[oe] Creating Rootfs images without packages

[Chris Larson]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 5:34 AM, Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc.com> wrote:
> 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.

This isn't the case, of course. Only the *recipes* needed to complete
your image will be built, but all of the packages for those recipes
are constructed, whether they'll eventually be used or not. Of course,
not saying that's a problem, just clarifying for mgundes.
-- 
Christopher Larson
clarson at kergoth dot com
Founder - BitBake, OpenEmbedded, OpenZaurus
Maintainer - Tslib
Senior Software Engineer, Mentor Graphics