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+#
+# Creates a root filesystem out of IPKs
+#
+# This rootfs can be mounted via root-nfs or it can be put into an cramfs/jffs etc.
+# See image.bbclass for a usage of this.
+#
+
+EXTRAOPKGCONFIG ?= ""
+ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE = "opkg ${EXTRAOPKGCONFIG}"
+ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE_BOOTSTRAP  = "run-postinsts"
+
+do_rootfs[depends] += "opkg-native:do_populate_sysroot opkg-utils-native:do_populate_sysroot"
+do_populate_sdk[depends] += "opkg-native:do_populate_sysroot opkg-utils-native:do_populate_sysroot"
+do_rootfs[recrdeptask] += "do_package_write_ipk"
+do_rootfs[vardeps] += "PACKAGE_FEED_URIS"
+rootfs_ipk_do_rootfs[vardepsexclude] += "BUILDNAME"
+
+do_rootfs[lockfiles] += "${WORKDIR}/ipk.lock"
+do_populate_sdk[lockfiles] += "${WORKDIR}/ipk.lock"
+
+OPKG_PREPROCESS_COMMANDS = ""
+
+OPKG_POSTPROCESS_COMMANDS = ""
+
+OPKGLIBDIR = "${localstatedir}/lib"
+
+MULTILIBRE_ALLOW_REP = "${OPKGLIBDIR}/opkg|/usr/lib/opkg"
+
+python () {
+
+    if d.getVar('BUILD_IMAGES_FROM_FEEDS', True):
+        flags = d.getVarFlag('do_rootfs', 'recrdeptask')
+        flags = flags.replace("do_package_write_ipk", "")
+        flags = flags.replace("do_deploy", "")
+        flags = flags.replace("do_populate_sysroot", "")
+        d.setVarFlag('do_rootfs', 'recrdeptask', flags)
+        d.setVar('OPKG_PREPROCESS_COMMANDS', "")
+        d.setVar('OPKG_POSTPROCESS_COMMANDS', '')
+}