diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/uievent.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/uievent.py
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+# ex:ts=4:sw=4:sts=4:et
+# -*- tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2007  Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2007  Richard Purdie
+#
+# 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.
+
+
+"""
+Use this class to fork off a thread to recieve event callbacks from the bitbake
+server and queue them for the UI to process. This process must be used to avoid
+client/server deadlocks.
+"""
+
+import socket, threading, pickle
+from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCServer, SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler
+
+class BBUIEventQueue:
+    def __init__(self, BBServer, clientinfo=("localhost, 0")):
+
+        self.eventQueue = []
+        self.eventQueueLock = threading.Lock()
+        self.eventQueueNotify = threading.Event()
+
+        self.BBServer = BBServer
+        self.clientinfo = clientinfo
+
+        server = UIXMLRPCServer(self.clientinfo)
+        self.host, self.port = server.socket.getsockname()
+
+        server.register_function( self.system_quit, "event.quit" )
+        server.register_function( self.send_event, "event.sendpickle" )
+        server.socket.settimeout(1)
+
+        self.EventHandler = None
+        count_tries = 0
+
+        # the event handler registration may fail here due to cooker being in invalid state
+        # this is a transient situation, and we should retry a couple of times before
+        # giving up
+
+        while self.EventHandler == None and count_tries < 5:
+            self.EventHandle = self.BBServer.registerEventHandler(self.host, self.port)
+
+            if (self.EventHandle != None):
+                break
+
+            bb.warn("Could not register UI event handler %s:%d, retry" % (self.host, self.port))
+            count_tries += 1
+            import time
+            time.sleep(1)
+
+
+        if self.EventHandle == None:
+            raise Exception("Could not register UI event handler")
+
+        self.server = server
+
+        self.t = threading.Thread()
+        self.t.setDaemon(True)
+        self.t.run = self.startCallbackHandler
+        self.t.start()
+
+    def getEvent(self):
+
+        self.eventQueueLock.acquire()
+
+        if len(self.eventQueue) == 0:
+            self.eventQueueLock.release()
+            return None
+
+        item = self.eventQueue.pop(0)
+
+        if len(self.eventQueue) == 0:
+            self.eventQueueNotify.clear()
+
+        self.eventQueueLock.release()
+        return item
+
+    def waitEvent(self, delay):
+        self.eventQueueNotify.wait(delay)
+        return self.getEvent()
+
+    def queue_event(self, event):
+        self.eventQueueLock.acquire()
+        self.eventQueue.append(event)
+        self.eventQueueNotify.set()
+        self.eventQueueLock.release()
+
+    def send_event(self, event):
+        self.queue_event(pickle.loads(event))
+
+    def startCallbackHandler(self):
+
+        self.server.timeout = 1
+        while not self.server.quit:
+            try:
+                self.server.handle_request()
+            except Exception as e:
+                import traceback
+                logger.error("BBUIEventQueue.startCallbackHandler: Exception while trying to handle request: %s\n%s" % (e, traceback.format_exc(e)))
+
+        self.server.server_close()
+
+    def system_quit( self ):
+        """
+        Shut down the callback thread
+        """
+        try:
+            self.BBServer.unregisterEventHandler(self.EventHandle)
+        except:
+            pass
+        self.server.quit = True
+
+class UIXMLRPCServer (SimpleXMLRPCServer):
+
+    def __init__( self, interface ):
+        self.quit = False
+        SimpleXMLRPCServer.__init__( self,
+                                    interface,
+                                    requestHandler=SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler,
+                                    logRequests=False, allow_none=True)
+
+    def get_request(self):
+        while not self.quit:
+            try:
+                sock, addr = self.socket.accept()
+                sock.settimeout(1)
+                return (sock, addr)
+            except socket.timeout:
+                pass
+        return (None, None)
+
+    def close_request(self, request):
+        if request is None:
+            return
+        SimpleXMLRPCServer.close_request(self, request)
+
+    def process_request(self, request, client_address):
+        if request is None:
+            return
+        SimpleXMLRPCServer.process_request(self, request, client_address)
+