How to remove a package from a build

From: Raymond Yeung <rksyeung@hotmail.com>
To: "yocto@yoctoproject.org" <yocto@yoctoproject.org>
Subject: How to remove a package from a build
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 06:05:34 +0000	[thread overview]
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We've our own non-yocto openssl that we want to use.  At the moment, we're using "sato" image, rather than "minimal" and includes its openssl that is out-of-date.  What is the best way to exclude it from our image (and from sysroots)?

We have thought about two ideas -

  1.  Use smaller image like core-image-base, or core-image-full-cmdline (but not -minimal that may remove too much functionality).
  2.  Use INSTALL_IMAGE_remove += " openssl"

Would either one work?  Also, how do I follow the .bb files etc (e.g. starting from the one for sato) to trace down which sub-package includes openssl?

Thanks,

Raymond

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