2 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
index 730c843c18..045f4494c8 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ python () {
 def rootfs_variables(d):
     from oe.rootfs import variable_depends
     variables = ['IMAGE_DEVICE_TABLE','IMAGE_DEVICE_TABLES','BUILD_IMAGES_FROM_FEEDS','IMAGE_TYPES_MASKED','IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT','IMAGE_OVERHEAD_FACTOR','IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE','IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE',
-                 'IMAGE_ROOTFS_MAXSIZE','IMAGE_NAME','IMAGE_LINK_NAME','IMAGE_MANIFEST','DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE','IMAGE_FSTYPES','IMAGE_INSTALL_COMPLEMENTARY','IMAGE_LINGUAS', 'IMAGE_LINGUAS_COMPLEMENTARY',
+                 'IMAGE_ROOTFS_MAXSIZE','IMAGE_NAME','IMAGE_LINK_NAME','IMAGE_MANIFEST','DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE','IMAGE_FSTYPES','IMAGE_INSTALL_COMPLEMENTARY','IMAGE_LINGUAS', 'IMAGE_LINGUAS_COMPLEMENTARY', 'IMAGE_LOCALES_ARCHIVE',
                  'MULTILIBRE_ALLOW_REP','MULTILIB_TEMP_ROOTFS','MULTILIB_VARIANTS','MULTILIBS','ALL_MULTILIB_PACKAGE_ARCHS','MULTILIB_GLOBAL_VARIANTS','BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS','NO_RECOMMENDATIONS',
                  'PACKAGE_ARCHS','PACKAGE_CLASSES','TARGET_VENDOR','TARGET_ARCH','TARGET_OS','OVERRIDES','BBEXTENDVARIANT','FEED_DEPLOYDIR_BASE_URI','INTERCEPT_DIR','USE_DEVFS',
                  'CONVERSIONTYPES', 'IMAGE_GEN_DEBUGFS', 'ROOTFS_RO_UNNEEDED', 'IMGDEPLOYDIR', 'PACKAGE_EXCLUDE_COMPLEMENTARY', 'REPRODUCIBLE_TIMESTAMP_ROOTFS', 'IMAGE_INSTALL_DEBUGFS']
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ IMAGE_LINGUAS ?= "de-de fr-fr en-gb"
 
 LINGUAS_INSTALL ?= "${@" ".join(map(lambda s: "locale-base-%s" % s, d.getVar('IMAGE_LINGUAS').split()))}"
 
+# per default create a locale archive
+IMAGE_LOCALES_ARCHIVE ?= '1'
+
 # Prefer image, but use the fallback files for lookups if the image ones
 # aren't yet available.
 PSEUDO_PASSWD = "${IMAGE_ROOTFS}:${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}"
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/__init__.py b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/__init__.py
index 865d6f9493..42225a3b2e 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/__init__.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/__init__.py
@@ -397,12 +397,13 @@ class PackageManager(object, metaclass=ABCMeta):
                          "'%s' returned %d:\n%s" %
                          (' '.join(cmd), e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
 
-        target_arch = self.d.getVar('TARGET_ARCH')
-        localedir = oe.path.join(self.target_rootfs, self.d.getVar("libdir"), "locale")
-        if os.path.exists(localedir) and os.listdir(localedir):
-            generate_locale_archive(self.d, self.target_rootfs, target_arch, localedir)
-            # And now delete the binary locales
-            self.remove(fnmatch.filter(self.list_installed(), "glibc-binary-localedata-*"), False)
+        if self.d.getVar('IMAGE_LOCALES_ARCHIVE') == '1':
+            target_arch = self.d.getVar('TARGET_ARCH')
+            localedir = oe.path.join(self.target_rootfs, self.d.getVar("libdir"), "locale")
+            if os.path.exists(localedir) and os.listdir(localedir):
+                generate_locale_archive(self.d, self.target_rootfs, target_arch, localedir)
+                # And now delete the binary locales
+                self.remove(fnmatch.filter(self.list_installed(), "glibc-binary-localedata-*"), False)
 
     def deploy_dir_lock(self):
         if self.deploy_dir is None: