The function is used at least in PACKAGESPLITFUNCS to filter out all the
system packages
and then settings rdepends/recommends/etc for the remaining dynamic
packages.
Without this commit, the *-lic license package gets pulled in
unintentionally.

-samuli

On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 at 18:25, Alexander Kanavin <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 at 15:34, Samuli Piippo via lists.openembedded.org
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Make packages_filter_out_system() filter out also the
> > license (-lic) packages.
>
> Why? What does the function do, and where is it used?
>
> Yes, it's possible to spend time, read the code, and find the answers,
> but you would really help the review by writing those things into the
> commit message.
>
> Alex
>
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