[OE-core] [PATCH 2/4] package_manager.py: user 'purge' instead of 'remove' in case of deb

Chen Qi Qi.Chen at windriver.com
Fri Dec 19 06:21:39 UTC 2014


We need to use 'purge' instead of 'remove' for debian package backend when
removing packages at rootfs time. This is because that 'remove' command for
'dpkg' and 'apt-get' does not remove configuration files.

Signed-off-by: Chen Qi <Qi.Chen at windriver.com>
---
 meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
index 69100f1..c8aa61c 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
@@ -1628,10 +1628,10 @@ class DpkgPM(PackageManager):
     def remove(self, pkgs, with_dependencies=True):
         if with_dependencies:
             os.environ['APT_CONFIG'] = self.apt_conf_file
-            cmd = "%s remove %s" % (self.apt_get_cmd, ' '.join(pkgs))
+            cmd = "%s purge %s" % (self.apt_get_cmd, ' '.join(pkgs))
         else:
             cmd = "%s --admindir=%s/var/lib/dpkg --instdir=%s" \
-                  " -r --force-depends %s" % \
+                  " -P --force-depends %s" % \
                   (bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "dpkg"),
                    self.target_rootfs, self.target_rootfs, ' '.join(pkgs))
 
-- 
1.9.1




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