diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 7ca847f..bc52419 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@
     extra_sections = d.getVar('KERNEL_IMAGE_STRIP_EXTRA_SECTIONS')
     kernel_image = d.getVar('B') + "/" + d.getVar('KERNEL_OUTPUT_DIR') + "/vmlinux"
 
-    if (extra_sections and kernel_image.find('${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/vmlinux') != -1):
+    if (extra_sections and kernel_image.find(d.getVar('KERNEL_IMAGEDEST') + '/vmlinux') != -1):
         kernel_image_stripped = kernel_image + ".stripped"
         shutil.copy2(kernel_image, kernel_image_stripped)
         oe.package.runstrip((kernel_image_stripped, 8, strip, extra_sections))
diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/license_image.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/license_image.bbclass
index 0a5ea0a..7e1d0e0 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/license_image.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/license_image.bbclass
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 
     pkgs = image_list_installed_packages(d)
     output = format_pkg_list(pkgs)
-    open(os.path.join(license_image_dir, 'package.manifest'),
-        'w+').write(output)
+    with open(os.path.join(license_image_dir, 'package.manifest'), "w+") as package_manifest:
+        package_manifest.write(output)
 }
 
 python license_create_manifest() {
diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass
index 2e75e22..a9b8ba0 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@
             #   '<' = less or equal
             #   '>' = greater or equal
             # adjust these to the '<<' and '>>' equivalents
-            #
+            # Also, "=" specifiers only work if they have the PR in, so 1.2.3 != 1.2.3-r0
+            # so to avoid issues, map this to ">= 1.2.3 << 1.2.3.0"
             for dep in list(var.keys()):
                 if '(' in dep or '/' in dep:
                     newdep = re.sub(r'[(:)/]', '__', dep)
@@ -197,6 +198,10 @@
                         var[dep][i] = var[dep][i].replace("< ", "<< ")
                     elif (v or "").startswith("> "):
                         var[dep][i] = var[dep][i].replace("> ", ">> ")
+                    elif (v or "").startswith("= ") and "-r" not in v:
+                        ver = var[dep][i].replace("= ", "")
+                        var[dep][i] = var[dep][i].replace("= ", ">= ")
+                        var[dep].append("<< " + ver + ".0")
 
         rdepends = bb.utils.explode_dep_versions2(localdata.getVar("RDEPENDS") or "")
         debian_cmp_remap(rdepends)
diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
index f67cb0e..9fe3c52 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
@@ -168,13 +168,18 @@
             #   '<' = less or equal
             #   '>' = greater or equal
             # adjust these to the '<<' and '>>' equivalents
-            #
+            # Also, "=" specifiers only work if they have the PR in, so 1.2.3 != 1.2.3-r0
+            # so to avoid issues, map this to ">= 1.2.3 << 1.2.3.0"
             for dep in var:
                 for i, v in enumerate(var[dep]):
                     if (v or "").startswith("< "):
                         var[dep][i] = var[dep][i].replace("< ", "<< ")
                     elif (v or "").startswith("> "):
                         var[dep][i] = var[dep][i].replace("> ", ">> ")
+                    elif (v or "").startswith("= ") and "-r" not in v:
+                        ver = var[dep][i].replace("= ", "")
+                        var[dep][i] = var[dep][i].replace("= ", ">= ")
+                        var[dep].append("<< " + ver + ".0")
 
         rdepends = bb.utils.explode_dep_versions2(localdata.getVar("RDEPENDS") or "")
         debian_cmp_remap(rdepends)