[yocto] Why can't I install eudev-hwdb

[Gary Thomas]

In my local.conf, I have this (to save space in my embedded image):
   BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS = "udev-rules-imx eudev-hwdb"

Is there a different way I can trim these packages, e.g. leave them in for some images
and leave them out for others?

Also, today, I wanted to just test/try eudev-hwdb, so on my image I ran:
   # opkg update
   Downloading http://192.168.1.12/my-imx6ul-feeds/all/Packages.gz.
   Updated source 'poky_am-all'.
   Downloading http://192.168.1.12/my-imx6ul-feeds/cortexa7hf-neon/Packages.gz.
   Updated source 'poky_am-cortexa7hf-neon'.
   Downloading http://192.168.1.12/my-imx6ul-feeds/my_imx6ul/Packages.gz.
   Updated source 'poky_am-my_imx6ul'.

   # opkg install eudev-hwdb
   No packages installed or removed.

Note: I had rebuilt the package-index on my build machine for this target before trying this.
On the build machine, I see this (some fields trimmed):
$ ls -l tmp/deploy/ipk/cortexa7hf-neon/eudev*
   431904 May 25 07:09 tmp/deploy/ipk/cortexa7hf-neon/eudev_3.2.1-r0.11_cortexa7hf-neon.ipk
  1718910 May 25 07:09 tmp/deploy/ipk/cortexa7hf-neon/eudev-dbg_3.2.1-r0.11_cortexa7hf-neon.ipk
     5354 May 25 07:09 tmp/deploy/ipk/cortexa7hf-neon/eudev-dev_3.2.1-r0.11_cortexa7hf-neon.ipk
   947704 May 25 07:09 tmp/deploy/ipk/cortexa7hf-neon/eudev-hwdb_3.2.1-r0.11_cortexa7hf-neon.ipk

On my target, I get:
   # opkg list eudev*
   eudev - 3.2.1-r0.11 - eudev is a fork of systemd's udev
   eudev-dbg - 3.2.1-r0.11 - eudev is a fork of systemd's udev - Debugging files
   eudev-dev - 3.2.1-r0.11 - eudev is a fork of systemd's udev - Development files
   eudev-hwdb - 3.2.1-r0.11 - eudev is a fork of systemd's udev

However, even when I see the correct list of packages, I still
get the 'No packages installed' message :-(

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Gary Thomas                 |  Consulting for the
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