1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
index 3b4b4da43d..4fcacc67ec 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ OPKG_POSTPROCESS_COMMANDS = "ipk_insert_feed_uris"
 
 opkglibdir = "${localstatedir}/lib/opkg"
 
+# Which packages to not install on the basis of a recommendation
+BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS ?= ""
+
 fakeroot rootfs_ipk_do_rootfs () {
         set -x
 
@@ -29,6 +32,23 @@ fakeroot rootfs_ipk_do_rootfs () {
         ${OPKG_PREPROCESS_COMMANDS}
 
         mkdir -p ${T}/
+ 
+        STATUS=${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${opkglibdir}/status
+        mkdir -p ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${opkglibdir}
+
+        opkg-cl ${IPKG_ARGS} update
+
+        # prime the status file with bits that we don't want
+        for i in ${BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS}; do
+                pkginfo="`opkg-cl ${IPKG_ARGS} info $i`"
+                if [ ! -z "$pkginfo" ]; then
+                        echo "$pkginfo" | grep -e '^Package:' -e '^Architecture:' -e '^Version:' >> $STATUS
+                        echo "Status: deinstall ok not-installed" >> $STATUS
+                        echo >> $STATUS
+                else
+                        echo "Requested ignored recommendation $i is not a package"
+                fi
+        done
 
         #install
         export INSTALL_PACKAGES_ATTEMPTONLY_IPK="${PACKAGE_INSTALL_ATTEMPTONLY}"