diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/package.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/package.py
index edb70da..70040f0 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/package.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/package.py
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@
             f = '.' + f
         if not f.startswith("./"):
             f = './' + f
-        globbed = glob.glob(f)
+        globbed = glob.glob(f, recursive=True)
         if globbed:
             if [ f ] != globbed:
                 files += globbed
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/terminal.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/terminal.py
index 71ffc87..4412bc1 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/terminal.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/terminal.py
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@
     command = 'rxvt -T "{title}" -e {command}'
     priority = 1
 
+class URxvt(XTerminal):
+    command = 'urxvt -T "{title}" -e {command}'
+    priority = 1
+
 class Screen(Terminal):
     command = 'screen -D -m -t "{title}" -S devshell {command}'
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py
index d97bda1..1dd2839 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
     def test_event_handler(self):
         self.write_config("INHERIT += \"test_events\"")
-        result = bitbake('m4-native')
+        result = bitbake('selftest-hello-native')
         find_build_started = re.search(r"NOTE: Test for bb\.event\.BuildStarted(\n.*)*NOTE: Executing.*Tasks", result.output)
         find_build_completed = re.search(r"Tasks Summary:.*(\n.*)*NOTE: Test for bb\.event\.BuildCompleted", result.output)
         self.assertTrue(find_build_started, msg = "Match failed in:\n%s"  % result.output)
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@
         self.assertNotIn('Test for bb.event.InvalidEvent', result.output)
 
     def test_local_sstate(self):
-        bitbake('m4-native')
-        bitbake('m4-native -cclean')
-        result = bitbake('m4-native')
-        find_setscene = re.search("m4-native.*do_.*_setscene", result.output)
-        self.assertTrue(find_setscene, msg = "No \"m4-native.*do_.*_setscene\" message found during bitbake m4-native. bitbake output: %s" % result.output )
+        bitbake('selftest-hello-native')
+        bitbake('selftest-hello-native -cclean')
+        result = bitbake('selftest-hello-native')
+        find_setscene = re.search("selftest-hello-native.*do_.*_setscene", result.output)
+        self.assertTrue(find_setscene, msg = "No \"selftest-hello-native.*do_.*_setscene\" message found during bitbake selftest-hello-native. bitbake output: %s" % result.output )
 
     def test_bitbake_invalid_recipe(self):
         result = bitbake('-b asdf', ignore_status=True)
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
         self.assertIn('localconf', result.output)
 
     def test_dry_run(self):
-        result = runCmd('bitbake -n m4-native')
+        result = runCmd('bitbake -n selftest-hello-native')
         self.assertEqual(0, result.status, "bitbake dry run didn't run as expected. %s" % result.output)
 
     def test_just_parse(self):
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
 
     def test_setscene_only(self):
         """ Bitbake option to restore from sstate only within a build (i.e. execute no real tasks, only setscene)"""
-        test_recipe = 'ed'
+        test_recipe = 'selftest-hello-native'
 
         bitbake(test_recipe)
         bitbake('-c clean %s' % test_recipe)
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
                                              'Executed tasks were: %s' % (task, str(tasks)))
 
     def test_skip_setscene(self):
-        test_recipe = 'ed'
+        test_recipe = 'selftest-hello-native'
 
         bitbake(test_recipe)
         bitbake('-c clean %s' % test_recipe)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
index 1896944..397895c 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import tempfile
 import glob
 import fnmatch
+import unittest
 
 from oeqa.selftest.case import OESelftestTestCase
 from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, bitbake, get_bb_var, create_temp_layer
@@ -40,6 +41,13 @@
             canonical_layerpath = os.path.realpath(canonical_layerpath) + '/'
             edited_layers.append(layerpath)
             oldmetapath = os.path.realpath(layerpath)
+
+            # when downloading poky from tar.gz some tests will be skipped (BUG 12389)
+            try:
+                runCmd('git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree', cwd=canonical_layerpath)
+            except:
+                raise unittest.SkipTest("devtool tests require folder to be a git repo")
+
             result = runCmd('git rev-parse --show-toplevel', cwd=canonical_layerpath)
             oldreporoot = result.output.rstrip()
             newmetapath = os.path.join(corecopydir, os.path.relpath(oldmetapath, oldreporoot))
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
index 6734cee..7f520d4 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
         self.logger.debug("Waiting at most %d seconds for login banner (%s)" %
                           (self.boottime, time.strftime("%D %H:%M:%S")))
         endtime = time.time() + self.boottime
-        socklist = [self.server_socket]
+        filelist = [self.server_socket, self.runqemu.stdout]
         reachedlogin = False
         stopread = False
         qemusock = None
@@ -459,30 +459,40 @@
         data = b''
         while time.time() < endtime and not stopread:
             try:
-                sread, swrite, serror = select.select(socklist, [], [], 5)
+                sread, swrite, serror = select.select(filelist, [], [], 5)
             except InterruptedError:
                 continue
-            for sock in sread:
-                if sock is self.server_socket:
+            for file in sread:
+                if file is self.server_socket:
                     qemusock, addr = self.server_socket.accept()
-                    qemusock.setblocking(0)
-                    socklist.append(qemusock)
-                    socklist.remove(self.server_socket)
+                    qemusock.setblocking(False)
+                    filelist.append(qemusock)
+                    filelist.remove(self.server_socket)
                     self.logger.debug("Connection from %s:%s" % addr)
                 else:
                     # try to avoid reading only a single character at a time
                     time.sleep(0.1)
-                    data = data + sock.recv(1024)
+                    if hasattr(file, 'read'):
+                        read = file.read(1024)
+                    elif hasattr(file, 'recv'):
+                        read = file.recv(1024)
+                    else:
+                        self.logger.error('Invalid file type: %s\n%s' % (file))
+                        read = b''
+
+                    self.logger.debug2('Partial boot log:\n%s' % (read.decode('utf-8', errors='ignore')))
+                    data = data + read
                     if data:
                         bootlog += data
                         if self.serial_ports < 2:
-                            # this socket has mixed console/kernel data, log it to logfile
+                            # this file has mixed console/kernel data, log it to logfile
                             self.log(data)
 
                         data = b''
 
                         decodedlog = self.decode_qemulog(bootlog)
                         if self.boot_patterns['search_reached_prompt'] in decodedlog:
+                            self.server_socket.close()
                             self.server_socket = qemusock
                             stopread = True
                             reachedlogin = True
@@ -493,8 +503,8 @@
                         # no need to check if reachedlogin unless we support multiple connections
                         self.logger.debug("QEMU socket disconnected before login banner reached. (%s)" %
                                           time.strftime("%D %H:%M:%S"))
-                        socklist.remove(sock)
-                        sock.close()
+                        filelist.remove(file)
+                        file.close()
                         stopread = True
 
         if not reachedlogin: