FYI: direct changes to the /overlay aren't noticed by the kernel, you have to reboot first. I can't say that I'm an expert, I've just poked around at it. I just deleted the whole directory (IE: rm -rf /overlay/etc/uci-defaults). Upon reboot the entire directory is reverted to the contents of /rom.

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On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 12:11 AM, Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca> wrote:

David Personette <dperson@gmail.com> wrote:
    > you have made a change, then it's read from the overlay. A change that you can
    > make is deleting a file that exists on the /rom image, and that can be stored
    > on the overlay as well (the file will be not be visible in the merged /). You
    > can purge changes that you have made by removing the corresponding file(s) and/
    > or directory(s) in the /overlay filesystem.

How do I see/delete the mark in the /overlay that marks the file in the /rom as
deleted?

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