[OE-core] [PATCH] rootfs_ipk.bbclass: Ensure bad recommendations persist in the status file

[Otavio Salvador]

On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 06:36, Richard Purdie
<richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> Currently bad recommendations are added to the status file with status
> "ok". After a single opkg command, whilst it will ignore the recommendation,
> the status changes to "installed" even if the recommended package was not
> installed. Whilst this is likely a glitch in opkg's logic, the correct
> way to persist the information in the status file is to set the status
> to "hold" as deinstall packages with that status remain. With this change
> the bad recommendations persist accross multiple opkg runs and the system
> behaves as expected.

I personally dislike fixing it in rootfs_ipk instead of opkg ... opkg
has change its behaviour behind the scenes and this needs to be fixed
IMO.

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