diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py b/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py
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+from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
+from oe.utils import execute_pre_post_process
+from oe.package_manager import *
+from oe.manifest import *
+import oe.path
+import filecmp
+import shutil
+import os
+import subprocess
+import re
+
+
+class Rootfs(object):
+    """
+    This is an abstract class. Do not instantiate this directly.
+    """
+    __metaclass__ = ABCMeta
+
+    def __init__(self, d):
+        self.d = d
+        self.pm = None
+        self.image_rootfs = self.d.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS', True)
+        self.deploy_dir_image = self.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE', True)
+
+        self.install_order = Manifest.INSTALL_ORDER
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _create(self):
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _get_delayed_postinsts(self):
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _save_postinsts(self):
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _log_check(self):
+        pass
+
+    def _log_check_warn(self):
+        r = re.compile('^(warn|Warn|NOTE: warn|NOTE: Warn|WARNING:)')
+        log_path = self.d.expand("${T}/log.do_rootfs")
+        with open(log_path, 'r') as log:
+            for line in log:
+                if 'log_check' in line or 'NOTE:' in line:
+                    continue
+
+                m = r.search(line)
+                if m:
+                    bb.warn('[log_check] %s: found a warning message in the logfile (keyword \'%s\'):\n[log_check] %s'
+				    % (self.d.getVar('PN', True), m.group(), line))
+
+    def _log_check_error(self):
+        r = re.compile(self.log_check_regex)
+        log_path = self.d.expand("${T}/log.do_rootfs")
+        with open(log_path, 'r') as log:
+            found_error = 0
+            message = "\n"
+            for line in log:
+                if 'log_check' in line:
+                    continue
+
+                m = r.search(line)
+                if m:
+                    found_error = 1
+                    bb.warn('[log_check] %s: found an error message in the logfile (keyword \'%s\'):\n[log_check] %s'
+				    % (self.d.getVar('PN', True), m.group(), line))
+
+                if found_error >= 1 and found_error <= 5:
+                    message += line + '\n'
+                    found_error += 1
+
+                if found_error == 6:
+                    bb.fatal(message)
+
+    def _insert_feed_uris(self):
+        if bb.utils.contains("IMAGE_FEATURES", "package-management",
+                         True, False, self.d):
+            self.pm.insert_feeds_uris()
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _handle_intercept_failure(self, failed_script):
+        pass
+
+    """
+    The _cleanup() method should be used to clean-up stuff that we don't really
+    want to end up on target. For example, in the case of RPM, the DB locks.
+    The method is called, once, at the end of create() method.
+    """
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _cleanup(self):
+        pass
+
+    def _setup_dbg_rootfs(self, dirs):
+        gen_debugfs = self.d.getVar('IMAGE_GEN_DEBUGFS', True) or '0'
+        if gen_debugfs != '1':
+           return
+
+        bb.note("  Renaming the original rootfs...")
+        try:
+            shutil.rmtree(self.image_rootfs + '-orig')
+        except:
+            pass
+        os.rename(self.image_rootfs, self.image_rootfs + '-orig')
+
+        bb.note("  Creating debug rootfs...")
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.image_rootfs)
+
+        bb.note("  Copying back package database...")
+        for dir in dirs:
+            bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.image_rootfs + os.path.dirname(dir))
+            shutil.copytree(self.image_rootfs + '-orig' + dir, self.image_rootfs + dir)
+
+        cpath = oe.cachedpath.CachedPath()
+        # Copy files located in /usr/lib/debug or /usr/src/debug
+        for dir in ["/usr/lib/debug", "/usr/src/debug"]:
+            src = self.image_rootfs + '-orig' + dir
+            if cpath.exists(src):
+                dst = self.image_rootfs + dir
+                bb.utils.mkdirhier(os.path.dirname(dst))
+                shutil.copytree(src, dst)
+
+        # Copy files with suffix '.debug' or located in '.debug' dir.
+        for root, dirs, files in cpath.walk(self.image_rootfs + '-orig'):
+            relative_dir = root[len(self.image_rootfs + '-orig'):]
+            for f in files:
+                if f.endswith('.debug') or '/.debug' in relative_dir:
+                    bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.image_rootfs + relative_dir)
+                    shutil.copy(os.path.join(root, f),
+                                self.image_rootfs + relative_dir)
+
+        bb.note("  Install complementary '*-dbg' packages...")
+        self.pm.install_complementary('*-dbg')
+
+        bb.note("  Rename debug rootfs...")
+        try:
+            shutil.rmtree(self.image_rootfs + '-dbg')
+        except:
+            pass
+        os.rename(self.image_rootfs, self.image_rootfs + '-dbg')
+
+        bb.note("  Restoreing original rootfs...")
+        os.rename(self.image_rootfs + '-orig', self.image_rootfs)
+
+    def _exec_shell_cmd(self, cmd):
+        fakerootcmd = self.d.getVar('FAKEROOT', True)
+        if fakerootcmd is not None:
+            exec_cmd = [fakerootcmd, cmd]
+        else:
+            exec_cmd = cmd
+
+        try:
+            subprocess.check_output(exec_cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            return("Command '%s' returned %d:\n%s" % (e.cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+        return None
+
+    def create(self):
+        bb.note("###### Generate rootfs #######")
+        pre_process_cmds = self.d.getVar("ROOTFS_PREPROCESS_COMMAND", True)
+        post_process_cmds = self.d.getVar("ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND", True)
+
+        postinst_intercepts_dir = self.d.getVar("POSTINST_INTERCEPTS_DIR", True)
+        if not postinst_intercepts_dir:
+            postinst_intercepts_dir = self.d.expand("${COREBASE}/scripts/postinst-intercepts")
+        intercepts_dir = os.path.join(self.d.getVar('WORKDIR', True),
+                                      "intercept_scripts")
+
+        bb.utils.remove(intercepts_dir, True)
+
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.image_rootfs)
+
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.deploy_dir_image)
+
+        shutil.copytree(postinst_intercepts_dir, intercepts_dir)
+
+        shutil.copy(self.d.expand("${COREBASE}/meta/files/deploydir_readme.txt"),
+                    self.deploy_dir_image +
+                    "/README_-_DO_NOT_DELETE_FILES_IN_THIS_DIRECTORY.txt")
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, pre_process_cmds)
+
+        # call the package manager dependent create method
+        self._create()
+
+        sysconfdir = self.image_rootfs + self.d.getVar('sysconfdir', True)
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(sysconfdir)
+        with open(sysconfdir + "/version", "w+") as ver:
+            ver.write(self.d.getVar('BUILDNAME', True) + "\n")
+
+        self._run_intercepts()
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, post_process_cmds)
+
+        if bb.utils.contains("IMAGE_FEATURES", "read-only-rootfs",
+                         True, False, self.d):
+            delayed_postinsts = self._get_delayed_postinsts()
+            if delayed_postinsts is not None:
+                bb.fatal("The following packages could not be configured "
+                         "offline and rootfs is read-only: %s" %
+                         delayed_postinsts)
+
+        if self.d.getVar('USE_DEVFS', True) != "1":
+            self._create_devfs()
+
+        self._uninstall_unneeded()
+
+        self._insert_feed_uris()
+
+        self._run_ldconfig()
+
+        if self.d.getVar('USE_DEPMOD', True) != "0":
+            self._generate_kernel_module_deps()
+
+        self._cleanup()
+        self._log_check()
+
+    def _uninstall_unneeded(self):
+        # Remove unneeded init script symlinks
+        delayed_postinsts = self._get_delayed_postinsts()
+        if delayed_postinsts is None:
+            if os.path.exists(self.d.expand("${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/init.d/run-postinsts")):
+                self._exec_shell_cmd(["update-rc.d", "-f", "-r",
+                                      self.d.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS', True),
+                                      "run-postinsts", "remove"])
+
+        runtime_pkgmanage = bb.utils.contains("IMAGE_FEATURES", "package-management",
+                         True, False, self.d)
+        sysvcompat_in_distro = bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", [ "systemd", "sysvinit" ],
+                         True, False, self.d)
+        image_rorfs = bb.utils.contains("IMAGE_FEATURES", "read-only-rootfs",
+                         True, False, self.d)
+        if sysvcompat_in_distro and not image_rorfs:
+            pkg_to_remove = ""
+        else:
+            pkg_to_remove = "update-rc.d"
+        if not runtime_pkgmanage:
+            # Remove components that we don't need if we're not going to install
+            # additional packages at runtime
+            if delayed_postinsts is None:
+                installed_pkgs_dir = self.d.expand('${WORKDIR}/installed_pkgs.txt')
+                pkgs_to_remove = list()
+                with open(installed_pkgs_dir, "r+") as installed_pkgs:
+                    pkgs_installed = installed_pkgs.read().splitlines()
+                    for pkg_installed in pkgs_installed[:]:
+                        pkg = pkg_installed.split()[0]
+                        if pkg in ["update-rc.d",
+                                "base-passwd",
+                                "shadow",
+                                "update-alternatives", pkg_to_remove,
+                                self.d.getVar("ROOTFS_BOOTSTRAP_INSTALL", True)
+                                ]:
+                            pkgs_to_remove.append(pkg)
+                            pkgs_installed.remove(pkg_installed)
+
+                if len(pkgs_to_remove) > 0:
+                    self.pm.remove(pkgs_to_remove, False)
+                    # Update installed_pkgs.txt
+                    open(installed_pkgs_dir, "w+").write('\n'.join(pkgs_installed))
+
+            else:
+                self._save_postinsts()
+
+        post_uninstall_cmds = self.d.getVar("ROOTFS_POSTUNINSTALL_COMMAND", True)
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, post_uninstall_cmds)
+
+        if not runtime_pkgmanage:
+            # Remove the package manager data files
+            self.pm.remove_packaging_data()
+
+    def _run_intercepts(self):
+        intercepts_dir = os.path.join(self.d.getVar('WORKDIR', True),
+                                      "intercept_scripts")
+
+        bb.note("Running intercept scripts:")
+        os.environ['D'] = self.image_rootfs
+        for script in os.listdir(intercepts_dir):
+            script_full = os.path.join(intercepts_dir, script)
+
+            if script == "postinst_intercept" or not os.access(script_full, os.X_OK):
+                continue
+
+            bb.note("> Executing %s intercept ..." % script)
+
+            try:
+                subprocess.check_call(script_full)
+            except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+                bb.warn("The postinstall intercept hook '%s' failed (exit code: %d)! See log for details!" %
+                        (script, e.returncode))
+
+                with open(script_full) as intercept:
+                    registered_pkgs = None
+                    for line in intercept.read().split("\n"):
+                        m = re.match("^##PKGS:(.*)", line)
+                        if m is not None:
+                            registered_pkgs = m.group(1).strip()
+                            break
+
+                    if registered_pkgs is not None:
+                        bb.warn("The postinstalls for the following packages "
+                                "will be postponed for first boot: %s" %
+                                registered_pkgs)
+
+                        # call the backend dependent handler
+                        self._handle_intercept_failure(registered_pkgs)
+
+    def _run_ldconfig(self):
+        if self.d.getVar('LDCONFIGDEPEND', True):
+            bb.note("Executing: ldconfig -r" + self.image_rootfs + "-c new -v")
+            self._exec_shell_cmd(['ldconfig', '-r', self.image_rootfs, '-c',
+                                  'new', '-v'])
+
+    def _check_for_kernel_modules(self, modules_dir):
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(modules_dir, topdown=True):
+            for name in files:
+                found_ko = name.endswith(".ko")
+                if found_ko:
+                    return found_ko
+        return False
+
+    def _generate_kernel_module_deps(self):
+        modules_dir = os.path.join(self.image_rootfs, 'lib', 'modules')
+        # if we don't have any modules don't bother to do the depmod
+        if not self._check_for_kernel_modules(modules_dir):
+            bb.note("No Kernel Modules found, not running depmod")
+            return
+
+        kernel_abi_ver_file = oe.path.join(self.d.getVar('PKGDATA_DIR', True), "kernel-depmod",
+                                           'kernel-abiversion')
+        if not os.path.exists(kernel_abi_ver_file):
+            bb.fatal("No kernel-abiversion file found (%s), cannot run depmod, aborting" % kernel_abi_ver_file)
+
+        kernel_ver = open(kernel_abi_ver_file).read().strip(' \n')
+        versioned_modules_dir = os.path.join(self.image_rootfs, modules_dir, kernel_ver)
+
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(versioned_modules_dir)
+
+        self._exec_shell_cmd(['depmodwrapper', '-a', '-b', self.image_rootfs, kernel_ver])
+
+    """
+    Create devfs:
+    * IMAGE_DEVICE_TABLE is the old name to an absolute path to a device table file
+    * IMAGE_DEVICE_TABLES is a new name for a file, or list of files, seached
+      for in the BBPATH
+    If neither are specified then the default name of files/device_table-minimal.txt
+    is searched for in the BBPATH (same as the old version.)
+    """
+    def _create_devfs(self):
+        devtable_list = []
+        devtable = self.d.getVar('IMAGE_DEVICE_TABLE', True)
+        if devtable is not None:
+            devtable_list.append(devtable)
+        else:
+            devtables = self.d.getVar('IMAGE_DEVICE_TABLES', True)
+            if devtables is None:
+                devtables = 'files/device_table-minimal.txt'
+            for devtable in devtables.split():
+                devtable_list.append("%s" % bb.utils.which(self.d.getVar('BBPATH', True), devtable))
+
+        for devtable in devtable_list:
+            self._exec_shell_cmd(["makedevs", "-r",
+                                  self.image_rootfs, "-D", devtable])
+
+
+class RpmRootfs(Rootfs):
+    def __init__(self, d, manifest_dir):
+        super(RpmRootfs, self).__init__(d)
+        self.log_check_regex = '(unpacking of archive failed|Cannot find package'\
+                               '|exit 1|ERROR: |Error: |Error |ERROR '\
+                               '|Failed |Failed: |Failed$|Failed\(\d+\):)'
+        self.manifest = RpmManifest(d, manifest_dir)
+
+        self.pm = RpmPM(d,
+                        d.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS', True),
+                        self.d.getVar('TARGET_VENDOR', True)
+                        )
+
+        self.inc_rpm_image_gen = self.d.getVar('INC_RPM_IMAGE_GEN', True)
+        if self.inc_rpm_image_gen != "1":
+            bb.utils.remove(self.image_rootfs, True)
+        else:
+            self.pm.recovery_packaging_data()
+        bb.utils.remove(self.d.getVar('MULTILIB_TEMP_ROOTFS', True), True)
+
+        self.pm.create_configs()
+
+    '''
+    While rpm incremental image generation is enabled, it will remove the
+    unneeded pkgs by comparing the new install solution manifest and the
+    old installed manifest.
+    '''
+    def _create_incremental(self, pkgs_initial_install):
+        if self.inc_rpm_image_gen == "1":
+
+            pkgs_to_install = list()
+            for pkg_type in pkgs_initial_install:
+                pkgs_to_install += pkgs_initial_install[pkg_type]
+
+            installed_manifest = self.pm.load_old_install_solution()
+            solution_manifest = self.pm.dump_install_solution(pkgs_to_install)
+
+            pkg_to_remove = list()
+            for pkg in installed_manifest:
+                if pkg not in solution_manifest:
+                    pkg_to_remove.append(pkg)
+
+            self.pm.update()
+
+            bb.note('incremental update -- upgrade packages in place ')
+            self.pm.upgrade()
+            if pkg_to_remove != []:
+                bb.note('incremental removed: %s' % ' '.join(pkg_to_remove))
+                self.pm.remove(pkg_to_remove)
+
+    def _create(self):
+        pkgs_to_install = self.manifest.parse_initial_manifest()
+        rpm_pre_process_cmds = self.d.getVar('RPM_PREPROCESS_COMMANDS', True)
+        rpm_post_process_cmds = self.d.getVar('RPM_POSTPROCESS_COMMANDS', True)
+
+        # update PM index files
+        self.pm.write_index()
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, rpm_pre_process_cmds)
+
+        self.pm.dump_all_available_pkgs()
+
+        if self.inc_rpm_image_gen == "1":
+            self._create_incremental(pkgs_to_install)
+
+        self.pm.update()
+
+        pkgs = []
+        pkgs_attempt = []
+        for pkg_type in pkgs_to_install:
+            if pkg_type == Manifest.PKG_TYPE_ATTEMPT_ONLY:
+                pkgs_attempt += pkgs_to_install[pkg_type]
+            else:
+                pkgs += pkgs_to_install[pkg_type]
+
+        self.pm.install(pkgs)
+
+        self.pm.install(pkgs_attempt, True)
+
+        self.pm.install_complementary()
+
+        self._setup_dbg_rootfs(['/etc/rpm', '/var/lib/rpm', '/var/lib/smart'])
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, rpm_post_process_cmds)
+
+        self._log_check()
+
+        if self.inc_rpm_image_gen == "1":
+            self.pm.backup_packaging_data()
+
+        self.pm.rpm_setup_smart_target_config()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _depends_list():
+        return ['DEPLOY_DIR_RPM', 'INC_RPM_IMAGE_GEN', 'RPM_PREPROCESS_COMMANDS',
+                'RPM_POSTPROCESS_COMMANDS', 'RPM_PREFER_ELF_ARCH']
+
+    def _get_delayed_postinsts(self):
+        postinst_dir = self.d.expand("${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/rpm-postinsts")
+        if os.path.isdir(postinst_dir):
+            files = os.listdir(postinst_dir)
+            for f in files:
+                bb.note('Delayed package scriptlet: %s' % f)
+            return files
+
+        return None
+
+    def _save_postinsts(self):
+        # this is just a stub. For RPM, the failed postinstalls are
+        # already saved in /etc/rpm-postinsts
+        pass
+
+    def _log_check_error(self):
+        r = re.compile('(unpacking of archive failed|Cannot find package|exit 1|ERR|Fail)')
+        log_path = self.d.expand("${T}/log.do_rootfs")
+        with open(log_path, 'r') as log:
+            found_error = 0
+            message = "\n"
+            for line in log.read().split('\n'):
+                if 'log_check' in line:
+                    continue
+                # sh -x may emit code which isn't actually executed
+                if line.startswith('+'):
+		    continue
+
+                m = r.search(line)
+                if m:
+                    found_error = 1
+                    bb.warn('log_check: There were error messages in the logfile')
+                    bb.warn('log_check: Matched keyword: [%s]\n\n' % m.group())
+
+                if found_error >= 1 and found_error <= 5:
+                    message += line + '\n'
+                    found_error += 1
+
+                if found_error == 6:
+                    bb.fatal(message)
+
+    def _log_check(self):
+        self._log_check_warn()
+        self._log_check_error()
+
+    def _handle_intercept_failure(self, registered_pkgs):
+        rpm_postinsts_dir = self.image_rootfs + self.d.expand('${sysconfdir}/rpm-postinsts/')
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(rpm_postinsts_dir)
+
+        # Save the package postinstalls in /etc/rpm-postinsts
+        for pkg in registered_pkgs.split():
+            self.pm.save_rpmpostinst(pkg)
+
+    def _cleanup(self):
+        # during the execution of postprocess commands, rpm is called several
+        # times to get the files installed, dependencies, etc. This creates the
+        # __db.00* (Berkeley DB files that hold locks, rpm specific environment
+        # settings, etc.), that should not get into the final rootfs
+        self.pm.unlock_rpm_db()
+        if os.path.isdir(self.pm.install_dir_path + "/tmp") and not os.listdir(self.pm.install_dir_path + "/tmp"):
+           bb.utils.remove(self.pm.install_dir_path + "/tmp", True)
+        if os.path.isdir(self.pm.install_dir_path) and not os.listdir(self.pm.install_dir_path):
+           bb.utils.remove(self.pm.install_dir_path, True)
+
+class DpkgOpkgRootfs(Rootfs):
+    def __init__(self, d):
+        super(DpkgOpkgRootfs, self).__init__(d)
+
+    def _get_pkgs_postinsts(self, status_file):
+        def _get_pkg_depends_list(pkg_depends):
+            pkg_depends_list = []
+            # filter version requirements like libc (>= 1.1)
+            for dep in pkg_depends.split(', '):
+                m_dep = re.match("^(.*) \(.*\)$", dep)
+                if m_dep:
+                    dep = m_dep.group(1)
+                pkg_depends_list.append(dep)
+
+            return pkg_depends_list
+
+        pkgs = {}
+        pkg_name = ""
+        pkg_status_match = False
+        pkg_depends = ""
+
+        with open(status_file) as status:
+            data = status.read()
+            status.close()
+            for line in data.split('\n'):
+                m_pkg = re.match("^Package: (.*)", line)
+                m_status = re.match("^Status:.*unpacked", line)
+                m_depends = re.match("^Depends: (.*)", line)
+
+                if m_pkg is not None:
+                    if pkg_name and pkg_status_match:
+                        pkgs[pkg_name] = _get_pkg_depends_list(pkg_depends)
+
+                    pkg_name = m_pkg.group(1)
+                    pkg_status_match = False
+                    pkg_depends = ""
+                elif m_status is not None:
+                    pkg_status_match = True
+                elif m_depends is not None:
+                    pkg_depends = m_depends.group(1)
+
+        # remove package dependencies not in postinsts
+        pkg_names = pkgs.keys()
+        for pkg_name in pkg_names:
+            deps = pkgs[pkg_name][:]
+
+            for d in deps:
+                if d not in pkg_names:
+                    pkgs[pkg_name].remove(d)
+
+        return pkgs
+
+    def _get_delayed_postinsts_common(self, status_file):
+        def _dep_resolve(graph, node, resolved, seen):
+            seen.append(node)
+
+            for edge in graph[node]:
+                if edge not in resolved:
+                    if edge in seen:
+                        raise RuntimeError("Packages %s and %s have " \
+                                "a circular dependency in postinsts scripts." \
+                                % (node, edge))
+                    _dep_resolve(graph, edge, resolved, seen)
+
+            resolved.append(node)
+
+        pkg_list = []
+
+        pkgs = self._get_pkgs_postinsts(status_file)
+        if pkgs:
+            root = "__packagegroup_postinst__"
+            pkgs[root] = pkgs.keys()
+            _dep_resolve(pkgs, root, pkg_list, [])
+            pkg_list.remove(root)
+
+        if len(pkg_list) == 0:
+            return None
+
+        return pkg_list
+
+    def _save_postinsts_common(self, dst_postinst_dir, src_postinst_dir):
+        num = 0
+        for p in self._get_delayed_postinsts():
+            bb.utils.mkdirhier(dst_postinst_dir)
+
+            if os.path.exists(os.path.join(src_postinst_dir, p + ".postinst")):
+                shutil.copy(os.path.join(src_postinst_dir, p + ".postinst"),
+                            os.path.join(dst_postinst_dir, "%03d-%s" % (num, p)))
+
+            num += 1
+
+class DpkgRootfs(DpkgOpkgRootfs):
+    def __init__(self, d, manifest_dir):
+        super(DpkgRootfs, self).__init__(d)
+        self.log_check_regex = '^E:'
+
+        bb.utils.remove(self.image_rootfs, True)
+        bb.utils.remove(self.d.getVar('MULTILIB_TEMP_ROOTFS', True), True)
+        self.manifest = DpkgManifest(d, manifest_dir)
+        self.pm = DpkgPM(d, d.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS', True),
+                         d.getVar('PACKAGE_ARCHS', True),
+                         d.getVar('DPKG_ARCH', True))
+
+
+    def _create(self):
+        pkgs_to_install = self.manifest.parse_initial_manifest()
+        deb_pre_process_cmds = self.d.getVar('DEB_PREPROCESS_COMMANDS', True)
+        deb_post_process_cmds = self.d.getVar('DEB_POSTPROCESS_COMMANDS', True)
+
+        alt_dir = self.d.expand("${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives")
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(alt_dir)
+
+        # update PM index files
+        self.pm.write_index()
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, deb_pre_process_cmds)
+
+        self.pm.update()
+
+        for pkg_type in self.install_order:
+            if pkg_type in pkgs_to_install:
+                self.pm.install(pkgs_to_install[pkg_type],
+                                [False, True][pkg_type == Manifest.PKG_TYPE_ATTEMPT_ONLY])
+
+        self.pm.install_complementary()
+
+        self._setup_dbg_rootfs(['/var/lib/dpkg'])
+
+        self.pm.fix_broken_dependencies()
+
+        self.pm.mark_packages("installed")
+
+        self.pm.run_pre_post_installs()
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, deb_post_process_cmds)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _depends_list():
+        return ['DEPLOY_DIR_DEB', 'DEB_SDK_ARCH', 'APTCONF_TARGET', 'APT_ARGS', 'DPKG_ARCH', 'DEB_PREPROCESS_COMMANDS', 'DEB_POSTPROCESS_COMMANDS']
+
+    def _get_delayed_postinsts(self):
+        status_file = self.image_rootfs + "/var/lib/dpkg/status"
+        return self._get_delayed_postinsts_common(status_file)
+
+    def _save_postinsts(self):
+        dst_postinst_dir = self.d.expand("${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/deb-postinsts")
+        src_postinst_dir = self.d.expand("${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/var/lib/dpkg/info")
+        return self._save_postinsts_common(dst_postinst_dir, src_postinst_dir)
+
+    def _handle_intercept_failure(self, registered_pkgs):
+        self.pm.mark_packages("unpacked", registered_pkgs.split())
+
+    def _log_check(self):
+        self._log_check_warn()
+        self._log_check_error()
+
+    def _cleanup(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class OpkgRootfs(DpkgOpkgRootfs):
+    def __init__(self, d, manifest_dir):
+        super(OpkgRootfs, self).__init__(d)
+        self.log_check_regex = '(exit 1|Collected errors)'
+
+        self.manifest = OpkgManifest(d, manifest_dir)
+        self.opkg_conf = self.d.getVar("IPKGCONF_TARGET", True)
+        self.pkg_archs = self.d.getVar("ALL_MULTILIB_PACKAGE_ARCHS", True)
+
+        self.inc_opkg_image_gen = self.d.getVar('INC_IPK_IMAGE_GEN', True) or ""
+        if self._remove_old_rootfs():
+            bb.utils.remove(self.image_rootfs, True)
+            self.pm = OpkgPM(d,
+                             self.image_rootfs,
+                             self.opkg_conf,
+                             self.pkg_archs)
+        else:
+            self.pm = OpkgPM(d,
+                             self.image_rootfs,
+                             self.opkg_conf,
+                             self.pkg_archs)
+            self.pm.recover_packaging_data()
+
+        bb.utils.remove(self.d.getVar('MULTILIB_TEMP_ROOTFS', True), True)
+
+    def _prelink_file(self, root_dir, filename):
+        bb.note('prelink %s in %s' % (filename, root_dir))
+        prelink_cfg = oe.path.join(root_dir,
+                                   self.d.expand('${sysconfdir}/prelink.conf'))
+        if not os.path.exists(prelink_cfg):
+            shutil.copy(self.d.expand('${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${sysconfdir_native}/prelink.conf'),
+                        prelink_cfg)
+
+        cmd_prelink = self.d.expand('${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${sbindir_native}/prelink')
+        self._exec_shell_cmd([cmd_prelink,
+                              '--root',
+                              root_dir,
+                              '-amR',
+                              '-N',
+                              '-c',
+                              self.d.expand('${sysconfdir}/prelink.conf')])
+
+    '''
+    Compare two files with the same key twice to see if they are equal.
+    If they are not equal, it means they are duplicated and come from
+    different packages.
+    1st: Comapre them directly;
+    2nd: While incremental image creation is enabled, one of the
+         files could be probaly prelinked in the previous image
+         creation and the file has been changed, so we need to
+         prelink the other one and compare them.
+    '''
+    def _file_equal(self, key, f1, f2):
+
+        # Both of them are not prelinked
+        if filecmp.cmp(f1, f2):
+            return True
+
+        if self.image_rootfs not in f1:
+            self._prelink_file(f1.replace(key, ''), f1)
+
+        if self.image_rootfs not in f2:
+            self._prelink_file(f2.replace(key, ''), f2)
+
+        # Both of them are prelinked
+        if filecmp.cmp(f1, f2):
+            return True
+
+        # Not equal
+        return False
+
+    """
+    This function was reused from the old implementation.
+    See commit: "image.bbclass: Added variables for multilib support." by
+    Lianhao Lu.
+    """
+    def _multilib_sanity_test(self, dirs):
+
+        allow_replace = self.d.getVar("MULTILIBRE_ALLOW_REP", True)
+        if allow_replace is None:
+            allow_replace = ""
+
+        allow_rep = re.compile(re.sub("\|$", "", allow_replace))
+        error_prompt = "Multilib check error:"
+
+        files = {}
+        for dir in dirs:
+            for root, subfolders, subfiles in os.walk(dir):
+                for file in subfiles:
+                    item = os.path.join(root, file)
+                    key = str(os.path.join("/", os.path.relpath(item, dir)))
+
+                    valid = True
+                    if key in files:
+                        #check whether the file is allow to replace
+                        if allow_rep.match(key):
+                            valid = True
+                        else:
+                            if os.path.exists(files[key]) and \
+                               os.path.exists(item) and \
+                               not self._file_equal(key, files[key], item):
+                                valid = False
+                                bb.fatal("%s duplicate files %s %s is not the same\n" %
+                                         (error_prompt, item, files[key]))
+
+                    #pass the check, add to list
+                    if valid:
+                        files[key] = item
+
+    def _multilib_test_install(self, pkgs):
+        ml_temp = self.d.getVar("MULTILIB_TEMP_ROOTFS", True)
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(ml_temp)
+
+        dirs = [self.image_rootfs]
+
+        for variant in self.d.getVar("MULTILIB_VARIANTS", True).split():
+            ml_target_rootfs = os.path.join(ml_temp, variant)
+
+            bb.utils.remove(ml_target_rootfs, True)
+
+            ml_opkg_conf = os.path.join(ml_temp,
+                                        variant + "-" + os.path.basename(self.opkg_conf))
+
+            ml_pm = OpkgPM(self.d, ml_target_rootfs, ml_opkg_conf, self.pkg_archs)
+
+            ml_pm.update()
+            ml_pm.install(pkgs)
+
+            dirs.append(ml_target_rootfs)
+
+        self._multilib_sanity_test(dirs)
+
+    '''
+    While ipk incremental image generation is enabled, it will remove the
+    unneeded pkgs by comparing the old full manifest in previous existing
+    image and the new full manifest in the current image.
+    '''
+    def _remove_extra_packages(self, pkgs_initial_install):
+        if self.inc_opkg_image_gen == "1":
+            # Parse full manifest in previous existing image creation session
+            old_full_manifest = self.manifest.parse_full_manifest()
+
+            # Create full manifest for the current image session, the old one
+            # will be replaced by the new one.
+            self.manifest.create_full(self.pm)
+
+            # Parse full manifest in current image creation session
+            new_full_manifest = self.manifest.parse_full_manifest()
+
+            pkg_to_remove = list()
+            for pkg in old_full_manifest:
+                if pkg not in new_full_manifest:
+                    pkg_to_remove.append(pkg)
+
+            if pkg_to_remove != []:
+                bb.note('decremental removed: %s' % ' '.join(pkg_to_remove))
+                self.pm.remove(pkg_to_remove)
+
+    '''
+    Compare with previous existing image creation, if some conditions
+    triggered, the previous old image should be removed.
+    The conditions include any of 'PACKAGE_EXCLUDE, NO_RECOMMENDATIONS
+    and BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS' has been changed.
+    '''
+    def _remove_old_rootfs(self):
+        if self.inc_opkg_image_gen != "1":
+            return True
+
+        vars_list_file = self.d.expand('${T}/vars_list')
+
+        old_vars_list = ""
+        if os.path.exists(vars_list_file):
+            old_vars_list = open(vars_list_file, 'r+').read()
+
+        new_vars_list = '%s:%s:%s\n' % \
+                ((self.d.getVar('BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS', True) or '').strip(),
+                 (self.d.getVar('NO_RECOMMENDATIONS', True) or '').strip(),
+                 (self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_EXCLUDE', True) or '').strip())
+        open(vars_list_file, 'w+').write(new_vars_list)
+
+        if old_vars_list != new_vars_list:
+            return True
+
+        return False
+
+    def _create(self):
+        pkgs_to_install = self.manifest.parse_initial_manifest()
+        opkg_pre_process_cmds = self.d.getVar('OPKG_PREPROCESS_COMMANDS', True)
+        opkg_post_process_cmds = self.d.getVar('OPKG_POSTPROCESS_COMMANDS', True)
+        rootfs_post_install_cmds = self.d.getVar('ROOTFS_POSTINSTALL_COMMAND', True)
+
+        # update PM index files, unless users provide their own feeds
+        if (self.d.getVar('BUILD_IMAGES_FROM_FEEDS', True) or "") != "1":
+            self.pm.write_index()
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, opkg_pre_process_cmds)
+
+        self.pm.update()
+
+        self.pm.handle_bad_recommendations()
+
+        if self.inc_opkg_image_gen == "1":
+            self._remove_extra_packages(pkgs_to_install)
+
+        for pkg_type in self.install_order:
+            if pkg_type in pkgs_to_install:
+                # For multilib, we perform a sanity test before final install
+                # If sanity test fails, it will automatically do a bb.fatal()
+                # and the installation will stop
+                if pkg_type == Manifest.PKG_TYPE_MULTILIB:
+                    self._multilib_test_install(pkgs_to_install[pkg_type])
+
+                self.pm.install(pkgs_to_install[pkg_type],
+                                [False, True][pkg_type == Manifest.PKG_TYPE_ATTEMPT_ONLY])
+
+        self.pm.install_complementary()
+
+        self._setup_dbg_rootfs(['/var/lib/opkg'])
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, opkg_post_process_cmds)
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, rootfs_post_install_cmds)
+
+        if self.inc_opkg_image_gen == "1":
+            self.pm.backup_packaging_data()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _depends_list():
+        return ['IPKGCONF_SDK', 'IPK_FEED_URIS', 'DEPLOY_DIR_IPK', 'IPKGCONF_TARGET', 'INC_IPK_IMAGE_GEN', 'OPKG_ARGS', 'OPKGLIBDIR', 'OPKG_PREPROCESS_COMMANDS', 'OPKG_POSTPROCESS_COMMANDS', 'OPKGLIBDIR']
+
+    def _get_delayed_postinsts(self):
+        status_file = os.path.join(self.image_rootfs,
+                                   self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR', True).strip('/'),
+                                   "opkg", "status")
+        return self._get_delayed_postinsts_common(status_file)
+
+    def _save_postinsts(self):
+        dst_postinst_dir = self.d.expand("${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/ipk-postinsts")
+        src_postinst_dir = self.d.expand("${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${OPKGLIBDIR}/opkg/info")
+        return self._save_postinsts_common(dst_postinst_dir, src_postinst_dir)
+
+    def _handle_intercept_failure(self, registered_pkgs):
+        self.pm.mark_packages("unpacked", registered_pkgs.split())
+
+    def _log_check(self):
+        self._log_check_warn()
+        self._log_check_error()
+
+    def _cleanup(self):
+        pass
+
+def get_class_for_type(imgtype):
+    return {"rpm": RpmRootfs,
+            "ipk": OpkgRootfs,
+            "deb": DpkgRootfs}[imgtype]
+
+def variable_depends(d, manifest_dir=None):
+    img_type = d.getVar('IMAGE_PKGTYPE', True)
+    cls = get_class_for_type(img_type)
+    return cls._depends_list()
+
+def create_rootfs(d, manifest_dir=None):
+    env_bkp = os.environ.copy()
+
+    img_type = d.getVar('IMAGE_PKGTYPE', True)
+    if img_type == "rpm":
+        RpmRootfs(d, manifest_dir).create()
+    elif img_type == "ipk":
+        OpkgRootfs(d, manifest_dir).create()
+    elif img_type == "deb":
+        DpkgRootfs(d, manifest_dir).create()
+
+    os.environ.clear()
+    os.environ.update(env_bkp)
+
+
+def image_list_installed_packages(d, format=None, rootfs_dir=None):
+    if not rootfs_dir:
+        rootfs_dir = d.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS', True)
+
+    img_type = d.getVar('IMAGE_PKGTYPE', True)
+    if img_type == "rpm":
+        return RpmPkgsList(d, rootfs_dir).list(format)
+    elif img_type == "ipk":
+        return OpkgPkgsList(d, rootfs_dir, d.getVar("IPKGCONF_TARGET", True)).list(format)
+    elif img_type == "deb":
+        return DpkgPkgsList(d, rootfs_dir).list(format)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    """
+    We should be able to run this as a standalone script, from outside bitbake
+    environment.
+    """
+    """
+    TBD
+    """