Hi Paul, Alex, Thanks for the feedback. I understand that assembling a rootfs from Yocto-generated packages using external tools like multistrap isn't a standard Yocto workflow, and I appreciate the concern about setting precedents without tests.
I'm looping in Daniel (the original bug reporter, CC'd) - Daniel, could you share more context about your use case and whether you have any thoughts on how this could be addressed within the existing Yocto framework? I'm relatively new to the Yocto community and still learning what features make sense for the project. I'm happy to help with implementation if there's a path forward that the maintainers are comfortable with. Regards, Himani ________________________________ From: Alexander Kanavin <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 3, 2026 8:08 PM To: Barde, Himani Ramesh <[email protected]> Cc: Paul Barker <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; MacLeod, Randy <[email protected]>; Komati, Shiva <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH v3] systemd.bbclass: fix service enablement for cross-install scenarios CAUTION: This email comes from a non Wind River email account! Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. On Mon, 3 Aug 2026 at 16:36, Alexander Kanavin <[email protected]> wrote: > Using apt/dpkg at runtime on a target system to add or update packages > is supported. But assembling rootfs from a package repository over the > network using Debian-specific tools isn't. I'm not sure we should set > a precedent for it, as there are no tests, and it's just not how yocto > is meant to be used. What I meant to say: if you can demonstrate the issue on a target system in qemu using apt, we can focus on addressing that. But let's not try to support 'external rootfs assembly' please. Alex
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