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diff --git a/lib/oe/packagegroup.py b/lib/oe/packagegroup.py
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+++ b/lib/oe/packagegroup.py
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+def is_optional(group, d):
+    return bool(d.getVarFlag("PACKAGE_GROUP_%s" % group, "optional"))
+
+def packages(groups, d):
+    from itertools import chain
+    return chain.from_iterable(d.getVar("PACKAGE_GROUP_%s" % group, True).split()
+                               for group in groups)
+
+def required_packages(groups, d):
+    req = filter(lambda group: not is_optional(group, d), groups)
+    return " ".join(packages(req, d))
+
+def optional_packages(groups, d):
+    opt = filter(lambda group: is_optional(group, d), groups)
+    return " ".join(packages(opt, d))