmp/testfile
 # f root root 0644 /var/test
 #
+# Understanding links:
+# When populate-volatile is to verify/create a directory or file, it will first
+# check it's existence. If a link is found to exist in the place of the target,
+# the path of the target is replaced with the target the link points to.
+# Thus, if a link is in the place to be verified, the object will be created
+# in the place the link points to instead.
+# This explains the order of "link before object" as in the example above, where
+# a link will be created at /var/test pointing to /tmp/testfile and due to this
+# link the file defined as /var/test will actually be created as /tmp/testfile.
 d root root 0775 /var
 d root root 0755 /var/backups
 d root root 0755 /var/cache
 d root root 0755 /var/lib
+d root root 0755 /var/lib/ipkg
 d root root 0755 /var/lib/misc
 d root root 2775 /var/local
 d root root 1777 /var/lock