15534 2024-06-28 16:38:25 +0000 The PACKAGE_EXCLUDE is not working 2024-07-04 17:04:52 +0000 1 1 7 Build System, Metadata & Runtime OE-Core oe-core other unspecified x86 Multiple RESOLVED INVALID Medium normal 5.1 1 quaresma.jose quaresma.jose randy.macleod --- --- Don't know oldest_to_newest 99296 0 quaresma.jose 2024-06-28 16:38:25 +0000 for example: if we set python3 as exclude package and install python3-dbus it goes well and no errors was raised. echo 'PACKAGE_EXCLUDE = "python3"' >> conf/local.conf bitbake python3-dbus -c do_rootfs According to the documentation [1] If you choose to not install a package using this variable and some other package is dependent on it (i.e. listed in a recipe’s RDEPENDS variable), the OpenEmbedded build system generates a fatal installation error. Because the build system halts the process with a fatal error, you can use the variable with an iterative development process to remove specific components from a system. [1] https://docs.yoctoproject.org/ref-manual/variables.html?highlight=package_exclude#term-PACKAGE_EXCLUDE 99309 1 quaresma.jose 2024-07-02 16:27:36 +0000 The steps to reproduce the issue in the reporting message is not correct and it should be: cat<< 'EOF' >>conf/local.conf CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL += "python3-dbus" PACKAGE_EXCLUDE = "python3" EOF bitbake core-image-minimal -c do_rootfs 99315 2 randy.macleod 2024-07-04 14:36:56 +0000 Jose, can you try: cat<< 'EOF' >>conf/local.conf CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL += "python3-dbus" PACKAGE_EXCLUDE = "python3-core" EOF and report if that fails or not? 99321 3 quaresma.jose 2024-07-04 17:04:52 +0000 Everything is fine with the suggested configuration. cat<< 'EOF' >>conf/local.conf CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL += "python3-dbus" PACKAGE_EXCLUDE = "python3-core" EOF Sorry for the noise. I should have tested with more and different approaches.