1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index 568b85c12a..0068a50258 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ ALL_MULTILIB_PACKAGE_ARCHS = "${@all_multilib_tune_values(d, 'PACKAGE_ARCHS')}"
 # rpm is used for the per-file dependency identification
 PACKAGE_DEPENDS += "rpm-native"
 
+
+# If your postinstall can execute at rootfs creation time rather than on
+# target but depends on a native/cross tool in order to execute, you need to
+# list that tool in PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPENDS. Target package dependencies belong
+# in the package dependencies as normal, this is just for native/cross support
+# tools at rootfs build time.
+PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS ??= ""
+
 def legitimize_package_name(s):
     """
     Make sure package names are legitimate strings