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-rw-r--r--meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py17
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py b/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py
index 71bd1a78dc..754ef563ab 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py
@@ -261,15 +261,22 @@ class Rootfs(object, metaclass=ABCMeta):
# Remove components that we don't need if it's a read-only rootfs
unneeded_pkgs = self.d.getVar("ROOTFS_RO_UNNEEDED").split()
pkgs_installed = image_list_installed_packages(self.d)
- # Make sure update-alternatives is last on the command line, so
- # that it is removed last. This makes sure that its database is
- # available while uninstalling packages, allowing alternative
- # symlinks of packages to be uninstalled to be managed correctly.
+ # Make sure update-alternatives is removed last. This is
+ # because its database has to available while uninstalling
+ # other packages, allowing alternative symlinks of packages
+ # to be uninstalled or to be managed correctly otherwise.
provider = self.d.getVar("VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_update-alternatives")
pkgs_to_remove = sorted([pkg for pkg in pkgs_installed if pkg in unneeded_pkgs], key=lambda x: x == provider)
+ # update-alternatives provider is removed in its own remove()
+ # call because all package managers do not guarantee the packages
+ # are removed in the order they given in the list (which is
+ # passed to the command line). The sorting done earlier is
+ # utilized to implement the 2-stage removal.
+ if len(pkgs_to_remove) > 1:
+ self.pm.remove(pkgs_to_remove[:-1], False)
if len(pkgs_to_remove) > 0:
- self.pm.remove(pkgs_to_remove, False)
+ self.pm.remove([pkgs_to_remove[-1]], False)
if delayed_postinsts:
self._save_postinsts()