- move some PERSISTENT_VAR_PARTITION links directly to the targets

make/target-files.mk

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ $(TARGET_sysconfdir)/default/rcS:
 $(TARGET_sysconfdir)/network/interfaces:
 ifeq ($(PERSISTENT_VAR_PARTITION),yes)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) -D $(TARGET_FILES)/files-etc/network/interfaces $(TARGET_localstatedir)/etc/network/interfaces
+	ln -sf /var/etc/network/interfaces $(@)
 else
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) -D $(TARGET_FILES)/files-etc/network/interfaces $(@)
 endif
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ $(TARGET_sysconfdir)/nsswitch.conf:
 $(TARGET_sysconfdir)/passwd:
 ifeq ($(PERSISTENT_VAR_PARTITION),yes)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) -D $(TARGET_FILES)/files-etc/passwd $(TARGET_localstatedir)/etc/passwd
+	ln -sf /var/etc/passwd $(@)
 else
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) -D $(TARGET_FILES)/files-etc/passwd $(@)
 endif

make/target-rootfs.mk

@@ -48,11 +48,7 @@ symbolic-links: | $(TARGET_DIR)
 ifeq ($(PERSISTENT_VAR_PARTITION),yes)
 	$(CD) $(TARGET_sysconfdir); \
 		ln -sf /var/etc/hostname hostname; \
-		ln -sf /var/etc/localtime localtime; \
-		ln -sf /var/etc/passwd passwd; \
 		ln -sf /var/etc/resolv.conf resolv.conf
-	$(CD) $(TARGET_sysconfdir)/network; \
-		ln -sf /var/etc/network/interfaces interfaces
 endif
 	mkdir -p $(TARGET_localstatedir)/tuxbox/config
 	$(CD) $(TARGET_localstatedir)/tuxbox/config; \

make/target-tools.mk

@@ -856,6 +856,9 @@ tzdata: $(TZDATA_DEPS) $(DL_DIR)/$(TZDATA_SOURCE) | $(TARGET_DIR)
 		done; \
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) -D $(PKG_FILES_DIR)/timezone.xml $(TARGET_sysconfdir)/timezone.xml
 	ln -sf $(datadir)/zoneinfo/$(TZDATA_LOCALTIME) $(TARGET_DIR)$(ETC_LOCALTIME)
+  ifeq ($(PERSISTENT_VAR_PARTITION),yes)
+	ln -sf $(ETC_LOCALTIME) $(TARGET_sysconfdir)/localtime
+  endif
 	echo "$(TZDATA_LOCALTIME)" > $(TARGET_sysconfdir)/timezone
 	$(REMOVE)/$(PKG_DIR)
 	$(TOUCH)