[oe] Creating Rootfs images without packages

[Gary Thomas]

On 2011-10-12 06:22, mgundes wrote:
>     Hi,
>
>     I think one of the big issue with OE is build time. It does everything
> for you, so that it takes too much times. I want to minimize build time and
> realized that OE creates ipkgs for almost every package. If there is a way

Not true.  Only the packages needed to complete your image will be built.

That said, there are some packages which are built (the first time only) that
comprise the build environment and tool chain which takes a lot of time, but
this is only the first time through.

What image & target are you building for and what packages are built that you
don't think needed to be built?

> to prevent creation of ipkgs it would be really good for me. In my opinion,
> it would be fine for other people too since usually rootfs directory is
> enough and ipkgs are not frequently used directly by developers.
>
>     I have asked in freenode oe room but friends said there no way to do that
> in OE system. If there is no way to do that in current OE, do you plan to
> add as a feature?
>
>     Thanks,
>
> Regards
>

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