diff --git a/poky/scripts/create-pull-request b/poky/scripts/create-pull-request
index 8eefcf6..2f91a35 100755
--- a/poky/scripts/create-pull-request
+++ b/poky/scripts/create-pull-request
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 GIT_RE="\(^\($PROTO_RE\)\?\)\($USER_RE@\)\?\([^:/]*\)[:/]\(.*\)"
 REMOTE_URL=${REMOTE_URL%.git}
 REMOTE_REPO=$(echo $REMOTE_URL | sed "s#$GIT_RE#\5#")
-REMOTE_URL=$(echo $REMOTE_URL | sed "s#$GIT_RE#git://\4/\5#")
+REMOTE_URL=$(echo $REMOTE_URL | sed "s#$GIT_RE#https://\4/\5#")
 
 if [ -z "$BRANCH" ]; then
 	BRANCH=$(git branch | grep -e "^\* " | cut -d' ' -f2)
diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py b/poky/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py
index c44159b..da483da 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
         updated = False
         for part in self.parts:
             if not part.realnum or not part.mountpoint \
-               or not part.mountpoint.startswith('/'):
+               or part.mountpoint == "/" or not part.mountpoint.startswith('/'):
                 continue
 
             if part.use_uuid:
diff --git a/poky/scripts/oe-setup-builddir b/poky/scripts/oe-setup-builddir
index d3c7f94..a13860c 100755
--- a/poky/scripts/oe-setup-builddir
+++ b/poky/scripts/oe-setup-builddir
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 #
 
-if [ -z "$BUILDDIR" ]; then
-    echo >&2 "Error: The build directory (BUILDDIR) must be set!"
+die() {
+    echo Error: "$@" >&2
     exit 1
-fi
+}
 
-if [ "$1" = '--help' -o "$1" = '-h' ]; then
+[ -n "$BUILDDIR" ] || die "The build directory (BUILDDIR) must be set!"
+
+if [ "$1" = '--help' ] || [ "$1" = '-h' ]; then
     echo 'Usage: oe-setup-builddir'
     echo ''
     echo "OpenEmbedded setup-builddir - setup build directory $BUILDDIR"
@@ -22,35 +24,22 @@
 
 mkdir -p "$BUILDDIR/conf"
 
-if [ ! -d "$BUILDDIR" ]; then
-    echo >&2 "Error: The builddir ($BUILDDIR) does not exist!"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ ! -w "$BUILDDIR" ]; then
-    echo >&2 "Error: Cannot write to $BUILDDIR, perhaps try sourcing with a writable path? i.e. . oe-init-build-env ~/my-build"
-    exit 1
-fi
+[ -d "$BUILDDIR" ] || die "The build directory ($BUILDDIR) does not exist!"
+[ -w "$BUILDDIR" ] ||
+    die "Cannot write to $BUILDDIR, perhaps try sourcing with a writable path? i.e. . oe-init-build-env ~/my-build"
 
 # Attempting removal of sticky,setuid bits from BUILDDIR, BUILDDIR/conf
 chmod -st "$BUILDDIR" 2>/dev/null || echo "WARNING: unable to chmod $BUILDDIR"
 chmod -st "$BUILDDIR/conf" 2>/dev/null || echo "WARNING: unable to chmod $BUILDDIR/conf"
 
-cd "$BUILDDIR"
+cd "$BUILDDIR" || die "Failed to change directory to $BUILDDIR!"
 
-if [ -f "$BUILDDIR/conf/templateconf.cfg" -a -z "$TEMPLATECONF" ]; then
-    TEMPLATECONF=$(cat "$BUILDDIR/conf/templateconf.cfg")
-    # The following two are no longer valid; unsetting them will automatically get them replaced
-    # with correct ones.
-    if [ $TEMPLATECONF = "meta/conf" -o $TEMPLATECONF = "meta-poky/conf" ]; then
-        unset TEMPLATECONF
-        rm $BUILDDIR/conf/templateconf.cfg
-    fi
-fi
+. "$OEROOT/.templateconf"
 
-. "$OEROOT"/.templateconf
+# Keep the original TEMPLATECONF before possibly prefixing it with $OEROOT below.
+ORG_TEMPLATECONF=$TEMPLATECONF
 
-# 
+#
 # $TEMPLATECONF can point to a directory for the template local.conf & bblayers.conf
 #
 if [ -n "$TEMPLATECONF" ]; then
@@ -59,15 +48,12 @@
         if [ -d "$OEROOT/$TEMPLATECONF" ]; then
             TEMPLATECONF="$OEROOT/$TEMPLATECONF"
         fi
-        if [ ! -d "$TEMPLATECONF" ]; then
-            echo >&2 "Error: TEMPLATECONF value points to nonexistent directory '$TEMPLATECONF'"
-            exit 1
-        fi
-        templatesdir=$(python3 -c "import sys; print(sys.argv[1].strip('/').split('/')[-2])" $TEMPLATECONF)
-        if [ ! -f "$TEMPLATECONF/../../layer.conf" -o $templatesdir != "templates" ]; then
-            echo >&2 "Error: TEMPLATECONF value (which is $TEMPLATECONF) must point to meta-some-layer/conf/templates/template-name"
-            exit 1
-        fi
+        [ -d "$TEMPLATECONF" ] ||
+            die "TEMPLATECONF value points to nonexistent directory '$TEMPLATECONF'"
+    fi
+    templatesdir=$(python3 -c "import sys; print(sys.argv[1].strip('/').split('/')[-2])" "$TEMPLATECONF")
+    if [ "$templatesdir" != templates ] || [ ! -f "$TEMPLATECONF/../../layer.conf" ]; then
+        die "TEMPLATECONF value (which is $TEMPLATECONF) must point to meta-some-layer/conf/templates/template-name"
     fi
     OECORELAYERCONF="$TEMPLATECONF/bblayers.conf.sample"
     OECORELOCALCONF="$TEMPLATECONF/local.conf.sample"
@@ -83,8 +69,7 @@
 You had no conf/local.conf file. This configuration file has therefore been
 created for you from $OECORELOCALCONF
 You may wish to edit it to, for example, select a different MACHINE (target
-hardware). See conf/local.conf for more information as common configuration
-options are commented.
+hardware).
 
 EOM
     cp -f "$OECORELOCALCONF" "$BUILDDIR/conf/local.conf"
@@ -118,7 +103,7 @@
 unset OECORELAYERCONF
 
 # Ending the first-time run message. Show the YP Documentation banner.
-if [ ! -z "$SHOWYPDOC" ]; then
+if [ -n "$SHOWYPDOC" ]; then
     cat <<EOM
 The Yocto Project has extensive documentation about OE including a reference
 manual which can be found at:
@@ -138,5 +123,5 @@
 unset OECORENOTESCONF
 
 if [ ! -f "$BUILDDIR/conf/templateconf.cfg" ]; then
-    echo "$TEMPLATECONF" >"$BUILDDIR/conf/templateconf.cfg"
+    echo "$ORG_TEMPLATECONF" >"$BUILDDIR/conf/templateconf.cfg"
 fi
diff --git a/poky/scripts/runqemu b/poky/scripts/runqemu
index b6fc212..983f751 100755
--- a/poky/scripts/runqemu
+++ b/poky/scripts/runqemu
@@ -1505,6 +1505,9 @@
         cmd = "%s %s" % (self.qemu_opt, kernel_opts)
         cmds = shlex.split(cmd)
         logger.info('Running %s\n' % cmd)
+        with open('/proc/uptime', 'r') as f:
+            uptime_seconds = f.readline().split()[0]
+        logger.info('Host uptime: %s\n' % uptime_seconds)
         pass_fds = []
         if self.taplock_descriptor:
             pass_fds = [self.taplock_descriptor.fileno()]
@@ -1528,6 +1531,9 @@
         signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, signal.SIG_IGN)
 
         logger.info("Cleaning up")
+        with open('/proc/uptime', 'r') as f:
+            uptime_seconds = f.readline().split()[0]
+        logger.info('Host uptime: %s\n' % uptime_seconds)
         if self.cleantap:
             cmd = ('sudo', self.qemuifdown, self.tap, self.bindir_native)
             logger.debug('Running %s' % str(cmd))