+pkgsfile=$(pl_locateDistroFile ../build/ ${pldistro} bootstrapfs.pkgs)
+# -k = exclude kernel* packages
+pl_root_mkfedora -k -f $pkgsfile ${vref}
+
+# optionally invoke a post processing script after packages from
+# $pkgsfile have been installed
+pkgsdir=$(dirname $pkgsfile)
+pkgsname=$(basename $pkgsfile .pkgs)
+postfile="${pkgsdir}/${pkgsname}.post"
+[ -f $postfile ] && /bin/bash $postfile ${vref} || :
+
+# for distros that do not define bootstrapfs variants
+pkgs_count=$(ls ../build/config.${pldistro}/bootstrapfs-*.pkgs 2> /dev/null | wc -l)
+[ $pkgs_count -gt 0 ] && for pkgs in $(ls ../build/config.${pldistro}/bootstrapfs-*.pkgs); do
+ NAME=$(basename $pkgs .pkgs | sed -e s,bootstrapfs-,,)