1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/utils.py b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
index cee087fdfa..9a86410b15 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
@@ -208,6 +208,28 @@ def squashspaces(string):
     import re
     return re.sub("\s+", " ", string).strip()
 
+def format_pkg_list(pkg_dict, ret_format=None):
+    output = []
+
+    if ret_format == "arch":
+        for pkg in sorted(pkg_dict):
+            output.append("%s %s" % (pkg, pkg_dict[pkg]["arch"]))
+    elif ret_format == "file":
+        for pkg in sorted(pkg_dict):
+            output.append("%s %s %s" % (pkg, pkg_dict[pkg]["filename"], pkg_dict[pkg]["arch"]))
+    elif ret_format == "ver":
+        for pkg in sorted(pkg_dict):
+            output.append("%s %s %s" % (pkg, pkg_dict[pkg]["arch"], pkg_dict[pkg]["ver"]))
+    elif ret_format == "deps":
+        for pkg in sorted(pkg_dict):
+            for dep in pkg_dict[pkg]["deps"]:
+                output.append("%s|%s" % (pkg, dep))
+    else:
+        for pkg in sorted(pkg_dict):
+            output.append(pkg)
+
+    return '\n'.join(output)
+
 #
 # Python 2.7 doesn't have threaded pools (just multiprocessing)
 # so implement a version here