diff --git a/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py b/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
index 13577b1..3a2daad 100644
--- a/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
+++ b/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
@@ -102,108 +102,14 @@
 
 
 class RpmIndexer(Indexer):
-    def get_ml_prefix_and_os_list(self, arch_var=None, os_var=None):
-        package_archs = collections.OrderedDict()
-        target_os = collections.OrderedDict()
-
-        if arch_var is not None and os_var is not None:
-            package_archs['default'] = self.d.getVar(arch_var, True).split()
-            package_archs['default'].reverse()
-            target_os['default'] = self.d.getVar(os_var, True).strip()
-        else:
-            package_archs['default'] = self.d.getVar("PACKAGE_ARCHS", True).split()
-            # arch order is reversed.  This ensures the -best- match is
-            # listed first!
-            package_archs['default'].reverse()
-            target_os['default'] = self.d.getVar("TARGET_OS", True).strip()
-            multilibs = self.d.getVar('MULTILIBS', True) or ""
-            for ext in multilibs.split():
-                eext = ext.split(':')
-                if len(eext) > 1 and eext[0] == 'multilib':
-                    localdata = bb.data.createCopy(self.d)
-                    default_tune_key = "DEFAULTTUNE_virtclass-multilib-" + eext[1]
-                    default_tune = localdata.getVar(default_tune_key, False)
-                    if default_tune is None:
-                        default_tune_key = "DEFAULTTUNE_ML_" + eext[1]
-                        default_tune = localdata.getVar(default_tune_key, False)
-                    if default_tune:
-                        localdata.setVar("DEFAULTTUNE", default_tune)
-                        bb.data.update_data(localdata)
-                        package_archs[eext[1]] = localdata.getVar('PACKAGE_ARCHS',
-                                                                  True).split()
-                        package_archs[eext[1]].reverse()
-                        target_os[eext[1]] = localdata.getVar("TARGET_OS",
-                                                              True).strip()
-
-        ml_prefix_list = collections.OrderedDict()
-        for mlib in package_archs:
-            if mlib == 'default':
-                ml_prefix_list[mlib] = package_archs[mlib]
-            else:
-                ml_prefix_list[mlib] = list()
-                for arch in package_archs[mlib]:
-                    if arch in ['all', 'noarch', 'any']:
-                        ml_prefix_list[mlib].append(arch)
-                    else:
-                        ml_prefix_list[mlib].append(mlib + "_" + arch)
-
-        return (ml_prefix_list, target_os)
-
     def write_index(self):
-        sdk_pkg_archs = (self.d.getVar('SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS', True) or "").replace('-', '_').split()
-        all_mlb_pkg_archs = (self.d.getVar('ALL_MULTILIB_PACKAGE_ARCHS', True) or "").replace('-', '_').split()
+        if self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_SIGN') == '1':
+            raise NotImplementedError('Package feed signing not yet implementd for rpm')
 
-        mlb_prefix_list = self.get_ml_prefix_and_os_list()[0]
-
-        archs = set()
-        for item in mlb_prefix_list:
-            archs = archs.union(set(i.replace('-', '_') for i in mlb_prefix_list[item]))
-
-        if len(archs) == 0:
-            archs = archs.union(set(all_mlb_pkg_archs))
-
-        archs = archs.union(set(sdk_pkg_archs))
-
-        rpm_createrepo = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "createrepo")
-        if self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_SIGN', True) == '1':
-            signer = get_signer(self.d, self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_BACKEND', True))
-        else:
-            signer = None
-        index_cmds = []
-        repomd_files = []
-        rpm_dirs_found = False
-        for arch in archs:
-            dbpath = os.path.join(self.d.getVar('WORKDIR', True), 'rpmdb', arch)
-            if os.path.exists(dbpath):
-                bb.utils.remove(dbpath, True)
-            arch_dir = os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, arch)
-            if not os.path.isdir(arch_dir):
-                continue
-
-            index_cmds.append("%s --dbpath %s --update -q %s" % \
-                             (rpm_createrepo, dbpath, arch_dir))
-            repomd_files.append(os.path.join(arch_dir, 'repodata', 'repomd.xml'))
-
-            rpm_dirs_found = True
-
-        if not rpm_dirs_found:
-            bb.note("There are no packages in %s" % self.deploy_dir)
-            return
-
-        # Create repodata
-        result = oe.utils.multiprocess_exec(index_cmds, create_index)
+        createrepo_c = bb.utils.which(os.environ['PATH'], "createrepo_c")
+        result = create_index("%s --update -q %s" % (createrepo_c, self.deploy_dir))
         if result:
-            bb.fatal('%s' % ('\n'.join(result)))
-        # Sign repomd
-        if signer:
-            for repomd in repomd_files:
-                feed_sig_type = self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_SIGNATURE_TYPE', True)
-                is_ascii_sig = (feed_sig_type.upper() != "BIN")
-                signer.detach_sign(repomd,
-                                   self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_NAME', True),
-                                   self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_PASSPHRASE_FILE', True),
-                                   armor=is_ascii_sig)
-
+            bb.fatal(result)
 
 class OpkgIndexer(Indexer):
     def write_index(self):
@@ -212,8 +118,8 @@
                      "MULTILIB_ARCHS"]
 
         opkg_index_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "opkg-make-index")
-        if self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_SIGN', True) == '1':
-            signer = get_signer(self.d, self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_BACKEND', True))
+        if self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_SIGN') == '1':
+            signer = get_signer(self.d, self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_BACKEND'))
         else:
             signer = None
 
@@ -223,7 +129,7 @@
         index_cmds = set()
         index_sign_files = set()
         for arch_var in arch_vars:
-            archs = self.d.getVar(arch_var, True)
+            archs = self.d.getVar(arch_var)
             if archs is None:
                 continue
 
@@ -251,12 +157,12 @@
             bb.fatal('%s' % ('\n'.join(result)))
 
         if signer:
-            feed_sig_type = self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_SIGNATURE_TYPE', True)
+            feed_sig_type = self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_SIGNATURE_TYPE')
             is_ascii_sig = (feed_sig_type.upper() != "BIN")
             for f in index_sign_files:
                 signer.detach_sign(f,
-                                   self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_NAME', True),
-                                   self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_PASSPHRASE_FILE', True),
+                                   self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_NAME'),
+                                   self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_PASSPHRASE_FILE'),
                                    armor=is_ascii_sig)
 
 
@@ -290,16 +196,16 @@
 
         os.environ['APT_CONFIG'] = self.apt_conf_file
 
-        pkg_archs = self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_ARCHS', True)
+        pkg_archs = self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_ARCHS')
         if pkg_archs is not None:
             arch_list = pkg_archs.split()
-        sdk_pkg_archs = self.d.getVar('SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS', True)
+        sdk_pkg_archs = self.d.getVar('SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS')
         if sdk_pkg_archs is not None:
             for a in sdk_pkg_archs.split():
                 if a not in pkg_archs:
                     arch_list.append(a)
 
-        all_mlb_pkg_arch_list = (self.d.getVar('ALL_MULTILIB_PACKAGE_ARCHS', True) or "").split()
+        all_mlb_pkg_arch_list = (self.d.getVar('ALL_MULTILIB_PACKAGE_ARCHS') or "").split()
         arch_list.extend(arch for arch in all_mlb_pkg_arch_list if arch not in arch_list)
 
         apt_ftparchive = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "apt-ftparchive")
@@ -332,7 +238,7 @@
         result = oe.utils.multiprocess_exec(index_cmds, create_index)
         if result:
             bb.fatal('%s' % ('\n'.join(result)))
-        if self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_SIGN', True) == '1':
+        if self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_SIGN') == '1':
             raise NotImplementedError('Package feed signing not implementd for dpkg')
 
 
@@ -346,119 +252,9 @@
     def list_pkgs(self):
         pass
 
-
 class RpmPkgsList(PkgsList):
-    def __init__(self, d, rootfs_dir, arch_var=None, os_var=None):
-        super(RpmPkgsList, self).__init__(d, rootfs_dir)
-
-        self.rpm_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "rpm")
-        self.image_rpmlib = os.path.join(self.rootfs_dir, 'var/lib/rpm')
-
-        self.ml_prefix_list, self.ml_os_list = \
-            RpmIndexer(d, rootfs_dir).get_ml_prefix_and_os_list(arch_var, os_var)
-
-        # Determine rpm version
-        cmd = "%s --version" % self.rpm_cmd
-        try:
-            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True).decode("utf-8")
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            bb.fatal("Getting rpm version failed. Command '%s' "
-                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
-
-    '''
-    Translate the RPM/Smart format names to the OE multilib format names
-    '''
-    def _pkg_translate_smart_to_oe(self, pkg, arch):
-        new_pkg = pkg
-        new_arch = arch
-        fixed_arch = arch.replace('_', '-')
-        found = 0
-        for mlib in self.ml_prefix_list:
-            for cmp_arch in self.ml_prefix_list[mlib]:
-                fixed_cmp_arch = cmp_arch.replace('_', '-')
-                if fixed_arch == fixed_cmp_arch:
-                    if mlib == 'default':
-                        new_pkg = pkg
-                        new_arch = cmp_arch
-                    else:
-                        new_pkg = mlib + '-' + pkg
-                        # We need to strip off the ${mlib}_ prefix on the arch
-                        new_arch = cmp_arch.replace(mlib + '_', '')
-
-                    # Workaround for bug 3565. Simply look to see if we
-                    # know of a package with that name, if not try again!
-                    filename = os.path.join(self.d.getVar('PKGDATA_DIR', True),
-                                            'runtime-reverse',
-                                            new_pkg)
-                    if os.path.exists(filename):
-                        found = 1
-                        break
-
-            if found == 1 and fixed_arch == fixed_cmp_arch:
-                break
-        #bb.note('%s, %s -> %s, %s' % (pkg, arch, new_pkg, new_arch))
-        return new_pkg, new_arch
-
-    def _list_pkg_deps(self):
-        cmd = [bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "rpmresolve"),
-               "-t", self.image_rpmlib]
-
-        try:
-            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).strip().decode("utf-8")
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            bb.fatal("Cannot get the package dependencies. Command '%s' "
-                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (' '.join(cmd), e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
-
-        return output
-
     def list_pkgs(self):
-        cmd = self.rpm_cmd + ' --root ' + self.rootfs_dir
-        cmd += ' -D "_dbpath /var/lib/rpm" -qa'
-        cmd += " --qf '[%{NAME} %{ARCH} %{VERSION} %{PACKAGEORIGIN}\n]'"
-
-        try:
-            # bb.note(cmd)
-            tmp_output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True).strip().decode("utf-8")
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            bb.fatal("Cannot get the installed packages list. Command '%s' "
-                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
-
-        output = dict()
-        deps = dict()
-        dependencies = self._list_pkg_deps()
-
-        # Populate deps dictionary for better manipulation
-        for line in dependencies.splitlines():
-            try:
-                pkg, dep = line.split("|")
-                if not pkg in deps:
-                    deps[pkg] = list()
-                if not dep in deps[pkg]:
-                    deps[pkg].append(dep)
-            except:
-                # Ignore any other lines they're debug or errors
-                pass
-
-        for line in tmp_output.split('\n'):
-            if len(line.strip()) == 0:
-                continue
-            pkg = line.split()[0]
-            arch = line.split()[1]
-            ver = line.split()[2]
-            dep = deps.get(pkg, [])
-
-            # Skip GPG keys
-            if pkg == 'gpg-pubkey':
-                continue
-
-            pkgorigin = line.split()[3]
-            new_pkg, new_arch = self._pkg_translate_smart_to_oe(pkg, arch)
-
-            output[new_pkg] = {"arch":new_arch, "ver":ver,
-                        "filename":pkgorigin, "deps":dep}
-
-        return output
-
+        return RpmPM(self.d, self.rootfs_dir, self.d.getVar('TARGET_VENDOR')).list_installed()
 
 class OpkgPkgsList(PkgsList):
     def __init__(self, d, rootfs_dir, config_file):
@@ -466,7 +262,7 @@
 
         self.opkg_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "opkg")
         self.opkg_args = "-f %s -o %s " % (config_file, rootfs_dir)
-        self.opkg_args += self.d.getVar("OPKG_ARGS", True)
+        self.opkg_args += self.d.getVar("OPKG_ARGS")
 
     def list_pkgs(self, format=None):
         cmd = "%s %s status" % (self.opkg_cmd, self.opkg_args)
@@ -514,9 +310,6 @@
         self.d = d
         self.deploy_dir = None
         self.deploy_lock = None
-        self.feed_uris = self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_URIS', True) or ""
-        self.feed_base_paths = self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_BASE_PATHS', True) or ""
-        self.feed_archs = self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS', True)
 
     """
     Update the package manager package database.
@@ -556,8 +349,24 @@
     def list_installed(self):
         pass
 
+    """
+    Returns the path to a tmpdir where resides the contents of a package.
+
+    Deleting the tmpdir is responsability of the caller.
+
+    """
     @abstractmethod
-    def insert_feeds_uris(self):
+    def extract(self, pkg):
+        pass
+
+    """
+    Add remote package feeds into repository manager configuration. The parameters
+    for the feeds are set by feed_uris, feed_base_paths and feed_archs.
+    See http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/current/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#var-PACKAGE_FEED_URIS
+    for their description.
+    """
+    @abstractmethod
+    def insert_feeds_uris(self, feed_uris, feed_base_paths, feed_archs):
         pass
 
     """
@@ -568,20 +377,11 @@
     installation
     """
     def install_complementary(self, globs=None):
-        # we need to write the list of installed packages to a file because the
-        # oe-pkgdata-util reads it from a file
-        installed_pkgs_file = os.path.join(self.d.getVar('WORKDIR', True),
-                                           "installed_pkgs.txt")
-        with open(installed_pkgs_file, "w+") as installed_pkgs:
-            pkgs = self.list_installed()
-            output = oe.utils.format_pkg_list(pkgs, "arch")
-            installed_pkgs.write(output)
-
         if globs is None:
-            globs = self.d.getVar('IMAGE_INSTALL_COMPLEMENTARY', True)
+            globs = self.d.getVar('IMAGE_INSTALL_COMPLEMENTARY')
             split_linguas = set()
 
-            for translation in self.d.getVar('IMAGE_LINGUAS', True).split():
+            for translation in self.d.getVar('IMAGE_LINGUAS').split():
                 split_linguas.add(translation)
                 split_linguas.add(translation.split('-')[0])
 
@@ -593,22 +393,29 @@
         if globs is None:
             return
 
-        cmd = [bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "oe-pkgdata-util"),
-               "-p", self.d.getVar('PKGDATA_DIR', True), "glob", installed_pkgs_file,
-               globs]
-        exclude = self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_EXCLUDE_COMPLEMENTARY', True)
-        if exclude:
-            cmd.extend(['--exclude=' + '|'.join(exclude.split())])
-        try:
-            bb.note("Installing complementary packages ...")
-            bb.note('Running %s' % cmd)
-            complementary_pkgs = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode("utf-8")
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            bb.fatal("Could not compute complementary packages list. Command "
-                     "'%s' returned %d:\n%s" %
-                     (' '.join(cmd), e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
-        self.install(complementary_pkgs.split(), attempt_only=True)
-        os.remove(installed_pkgs_file)
+        # we need to write the list of installed packages to a file because the
+        # oe-pkgdata-util reads it from a file
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode="w+", prefix="installed-pkgs") as installed_pkgs:
+            pkgs = self.list_installed()
+            output = oe.utils.format_pkg_list(pkgs, "arch")
+            installed_pkgs.write(output)
+            installed_pkgs.flush()
+
+            cmd = [bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "oe-pkgdata-util"),
+                   "-p", self.d.getVar('PKGDATA_DIR'), "glob", installed_pkgs.name,
+                   globs]
+            exclude = self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_EXCLUDE_COMPLEMENTARY')
+            if exclude:
+                cmd.extend(['--exclude=' + '|'.join(exclude.split())])
+            try:
+                bb.note("Installing complementary packages ...")
+                bb.note('Running %s' % cmd)
+                complementary_pkgs = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode("utf-8")
+            except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+                bb.fatal("Could not compute complementary packages list. Command "
+                         "'%s' returned %d:\n%s" %
+                         (' '.join(cmd), e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
+            self.install(complementary_pkgs.split(), attempt_only=True)
 
     def deploy_dir_lock(self):
         if self.deploy_dir is None:
@@ -654,829 +461,299 @@
                  task_name='target',
                  providename=None,
                  arch_var=None,
-                 os_var=None):
+                 os_var=None,
+                 rpm_repo_workdir="oe-rootfs-repo"):
         super(RpmPM, self).__init__(d)
         self.target_rootfs = target_rootfs
         self.target_vendor = target_vendor
         self.task_name = task_name
-        self.providename = providename
-        self.fullpkglist = list()
-        self.deploy_dir = self.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_RPM', True)
-        self.etcrpm_dir = os.path.join(self.target_rootfs, "etc/rpm")
-        self.install_dir_name = "oe_install"
-        self.install_dir_path = os.path.join(self.target_rootfs, self.install_dir_name)
-        self.rpm_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "rpm")
-        self.smart_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "smart")
-        # 0 = default, only warnings
-        # 1 = --log-level=info (includes information about executing scriptlets and their output)
-        # 2 = --log-level=debug
-        # 3 = --log-level=debug plus dumps of scriplet content and command invocation
-        self.debug_level = int(d.getVar('ROOTFS_RPM_DEBUG', True) or "0")
-        self.smart_opt = "--log-level=%s --data-dir=%s" % \
-                         ("warning" if self.debug_level == 0 else
-                          "info" if self.debug_level == 1 else
-                          "debug",
-                          os.path.join(target_rootfs, 'var/lib/smart'))
-        self.scriptlet_wrapper = self.d.expand('${WORKDIR}/scriptlet_wrapper')
+        if arch_var == None:
+            self.archs = self.d.getVar('ALL_MULTILIB_PACKAGE_ARCHS').replace("-","_")
+        else:
+            self.archs = self.d.getVar(arch_var).replace("-","_")
+        if task_name == "host":
+            self.primary_arch = self.d.getVar('SDK_ARCH')
+        else:
+            self.primary_arch = self.d.getVar('MACHINE_ARCH')
+
+        self.rpm_repo_dir = oe.path.join(self.d.getVar('WORKDIR'), rpm_repo_workdir)
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.rpm_repo_dir)
+        oe.path.symlink(self.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_RPM'), oe.path.join(self.rpm_repo_dir, "rpm"), True)
+
+        self.saved_packaging_data = self.d.expand('${T}/saved_packaging_data/%s' % self.task_name)
+        if not os.path.exists(self.d.expand('${T}/saved_packaging_data')):
+            bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.d.expand('${T}/saved_packaging_data'))
+        self.packaging_data_dirs = ['var/lib/rpm', 'var/lib/dnf', 'var/cache/dnf']
         self.solution_manifest = self.d.expand('${T}/saved/%s_solution' %
                                                self.task_name)
-        self.saved_rpmlib = self.d.expand('${T}/saved/%s' % self.task_name)
-        self.image_rpmlib = os.path.join(self.target_rootfs, 'var/lib/rpm')
-
         if not os.path.exists(self.d.expand('${T}/saved')):
             bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.d.expand('${T}/saved'))
 
-        packageindex_dir = os.path.join(self.d.getVar('WORKDIR', True), 'rpms')
-        self.indexer = RpmIndexer(self.d, packageindex_dir)
-        self.pkgs_list = RpmPkgsList(self.d, self.target_rootfs, arch_var, os_var)
+    def _configure_dnf(self):
+        # libsolv handles 'noarch' internally, we don't need to specify it explicitly
+        archs = [i for i in reversed(self.archs.split()) if i not in ["any", "all", "noarch"]]
+        # This prevents accidental matching against libsolv's built-in policies
+        if len(archs) <= 1:
+            archs = archs + ["bogusarch"]
+        confdir = "%s/%s" %(self.target_rootfs, "etc/dnf/vars/")
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(confdir)
+        open(confdir + "arch", 'w').write(":".join(archs))
+        distro_codename = self.d.getVar('DISTRO_CODENAME')
+        open(confdir + "releasever", 'w').write(distro_codename if distro_codename is not None else '')
 
-        self.ml_prefix_list, self.ml_os_list = self.indexer.get_ml_prefix_and_os_list(arch_var, os_var)
+        open(oe.path.join(self.target_rootfs, "etc/dnf/dnf.conf"), 'w').write("")
 
-    def insert_feeds_uris(self):
-        if self.feed_uris == "":
-            return
 
-        arch_list = []
-        if self.feed_archs is not None:
-            # User define feed architectures
-            arch_list = self.feed_archs.split()
+    def _configure_rpm(self):
+        # We need to configure rpm to use our primary package architecture as the installation architecture,
+        # and to make it compatible with other package architectures that we use.
+        # Otherwise it will refuse to proceed with packages installation.
+        platformconfdir = "%s/%s" %(self.target_rootfs, "etc/rpm/")
+        rpmrcconfdir = "%s/%s" %(self.target_rootfs, "etc/")
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(platformconfdir)
+        open(platformconfdir + "platform", 'w').write("%s-pc-linux" % self.primary_arch)
+        open(rpmrcconfdir + "rpmrc", 'w').write("arch_compat: %s: %s\n" % (self.primary_arch, self.archs if len(self.archs) > 0 else self.primary_arch))
+
+        open(platformconfdir + "macros", 'w').write("%_transaction_color 7\n")
+        if self.d.getVar('RPM_PREFER_ELF_ARCH'):
+            open(platformconfdir + "macros", 'a').write("%%_prefer_color %s" % (self.d.getVar('RPM_PREFER_ELF_ARCH')))
         else:
-            # List must be prefered to least preferred order
-            default_platform_extra = list()
-            platform_extra = list()
-            bbextendvariant = self.d.getVar('BBEXTENDVARIANT', True) or ""
-            for mlib in self.ml_os_list:
-                for arch in self.ml_prefix_list[mlib]:
-                    plt = arch.replace('-', '_') + '-.*-' + self.ml_os_list[mlib]
-                    if mlib == bbextendvariant:
-                        if plt not in default_platform_extra:
-                            default_platform_extra.append(plt)
-                    else:
-                        if plt not in platform_extra:
-                            platform_extra.append(plt)
-            platform_extra = default_platform_extra + platform_extra
+            open(platformconfdir + "macros", 'a').write("%_prefer_color 7")
 
-            for canonical_arch in platform_extra:
-                arch = canonical_arch.split('-')[0]
-                if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, arch)):
-                    continue
-                arch_list.append(arch)
+        if self.d.getVar('RPM_SIGN_PACKAGES') == '1':
+            signer = get_signer(self.d, self.d.getVar('RPM_GPG_BACKEND'))
+            pubkey_path = oe.path.join(self.d.getVar('B'), 'rpm-key')
+            signer.export_pubkey(pubkey_path, self.d.getVar('RPM_GPG_NAME'))
+            rpm_bin = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "rpmkeys")
+            cmd = [rpm_bin, '--root=%s' % self.target_rootfs, '--import', pubkey_path]
+            try:
+                subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+            except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+                bb.fatal("Importing GPG key failed. Command '%s' "
+                        "returned %d:\n%s" % (' '.join(cmd), e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
 
-        feed_uris = self.construct_uris(self.feed_uris.split(), self.feed_base_paths.split())
-
-        uri_iterator = 0
-        channel_priority = 10 + 5 * len(feed_uris) * (len(arch_list) if arch_list else 1)
-
-        for uri in feed_uris:
-            if arch_list:
-                for arch in arch_list:
-                    bb.note('Adding Smart channel url%d%s (%s)' %
-                            (uri_iterator, arch, channel_priority))
-                    self._invoke_smart('channel --add url%d-%s type=rpm-md baseurl=%s/%s -y'
-                                       % (uri_iterator, arch, uri, arch))
-                    self._invoke_smart('channel --set url%d-%s priority=%d' %
-                                       (uri_iterator, arch, channel_priority))
-                    channel_priority -= 5
-            else:
-                bb.note('Adding Smart channel url%d (%s)' %
-                        (uri_iterator, channel_priority))
-                self._invoke_smart('channel --add url%d type=rpm-md baseurl=%s -y'
-                                   % (uri_iterator, uri))
-                self._invoke_smart('channel --set url%d priority=%d' %
-                                   (uri_iterator, channel_priority))
-                channel_priority -= 5
-
-            uri_iterator += 1
-
-    '''
-    Create configs for rpm and smart, and multilib is supported
-    '''
     def create_configs(self):
-        target_arch = self.d.getVar('TARGET_ARCH', True)
-        platform = '%s%s-%s' % (target_arch.replace('-', '_'),
-                                self.target_vendor,
-                                self.ml_os_list['default'])
-
-        # List must be prefered to least preferred order
-        default_platform_extra = list()
-        platform_extra = list()
-        bbextendvariant = self.d.getVar('BBEXTENDVARIANT', True) or ""
-        for mlib in self.ml_os_list:
-            for arch in self.ml_prefix_list[mlib]:
-                plt = arch.replace('-', '_') + '-.*-' + self.ml_os_list[mlib]
-                if mlib == bbextendvariant:
-                    if plt not in default_platform_extra:
-                        default_platform_extra.append(plt)
-                else:
-                    if plt not in platform_extra:
-                        platform_extra.append(plt)
-        platform_extra = default_platform_extra + platform_extra
-
-        self._create_configs(platform, platform_extra)
-
-    def _invoke_smart(self, args):
-        cmd = "%s %s %s" % (self.smart_cmd, self.smart_opt, args)
-        # bb.note(cmd)
-        try:
-            complementary_pkgs = subprocess.check_output(cmd,
-                                                         stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
-                                                         shell=True).decode("utf-8")
-            # bb.note(complementary_pkgs)
-            return complementary_pkgs
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            bb.fatal("Could not invoke smart. Command "
-                     "'%s' returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
-
-    def _search_pkg_name_in_feeds(self, pkg, feed_archs):
-        for arch in feed_archs:
-            arch = arch.replace('-', '_')
-            regex_match = re.compile(r"^%s-[^-]*-[^-]*@%s$" % \
-                (re.escape(pkg), re.escape(arch)))
-            for p in self.fullpkglist:
-                if regex_match.match(p) is not None:
-                    # First found is best match
-                    # bb.note('%s -> %s' % (pkg, pkg + '@' + arch))
-                    return pkg + '@' + arch
-
-        # Search provides if not found by pkgname.
-        bb.note('Not found %s by name, searching provides ...' % pkg)
-        cmd = "%s %s query --provides %s --show-format='$name-$version'" % \
-                (self.smart_cmd, self.smart_opt, pkg)
-        cmd += " | sed -ne 's/ *Provides://p'"
-        bb.note('cmd: %s' % cmd)
-        output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True).decode("utf-8")
-        # Found a provider
-        if output:
-            bb.note('Found providers for %s: %s' % (pkg, output))
-            for p in output.split():
-                for arch in feed_archs:
-                    arch = arch.replace('-', '_')
-                    if p.rstrip().endswith('@' + arch):
-                        return p
-
-        return ""
-
-    '''
-    Translate the OE multilib format names to the RPM/Smart format names
-    It searched the RPM/Smart format names in probable multilib feeds first,
-    and then searched the default base feed.
-    '''
-    def _pkg_translate_oe_to_smart(self, pkgs, attempt_only=False):
-        new_pkgs = list()
-
-        for pkg in pkgs:
-            new_pkg = pkg
-            # Search new_pkg in probable multilibs first
-            for mlib in self.ml_prefix_list:
-                # Jump the default archs
-                if mlib == 'default':
-                    continue
-
-                subst = pkg.replace(mlib + '-', '')
-                # if the pkg in this multilib feed
-                if subst != pkg:
-                    feed_archs = self.ml_prefix_list[mlib]
-                    new_pkg = self._search_pkg_name_in_feeds(subst, feed_archs)
-                    if not new_pkg:
-                        # Failed to translate, package not found!
-                        err_msg = '%s not found in the %s feeds (%s) in %s.' % \
-                                  (pkg, mlib, " ".join(feed_archs), self.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_RPM', True))
-                        if not attempt_only:
-                            bb.error(err_msg)
-                            bb.fatal("This is often caused by an empty package declared " \
-                                     "in a recipe's PACKAGES variable. (Empty packages are " \
-                                     "not constructed unless ALLOW_EMPTY_<pkg> = '1' is used.)")
-                        bb.warn(err_msg)
-                    else:
-                        new_pkgs.append(new_pkg)
-
-                    break
-
-            # Apparently not a multilib package...
-            if pkg == new_pkg:
-                # Search new_pkg in default archs
-                default_archs = self.ml_prefix_list['default']
-                new_pkg = self._search_pkg_name_in_feeds(pkg, default_archs)
-                if not new_pkg:
-                    err_msg = '%s not found in the feeds (%s) in %s.' % \
-                                  (pkg, " ".join(default_archs), self.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_RPM', True))
-                    if not attempt_only:
-                        bb.error(err_msg)
-                        bb.fatal("This is often caused by an empty package declared " \
-                                 "in a recipe's PACKAGES variable. (Empty packages are " \
-                                 "not constructed unless ALLOW_EMPTY_<pkg> = '1' is used.)")
-                    bb.warn(err_msg)
-                else:
-                    new_pkgs.append(new_pkg)
-
-        return new_pkgs
-
-    def _create_configs(self, platform, platform_extra):
-        # Setup base system configuration
-        bb.note("configuring RPM platform settings")
-
-        # Configure internal RPM environment when using Smart
-        os.environ['RPM_ETCRPM'] = self.etcrpm_dir
-        bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.etcrpm_dir)
-
-        # Setup temporary directory -- install...
-        if os.path.exists(self.install_dir_path):
-            bb.utils.remove(self.install_dir_path, True)
-        bb.utils.mkdirhier(os.path.join(self.install_dir_path, 'tmp'))
-
-        channel_priority = 5
-        platform_dir = os.path.join(self.etcrpm_dir, "platform")
-        sdkos = self.d.getVar("SDK_OS", True)
-        with open(platform_dir, "w+") as platform_fd:
-            platform_fd.write(platform + '\n')
-            for pt in platform_extra:
-                channel_priority += 5
-                if sdkos:
-                    tmp = re.sub("-%s$" % sdkos, "-%s\n" % sdkos, pt)
-                tmp = re.sub("-linux.*$", "-linux.*\n", tmp)
-                platform_fd.write(tmp)
-
-        # Tell RPM that the "/" directory exist and is available
-        bb.note("configuring RPM system provides")
-        sysinfo_dir = os.path.join(self.etcrpm_dir, "sysinfo")
-        bb.utils.mkdirhier(sysinfo_dir)
-        with open(os.path.join(sysinfo_dir, "Dirnames"), "w+") as dirnames:
-            dirnames.write("/\n")
-
-        if self.providename:
-            providename_dir = os.path.join(sysinfo_dir, "Providename")
-            if not os.path.exists(providename_dir):
-                providename_content = '\n'.join(self.providename)
-                providename_content += '\n'
-                open(providename_dir, "w+").write(providename_content)
-
-        # Configure RPM... we enforce these settings!
-        bb.note("configuring RPM DB settings")
-        # After change the __db.* cache size, log file will not be
-        # generated automatically, that will raise some warnings,
-        # so touch a bare log for rpm write into it.
-        rpmlib_log = os.path.join(self.image_rpmlib, 'log', 'log.0000000001')
-        if not os.path.exists(rpmlib_log):
-            bb.utils.mkdirhier(os.path.join(self.image_rpmlib, 'log'))
-            open(rpmlib_log, 'w+').close()
-
-        DB_CONFIG_CONTENT = "# ================ Environment\n" \
-            "set_data_dir .\n" \
-            "set_create_dir .\n" \
-            "set_lg_dir ./log\n" \
-            "set_tmp_dir ./tmp\n" \
-            "set_flags db_log_autoremove on\n" \
-            "\n" \
-            "# -- thread_count must be >= 8\n" \
-            "set_thread_count 64\n" \
-            "\n" \
-            "# ================ Logging\n" \
-            "\n" \
-            "# ================ Memory Pool\n" \
-            "set_cachesize 0 1048576 0\n" \
-            "set_mp_mmapsize 268435456\n" \
-            "\n" \
-            "# ================ Locking\n" \
-            "set_lk_max_locks 16384\n" \
-            "set_lk_max_lockers 16384\n" \
-            "set_lk_max_objects 16384\n" \
-            "mutex_set_max 163840\n" \
-            "\n" \
-            "# ================ Replication\n"
-
-        db_config_dir = os.path.join(self.image_rpmlib, 'DB_CONFIG')
-        if not os.path.exists(db_config_dir):
-            open(db_config_dir, 'w+').write(DB_CONFIG_CONTENT)
-
-        # Create database so that smart doesn't complain (lazy init)
-        opt = "-qa"
-        cmd = "%s --root %s --dbpath /var/lib/rpm %s > /dev/null" % (
-              self.rpm_cmd, self.target_rootfs, opt)
-        try:
-            subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            bb.fatal("Create rpm database failed. Command '%s' "
-                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
-        # Import GPG key to RPM database of the target system
-        if self.d.getVar('RPM_SIGN_PACKAGES', True) == '1':
-            pubkey_path = self.d.getVar('RPM_GPG_PUBKEY', True)
-            cmd = "%s --root %s --dbpath /var/lib/rpm --import %s > /dev/null" % (
-                  self.rpm_cmd, self.target_rootfs, pubkey_path)
-            subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
-
-        # Configure smart
-        bb.note("configuring Smart settings")
-        bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(self.target_rootfs, 'var/lib/smart'),
-                        True)
-        self._invoke_smart('config --set rpm-root=%s' % self.target_rootfs)
-        self._invoke_smart('config --set rpm-dbpath=/var/lib/rpm')
-        self._invoke_smart('config --set rpm-extra-macros._var=%s' %
-                           self.d.getVar('localstatedir', True))
-        cmd = "config --set rpm-extra-macros._tmppath=/%s/tmp" % (self.install_dir_name)
-
-        prefer_color = self.d.getVar('RPM_PREFER_ELF_ARCH', True)
-        if prefer_color:
-            if prefer_color not in ['0', '1', '2', '4']:
-                bb.fatal("Invalid RPM_PREFER_ELF_ARCH: %s, it should be one of:\n"
-                        "\t1: ELF32 wins\n"
-                        "\t2: ELF64 wins\n"
-                        "\t4: ELF64 N32 wins (mips64 or mips64el only)" %
-                        prefer_color)
-            if prefer_color == "4" and self.d.getVar("TUNE_ARCH", True) not in \
-                                    ['mips64', 'mips64el']:
-                bb.fatal("RPM_PREFER_ELF_ARCH = \"4\" is for mips64 or mips64el "
-                         "only.")
-            self._invoke_smart('config --set rpm-extra-macros._prefer_color=%s'
-                        % prefer_color)
-
-        self._invoke_smart(cmd)
-        self._invoke_smart('config --set rpm-ignoresize=1')
-
-        # Write common configuration for host and target usage
-        self._invoke_smart('config --set rpm-nolinktos=1')
-        self._invoke_smart('config --set rpm-noparentdirs=1')
-        check_signature = self.d.getVar('RPM_CHECK_SIGNATURES', True)
-        if check_signature and check_signature.strip() == "0":
-            self._invoke_smart('config --set rpm-check-signatures=false')
-        for i in self.d.getVar('BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS', True).split():
-            self._invoke_smart('flag --set ignore-recommends %s' % i)
-
-        # Do the following configurations here, to avoid them being
-        # saved for field upgrade
-        if self.d.getVar('NO_RECOMMENDATIONS', True).strip() == "1":
-            self._invoke_smart('config --set ignore-all-recommends=1')
-        pkg_exclude = self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_EXCLUDE', True) or ""
-        for i in pkg_exclude.split():
-            self._invoke_smart('flag --set exclude-packages %s' % i)
-
-        # Optional debugging
-        # self._invoke_smart('config --set rpm-log-level=debug')
-        # cmd = 'config --set rpm-log-file=/tmp/smart-debug-logfile'
-        # self._invoke_smart(cmd)
-        ch_already_added = []
-        for canonical_arch in platform_extra:
-            arch = canonical_arch.split('-')[0]
-            arch_channel = os.path.join(self.d.getVar('WORKDIR', True), 'rpms', arch)
-            oe.path.remove(arch_channel)
-            deploy_arch_dir = os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, arch)
-            if not os.path.exists(deploy_arch_dir):
-                    continue
-
-            lockfilename = self.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_RPM', True) + "/rpm.lock"
-            lf = bb.utils.lockfile(lockfilename, False)
-            oe.path.copyhardlinktree(deploy_arch_dir, arch_channel)
-            bb.utils.unlockfile(lf)
-
-            if not arch in ch_already_added:
-                bb.note('Adding Smart channel %s (%s)' %
-                        (arch, channel_priority))
-                self._invoke_smart('channel --add %s type=rpm-md baseurl=%s -y'
-                                   % (arch, arch_channel))
-                self._invoke_smart('channel --set %s priority=%d' %
-                                   (arch, channel_priority))
-                channel_priority -= 5
-
-                ch_already_added.append(arch)
-
-        bb.note('adding Smart RPM DB channel')
-        self._invoke_smart('channel --add rpmsys type=rpm-sys -y')
-
-        # Construct install scriptlet wrapper.
-        # Scripts need to be ordered when executed, this ensures numeric order.
-        # If we ever run into needing more the 899 scripts, we'll have to.
-        # change num to start with 1000.
-        #
-        scriptletcmd = "$2 $1/$3 $4\n"
-        scriptpath = "$1/$3"
-
-        # When self.debug_level >= 3, also dump the content of the
-        # executed scriptlets and how they get invoked.  We have to
-        # replace "exit 1" and "ERR" because printing those as-is
-        # would trigger a log analysis failure.
-        if self.debug_level >= 3:
-            dump_invocation = 'echo "Executing ${name} ${kind} with: ' + scriptletcmd + '"\n'
-            dump_script = 'cat ' + scriptpath + '| sed -e "s/exit 1/exxxit 1/g" -e "s/ERR/IRR/g"; echo\n'
-        else:
-            dump_invocation = 'echo "Executing ${name} ${kind}"\n'
-            dump_script = ''
-
-        SCRIPTLET_FORMAT = "#!/bin/bash\n" \
-            "\n" \
-            "export PATH=%s\n" \
-            "export D=%s\n" \
-            'export OFFLINE_ROOT="$D"\n' \
-            'export IPKG_OFFLINE_ROOT="$D"\n' \
-            'export OPKG_OFFLINE_ROOT="$D"\n' \
-            "export INTERCEPT_DIR=%s\n" \
-            "export NATIVE_ROOT=%s\n" \
-            "\n" \
-            "name=`head -1 " + scriptpath + " | cut -d\' \' -f 2`\n" \
-            "kind=`head -1 " + scriptpath + " | cut -d\' \' -f 4`\n" \
-            + dump_invocation \
-            + dump_script \
-            + scriptletcmd + \
-            "ret=$?\n" \
-            "echo Result of ${name} ${kind}: ${ret}\n" \
-            "if [ ${ret} -ne 0 ]; then\n" \
-            "  if [ $4 -eq 1 ]; then\n" \
-            "    mkdir -p $1/etc/rpm-postinsts\n" \
-            "    num=100\n" \
-            "    while [ -e $1/etc/rpm-postinsts/${num}-* ]; do num=$((num + 1)); done\n" \
-            '    echo "#!$2" > $1/etc/rpm-postinsts/${num}-${name}\n' \
-            '    echo "# Arg: $4" >> $1/etc/rpm-postinsts/${num}-${name}\n' \
-            "    cat " + scriptpath + " >> $1/etc/rpm-postinsts/${num}-${name}\n" \
-            "    chmod +x $1/etc/rpm-postinsts/${num}-${name}\n" \
-            '    echo "Info: deferring ${name} ${kind} install scriptlet to first boot"\n' \
-            "  else\n" \
-            '    echo "Error: ${name} ${kind} remove scriptlet failed"\n' \
-            "  fi\n" \
-            "fi\n"
-
-        intercept_dir = self.d.expand('${WORKDIR}/intercept_scripts')
-        native_root = self.d.getVar('STAGING_DIR_NATIVE', True)
-        scriptlet_content = SCRIPTLET_FORMAT % (os.environ['PATH'],
-                                                self.target_rootfs,
-                                                intercept_dir,
-                                                native_root)
-        open(self.scriptlet_wrapper, 'w+').write(scriptlet_content)
-
-        bb.note("configuring RPM cross-install scriptlet_wrapper")
-        os.chmod(self.scriptlet_wrapper, 0o755)
-        cmd = 'config --set rpm-extra-macros._cross_scriptlet_wrapper=%s' % \
-              self.scriptlet_wrapper
-        self._invoke_smart(cmd)
-
-        # Debug to show smart config info
-        # bb.note(self._invoke_smart('config --show'))
-
-    def update(self):
-        self._invoke_smart('update rpmsys')
-
-    def get_rdepends_recursively(self, pkgs):
-        # pkgs will be changed during the loop, so use [:] to make a copy.
-        for pkg in pkgs[:]:
-            sub_data = oe.packagedata.read_subpkgdata(pkg, self.d)
-            sub_rdep = sub_data.get("RDEPENDS_" + pkg)
-            if not sub_rdep:
-                continue
-            done = list(bb.utils.explode_dep_versions2(sub_rdep).keys())
-            next = done
-            # Find all the rdepends on dependency chain
-            while next:
-                new = []
-                for sub_pkg in next:
-                    sub_data = oe.packagedata.read_subpkgdata(sub_pkg, self.d)
-                    sub_pkg_rdep = sub_data.get("RDEPENDS_" + sub_pkg)
-                    if not sub_pkg_rdep:
-                        continue
-                    for p in bb.utils.explode_dep_versions2(sub_pkg_rdep):
-                        # Already handled, skip it.
-                        if p in done or p in pkgs:
-                            continue
-                        # It's a new dep
-                        if oe.packagedata.has_subpkgdata(p, self.d):
-                            done.append(p)
-                            new.append(p)
-                next = new
-            pkgs.extend(done)
-        return pkgs
-
-    '''
-    Install pkgs with smart, the pkg name is oe format
-    '''
-    def install(self, pkgs, attempt_only=False):
-
-        if not pkgs:
-            bb.note("There are no packages to install")
-            return
-        bb.note("Installing the following packages: %s" % ' '.join(pkgs))
-        if not attempt_only:
-            # Pull in multilib requires since rpm may not pull in them
-            # correctly, for example,
-            # lib32-packagegroup-core-standalone-sdk-target requires
-            # lib32-libc6, but rpm may pull in libc6 rather than lib32-libc6
-            # since it doesn't know mlprefix (lib32-), bitbake knows it and
-            # can handle it well, find out the RDEPENDS on the chain will
-            # fix the problem. Both do_rootfs and do_populate_sdk have this
-            # issue.
-            # The attempt_only packages don't need this since they are
-            # based on the installed ones.
-            #
-            # Separate pkgs into two lists, one is multilib, the other one
-            # is non-multilib.
-            ml_pkgs = []
-            non_ml_pkgs = pkgs[:]
-            for pkg in pkgs:
-                for mlib in (self.d.getVar("MULTILIB_VARIANTS", True) or "").split():
-                    if pkg.startswith(mlib + '-'):
-                        ml_pkgs.append(pkg)
-                        non_ml_pkgs.remove(pkg)
-
-            if len(ml_pkgs) > 0 and len(non_ml_pkgs) > 0:
-                # Found both foo and lib-foo
-                ml_pkgs = self.get_rdepends_recursively(ml_pkgs)
-                non_ml_pkgs = self.get_rdepends_recursively(non_ml_pkgs)
-                # Longer list makes smart slower, so only keep the pkgs
-                # which have the same BPN, and smart can handle others
-                # correctly.
-                pkgs_new = []
-                for pkg in non_ml_pkgs:
-                    for mlib in (self.d.getVar("MULTILIB_VARIANTS", True) or "").split():
-                        mlib_pkg = mlib + "-" + pkg
-                        if mlib_pkg in ml_pkgs:
-                            pkgs_new.append(pkg)
-                            pkgs_new.append(mlib_pkg)
-                for pkg in pkgs:
-                    if pkg not in pkgs_new:
-                        pkgs_new.append(pkg)
-                pkgs = pkgs_new
-                new_depends = {}
-                deps = bb.utils.explode_dep_versions2(" ".join(pkgs))
-                for depend in deps:
-                    data = oe.packagedata.read_subpkgdata(depend, self.d)
-                    key = "PKG_%s" % depend
-                    if key in data:
-                        new_depend = data[key]
-                    else:
-                        new_depend = depend
-                    new_depends[new_depend] = deps[depend]
-                pkgs = bb.utils.join_deps(new_depends, commasep=True).split(', ')
-        pkgs = self._pkg_translate_oe_to_smart(pkgs, attempt_only)
-        if not pkgs:
-            bb.note("There are no packages to install")
-            return
-        if not attempt_only:
-            bb.note('to be installed: %s' % ' '.join(pkgs))
-            cmd = "%s %s install -y %s" % \
-                  (self.smart_cmd, self.smart_opt, ' '.join(pkgs))
-            bb.note(cmd)
-        else:
-            bb.note('installing attempt only packages...')
-            bb.note('Attempting %s' % ' '.join(pkgs))
-            cmd = "%s %s install --attempt -y %s" % \
-                  (self.smart_cmd, self.smart_opt, ' '.join(pkgs))
-        try:
-            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd.split(), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode("utf-8")
-            bb.note(output)
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            bb.fatal("Unable to install packages. Command '%s' "
-                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
-
-    '''
-    Remove pkgs with smart, the pkg name is smart/rpm format
-    '''
-    def remove(self, pkgs, with_dependencies=True):
-        bb.note('to be removed: ' + ' '.join(pkgs))
-
-        if not with_dependencies:
-            cmd = "%s -e --nodeps " % self.rpm_cmd
-            cmd += "--root=%s " % self.target_rootfs
-            cmd += "--dbpath=/var/lib/rpm "
-            cmd += "--define='_cross_scriptlet_wrapper %s' " % \
-                   self.scriptlet_wrapper
-            cmd += "--define='_tmppath /%s/tmp' %s" % (self.install_dir_name, ' '.join(pkgs))
-        else:
-            # for pkg in pkgs:
-            #   bb.note('Debug: What required: %s' % pkg)
-            #   bb.note(self._invoke_smart('query %s --show-requiredby' % pkg))
-
-            cmd = "%s %s remove -y %s" % (self.smart_cmd,
-                                          self.smart_opt,
-                                          ' '.join(pkgs))
-
-        try:
-            bb.note(cmd)
-            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True).decode("utf-8")
-            bb.note(output)
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            bb.note("Unable to remove packages. Command '%s' "
-                    "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
-
-    def upgrade(self):
-        bb.note('smart upgrade')
-        self._invoke_smart('upgrade')
+        self._configure_dnf()
+        self._configure_rpm()
 
     def write_index(self):
-        result = self.indexer.write_index()
+        lockfilename = self.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_RPM') + "/rpm.lock"
+        lf = bb.utils.lockfile(lockfilename, False)
+        RpmIndexer(self.d, self.rpm_repo_dir).write_index()
+        bb.utils.unlockfile(lf)
 
-        if result is not None:
-            bb.fatal(result)
+    def insert_feeds_uris(self, feed_uris, feed_base_paths, feed_archs):
+        from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
+        if feed_uris == "":
+            return
+
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(oe.path.join(self.target_rootfs, "etc", "yum.repos.d"))
+        remote_uris = self.construct_uris(feed_uris.split(), feed_base_paths.split())
+        for uri in remote_uris:
+            repo_base = "oe-remote-repo" + "-".join(urlparse(uri).path.split("/"))
+            if feed_archs is not None:
+                for arch in feed_archs.split():
+                    repo_uri = uri + "/" + arch
+                    repo_id   = "oe-remote-repo"  + "-".join(urlparse(repo_uri).path.split("/"))
+                    repo_name = "OE Remote Repo:" + " ".join(urlparse(repo_uri).path.split("/"))
+                    open(oe.path.join(self.target_rootfs, "etc", "yum.repos.d", repo_base + ".repo"), 'a').write(
+                             "[%s]\nname=%s\nbaseurl=%s\n\n" % (repo_id, repo_name, repo_uri))
+            else:
+                repo_name = "OE Remote Repo:" + " ".join(urlparse(uri).path.split("/"))
+                repo_uri = uri
+                open(oe.path.join(self.target_rootfs, "etc", "yum.repos.d", repo_base + ".repo"), 'w').write(
+                             "[%s]\nname=%s\nbaseurl=%s\n" % (repo_base, repo_name, repo_uri))
+
+    def _prepare_pkg_transaction(self):
+        os.environ['D'] = self.target_rootfs
+        os.environ['OFFLINE_ROOT'] = self.target_rootfs
+        os.environ['IPKG_OFFLINE_ROOT'] = self.target_rootfs
+        os.environ['OPKG_OFFLINE_ROOT'] = self.target_rootfs
+        os.environ['INTERCEPT_DIR'] = oe.path.join(self.d.getVar('WORKDIR'),
+                                                   "intercept_scripts")
+        os.environ['NATIVE_ROOT'] = self.d.getVar('STAGING_DIR_NATIVE')
+
+
+    def install(self, pkgs, attempt_only = False):
+        if len(pkgs) == 0:
+            return
+        self._prepare_pkg_transaction()
+
+        bad_recommendations = self.d.getVar('BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS')
+        package_exclude = self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_EXCLUDE')
+        exclude_pkgs = (bad_recommendations.split() if bad_recommendations else []) + (package_exclude.split() if package_exclude else [])
+
+        output = self._invoke_dnf((["--skip-broken"] if attempt_only else []) +
+                         (["-x", ",".join(exclude_pkgs)] if len(exclude_pkgs) > 0 else []) +
+                         (["--setopt=install_weak_deps=False"] if self.d.getVar('NO_RECOMMENDATIONS') == "1" else []) +
+                         (["--nogpgcheck"] if self.d.getVar('RPM_SIGN_PACKAGES') != '1' else ["--setopt=gpgcheck=True"]) +
+                         ["install"] +
+                         pkgs)
+
+        failed_scriptlets_pkgnames = collections.OrderedDict()
+        for line in output.splitlines():
+            if line.startswith("Non-fatal POSTIN scriptlet failure in rpm package"):
+                failed_scriptlets_pkgnames[line.split()[-1]] = True
+
+        for pkg in failed_scriptlets_pkgnames.keys():
+            self.save_rpmpostinst(pkg)
+
+    def remove(self, pkgs, with_dependencies = True):
+        if len(pkgs) == 0:
+            return
+        self._prepare_pkg_transaction()
+
+        if with_dependencies:
+            self._invoke_dnf(["remove"] + pkgs)
+        else:
+            cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "rpm")
+            args = ["-e", "--nodeps", "--root=%s" %self.target_rootfs]
+
+            try:
+                output = subprocess.check_output([cmd] + args + pkgs, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode("utf-8")
+            except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+                bb.fatal("Could not invoke rpm. Command "
+                     "'%s' returned %d:\n%s" % (' '.join([cmd] + args + pkgs), e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
+
+    def upgrade(self):
+        self._prepare_pkg_transaction()
+        self._invoke_dnf(["upgrade"])
+
+    def autoremove(self):
+        self._prepare_pkg_transaction()
+        self._invoke_dnf(["autoremove"])
 
     def remove_packaging_data(self):
-        bb.utils.remove(self.image_rpmlib, True)
-        bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(self.target_rootfs, 'var/lib/smart'),
-                        True)
-        bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(self.target_rootfs, 'var/lib/opkg'), True)
-
-        # remove temp directory
-        bb.utils.remove(self.install_dir_path, True)
+        self._invoke_dnf(["clean", "all"])
+        for dir in self.packaging_data_dirs:
+            bb.utils.remove(oe.path.join(self.target_rootfs, dir), True)
 
     def backup_packaging_data(self):
-        # Save the rpmlib for increment rpm image generation
-        if os.path.exists(self.saved_rpmlib):
-            bb.utils.remove(self.saved_rpmlib, True)
-        shutil.copytree(self.image_rpmlib,
-                        self.saved_rpmlib,
-                        symlinks=True)
+        # Save the packaging dirs for increment rpm image generation
+        if os.path.exists(self.saved_packaging_data):
+            bb.utils.remove(self.saved_packaging_data, True)
+        for i in self.packaging_data_dirs:
+            source_dir = oe.path.join(self.target_rootfs, i)
+            target_dir = oe.path.join(self.saved_packaging_data, i)
+            shutil.copytree(source_dir, target_dir, symlinks=True)
 
     def recovery_packaging_data(self):
         # Move the rpmlib back
-        if os.path.exists(self.saved_rpmlib):
-            if os.path.exists(self.image_rpmlib):
-                bb.utils.remove(self.image_rpmlib, True)
-
-            bb.note('Recovery packaging data')
-            shutil.copytree(self.saved_rpmlib,
-                            self.image_rpmlib,
+        if os.path.exists(self.saved_packaging_data):
+            for i in self.packaging_data_dirs:
+                target_dir = oe.path.join(self.target_rootfs, i)
+                if os.path.exists(target_dir):
+                    bb.utils.remove(target_dir, True)
+                source_dir = oe.path.join(self.saved_packaging_data, i)
+                shutil.copytree(source_dir,
+                            target_dir,
                             symlinks=True)
 
     def list_installed(self):
-        return self.pkgs_list.list_pkgs()
+        output = self._invoke_dnf(["repoquery", "--installed", "--queryformat", "Package: %{name} %{arch} %{version} %{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}.rpm\nDependencies:\n%{requires}\nRecommendations:\n%{recommends}\nDependenciesEndHere:\n"],
+                                  print_output = False)
+        packages = {}
+        current_package = None
+        current_deps = None
+        current_state = "initial"
+        for line in output.splitlines():
+            if line.startswith("Package:"):
+                package_info = line.split(" ")[1:]
+                current_package = package_info[0]
+                package_arch = package_info[1]
+                package_version = package_info[2]
+                package_rpm = package_info[3]
+                packages[current_package] = {"arch":package_arch, "ver":package_version, "filename":package_rpm}
+                current_deps = []
+            elif line.startswith("Dependencies:"):
+                current_state = "dependencies"
+            elif line.startswith("Recommendations"):
+                current_state = "recommendations"
+            elif line.startswith("DependenciesEndHere:"):
+                current_state = "initial"
+                packages[current_package]["deps"] = current_deps
+            elif len(line) > 0:
+                if current_state == "dependencies":
+                    current_deps.append(line)
+                elif current_state == "recommendations":
+                    current_deps.append("%s [REC]" % line)
 
-    '''
-    If incremental install, we need to determine what we've got,
-    what we need to add, and what to remove...
-    The dump_install_solution will dump and save the new install
-    solution.
-    '''
+        return packages
+
+    def update(self):
+        self._invoke_dnf(["makecache"])
+
+    def _invoke_dnf(self, dnf_args, fatal = True, print_output = True ):
+        os.environ['RPM_ETCCONFIGDIR'] = self.target_rootfs
+
+        dnf_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "dnf")
+        standard_dnf_args = (["-v", "--rpmverbosity=debug"] if self.d.getVar('ROOTFS_RPM_DEBUG') else []) + ["-y",
+                             "-c", oe.path.join(self.target_rootfs, "etc/dnf/dnf.conf"),
+                             "--setopt=reposdir=%s" %(oe.path.join(self.target_rootfs, "etc/yum.repos.d")),
+                             "--repofrompath=oe-repo,%s" % (self.rpm_repo_dir),
+                             "--installroot=%s" % (self.target_rootfs),
+                             "--setopt=logdir=%s" % (self.d.getVar('T'))
+                            ]
+        cmd = [dnf_cmd] + standard_dnf_args + dnf_args
+        try:
+            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd,stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode("utf-8")
+            if print_output:
+                bb.note(output)
+            return output
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            if print_output:
+                (bb.note, bb.fatal)[fatal]("Could not invoke dnf. Command "
+                     "'%s' returned %d:\n%s" % (' '.join(cmd), e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
+            else:
+                (bb.note, bb.fatal)[fatal]("Could not invoke dnf. Command "
+                     "'%s' returned %d:" % (' '.join(cmd), e.returncode))
+            return e.output.decode("utf-8")
+
     def dump_install_solution(self, pkgs):
-        bb.note('creating new install solution for incremental install')
-        if len(pkgs) == 0:
-            return
+        open(self.solution_manifest, 'w').write(" ".join(pkgs))
+        return pkgs
 
-        pkgs = self._pkg_translate_oe_to_smart(pkgs, False)
-        install_pkgs = list()
-
-        cmd = "%s %s install -y --dump %s 2>%s" %  \
-              (self.smart_cmd,
-               self.smart_opt,
-               ' '.join(pkgs),
-               self.solution_manifest)
-        try:
-            # Disable rpmsys channel for the fake install
-            self._invoke_smart('channel --disable rpmsys')
-
-            subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
-            with open(self.solution_manifest, 'r') as manifest:
-                for pkg in manifest.read().split('\n'):
-                    if '@' in pkg:
-                        install_pkgs.append(pkg)
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            bb.note("Unable to dump install packages. Command '%s' "
-                    "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
-        # Recovery rpmsys channel
-        self._invoke_smart('channel --enable rpmsys')
-        return install_pkgs
-
-    '''
-    If incremental install, we need to determine what we've got,
-    what we need to add, and what to remove...
-    The load_old_install_solution will load the previous install
-    solution
-    '''
     def load_old_install_solution(self):
-        bb.note('load old install solution for incremental install')
-        installed_pkgs = list()
         if not os.path.exists(self.solution_manifest):
-            bb.note('old install solution not exist')
-            return installed_pkgs
+            return []
 
-        with open(self.solution_manifest, 'r') as manifest:
-            for pkg in manifest.read().split('\n'):
-                if '@' in pkg:
-                    installed_pkgs.append(pkg.strip())
+        return open(self.solution_manifest, 'r').read().split()
 
-        return installed_pkgs
-
-    '''
-    Dump all available packages in feeds, it should be invoked after the
-    newest rpm index was created
-    '''
-    def dump_all_available_pkgs(self):
-        available_manifest = self.d.expand('${T}/saved/available_pkgs.txt')
-        available_pkgs = list()
-        cmd = "%s %s query --output %s" %  \
-              (self.smart_cmd, self.smart_opt, available_manifest)
-        try:
-            subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
-            with open(available_manifest, 'r') as manifest:
-                for pkg in manifest.read().split('\n'):
-                    if '@' in pkg:
-                        available_pkgs.append(pkg.strip())
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            bb.note("Unable to list all available packages. Command '%s' "
-                    "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
-
-        self.fullpkglist = available_pkgs
-
-        return
+    def _script_num_prefix(self, path):
+        files = os.listdir(path)
+        numbers = set()
+        numbers.add(99)
+        for f in files:
+            numbers.add(int(f.split("-")[0]))
+        return max(numbers) + 1
 
     def save_rpmpostinst(self, pkg):
-        mlibs = (self.d.getVar('MULTILIB_GLOBAL_VARIANTS', False) or "").split()
-
-        new_pkg = pkg
-        # Remove any multilib prefix from the package name
-        for mlib in mlibs:
-            if mlib in pkg:
-                new_pkg = pkg.replace(mlib + '-', '')
-                break
-
-        bb.note('  * postponing %s' % new_pkg)
-        saved_dir = self.target_rootfs + self.d.expand('${sysconfdir}/rpm-postinsts/') + new_pkg
-
-        cmd = self.rpm_cmd + ' -q --scripts --root ' + self.target_rootfs
-        cmd += ' --dbpath=/var/lib/rpm ' + new_pkg
-        cmd += ' | sed -n -e "/^postinstall scriptlet (using .*):$/,/^.* scriptlet (using .*):$/ {/.*/p}"'
-        cmd += ' | sed -e "/postinstall scriptlet (using \(.*\)):$/d"'
-        cmd += ' -e "/^.* scriptlet (using .*):$/d" > %s' % saved_dir
+        bb.note("Saving postinstall script of %s" % (pkg))
+        cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "rpm")
+        args = ["-q", "--root=%s" % self.target_rootfs, "--queryformat", "%{postin}", pkg]
 
         try:
-            bb.note(cmd)
-            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True).strip().decode("utf-8")
-            bb.note(output)
-            os.chmod(saved_dir, 0o755)
+            output = subprocess.check_output([cmd] + args,stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode("utf-8")
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            bb.fatal("Invoke save_rpmpostinst failed. Command '%s' "
-                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
+            bb.fatal("Could not invoke rpm. Command "
+                     "'%s' returned %d:\n%s" % (' '.join([cmd] + args), e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
 
-    '''Write common configuration for target usage'''
-    def rpm_setup_smart_target_config(self):
-        bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(self.target_rootfs, 'var/lib/smart'),
-                        True)
+        # may need to prepend #!/bin/sh to output
 
-        self._invoke_smart('config --set rpm-nolinktos=1')
-        self._invoke_smart('config --set rpm-noparentdirs=1')
-        for i in self.d.getVar('BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS', True).split():
-            self._invoke_smart('flag --set ignore-recommends %s' % i)
-        self._invoke_smart('channel --add rpmsys type=rpm-sys -y')
+        target_path = oe.path.join(self.target_rootfs, self.d.expand('${sysconfdir}/rpm-postinsts/'))
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(target_path)
+        num = self._script_num_prefix(target_path)
+        saved_script_name = oe.path.join(target_path, "%d-%s" % (num, pkg))
+        open(saved_script_name, 'w').write(output)
+        os.chmod(saved_script_name, 0o755)
 
-    '''
-    The rpm db lock files were produced after invoking rpm to query on
-    build system, and they caused the rpm on target didn't work, so we
-    need to unlock the rpm db by removing the lock files.
-    '''
-    def unlock_rpm_db(self):
-        # Remove rpm db lock files
-        rpm_db_locks = glob.glob('%s/var/lib/rpm/__db.*' % self.target_rootfs)
-        for f in rpm_db_locks:
-            bb.utils.remove(f, True)
-
-    """
-    Returns a dictionary with the package info.
-    """
-    def package_info(self, pkg):
-        cmd = "%s %s info --urls %s" % (self.smart_cmd, self.smart_opt, pkg)
-        try:
-            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True).decode("utf-8")
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            bb.fatal("Unable to list available packages. Command '%s' "
-                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
-
-        # Set default values to avoid UnboundLocalError
-        arch = ""
-        ver = ""
-        filename = ""
-
-        #Parse output
-        for line in output.splitlines():
-            line = line.rstrip()
-            if line.startswith("Name:"):
-                pkg = line.split(": ")[1]
-            elif line.startswith("Version:"):
-                tmp_str = line.split(": ")[1]
-                ver, arch = tmp_str.split("@")
-                break
-
-        # Get filename
-        index = re.search("^URLs", output, re.MULTILINE)
-        tmp_str = output[index.end():]
-        for line in tmp_str.splitlines():
-            if "/" in line:
-                line = line.lstrip()
-                filename = line.split(" ")[0]
-                break
-
-        # To have the same data type than other package_info methods
-        filepath = os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, arch, filename)
-        pkg_dict = {}
-        pkg_dict[pkg] = {"arch":arch, "ver":ver, "filename":filename,
-                         "filepath": filepath}
-
-        return pkg_dict
-
-    """
-    Returns the path to a tmpdir where resides the contents of a package.
-
-    Deleting the tmpdir is responsability of the caller.
-
-    """
     def extract(self, pkg):
-        pkg_info = self.package_info(pkg)
-        if not pkg_info:
-            bb.fatal("Unable to get information for package '%s' while "
-                     "trying to extract the package."  % pkg)
-
-        pkg_path = pkg_info[pkg]["filepath"]
+        output = self._invoke_dnf(["repoquery", "--queryformat", "%{location}", pkg])
+        pkg_name = output.splitlines()[-1]
+        if not pkg_name.endswith(".rpm"):
+            bb.fatal("dnf could not find package %s in repository: %s" %(pkg, output))
+        pkg_path = oe.path.join(self.rpm_repo_dir, pkg_name)
 
         cpio_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv("PATH"), "cpio")
         rpm2cpio_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv("PATH"), "rpm2cpio")
@@ -1548,20 +825,24 @@
         tmp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
         current_dir = os.getcwd()
         os.chdir(tmp_dir)
+        if self.d.getVar('IMAGE_PKGTYPE') == 'deb':
+            data_tar = 'data.tar.xz'
+        else:
+            data_tar = 'data.tar.gz'
 
         try:
-            cmd = "%s x %s" % (ar_cmd, pkg_path)
-            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
-            cmd = "%s xf data.tar.*" % tar_cmd
-            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
+            cmd = [ar_cmd, 'x', pkg_path]
+            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+            cmd = [tar_cmd, 'xf', data_tar]
+            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
             bb.utils.remove(tmp_dir, recurse=True)
             bb.fatal("Unable to extract %s package. Command '%s' "
-                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (pkg_path, cmd, e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
+                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (pkg_path, ' '.join(cmd), e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
         except OSError as e:
             bb.utils.remove(tmp_dir, recurse=True)
             bb.fatal("Unable to extract %s package. Command '%s' "
-                     "returned %d:\n%s at %s" % (pkg_path, cmd, e.errno, e.strerror, e.filename))
+                     "returned %d:\n%s at %s" % (pkg_path, ' '.join(cmd), e.errno, e.strerror, e.filename))
 
         bb.note("Extracted %s to %s" % (pkg_path, tmp_dir))
         bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(tmp_dir, "debian-binary"))
@@ -1580,13 +861,13 @@
         self.pkg_archs = archs
         self.task_name = task_name
 
-        self.deploy_dir = self.d.getVar("DEPLOY_DIR_IPK", True)
+        self.deploy_dir = self.d.getVar("DEPLOY_DIR_IPK")
         self.deploy_lock_file = os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, "deploy.lock")
         self.opkg_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "opkg")
         self.opkg_args = "--volatile-cache -f %s -t %s -o %s " % (self.config_file, self.d.expand('${T}/ipktemp/') ,target_rootfs)
-        self.opkg_args += self.d.getVar("OPKG_ARGS", True)
+        self.opkg_args += self.d.getVar("OPKG_ARGS")
 
-        opkg_lib_dir = self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR', True)
+        opkg_lib_dir = self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR')
         if opkg_lib_dir[0] == "/":
             opkg_lib_dir = opkg_lib_dir[1:]
 
@@ -1598,7 +879,7 @@
         if not os.path.exists(self.d.expand('${T}/saved')):
             bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.d.expand('${T}/saved'))
 
-        self.from_feeds = (self.d.getVar('BUILD_IMAGES_FROM_FEEDS', True) or "") == "1"
+        self.from_feeds = (self.d.getVar('BUILD_IMAGES_FROM_FEEDS') or "") == "1"
         if self.from_feeds:
             self._create_custom_config()
         else:
@@ -1643,7 +924,7 @@
                 config_file.write("arch %s %d\n" % (arch, priority))
                 priority += 5
 
-            for line in (self.d.getVar('IPK_FEED_URIS', True) or "").split():
+            for line in (self.d.getVar('IPK_FEED_URIS') or "").split():
                 feed_match = re.match("^[ \t]*(.*)##([^ \t]*)[ \t]*$", line)
 
                 if feed_match is not None:
@@ -1660,29 +941,29 @@
             specified as compatible for the current machine.
             NOTE: Development-helper feature, NOT a full-fledged feed.
             """
-            if (self.d.getVar('FEED_DEPLOYDIR_BASE_URI', True) or "") != "":
+            if (self.d.getVar('FEED_DEPLOYDIR_BASE_URI') or "") != "":
                 for arch in self.pkg_archs.split():
                     cfg_file_name = os.path.join(self.target_rootfs,
-                                                 self.d.getVar("sysconfdir", True),
+                                                 self.d.getVar("sysconfdir"),
                                                  "opkg",
                                                  "local-%s-feed.conf" % arch)
 
                     with open(cfg_file_name, "w+") as cfg_file:
                         cfg_file.write("src/gz local-%s %s/%s" %
                                        (arch,
-                                        self.d.getVar('FEED_DEPLOYDIR_BASE_URI', True),
+                                        self.d.getVar('FEED_DEPLOYDIR_BASE_URI'),
                                         arch))
 
-                        if self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR', True) != '/var/lib':
+                        if self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR') != '/var/lib':
                             # 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_LISTS_DIR     VARDIR "/lib/opkg/lists"
                             # libopkg/opkg_conf.h:#define OPKG_CONF_DEFAULT_INFO_DIR      VARDIR "/lib/opkg/info"
                             # libopkg/opkg_conf.h:#define OPKG_CONF_DEFAULT_STATUS_FILE   VARDIR "/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 lists_dir    %s\n" % os.path.join(self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR', True), 'opkg', 'lists'))
-                            cfg_file.write("option status_file  %s\n" % os.path.join(self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR', True), 'opkg', 'status'))
+                            cfg_file.write("option info_dir     %s\n" % os.path.join(self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR'), 'opkg', 'info'))
+                            cfg_file.write("option lists_dir    %s\n" % os.path.join(self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR'), 'opkg', 'lists'))
+                            cfg_file.write("option status_file  %s\n" % os.path.join(self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR'), 'opkg', 'status'))
 
 
     def _create_config(self):
@@ -1700,33 +981,33 @@
                     config_file.write("src oe-%s file:%s\n" %
                                       (arch, pkgs_dir))
 
-            if self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR', True) != '/var/lib':
+            if self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR') != '/var/lib':
                 # 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_LISTS_DIR     VARDIR "/lib/opkg/lists"
                 # libopkg/opkg_conf.h:#define OPKG_CONF_DEFAULT_INFO_DIR      VARDIR "/lib/opkg/info"
                 # libopkg/opkg_conf.h:#define OPKG_CONF_DEFAULT_STATUS_FILE   VARDIR "/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 lists_dir    %s\n" % os.path.join(self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR', True), 'opkg', 'lists'))
-                config_file.write("option status_file  %s\n" % os.path.join(self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR', True), 'opkg', 'status'))
+                config_file.write("option info_dir     %s\n" % os.path.join(self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR'), 'opkg', 'info'))
+                config_file.write("option lists_dir    %s\n" % os.path.join(self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR'), 'opkg', 'lists'))
+                config_file.write("option status_file  %s\n" % os.path.join(self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR'), 'opkg', 'status'))
 
-    def insert_feeds_uris(self):
-        if self.feed_uris == "":
+    def insert_feeds_uris(self, feed_uris, feed_base_paths, feed_archs):
+        if feed_uris == "":
             return
 
         rootfs_config = os.path.join('%s/etc/opkg/base-feeds.conf'
                                   % self.target_rootfs)
 
-        feed_uris = self.construct_uris(self.feed_uris.split(), self.feed_base_paths.split())
-        archs = self.pkg_archs.split() if self.feed_archs is None else self.feed_archs.split()
+        feed_uris = self.construct_uris(feed_uris.split(), feed_base_paths.split())
+        archs = self.pkg_archs.split() if feed_archs is None else feed_archs.split()
 
         with open(rootfs_config, "w+") as config_file:
             uri_iterator = 0
             for uri in feed_uris:
                 if archs:
                     for arch in archs:
-                        if (self.feed_archs is None) and (not os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, arch))):
+                        if (feed_archs is None) and (not os.path.exists(oe.path.join(self.deploy_dir, arch))):
                             continue
                         bb.note('Adding opkg feed url-%s-%d (%s)' %
                             (arch, uri_iterator, uri))
@@ -1764,9 +1045,9 @@
         os.environ['OFFLINE_ROOT'] = self.target_rootfs
         os.environ['IPKG_OFFLINE_ROOT'] = self.target_rootfs
         os.environ['OPKG_OFFLINE_ROOT'] = self.target_rootfs
-        os.environ['INTERCEPT_DIR'] = os.path.join(self.d.getVar('WORKDIR', True),
+        os.environ['INTERCEPT_DIR'] = os.path.join(self.d.getVar('WORKDIR'),
                                                    "intercept_scripts")
-        os.environ['NATIVE_ROOT'] = self.d.getVar('STAGING_DIR_NATIVE', True)
+        os.environ['NATIVE_ROOT'] = self.d.getVar('STAGING_DIR_NATIVE')
 
         try:
             bb.note("Installing the following packages: %s" % ' '.join(pkgs))
@@ -1817,7 +1098,7 @@
         return OpkgPkgsList(self.d, self.target_rootfs, self.config_file).list_pkgs()
 
     def handle_bad_recommendations(self):
-        bad_recommendations = self.d.getVar("BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS", True) or ""
+        bad_recommendations = self.d.getVar("BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS") or ""
         if bad_recommendations.strip() == "":
             return
 
@@ -1871,7 +1152,7 @@
         bb.utils.mkdirhier(temp_opkg_dir)
 
         opkg_args = "-f %s -o %s " % (self.config_file, temp_rootfs)
-        opkg_args += self.d.getVar("OPKG_ARGS", True)
+        opkg_args += self.d.getVar("OPKG_ARGS")
 
         cmd = "%s %s update" % (self.opkg_cmd, opkg_args)
         try:
@@ -1947,7 +1228,7 @@
     def __init__(self, d, target_rootfs, archs, base_archs, apt_conf_dir=None):
         super(DpkgPM, self).__init__(d)
         self.target_rootfs = target_rootfs
-        self.deploy_dir = self.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_DEB', True)
+        self.deploy_dir = self.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_DEB')
         if apt_conf_dir is None:
             self.apt_conf_dir = self.d.expand("${APTCONF_TARGET}/apt")
         else:
@@ -1956,10 +1237,10 @@
         self.apt_get_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "apt-get")
         self.apt_cache_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "apt-cache")
 
-        self.apt_args = d.getVar("APT_ARGS", True)
+        self.apt_args = d.getVar("APT_ARGS")
 
         self.all_arch_list = archs.split()
-        all_mlb_pkg_arch_list = (self.d.getVar('ALL_MULTILIB_PACKAGE_ARCHS', True) or "").split()
+        all_mlb_pkg_arch_list = (self.d.getVar('ALL_MULTILIB_PACKAGE_ARCHS') or "").split()
         self.all_arch_list.extend(arch for arch in all_mlb_pkg_arch_list if arch not in self.all_arch_list)
 
         self._create_configs(archs, base_archs)
@@ -2000,7 +1281,10 @@
     """
     def run_pre_post_installs(self, package_name=None):
         info_dir = self.target_rootfs + "/var/lib/dpkg/info"
-        suffixes = [(".preinst", "Preinstall"), (".postinst", "Postinstall")]
+        ControlScript = collections.namedtuple("ControlScript", ["suffix", "name", "argument"])
+        control_scripts = [
+                ControlScript(".preinst", "Preinstall", "install"),
+                ControlScript(".postinst", "Postinstall", "configure")]
         status_file = self.target_rootfs + "/var/lib/dpkg/status"
         installed_pkgs = []
 
@@ -2017,22 +1301,25 @@
         os.environ['OFFLINE_ROOT'] = self.target_rootfs
         os.environ['IPKG_OFFLINE_ROOT'] = self.target_rootfs
         os.environ['OPKG_OFFLINE_ROOT'] = self.target_rootfs
-        os.environ['INTERCEPT_DIR'] = os.path.join(self.d.getVar('WORKDIR', True),
+        os.environ['INTERCEPT_DIR'] = os.path.join(self.d.getVar('WORKDIR'),
                                                    "intercept_scripts")
-        os.environ['NATIVE_ROOT'] = self.d.getVar('STAGING_DIR_NATIVE', True)
+        os.environ['NATIVE_ROOT'] = self.d.getVar('STAGING_DIR_NATIVE')
 
         failed_pkgs = []
         for pkg_name in installed_pkgs:
-            for suffix in suffixes:
-                p_full = os.path.join(info_dir, pkg_name + suffix[0])
+            for control_script in control_scripts:
+                p_full = os.path.join(info_dir, pkg_name + control_script.suffix)
                 if os.path.exists(p_full):
                     try:
                         bb.note("Executing %s for package: %s ..." %
-                                 (suffix[1].lower(), pkg_name))
-                        subprocess.check_output(p_full, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+                                 (control_script.name.lower(), pkg_name))
+                        output = subprocess.check_output([p_full, control_script.argument],
+                                stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode("utf-8")
+                        bb.note(output)
                     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
                         bb.note("%s for package %s failed with %d:\n%s" %
-                                (suffix[1], pkg_name, e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
+                                (control_script.name, pkg_name, e.returncode,
+                                    e.output.decode("utf-8")))
                         failed_pkgs.append(pkg_name)
                         break
 
@@ -2112,23 +1399,23 @@
         if result is not None:
             bb.fatal(result)
 
-    def insert_feeds_uris(self):
-        if self.feed_uris == "":
+    def insert_feeds_uris(self, feed_uris, feed_base_paths, feed_archs):
+        if feed_uris == "":
             return
 
         sources_conf = os.path.join("%s/etc/apt/sources.list"
                                     % self.target_rootfs)
         arch_list = []
 
-        if self.feed_archs is None:
+        if feed_archs is None:
             for arch in self.all_arch_list:
                 if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, arch)):
                     continue
                 arch_list.append(arch)
         else:
-            arch_list = self.feed_archs.split()
+            arch_list = feed_archs.split()
 
-        feed_uris = self.construct_uris(self.feed_uris.split(), self.feed_base_paths.split())
+        feed_uris = self.construct_uris(feed_uris.split(), feed_base_paths.split())
 
         with open(sources_conf, "w+") as sources_file:
             for uri in feed_uris:
@@ -2168,7 +1455,7 @@
 
                 priority += 5
 
-            pkg_exclude = self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_EXCLUDE', True) or ""
+            pkg_exclude = self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_EXCLUDE') or ""
             for pkg in pkg_exclude.split():
                 prefs_file.write(
                     "Package: %s\n"
@@ -2183,14 +1470,13 @@
                                    os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, arch))
 
         base_arch_list = base_archs.split()
-        multilib_variants = self.d.getVar("MULTILIB_VARIANTS", True);
+        multilib_variants = self.d.getVar("MULTILIB_VARIANTS");
         for variant in multilib_variants.split():
             localdata = bb.data.createCopy(self.d)
             variant_tune = localdata.getVar("DEFAULTTUNE_virtclass-multilib-" + variant, False)
-            orig_arch = localdata.getVar("DPKG_ARCH", True)
+            orig_arch = localdata.getVar("DPKG_ARCH")
             localdata.setVar("DEFAULTTUNE", variant_tune)
-            bb.data.update_data(localdata)
-            variant_arch = localdata.getVar("DPKG_ARCH", True)
+            variant_arch = localdata.getVar("DPKG_ARCH")
             if variant_arch not in base_arch_list:
                 base_arch_list.append(variant_arch)
 
@@ -2221,7 +1507,7 @@
 
     def remove_packaging_data(self):
         bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(self.target_rootfs,
-                                     self.d.getVar('opkglibdir', True)), True)
+                                     self.d.getVar('opkglibdir')), True)
         bb.utils.remove(self.target_rootfs + "/var/lib/dpkg/", True)
 
     def fix_broken_dependencies(self):
@@ -2269,12 +1555,12 @@
         return tmp_dir
 
 def generate_index_files(d):
-    classes = d.getVar('PACKAGE_CLASSES', True).replace("package_", "").split()
+    classes = d.getVar('PACKAGE_CLASSES').replace("package_", "").split()
 
     indexer_map = {
-        "rpm": (RpmIndexer, d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_RPM', True)),
-        "ipk": (OpkgIndexer, d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_IPK', True)),
-        "deb": (DpkgIndexer, d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_DEB', True))
+        "rpm": (RpmIndexer, d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_RPM')),
+        "ipk": (OpkgIndexer, d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_IPK')),
+        "deb": (DpkgIndexer, d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_DEB'))
     }
 
     result = None