1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
index 62ff07e2e7..894ff993cc 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ IMAGE_GEN_DEBUGFS ?= "0"
 # rootfs bootstrap install
 ROOTFS_BOOTSTRAP_INSTALL = "${@bb.utils.contains("IMAGE_FEATURES", "package-management", "", "${ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE_BOOTSTRAP}",d)}"
 
+# These packages will be removed from a read-only rootfs after all other
+# packages have been installed
+ROOTFS_RO_UNNEEDED = "update-rc.d base-passwd shadow ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_update-alternatives} ${ROOTFS_BOOTSTRAP_INSTALL}"
+
 # packages to install from features
 FEATURE_INSTALL = "${@' '.join(oe.packagegroup.required_packages(oe.data.typed_value('IMAGE_FEATURES', d), d))}"
 FEATURE_INSTALL[vardepvalue] = "${FEATURE_INSTALL}"
@@ -114,7 +118,7 @@ def rootfs_variables(d):
                  'IMAGE_ROOTFS_MAXSIZE','IMAGE_NAME','IMAGE_LINK_NAME','IMAGE_MANIFEST','DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE','RM_OLD_IMAGE','IMAGE_FSTYPES','IMAGE_INSTALL_COMPLEMENTARY','IMAGE_LINGUAS',
                  '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',
-                 'COMPRESSIONTYPES', 'IMAGE_GEN_DEBUGFS']
+                 'COMPRESSIONTYPES', 'IMAGE_GEN_DEBUGFS', 'ROOTFS_RO_UNNEEDED']
     variables.extend(rootfs_command_variables(d))
     variables.extend(variable_depends(d))
     return " ".join(variables)