Revert "OpkgPM: use --add-ignore-recommends to process BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS"

This reverts commit e8cd30ba6cec854d85c7ad47edc208107858a5d7.

This backport introduced an issue not seen the AB QA.

Issue can be seen if
BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS_append = " udev-hwdb" is used

(From OE-Core rev: 5110080fbecd3f1cf43797c7eeb742951d88d1a8)

Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py

@@ -1329,8 +1329,6 @@ class OpkgPM(OpkgDpkgPM):
         cmd = "%s %s" % (self.opkg_cmd, self.opkg_args)
         for exclude in (self.d.getVar("PACKAGE_EXCLUDE") or "").split():
             cmd += " --add-exclude %s" % exclude
-        for bad_recommendation in (self.d.getVar("BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS") or "").split():
-            cmd += " --add-ignore-recommends %s" % bad_recommendation
         cmd += " install "
         cmd += " ".join(pkgs)
 
@@ -1399,6 +1397,45 @@ class OpkgPM(OpkgDpkgPM):
     def list_installed(self):
         return OpkgPkgsList(self.d, self.target_rootfs, self.config_file).list_pkgs()
 
+    def handle_bad_recommendations(self):
+        bad_recommendations = self.d.getVar("BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS") or ""
+        if bad_recommendations.strip() == "":
+            return
+
+        status_file = os.path.join(self.opkg_dir, "status")
+
+        # If status file existed, it means the bad recommendations has already
+        # been handled
+        if os.path.exists(status_file):
+            return
+
+        cmd = "%s %s info " % (self.opkg_cmd, self.opkg_args)
+
+        with open(status_file, "w+") as status:
+            for pkg in bad_recommendations.split():
+                pkg_info = cmd + pkg
+
+                try:
+                    output = subprocess.check_output(pkg_info.split(), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).strip().decode("utf-8")
+                except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+                    bb.fatal("Cannot get package info. Command '%s' "
+                             "returned %d:\n%s" % (pkg_info, e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
+
+                if output == "":
+                    bb.note("Ignored bad recommendation: '%s' is "
+                            "not a package" % pkg)
+                    continue
+
+                for line in output.split('\n'):
+                    if line.startswith("Status:"):
+                        status.write("Status: deinstall hold not-installed\n")
+                    else:
+                        status.write(line + "\n")
+
+                # Append a blank line after each package entry to ensure that it
+                # is separated from the following entry
+                status.write("\n")
+
     def dummy_install(self, pkgs):
         """
         The following function dummy installs pkgs and returns the log of output.

meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py

@@ -879,6 +879,8 @@ class OpkgRootfs(DpkgOpkgRootfs):
 
         self.pm.update()
 
+        self.pm.handle_bad_recommendations()
+
         if self.progress_reporter:
             self.progress_reporter.next_stage()