# Issues with rootfs update

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/issues-with-rootfs-update/2499>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** yocto, raspberry-pi-3, warrior\
**Created:** [September 25, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/issues-with-rootfs-update/2499 "2020-09-25T22:40:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![thesillywhat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/57b2e6/32.png) [@thesillywhat](https://hub.mender.io/u/thesillywhat)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/issues-with-rootfs-update/2499/1 "2020-09-25T22:40:49Z")

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Hello,

So I was just re-testing this particular feature. Where I would remove an package from my yocto image recipe.  
Generate a .mender file and perform a rootfs update to check if the package was removed or not.

Then Add them again in my image recipe and perform a rootfs update to see if they were added back or not.

I have seen this work before. But today after a successful update. I don’t see the changes taking place.  
Am I missing something?  
the packages get added and removed by removing/adding them in `IMAGE_INSTALL_append` variable

Edit1.  
So I found out that the issue is in removing the ssh service. I tried removing other application like `tcpdump` and `iftop` and was successfull. But I was not able to remove ssh.

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**Author:** ![drewmoseley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/drewmoseley/32/47_2.png) [@drewmoseley](https://hub.mender.io/u/drewmoseley)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/issues-with-rootfs-update/2499/2 "2020-09-28T15:50:18Z")

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Depending on the image you used, ssh may be installed by a different mechanism. If you are using the default local.conf provided by poky with their default setup-environment script you probably have the following in your local.conf:

`EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES ?= "debug-tweaks"`

This adds in a number of things including ssh since it’s handy for debugging. The help text in local.conf prior to this setting should clarify a bit.

Drew

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**Author:** ![thesillywhat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/57b2e6/32.png) [@thesillywhat](https://hub.mender.io/u/thesillywhat)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/issues-with-rootfs-update/2499/3 "2020-09-28T15:55:31Z")

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You are correct. I was a little slow in updating this ticket. I had `qtCreator-debug` which adds `openssh-sshd` to it.

Once I removed it. It worked as expected. Sorry for panicking.  
I usually get jittery before a release