Hi Khem,

> Von: Khem Raj <raj.khem@...>
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 4. August 2022 13:20
>>
>> To install the missing library libnss-resolve.so.2, I've added
>>   IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " libnss-resolve"
>> to my image recipe, but I wonder, if this is the right place or necessary
>> at all.
>>
>> My assumption was that having nss-resolve in PACKAGECONFIG will
>> also install the related library, which is obviously not the case.
>
> Packageconfigs are about what you would like to build it’s still another step what you would like to bundle in your image which is what IMAGE_INSTALL does. At times this is already done because whatever the packagrconfig is enabling is already part of a output package that’s in your IMAGE_INSTALL dependencies and gets pulled in indirectly but that’s not the case here. Therefore you have to do it in both places
>
>>
>> Furthermore, I had to write an append-file for base-files, such that
>> /etc/nsswitch.conf contains the following line
>>   hosts: resolve [!UNAVAIL=return] files dns myhostname
>>

Ok, there's nothing to worry about.
Adding libnss-resolve to IMAGE_INSTALL and overwriting nsswitch.conf in
the append-file ist he correct procedure here.

Thanks for clarification.

Carsten