1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
index 36dedb9c61..e9d1ddcdbc 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
@@ -442,10 +442,8 @@ addtask do_package_write_ipk_setscene
 
 python () {
     if d.getVar('PACKAGES', True) != '':
-        deps = (d.getVarFlag('do_package_write_ipk', 'depends') or "").split()
-        deps.append('opkg-utils-native:do_populate_sysroot')
-        deps.append('virtual/fakeroot-native:do_populate_sysroot')
-        d.setVarFlag('do_package_write_ipk', 'depends', " ".join(deps))
+        deps = ' opkg-utils-native:do_populate_sysroot virtual/fakeroot-native:do_populate_sysroot'
+        d.appendVarFlag('do_package_write_ipk', 'depends', deps)
         d.setVarFlag('do_package_write_ipk', 'fakeroot', "1")
         d.setVarFlag('do_package_write_ipk_setscene', 'fakeroot', "1")
 }