[yocto] why is "package-management" defined as a PACKAGE_GROUP?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sun, 17 Nov 2013, Chris Larson wrote:

>
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
>       $ bb show -r core-image-base ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE
>       Parsing recipes..done.
>       # ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE=opkg opkg-collateral ${EXTRAOPKGCONFIG}
>       ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE="opkg opkg-collateral poky-feed-config-opkg"
>       $
>
>       but that feature *also* pulls in additional processing as it's defined
>       in image.bbclass.
>
>
> If you’re referring to the bootstrap bits, technically that doesn’t
> do something when it’s included in image features, it does something
> when it’s *not* included in image features — include
> ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE_BOOTSTRAP instead of ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE.

  ah, right ... but i did identify my earlier confusion, that
"package-management" is indeed a valid packagegroup, i just foolishly
didn't understand that. thanks.

rday

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