diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts/run-postinsts b/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts/run-postinsts
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright 2007 Openedhand Ltd.
+#
+# Author: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@openedhand.com>
+#
+
+# The following script will run all the scriptlets found in #SYSCONFDIR#/deb-postinsts,
+# #SYSCONFDIR#/ipk-postinsts or #SYSCONFDIR#/rpm-posinsts.
+
+# the order of this list is important, do not change!
+backend_list="rpm deb ipk"
+
+pm_installed=false
+
+for pm in $backend_list; do
+	pi_dir="#SYSCONFDIR#/$pm-postinsts"
+
+	[ -d $pi_dir ] && break
+
+	case $pm in
+		"deb")
+			if [ -s "#LOCALSTATEDIR#/lib/dpkg/status" ]; then
+				pm_installed=true
+				break
+			fi
+			;;
+
+		"ipk")
+			if [ -s "/var/lib/opkg/status" ]; then
+				pm_installed=true
+				break
+			fi
+			;;
+	esac
+done
+
+remove_rcsd_link () {
+	if [ -n "`which update-rc.d`" ]; then
+		update-rc.d -f run-postinsts remove
+	fi
+}
+
+if [ -z "$pi_dir" ]; then
+	remove_rcsd_link
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+[ -e #SYSCONFDIR#/default/postinst ] && . #SYSCONFDIR#/default/postinst
+
+if [ "$POSTINST_LOGGING" = "1" ]; then
+	rm -f $LOGFILE
+	append_log=">>$LOGFILE 2>&1"
+fi
+
+exec_postinst_scriptlets() {
+	for i in `ls $pi_dir`; do
+		i=$pi_dir/$i
+		echo "Running postinst $i..."
+		[ "$POSTINST_LOGGING" = "1" ] && eval echo "Running postinst $i..." $append_log
+		if [ -x $i ]; then
+			eval sh -c $i $append_log
+			rm $i
+		else
+			echo "ERROR: postinst $i failed."
+			[ "$POSTINST_LOGGING" = "1" ] && eval echo "ERROR: postinst $i failed." $append_log
+			remove_pi_dir=0
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+remove_pi_dir=1
+if $pm_installed; then
+	case $pm in
+		"ipk")
+			eval opkg configure $append_log
+			;;
+
+		"deb")
+			eval dpkg --configure -a $append_log
+			;;
+	esac
+else
+	exec_postinst_scriptlets
+fi
+
+# since all postinstalls executed successfully, remove the postinstalls directory
+# and the rcS.d link
+if [ $remove_pi_dir = 1 ]; then
+	rm -rf $pi_dir
+	remove_rcsd_link
+fi
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts/run-postinsts.init b/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts/run-postinsts.init
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+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts/run-postinsts.init
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+run-postinsts
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts/run-postinsts.service b/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts/run-postinsts.service
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+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts/run-postinsts.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Run pending postinsts
+DefaultDependencies=no
+After=systemd-remount-fs.service systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service tmp.mount
+Before=sysinit.target
+ConditionPathExistsGlob=#SYSCONFDIR#/*-postinsts
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=#SBINDIR#/run-postinsts
+ExecStartPost=#BASE_BINDIR#/systemctl disable run-postinsts.service
+RemainAfterExit=No
+TimeoutSec=0
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sysinit.target
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts_1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts_1.0.bb
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+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/run-postinsts/run-postinsts_1.0.bb
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+SUMMARY = "Runs postinstall scripts on first boot of the target device"
+SECTION = "devel"
+PR = "r9"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/LICENSE;md5=4d92cd373abda3937c2bc47fbc49d690 \
+                    file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384361b4de20420"
+
+SRC_URI = "file://run-postinsts \
+           file://run-postinsts.init \
+           file://run-postinsts.service"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}"
+
+inherit allarch systemd update-rc.d
+
+INITSCRIPT_NAME = "run-postinsts"
+INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "start 99 S ."
+
+SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} = "run-postinsts.service"
+
+do_configure() {
+	:
+}
+
+do_compile () {
+	:
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	install -d ${D}${sbindir}
+	install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/run-postinsts ${D}${sbindir}/
+
+	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/
+	install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/run-postinsts.init ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/run-postinsts
+
+	install -d ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/
+	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/run-postinsts.service ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/
+
+	sed -i -e 's:#SYSCONFDIR#:${sysconfdir}:g' \
+               -e 's:#SBINDIR#:${sbindir}:g' \
+               -e 's:#BASE_BINDIR#:${base_bindir}:g' \
+               -e 's:#LOCALSTATEDIR#:${localstatedir}:g' \
+               ${D}${sbindir}/run-postinsts \
+               ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/run-postinsts.service
+}