It turns out "apt-cache showpkg" does return some information when a
package does not exist but another package recommends it, which can
occur for empty *-dev packages; so use "apt-cache policy" with a
different line count instead.
Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggle...@linux.intel.com>
---
meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass
index 4ea71da..67871a9 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ list_package_recommends() {
}
rootfs_check_package_exists() {
- if [ `apt-cache showpkg $1 | wc -l` -gt 2 ]; then
+ if [ `apt-cache policy $1 | wc -l` -gt 4 ]; then
echo $1
fi
}
--
1.7.9.5
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