1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass b/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass
index 0938c992de..05a7996676 100644
--- a/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass
@@ -442,7 +442,10 @@ do_deploy_all_archives() {
 }
 
 python () {
-    # Add tasks in the correct order, specifically for linux-yocto to avoid race condition
+    # Add tasks in the correct order, specifically for linux-yocto to avoid race condition.
+    # sstatesig.py:sstate_rundepfilter has special support that excludes this dependency
+    # so that do_kernel_configme does not need to run again when do_unpack_and_patch
+    # gets added or removed (by adding or removing archiver.bbclass).
     if bb.data.inherits_class('kernel-yocto', d):
         bb.build.addtask('do_kernel_configme', 'do_configure', 'do_unpack_and_patch', d)
 }