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From: anthumchris@proton.me
Subject: swclock on Alpine diskless
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Any ideas on getting init.d/swclock to work in Alpine diskless mode?

Persistent storage filesystems are defined in /etc/fstab for LBU, APK cache=
, and the swclock file defined in conf.d/swclock[swclock_file]. The require=
d filesystem isn't mounted when swclock runs in boot/shutdown (screenshots =
below). Modifying init./swclock[depend()] with "need localmount" causes boo=
t errors and 60s shutdown delays. Other localmount depend() options failed =
too.

boot
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/11b60f0e-32ed-48d5-b016-7488b5a9=
5873

shutdown
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/001a8f43-00bc-4817-9bda-49912276=
5233

need-localmount-boot
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e98629f1-6825-4060-8c36-98958749=
9077

need-localmount-shutdown
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/796f1917-f16a-46d5-99c5-42e8f065=
ca4e