diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
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--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
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@@ -2804,6 +2804,44 @@
+
+ Remove Package Management Requirements
+
+
+ Packaging requirements add size to the kernel.
+ One way to reduce the size of the kernel is to remove all the
+ packaging requirements from the image.
+ This reduction includes removing the package manager as well
+ as its dependencies.
+
+
+
+ To eliminate all the packaging requirements for an image,
+ follow these steps:
+
+ Put the following line in your main
+ recipe for the image to remove packaging files:
+
+ ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "remove_packaging_data_files ;
+
+ For example, the recipe for the
+ core-image-minimal image contains
+ this line.
+ You can also add the line to the
+ local.conf configuration file.
+
+ Be sure that "package-management" is not
+ part of your
+ IMAGE_FEATURES
+ statement for the image.
+ When you remove this feature, you are removing the
+ package manager as well as its dependencies
+ from the root filesystem.
+
+
+
+
+
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