[PATCH 0/3] Install external binary packages

[PATCH 0/3] Install external binary packages

[Robert Yang]

Hi folks,

Please see the first commit for details, and I will send a patch to
add the usage to local.conf.sample.extended when this is OK.

// Robert

The following changes since commit 0c6ac62a9fb81146ace64ae7493dcc56b4bed197:

  documentation: remove references to Pimlico (2012-08-15 15:26:27 +0100)

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.pokylinux.org/poky-contrib robert/external_install
  http://git.pokylinux.org/cgit.cgi/poky-contrib/log/?h=robert/external_install

Robert Yang (3):
  rpm: install external binary packages
  ipk: install external binary packages
  deb: install external binary packages

 meta/classes/external_package.bbclass | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 meta/classes/image.bbclass            |  2 +
 meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass      | 43 ++++++++++-------
 meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass      | 21 ++++++++-
 meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass      | 12 +++--
 meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass       |  2 +-
 meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass       |  2 +-
 meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass       |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 meta/classes/external_package.bbclass

-- 
1.7.11.2

[PATCH 1/3] rpm: install external binary packages

[Robert Yang]

It's been suggested that it would be a useful feature to be able to
easily take a binary from a 3rd party software vendor and integrate
it into an image created by the build system.

* The user can easily use this by:
  # Specify where is the external binary pkg dir
  #EXTERNAL_PACKAGE_DIR = "<path1> <path2> ..."
  # Specify which pkg will be installed
  #EXTERNAL_INSTALL_PACKAGE = "<pkg1> <pkg2> ..."

  Then the pkg1, pkg2 ... would be installed.

  Add an "EXTERNAL_INSTALL_PACKAGE"here since we can't use the existence
  variable (for example, IMAGE_INSTALL), if we add the pkg to the IMAGE_INSTALL,
  it would check whether the pkg is in the PROVIDES, and this is an external
  pkg, it is not in the PROVIDES.

* Main changes:
  - Add external_package.bbclass:
    Add the external package to the repo, the package would be copied
    to deploy/rpm/external/<arch>.
    Use an "external" directory since we don't want the "internal" pkgs
    to be mixed, and it would be easy to remove them.

  - package_rpm.bbclass:
    Create repo for deploy/rpm/external

  - rootfs_rpm.bbclass
    Add the package that would be installed to INSTALL_PACKAGES_RPM, so
    that it would be installed.

[YOCTO #1592]

Signed-off-by: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>
---
 meta/classes/external_package.bbclass | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 meta/classes/image.bbclass            |  2 ++
 meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass      | 12 +++++++---
 meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass       |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 meta/classes/external_package.bbclass

diff --git a/meta/classes/external_package.bbclass b/meta/classes/external_package.bbclass
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6d87bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/classes/external_package.bbclass
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#
+# ex:ts=4:sw=4:sts=4:et
+# -*- tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+#
+# Add external binary pkg to the repo and install them:
+#
+# Specify where are the external binary pkg dir
+#EXTERNAL_PACKAGE_DIR = "<path1> <path2> ..."
+# Specify which pkg will be installed
+#EXTERNAL_INSTALL_PACKAGE = "<pkg1> <pkg2> ..."
+
+#
+# Add the external binary rpm into the repo, copy the binary rpm files
+# from EXTERNAL_PACKAGE_DIR to ${DEPLOY_DIR_RPM}/external, and put them
+# to the relevant arch dir.
+#
+add_external_rpm () {
+    local supported_archs="$@"
+
+    # Clean the EXTERNAL_DIR_RPM dir and re-copy
+    [ ! -d "${EXTERNAL_DIR_RPM}" ] || rm -fr ${EXTERNAL_DIR_RPM}
+
+    if [ -n "${EXTERNAL_PACKAGE_DIR}" -a -n "${EXTERNAL_INSTALL_PACKAGE}" ]; then
+        echo "Adding external binary rpms to the repo ..."
+        for f in `find ${EXTERNAL_PACKAGE_DIR} -type f  -name '*.rpm'`; do
+            arch="`echo $f | awk -F\. '{print $(NF-1)}'`"
+            found=""
+            for archvar in $supported_archs; do
+                # Only pick up the supported arch's rpm
+                if [ "$arch" == "$archvar" ]; then
+                    [ -d "${EXTERNAL_DIR_RPM}/$arch" ] || mkdir -p ${EXTERNAL_DIR_RPM}/$arch
+                    cp -f $f ${EXTERNAL_DIR_RPM}/$arch/
+                    found="1"
+                    break
+                fi
+            done
+            [ -n "$found" ] || echo "Uknown arch $arch"
+        done
+    fi
+}
+
diff --git a/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
index 72720f1..283688a 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ inherit imagetest-${IMAGETEST}
 
 inherit populate_sdk_base
 
+inherit external_package
+
 TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK += "${PACKAGE_INSTALL}"
 TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK_ATTEMPTONLY += "${PACKAGE_INSTALL_ATTEMPTONLY}"
 POPULATE_SDK_POST_TARGET_COMMAND += "rootfs_install_complementary populate_sdk; "
diff --git a/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
index b58ae85..bd2c9a2 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ RPMBUILD="rpmbuild"
 
 PKGWRITEDIRRPM = "${WORKDIR}/deploy-rpms"
 PKGWRITEDIRSRPM = "${DEPLOY_DIR}/sources/deploy-srpm"
+EXTERNAL_DIR_RPM = "${DEPLOY_DIR_RPM}/external"
 
 python package_rpm_fn () {
     d.setVar('PKGFN', d.getVar('PKG'))
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ package_update_index_rpm () {
 		return
 	fi
 
+	# Add external binary pkgs
+	add_external_rpm ${PACKAGE_ARCHS} ${MULTILIB_PACKAGE_ARCHS} ${SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS}
+
 	# Update target packages
 	base_archs="${PACKAGE_ARCHS}"
 	ml_archs="${MULTILIB_PACKAGE_ARCHS}"
@@ -44,9 +48,11 @@ package_update_index_rpm_common () {
 	for archvar in "$@"; do
 		eval archs=\${${archvar}}
 		packagedirs=""
-		for arch in $archs; do
-			packagedirs="${DEPLOY_DIR_RPM}/$arch $packagedirs"
-			rm -rf ${DEPLOY_DIR_RPM}/$arch/solvedb.done
+		for d in ${DEPLOY_DIR_RPM} ${EXTERNAL_DIR_RPM}; do
+			for arch in $archs; do
+				packagedirs="$d/$arch $packagedirs"
+				rm -rf $d/$arch/solvedb.done
+			done
 		done
 
 		cat /dev/null > ${rpmconf_base}-${archvar}.conf
diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass
index c0207d8..7ce694c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ fakeroot rootfs_rpm_do_rootfs () {
 	export INSTALL_ROOTFS_RPM="${IMAGE_ROOTFS}"
 	export INSTALL_PLATFORM_RPM="${TARGET_ARCH}"
 	export INSTALL_CONFBASE_RPM="${RPMCONF_TARGET_BASE}"
-	export INSTALL_PACKAGES_RPM="${PACKAGE_INSTALL}"
+	export INSTALL_PACKAGES_RPM="${PACKAGE_INSTALL} ${EXTERNAL_INSTALL_PACKAGE}"
 	export INSTALL_PACKAGES_ATTEMPTONLY_RPM="${PACKAGE_INSTALL_ATTEMPTONLY}"
 	export INSTALL_PACKAGES_LINGUAS_RPM="${LINGUAS_INSTALL}"
 	export INSTALL_PROVIDENAME_RPM=""
-- 
1.7.11.2

Re: [PATCH 1/3] rpm: install external binary packages

[Robert Yang]

On 08/15/2012 11:32 PM, Robert Yang wrote:
>
> diff --git a/meta/classes/external_package.bbclass b/meta/classes/external_package.bbclass
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..c6d87bb
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/meta/classes/external_package.bbclass
> @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
> +#
> +# ex:ts=4:sw=4:sts=4:et
> +# -*- tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
> +#
> +# Add external binary pkg to the repo and install them:
> +#
> +# Specify where are the external binary pkg dir
> +#EXTERNAL_PACKAGE_DIR = "<path1> <path2> ..."
> +# Specify which pkg will be installed
> +#EXTERNAL_INSTALL_PACKAGE = "<pkg1> <pkg2> ..."
> +
> +#
> +# Add the external binary rpm into the repo, copy the binary rpm files
> +# from EXTERNAL_PACKAGE_DIR to ${DEPLOY_DIR_RPM}/external, and put them
> +# to the relevant arch dir.
> +#
> +add_external_rpm () {
> +    local supported_archs="$@"
> +

I updated this patch and the "PATCH 2/3" a little since the "dash" doesn't
support the local var="$@", so changed it to:

local supported_archs
supported_archs="$@"

and pushed to the repo:

   git://git.pokylinux.org/poky-contrib robert/external_install
   http://git.pokylinux.org/cgit.cgi/poky-contrib/log/?h=robert/external_install

// Robert

> +    # Clean the EXTERNAL_DIR_RPM dir and re-copy
> +    [ ! -d "${EXTERNAL_DIR_RPM}" ] || rm -fr ${EXTERNAL_DIR_RPM}
> +
> +    if [ -n "${EXTERNAL_PACKAGE_DIR}" -a -n "${EXTERNAL_INSTALL_PACKAGE}" ]; then
> +        echo "Adding external binary rpms to the repo ..."
> +        for f in `find ${EXTERNAL_PACKAGE_DIR} -type f  -name '*.rpm'`; do
> +            arch="`echo $f | awk -F\. '{print $(NF-1)}'`"
> +            found=""
> +            for archvar in $supported_archs; do
> +                # Only pick up the supported arch's rpm
> +                if [ "$arch" == "$archvar" ]; then
> +                    [ -d "${EXTERNAL_DIR_RPM}/$arch" ] || mkdir -p ${EXTERNAL_DIR_RPM}/$arch
> +                    cp -f $f ${EXTERNAL_DIR_RPM}/$arch/
> +                    found="1"
> +                    break
> +                fi
> +            done
> +            [ -n "$found" ] || echo "Uknown arch $arch"
> +        done
> +    fi
> +}
> +
> diff --git a/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
> index 72720f1..283688a 100644
> --- a/meta/classes/image.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
> @@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ inherit imagetest-${IMAGETEST}
>
>   inherit populate_sdk_base
>
> +inherit external_package
> +
>   TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK += "${PACKAGE_INSTALL}"
>   TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK_ATTEMPTONLY += "${PACKAGE_INSTALL_ATTEMPTONLY}"
>   POPULATE_SDK_POST_TARGET_COMMAND += "rootfs_install_complementary populate_sdk; "
> diff --git a/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
> index b58ae85..bd2c9a2 100644
> --- a/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ RPMBUILD="rpmbuild"
>
>   PKGWRITEDIRRPM = "${WORKDIR}/deploy-rpms"
>   PKGWRITEDIRSRPM = "${DEPLOY_DIR}/sources/deploy-srpm"
> +EXTERNAL_DIR_RPM = "${DEPLOY_DIR_RPM}/external"
>
>   python package_rpm_fn () {
>       d.setVar('PKGFN', d.getVar('PKG'))
> @@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ package_update_index_rpm () {
>   		return
>   	fi
>
> +	# Add external binary pkgs
> +	add_external_rpm ${PACKAGE_ARCHS} ${MULTILIB_PACKAGE_ARCHS} ${SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS}
> +
>   	# Update target packages
>   	base_archs="${PACKAGE_ARCHS}"
>   	ml_archs="${MULTILIB_PACKAGE_ARCHS}"
> @@ -44,9 +48,11 @@ package_update_index_rpm_common () {
>   	for archvar in "$@"; do
>   		eval archs=\${${archvar}}
>   		packagedirs=""
> -		for arch in $archs; do
> -			packagedirs="${DEPLOY_DIR_RPM}/$arch $packagedirs"
> -			rm -rf ${DEPLOY_DIR_RPM}/$arch/solvedb.done
> +		for d in ${DEPLOY_DIR_RPM} ${EXTERNAL_DIR_RPM}; do
> +			for arch in $archs; do
> +				packagedirs="$d/$arch $packagedirs"
> +				rm -rf $d/$arch/solvedb.done
> +			done
>   		done
>
>   		cat /dev/null > ${rpmconf_base}-${archvar}.conf
> diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass
> index c0207d8..7ce694c 100644
> --- a/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass
> @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ fakeroot rootfs_rpm_do_rootfs () {
>   	export INSTALL_ROOTFS_RPM="${IMAGE_ROOTFS}"
>   	export INSTALL_PLATFORM_RPM="${TARGET_ARCH}"
>   	export INSTALL_CONFBASE_RPM="${RPMCONF_TARGET_BASE}"
> -	export INSTALL_PACKAGES_RPM="${PACKAGE_INSTALL}"
> +	export INSTALL_PACKAGES_RPM="${PACKAGE_INSTALL} ${EXTERNAL_INSTALL_PACKAGE}"
>   	export INSTALL_PACKAGES_ATTEMPTONLY_RPM="${PACKAGE_INSTALL_ATTEMPTONLY}"
>   	export INSTALL_PACKAGES_LINGUAS_RPM="${LINGUAS_INSTALL}"
>   	export INSTALL_PROVIDENAME_RPM=""
>

[PATCH 2/3] ipk: install external binary packages

[Robert Yang]

Please see the commit message for the rpm one, most of the contents are
similar, except that add an function "add_external_debipk" which are
used by both deb and ipk, the add_external_ipk is just a wrapper.

[YOCTO #2948]

Signed-off-by: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>
---
 meta/classes/external_package.bbclass | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass      | 21 ++++++++++++++++-
 meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass       |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta/classes/external_package.bbclass b/meta/classes/external_package.bbclass
index c6d87bb..1587363 100644
--- a/meta/classes/external_package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/external_package.bbclass
@@ -39,3 +39,47 @@ add_external_rpm () {
     fi
 }
 
+#
+# Add the external binary ipk/deb into the repo, copy the binary files
+# from EXTERNAL_PACKAGE_DIR to ${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}/external, and put them
+# to the relevant arch dir.
+#
+# $1: EXTERNAL_DIR_IPK or EXTERNAL_DIR_DEB
+# $2, $3, $4...: supported archs
+#
+add_external_debipk () {
+    dir="$1"
+
+    if [ "$dir" != "${EXTERNAL_DIR_DEB}" -a "$dir" != "${EXTERNAL_DIR_IPK}" ]; then
+        echo "Unsupported dir $1"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    shift
+    local supported_archs="$@"
+
+    # Clean the dir and re-copy
+    [ ! -d "$dir" ] || rm -fr $dir
+
+    if [ -n "${EXTERNAL_PACKAGE_DIR}" -a -n "${EXTERNAL_INSTALL_PACKAGE}" ]; then
+        echo "Adding external binary ${IMAGE_PKGTYPE} to the repo ..."
+        for f in `find ${EXTERNAL_PACKAGE_DIR} -type f  -name "*.${IMAGE_PKGTYPE}"`; do
+            arch="`echo $f | sed 's/.*_\(.*\)\.'"${IMAGE_PKGTYPE}"'$/\1/'`"
+            found=""
+            for archvar in $supported_archs; do
+                # Only pick up the supported arch
+                if [ "$arch" == "$archvar" ]; then
+                    [ -d "$dir/$arch" ] || mkdir -p $dir/$arch
+                    cp -f $f $dir/$arch/
+                    found="1"
+                    break
+                fi
+            done
+            [ -n "$found" ] || echo "Uknown arch $arch"
+        done
+    fi
+}
+
+add_external_ipk () {
+	add_external_debipk $@
+}
diff --git a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
index a297a1f..12e493d 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ IPKGCONF_TARGET = "${WORKDIR}/opkg.conf"
 IPKGCONF_SDK =  "${WORKDIR}/opkg-sdk.conf"
 
 PKGWRITEDIRIPK = "${WORKDIR}/deploy-ipks"
+EXTERNAL_DIR_IPK = "${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}/external"
 
 # Program to be used to build opkg packages
 OPKGBUILDCMD ??= "opkg-build"
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ package_update_index_ipk () {
 		return
 	fi
 
-	packagedirs="${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}"
+	packagedirs="${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK} ${EXTERNAL_DIR_IPK}"
 	for arch in $ipkgarchs; do
 		packagedirs="$packagedirs ${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}/$arch"
 	done
@@ -213,6 +214,12 @@ package_update_index_ipk () {
 		packagedirs="$packagedirs ${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}/$arch"
 	done
 
+	all_archs="$ipkgarchs $multilib_archs"
+	add_external_ipk "${EXTERNAL_DIR_IPK}" $all_archs
+	for arch in $all_archs; do
+		packagedirs="$packagedirs ${EXTERNAL_DIR_IPK}/$arch"
+	done
+
 	for pkgdir in $packagedirs; do
 		if [ -e $pkgdir/ ]; then
 			touch $pkgdir/Packages
@@ -229,19 +236,31 @@ package_update_index_ipk () {
 package_generate_ipkg_conf () {
 	package_generate_archlist
 	echo "src oe file:${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}" >> ${IPKGCONF_SDK}
+	if [ -e ${EXTERNAL_DIR_IPK} ]; then
+		echo "src external file:${EXTERNAL_DIR_IPK}" >> ${IPKGCONF_SDK}
+	fi
 	ipkgarchs="${SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS}"
 	for arch in $ipkgarchs; do
 		if [ -e ${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}/$arch/Packages ] ; then
 		        echo "src oe-$arch file:${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}/$arch" >> ${IPKGCONF_SDK}
 		fi
+		if [ -e ${EXTERNAL_DIR_IPK}/$arch/Packages ] ; then
+		        echo "src external-$arch file:${EXTERNAL_DIR_IPK}/$arch" >> ${IPKGCONF_SDK}
+		fi
 	done
 
 	echo "src oe file:${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}" >> ${IPKGCONF_TARGET}
+	if [ -e ${EXTERNAL_DIR_IPK} ]; then
+		echo "src external file:${EXTERNAL_DIR_IPK}" >> ${IPKGCONF_TARGET}
+	fi
 	ipkgarchs="${ALL_MULTILIB_PACKAGE_ARCHS}"
 	for arch in $ipkgarchs; do
 		if [ -e ${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}/$arch/Packages ] ; then
 		        echo "src oe-$arch file:${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}/$arch" >> ${IPKGCONF_TARGET}
 		fi
+		if [ -e ${EXTERNAL_DIR_IPK}/$arch/Packages ] ; then
+		        echo "src external-$arch file:${EXTERNAL_DIR_IPK}/$arch" >> ${IPKGCONF_TARGET}
+		fi
 	done
 }
 
diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
index 6cdd8f6..edea67f 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ fakeroot rootfs_ipk_do_rootfs () {
 
 	export INSTALL_ROOTFS_IPK="${IMAGE_ROOTFS}"
 	export INSTALL_CONF_IPK="${IPKGCONF_TARGET}"
-	export INSTALL_PACKAGES_IPK="${PACKAGE_INSTALL}"
+	export INSTALL_PACKAGES_IPK="${PACKAGE_INSTALL} ${EXTERNAL_INSTALL_PACKAGE}"
 
 	#post install
 	export D=${IMAGE_ROOTFS}
-- 
1.7.11.2

Re: [PATCH 2/3] ipk: install external binary packages

[Koen Kooi]

Op 15 aug. 2012, om 17:32 heeft Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com> het volgende geschreven:

> Please see the commit message for the rpm one, 

No, you copy-paste that message into this commit message.

Re: [PATCH 2/3] ipk: install external binary packages

[Robert Yang]

On 08/16/2012 04:03 PM, Koen Kooi wrote:
>
> Op 15 aug. 2012, om 17:32 heeft Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com> het volgende geschreven:
>
>> Please see the commit message for the rpm one,
>
> No, you copy-paste that message into this commit message.
>

Thanks, sounds better, V2 is coming.

// Robert

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[PATCH 3/3] deb: install external binary packages

[Robert Yang]

Please see the commit message for the rpm one, most of the contents are
similar.

[YOCTO #2949]

Signed-off-by: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>
---
 meta/classes/external_package.bbclass |  4 ++++
 meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass      | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass       |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta/classes/external_package.bbclass b/meta/classes/external_package.bbclass
index 1587363..618ae72 100644
--- a/meta/classes/external_package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/external_package.bbclass
@@ -83,3 +83,7 @@ add_external_debipk () {
 add_external_ipk () {
 	add_external_debipk $@
 }
+
+add_external_deb () {
+	add_external_debipk $@
+}
diff --git a/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass
index 48511df..477b90c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ IMAGE_PKGTYPE ?= "deb"
 DPKG_ARCH ?= "${TARGET_ARCH}" 
 
 PKGWRITEDIRDEB = "${WORKDIR}/deploy-debs"
+EXTERNAL_DIR_DEB = "${DEPLOY_DIR_DEB}/external"
 
 python package_deb_fn () {
     d.setVar('PKGFN', d.getVar('PKG'))
@@ -72,19 +73,25 @@ package_update_index_deb () {
 		return
 	fi
 
-	for arch in ${PACKAGE_ARCHS} ${SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS}; do
-		if [ -e ${DEPLOY_DIR_DEB}/$arch ]; then
+	all_archs="${PACKAGE_ARCHS} ${SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS}"
+
+	[ ! -d ${EXTERNAL_INSTALL_DIRS} ] || add_external_deb ${EXTERNAL_DIR_DEB} $all_archs
+
+	for arch in $all_archs; do
+		if [ -e ${DEPLOY_DIR_DEB}/$arch -o -e ${EXTERNAL_DIR_DEB}/$arch ]; then
 			debarchs="$debarchs $arch"
 		fi
 	done
 
 	for arch in $debarchs; do
-		if [ ! -d ${DEPLOY_DIR_DEB}/$arch ]; then
-			continue;
-		fi
-		cd ${DEPLOY_DIR_DEB}/$arch
-		dpkg-scanpackages . | gzip > Packages.gz
-		echo "Label: $arch" > Release
+		for d in ${DEPLOY_DIR_DEB} ${EXTERNAL_DIR_DEB}; do
+			if [ ! -d $d/$arch ]; then
+				continue;
+			fi
+			cd $d/$arch
+			dpkg-scanpackages . | gzip > Packages.gz
+			echo "Label: $arch" > Release
+		done
 	done
 }
 
@@ -114,16 +121,18 @@ package_install_internal_deb () {
 
 	priority=1
 	for arch in $archs; do
-		if [ ! -d ${DEPLOY_DIR_DEB}/$arch ]; then
-			continue;
-		fi
+		for d in ${DEPLOY_DIR_DEB} ${EXTERNAL_DIR_DEB}; do
+			if [ ! -d $d/$arch ]; then
+				continue;
+			fi
 
-		echo "deb file:${DEPLOY_DIR_DEB}/$arch/ ./" >> ${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE}/apt/sources.list.rev
-		(echo "Package: *"
-		echo "Pin: release l=$arch"
-		echo "Pin-Priority: $(expr 800 + $priority)"
-		echo) >> ${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE}/apt/preferences
-		priority=$(expr $priority + 5)
+			echo "deb file:$d/$arch/ ./" >> ${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE}/apt/sources.list.rev
+			(echo "Package: *"
+			echo "Pin: release l=$arch"
+			echo "Pin-Priority: $(expr 800 + $priority)"
+			echo) >> ${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE}/apt/preferences
+			priority=$(expr $priority + 5)
+		done
 	done
 
 	tac ${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE}/apt/sources.list.rev > ${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE}/apt/sources.list
diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass
index 750a8ca..0c7f5f2 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fakeroot rootfs_deb_do_rootfs () {
 	export INSTALL_ROOTFS_DEB="${IMAGE_ROOTFS}"
 	export INSTALL_BASEARCH_DEB="${DPKG_ARCH}"
 	export INSTALL_ARCHS_DEB="${PACKAGE_ARCHS}"
-	export INSTALL_PACKAGES_NORMAL_DEB="${PACKAGE_INSTALL}"
+	export INSTALL_PACKAGES_NORMAL_DEB="${PACKAGE_INSTALL} ${EXTERNAL_INSTALL_PACKAGE}"
 	export INSTALL_PACKAGES_ATTEMPTONLY_DEB="${PACKAGE_INSTALL_ATTEMPTONLY}"
 	export INSTALL_PACKAGES_LINGUAS_DEB="${LINGUAS_INSTALL}"
 	export INSTALL_TASK_DEB="rootfs"
-- 
1.7.11.2