[yocto] Building single package as image, respecting dependencies

[Burton, Ross]

On Thu, 23 May 2019 at 13:46, Norman Stetter <Norman.Stetter at garz-fricke.com>
wrote:

> That seems to be a misunderstanding. I want to keep the OS image as small
> as possible to reduce boot time. We only use python for some test
> scenarios, so it doesn’t have to be included in the OS image. I did some
> measurements and including python3 in the OS image increased the boot time
> by over 30%. So the idea is to have it separately, and only mount it, when
> needed.
>

What filesystem are you using?  I wasn't aware of any modern file systems
where the number of files installed affected mount performance.

Could you just build two images and have a 'normal' image and a 'test
image'?  This is basically what the tools-testapps image feature is for.

Ross
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