We currently require a base image to be set to generate a rootfs, we should probably support an empty/skeleton image which enables the user to add packages of their choosing to an otherwise empty rootfs.
Changed priority due to 1232 dependency
http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/?id=c884b52dd0b790d6e3686be4260a3cceff8846bd
yep