[OE-core] meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py: dont' remove any packages by default

Nicolas Dechesne nicolas.dechesne at linaro.org
Fri Jul 31 11:09:29 UTC 2015


On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Paul Eggleton
<paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>> I think that we should not remove any pkgs by default, we can add some
>> interfaces/ways to let the user decide whether to remove them or any
>> other pkgs, for example, add a REMOVE_PACKAGS variable, leave it as NULL
>> or only add run-postinsts to it by default.
>
> There is a reason for these not to be there by default when you don't have
> runtime package management - the assumption is you won't be adding or removing
> any users, thus the binaries that those packages install aren't needed.


I am not sure to understand the relationship between runtime package
management, and adding/removing users? Why would no runtime package
management, imply no need to add/remove users?

nico



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