how to remove a package from image

how to remove a package from image

[Kent Dorfman]

My vendor finally realized that I needed a full yocto release and not
the eSDK.  Anyway, I can build their image, but when I modify the
kernel to remove CAN drivers I get the errors that

packagegroup-can-support
packagegroup-ow-support

are required.

What is the "yocto way"  to remove those packages and dependencies
from the build?

Re: [yocto] how to remove a package from image

[Alexander Kanavin]

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You need to modify the image recipe so that those packagegroups are not
pulled in. If you cannot do that because it's in a layer controlled by
someone else etc, then make a new image recipe, and build that image
instead.

Alex

On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 at 18:05, Kent Dorfman <kent.dorfman766@gmail.com>
wrote:

> My vendor finally realized that I needed a full yocto release and not
> the eSDK.  Anyway, I can build their image, but when I modify the
> kernel to remove CAN drivers I get the errors that
>
> packagegroup-can-support
> packagegroup-ow-support
>
> are required.
>
> What is the "yocto way"  to remove those packages and dependencies
> from the build?
> 
>

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Re: [yocto] how to remove a package from image

[Kent Dorfman]

was able to modify the vendor's machine/inc file to remove the
offending package.
Since the whole tree is in git now, I suppose that's OK, but I do wish
yocto had better tools for managing inclusions and introspection into
what is in an image and at what level it's defined.


On 2/11/20, Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com> wrote:
> You need to modify the image recipe so that those packagegroups are not
> pulled in. If you cannot do that because it's in a layer controlled by
> someone else etc, then make a new image recipe, and build that image
> instead.
>
> Alex
>
> On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 at 18:05, Kent Dorfman <kent.dorfman766@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> My vendor finally realized that I needed a full yocto release and not
>> the eSDK.  Anyway, I can build their image, but when I modify the
>> kernel to remove CAN drivers I get the errors that
>>
>> packagegroup-can-support
>> packagegroup-ow-support
>>
>> are required.
>>
>> What is the "yocto way"  to remove those packages and dependencies
>> from the build?
>> 
>>
>

Re: [yocto] how to remove a package from image

[Denys Dmytriyenko]

On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 06:50:09PM -0500, Kent Dorfman wrote:
> was able to modify the vendor's machine/inc file to remove the
> offending package.
> Since the whole tree is in git now, I suppose that's OK, but I do wish
> yocto had better tools for managing inclusions and introspection into
> what is in an image and at what level it's defined.

Images are supposed to be all custom. It means if you cannot easily use one of 
the existing images, you create your own. There are ways to bbappend an 
existing image and mangle its content, but it's usually not worth the trouble 
when you can simply create your own.

-- 
Denys


> On 2/11/20, Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com> wrote:
> > You need to modify the image recipe so that those packagegroups are not
> > pulled in. If you cannot do that because it's in a layer controlled by
> > someone else etc, then make a new image recipe, and build that image
> > instead.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 at 18:05, Kent Dorfman <kent.dorfman766@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> My vendor finally realized that I needed a full yocto release and not
> >> the eSDK.  Anyway, I can build their image, but when I modify the
> >> kernel to remove CAN drivers I get the errors that
> >>
> >> packagegroup-can-support
> >> packagegroup-ow-support
> >>
> >> are required.
> >>
> >> What is the "yocto way"  to remove those packages and dependencies
> >> from the build?
> >> 
> >>
> >

> 

Re: [yocto] how to remove a package from image

[Alexander Kanavin]

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Yocto is a community project. If you think such a tool is missing, patches
are welcome. Talk to your employer about ability to contribute under your
real name.

Alex

On Wed 12. Feb 2020 at 0.50, Kent Dorfman <kent.dorfman766@gmail.com> wrote:

> was able to modify the vendor's machine/inc file to remove the
> offending package.
> Since the whole tree is in git now, I suppose that's OK, but I do wish
> yocto had better tools for managing inclusions and introspection into
> what is in an image and at what level it's defined.
>
>
> On 2/11/20, Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com> wrote:
> > You need to modify the image recipe so that those packagegroups are not
> > pulled in. If you cannot do that because it's in a layer controlled by
> > someone else etc, then make a new image recipe, and build that image
> > instead.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 at 18:05, Kent Dorfman <kent.dorfman766@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> My vendor finally realized that I needed a full yocto release and not
> >> the eSDK.  Anyway, I can build their image, but when I modify the
> >> kernel to remove CAN drivers I get the errors that
> >>
> >> packagegroup-can-support
> >> packagegroup-ow-support
> >>
> >> are required.
> >>
> >> What is the "yocto way"  to remove those packages and dependencies
> >> from the build?
> >>
> >>
> >
> 
>

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