[yocto] Building single package as image, respecting dependencies

[Paul Barker]

On 24/05/2019 15:28, Norman Stetter wrote:
> Is there no way to simply force bitbake to only build the packages I 
> want, ignoring dependencies? We used to build the image like this 
> before, using PTXDist.
> 
> Everything else seems to be a dirty hack.

Can you just collect the extra packages (ipk/deb/rpm as appropriate), 
put them in a package feed and install them on-target as required?

The package feed doesn't have to be on a webserver, you could put it in 
a directory in a separate partition on the target if that's what you need.

Thanks,

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Paul Barker
Managing Director & Principal Engineer
Beta Five Ltd