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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# ex:ts=4:sw=4:sts=4:et
+# -*- tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2012 Wind River Systems, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+#
+# This is used for dumping the bb_cache.dat, the output format is:
+# recipe_path PN PV PACKAGES
+#
+import os
+import sys
+import warnings
+
+# For importing bb.cache
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])), '../lib'))
+from bb.cache import CoreRecipeInfo
+
+import cPickle as pickle
+
+def main(argv=None):
+    """
+    Get the mapping for the target recipe.
+    """
+    if len(argv) != 1:
+        print >>sys.stderr, "Error, need one argument!"
+        return 2
+
+    cachefile = argv[0]
+
+    with open(cachefile, "rb") as cachefile:
+        pickled = pickle.Unpickler(cachefile)
+        while cachefile:
+            try:
+                key = pickled.load()
+                val = pickled.load()
+            except Exception:
+                break
+            if isinstance(val, CoreRecipeInfo) and (not val.skipped):
+                pn = val.pn
+                # Filter out the native recipes.
+                if key.startswith('virtual:native:') or pn.endswith("-native"):
+                    continue
+
+                # 1.0 is the default version for a no PV recipe.
+                if val.__dict__.has_key("pv"):
+                    pv = val.pv
+                else:
+                    pv = "1.0"
+
+                print("%s %s %s %s" % (key, pn, pv, ' '.join(val.packages)))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
+