1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
index bc334736a4..d6104b3843 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
@@ -1472,6 +1472,16 @@ class OpkgPM(PackageManager):
                                         self.d.getVar('FEED_DEPLOYDIR_BASE_URI', True),
                                         arch))
 
+            if self.opkg_dir != '/var/lib/opkg':
+                # There is no command line option for this anymore, we need to add
+                # info_dir and status_file to config file, if OPKGLIBDIR doesn't have
+                # the default value of "/var/lib" as defined in opkg:
+                # libopkg/opkg_conf.h:#define OPKG_CONF_DEFAULT_INFO_DIR      "/var/lib/opkg/info"
+                # libopkg/opkg_conf.h:#define OPKG_CONF_DEFAULT_STATUS_FILE   "/var/lib/opkg/status"
+                cfg_file.write("option info_dir     %s\n" % os.path.join(self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR', True), 'opkg', 'info'))
+                cfg_file.write("option status_file  %s\n" % os.path.join(self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR', True), 'opkg', 'status'))
+
+
     def _create_config(self):
         with open(self.config_file, "w+") as config_file:
             priority = 1
@@ -1487,6 +1497,15 @@ class OpkgPM(PackageManager):
                     config_file.write("src oe-%s file:%s\n" %
                                       (arch, pkgs_dir))
 
+            if self.opkg_dir != '/var/lib/opkg':
+                # There is no command line option for this anymore, we need to add
+                # info_dir and status_file to config file, if OPKGLIBDIR doesn't have
+                # the default value of "/var/lib" as defined in opkg:
+                # libopkg/opkg_conf.h:#define OPKG_CONF_DEFAULT_INFO_DIR      "/var/lib/opkg/info"
+                # libopkg/opkg_conf.h:#define OPKG_CONF_DEFAULT_STATUS_FILE   "/var/lib/opkg/status"
+                config_file.write("option info_dir     %s\n" % os.path.join(self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR', True), 'opkg', 'info'))
+                config_file.write("option status_file  %s\n" % os.path.join(self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR', True), 'opkg', 'status'))
+
     def insert_feeds_uris(self):
         if self.feed_uris == "":
             return