diff --git a/meta/classes/allarch.bbclass b/meta/classes/allarch.bbclass
index 2fea7c0..4af38d7 100644
--- a/meta/classes/allarch.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/allarch.bbclass
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
         d.setVar("PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS", "")
         d.setVar("SDK_ARCH", "none")
         d.setVar("SDK_CC_ARCH", "none")
+        d.setVar("TARGET_CPPFLAGS", "none")
+        d.setVar("TARGET_CFLAGS", "none")
+        d.setVar("TARGET_CXXFLAGS", "none")
+        d.setVar("TARGET_LDFLAGS", "none")
 
         # Avoid this being unnecessarily different due to nuances of
         # the target machine that aren't important for "all" arch
diff --git a/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass b/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass
index 089d707..41a552c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass
@@ -99,27 +99,6 @@
                 d.appendVarFlag('do_package_write_rpm', 'depends', ' %s:do_ar_patched' % pn)
             elif ar_src == "configured":
                 d.appendVarFlag('do_package_write_rpm', 'depends', ' %s:do_ar_configured' % pn)
-
-    # The gcc staff uses shared source
-    flag = d.getVarFlag("do_unpack", "stamp-base", True)
-    if flag:
-        if ar_src in [ 'original', 'patched' ]:
-            ar_outdir = os.path.join(d.getVar('ARCHIVER_TOPDIR', True), 'work-shared')
-            d.setVar('ARCHIVER_OUTDIR', ar_outdir)
-        d.setVarFlag('do_ar_original', 'stamp-base', flag)
-        d.setVarFlag('do_ar_patched', 'stamp-base', flag)
-        d.setVarFlag('do_unpack_and_patch', 'stamp-base', flag)
-        d.setVarFlag('do_ar_original', 'vardepsexclude', 'PN PF ARCHIVER_OUTDIR WORKDIR')
-        d.setVarFlag('do_unpack_and_patch', 'vardepsexclude', 'PN PF ARCHIVER_OUTDIR WORKDIR')
-        d.setVarFlag('do_ar_patched', 'vardepsexclude', 'PN PF ARCHIVER_OUTDIR WORKDIR')
-        d.setVarFlag('create_diff_gz', 'vardepsexclude', 'PF')
-        d.setVarFlag('create_tarball', 'vardepsexclude', 'PF')
-
-        flag_clean = d.getVarFlag('do_unpack', 'stamp-base-clean', True)
-        if flag_clean:
-            d.setVarFlag('do_ar_original', 'stamp-base-clean', flag_clean)
-            d.setVarFlag('do_ar_patched', 'stamp-base-clean', flag_clean)
-            d.setVarFlag('do_unpack_and_patch', 'stamp-base-clean', flag_clean)
 }
 
 # Take all the sources for a recipe and puts them in WORKDIR/archiver-work/.
@@ -178,13 +157,8 @@
     # Get the ARCHIVER_OUTDIR before we reset the WORKDIR
     ar_outdir = d.getVar('ARCHIVER_OUTDIR', True)
     bb.note('Archiving the patched source...')
-    d.setVar('WORKDIR', d.getVar('ARCHIVER_WORKDIR', True))
-    # The gcc staff uses shared source
-    flag = d.getVarFlag('do_unpack', 'stamp-base', True)
-    if flag:
-        create_tarball(d, d.getVar('S', True), 'patched', ar_outdir, 'gcc')
-    else:
-        create_tarball(d, d.getVar('S', True), 'patched', ar_outdir)
+    d.setVar('WORKDIR', ar_outdir)
+    create_tarball(d, d.getVar('S', True), 'patched', ar_outdir)
 }
 
 python do_ar_configured() {
@@ -222,17 +196,18 @@
         create_tarball(d, srcdir, 'configured', ar_outdir)
 }
 
-def create_tarball(d, srcdir, suffix, ar_outdir, pf=None):
+def create_tarball(d, srcdir, suffix, ar_outdir):
     """
     create the tarball from srcdir
     """
     import tarfile
 
+    # Make sure we are only creating a single tarball for gcc sources
+    if d.getVar('SRC_URI', True) == "" and 'gcc' in d.getVar('PN', True):
+        return
+
     bb.utils.mkdirhier(ar_outdir)
-    if pf:
-        tarname = os.path.join(ar_outdir, '%s-%s.tar.gz' % (pf, suffix))
-    else:
-        tarname = os.path.join(ar_outdir, '%s-%s.tar.gz' % \
+    tarname = os.path.join(ar_outdir, '%s-%s.tar.gz' % \
             (d.getVar('PF', True), suffix))
 
     srcdir = srcdir.rstrip('/')
@@ -275,11 +250,9 @@
             [ 'patched', 'configured'] and \
             d.getVarFlag('ARCHIVER_MODE', 'diff', True) != '1':
         return
-
-    ar_outdir = d.getVar('ARCHIVER_OUTDIR', True)
-
     # Change the WORKDIR to make do_unpack do_patch run in another dir.
-    d.setVar('WORKDIR', d.getVar('ARCHIVER_WORKDIR', True))
+    ar_outdir = d.getVar('ARCHIVER_OUTDIR', True)
+    d.setVar('WORKDIR', ar_outdir)
 
     # The changed 'WORKDIR' also casued 'B' changed, create dir 'B' for the
     # possibly requiring of the following tasks (such as some recipes's
@@ -299,7 +272,11 @@
         src = d.getVar('S', True).rstrip('/')
         src_orig = '%s.orig' % src
         oe.path.copytree(src, src_orig)
-    bb.build.exec_func('do_patch', d)
+
+    # Make sure gcc sources are patched only once
+    if not ((d.getVar('SRC_URI', True) == "" and 'gcc' in d.getVar('PN', True))):
+        bb.build.exec_func('do_patch', d)
+
     # Create the patches
     if d.getVarFlag('ARCHIVER_MODE', 'diff', True) == '1':
         bb.note('Creating diff gz...')
@@ -370,7 +347,6 @@
 do_deploy_archives[sstate-outputdirs] = "${DEPLOY_DIR_SRC}"
 
 addtask do_ar_original after do_unpack
-addtask do_unpack_and_patch after do_patch
 addtask do_ar_patched after do_unpack_and_patch
 addtask do_ar_configured after do_unpack_and_patch
 addtask do_dumpdata
@@ -383,3 +359,11 @@
 do_deploy_all_archives() {
         :
 }
+
+python () {
+    # Add tasks in the correct order, specifically for linux-yocto to avoid race condition
+    if bb.data.inherits_class('kernel-yocto', d):
+        bb.build.addtask('do_kernel_configme', 'do_configure', 'do_unpack_and_patch', d)
+    else:
+        bb.build.addtask('do_unpack_and_patch', None, 'do_patch', d)
+}
diff --git a/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass b/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
index 819045a..d546a5c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
@@ -77,16 +77,20 @@
 		  ${@append_libtool_sysroot(d)}"
 CONFIGUREOPT_DEPTRACK ?= "--disable-dependency-tracking"
 
+AUTOTOOLS_SCRIPT_PATH ?= "${S}"
+CONFIGURE_SCRIPT ?= "${AUTOTOOLS_SCRIPT_PATH}/configure"
+
+AUTOTOOLS_AUXDIR ?= "${AUTOTOOLS_SCRIPT_PATH}"
 
 oe_runconf () {
-	cfgscript="${S}/configure"
+	cfgscript="${CONFIGURE_SCRIPT}"
 	if [ -x "$cfgscript" ] ; then
 		bbnote "Running $cfgscript ${CONFIGUREOPTS} ${EXTRA_OECONF} $@"
 		set +e
 		${CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS} $cfgscript ${CONFIGUREOPTS} ${EXTRA_OECONF} "$@"
 		if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
 			echo "Configure failed. The contents of all config.log files follows to aid debugging"
-			find ${S} -ignore_readdir_race -name config.log -print -exec cat {} \;
+			find ${B} -ignore_readdir_race -name config.log -print -exec cat {} \;
 			die "oe_runconf failed"
 		fi
 		set -e
@@ -95,8 +99,6 @@
 	fi
 }
 
-AUTOTOOLS_AUXDIR ?= "${S}"
-
 CONFIGURESTAMPFILE = "${WORKDIR}/configure.sstate"
 
 autotools_preconfigure() {
@@ -134,7 +136,7 @@
 ACLOCALDIR = "${B}/aclocal-copy"
 
 python autotools_copy_aclocals () {
-    s = d.getVar("S", True)
+    s = d.getVar("AUTOTOOLS_SCRIPT_PATH", True)
     if not os.path.exists(s + "/configure.in") and not os.path.exists(s + "/configure.ac"):
         if not d.getVar("AUTOTOOLS_COPYACLOCAL", False):
             return
@@ -168,9 +170,9 @@
             for datadep in data[3]:
                 if datadep in done:
                     continue
-                done.append(datadep)
                 if (not data[0].endswith("-native")) and taskdepdata[datadep][0].endswith("-native") and dep != start:
                     continue
+                done.append(datadep)
                 new.append(datadep)
                 if taskdepdata[datadep][1] == "do_configure":
                     configuredeps.append(taskdepdata[datadep][0])
@@ -228,13 +230,13 @@
 	( for ac in `find ${S} -ignore_readdir_race -name configure.in -o -name configure.ac`; do
 		rm -f `dirname $ac`/configure
 		done )
-	if [ -e ${S}/configure.in -o -e ${S}/configure.ac ]; then
+	if [ -e ${AUTOTOOLS_SCRIPT_PATH}/configure.in -o -e ${AUTOTOOLS_SCRIPT_PATH}/configure.ac ]; then
 		olddir=`pwd`
-		cd ${S}
+		cd ${AUTOTOOLS_SCRIPT_PATH}
 		ACLOCAL="aclocal --system-acdir=${ACLOCALDIR}/"
 		if [ x"${acpaths}" = xdefault ]; then
 			acpaths=
-			for i in `find ${S} -ignore_readdir_race -maxdepth 2 -name \*.m4|grep -v 'aclocal.m4'| \
+			for i in `find ${AUTOTOOLS_SCRIPT_PATH} -ignore_readdir_race -maxdepth 2 -name \*.m4|grep -v 'aclocal.m4'| \
 				grep -v 'acinclude.m4' | grep -v 'aclocal-copy' | sed -e 's,\(.*/\).*$,\1,'|sort -u`; do
 				acpaths="$acpaths -I $i"
 			done
@@ -265,21 +267,20 @@
 				bbnote Executing glib-gettextize --force --copy
 				echo "no" | glib-gettextize --force --copy
 			fi
-		else if grep "^[[:space:]]*AM_GNU_GETTEXT" $CONFIGURE_AC >/dev/null; then
+		elif grep "^[[:space:]]*AM_GNU_GETTEXT" $CONFIGURE_AC >/dev/null; then
 			# We'd call gettextize here if it wasn't so broken...
-				cp ${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/gettext/config.rpath ${AUTOTOOLS_AUXDIR}/
-				if [ -d ${S}/po/ ]; then
-					cp -f ${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/gettext/po/Makefile.in.in ${S}/po/
-					if [ ! -e ${S}/po/remove-potcdate.sin ]; then
-						cp ${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/gettext/po/remove-potcdate.sin ${S}/po/
-					fi
+			cp ${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/gettext/config.rpath ${AUTOTOOLS_AUXDIR}/
+			if [ -d ${S}/po/ ]; then
+				cp -f ${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/gettext/po/Makefile.in.in ${S}/po/
+				if [ ! -e ${S}/po/remove-potcdate.sin ]; then
+					cp ${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/gettext/po/remove-potcdate.sin ${S}/po/
 				fi
-				for i in gettext.m4 iconv.m4 lib-ld.m4 lib-link.m4 lib-prefix.m4 nls.m4 po.m4 progtest.m4; do
-					for j in `find ${S} -ignore_readdir_race -name $i | grep -v aclocal-copy`; do
-						rm $j
-					done
-				done
 			fi
+			for i in gettext.m4 iconv.m4 lib-ld.m4 lib-link.m4 lib-prefix.m4 nls.m4 po.m4 progtest.m4; do
+				for j in `find ${S} -ignore_readdir_race -name $i | grep -v aclocal-copy`; do
+					rm $j
+				done
+			done
 		fi
 		mkdir -p m4
 		if grep "^[[:space:]]*[AI][CT]_PROG_INTLTOOL" $CONFIGURE_AC >/dev/null; then
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@
 		ACLOCAL="$ACLOCAL" autoreconf -Wcross --verbose --install --force ${EXTRA_AUTORECONF} $acpaths || die "autoreconf execution failed."
 		cd $olddir
 	fi
-	if [ -e ${S}/configure ]; then
+	if [ -e ${CONFIGURE_SCRIPT} ]; then
 		oe_runconf
 	else
 		bbnote "nothing to configure"
diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index f078001..9bd5499 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -391,7 +391,8 @@
             items = flagval.split(",")
             num = len(items)
             if num > 4:
-                bb.error("Only enable,disable,depend,rdepend can be specified!")
+                bb.error("%s: PACKAGECONFIG[%s] Only enable,disable,depend,rdepend can be specified!"
+                    % (d.getVar('PN', True), flag))
 
             if flag in pkgconfig:
                 if num >= 3 and items[2]:
@@ -512,7 +513,8 @@
                 if unskipped_pkgs:
                     for pkg in skipped_pkgs:
                         bb.debug(1, "SKIPPING the package " + pkg + " at do_rootfs because it's " + recipe_license)
-                        d.setVar('LICENSE_EXCLUSION-' + pkg, 1)
+                        mlprefix = d.getVar('MLPREFIX', True)
+                        d.setVar('LICENSE_EXCLUSION-' + mlprefix + pkg, 1)
                     for pkg in unskipped_pkgs:
                         bb.debug(1, "INCLUDING the package " + pkg)
                 elif all_skipped or incompatible_license(d, bad_licenses):
diff --git a/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass b/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
index 4db0441..5e2581f 100644
--- a/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
 POPULATE_SDK_POST_HOST_COMMAND_append = " buildhistory_list_installed_sdk_host ;\
                                           buildhistory_get_sdk_installed_host ; "
 
-SDK_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "buildhistory_get_sdkinfo ; "
+SDK_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND_append = " buildhistory_get_sdkinfo ; "
 
 def buildhistory_get_build_id(d):
     if d.getVar('BB_WORKERCONTEXT', True) != '1':
diff --git a/meta/classes/cpan-base.bbclass b/meta/classes/cpan-base.bbclass
index d9817ba..7810a4d 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cpan-base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cpan-base.bbclass
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@
 FILES_${PN}-dbg += "${PERLLIBDIRS}/auto/*/.debug \
                     ${PERLLIBDIRS}/auto/*/*/.debug \
                     ${PERLLIBDIRS}/auto/*/*/*/.debug \
+                    ${PERLLIBDIRS}/auto/*/*/*/*/.debug \
+                    ${PERLLIBDIRS}/auto/*/*/*/*/*/.debug \
                     ${PERLLIBDIRS}/vendor_perl/${PERLVERSION}/auto/*/.debug \
                     ${PERLLIBDIRS}/vendor_perl/${PERLVERSION}/auto/*/*/.debug \
                     ${PERLLIBDIRS}/vendor_perl/${PERLVERSION}/auto/*/*/*/.debug \
+                    ${PERLLIBDIRS}/vendor_perl/${PERLVERSION}/auto/*/*/*/*/.debug \
+                    ${PERLLIBDIRS}/vendor_perl/${PERLVERSION}/auto/*/*/*/*/*/.debug \
                     "
diff --git a/meta/classes/cpan.bbclass b/meta/classes/cpan.bbclass
index e2bbd2f..8e079e0 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cpan.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cpan.bbclass
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 cpan_do_configure () {
 	export PERL5LIB="${PERL_ARCHLIB}"
-	yes '' | perl ${EXTRA_PERLFLAGS} Makefile.PL ${EXTRA_CPANFLAGS}
+	yes '' | perl ${EXTRA_PERLFLAGS} Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor ${EXTRA_CPANFLAGS}
 
 	# Makefile.PLs can exit with success without generating a
 	# Makefile, e.g. in cases of missing configure time
diff --git a/meta/classes/cpan_build.bbclass b/meta/classes/cpan_build.bbclass
index 4f648a6..fac074d 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cpan_build.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cpan_build.bbclass
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 # Env var which tells perl if it should use host (no) or target (yes) settings
 export PERLCONFIGTARGET = "${@is_target(d)}"
 export PERL_ARCHLIB = "${STAGING_LIBDIR}${PERL_OWN_DIR}/perl/${@get_perl_version(d)}"
+export PERLHOSTLIB = "${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/perl-native/perl/${@get_perl_version(d)}/"
 export LD = "${CCLD}"
 
 cpan_build_do_configure () {
@@ -16,22 +17,24 @@
 		. ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/perl/config.sh
 	fi
 
-	perl Build.PL --installdirs vendor \
-				--destdir ${D} \
-				--install_path arch="${libdir}/perl" \
-				--install_path script=${bindir} \
-				--install_path bin=${bindir} \
-				--install_path bindoc=${mandir}/man1 \
-				--install_path libdoc=${mandir}/man3 \
-                                ${EXTRA_CPAN_BUILD_FLAGS}
+	perl Build.PL --installdirs vendor --destdir ${D} \
+			${EXTRA_CPAN_BUILD_FLAGS}
+
+	# Build.PLs can exit with success without generating a
+	# Build, e.g. in cases of missing configure time
+	# dependencies. This is considered a best practice by
+	# cpantesters.org. See:
+	#  * http://wiki.cpantesters.org/wiki/CPANAuthorNotes
+	#  * http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.qa/2008/08/msg11236.html
+	[ -e Build ] || bbfatal "No Build was generated by Build.PL"
 }
 
 cpan_build_do_compile () {
-        perl Build
+        perl Build verbose=1
 }
 
 cpan_build_do_install () {
-	perl Build install
+	perl Build install --destdir ${D}
 }
 
 EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_configure do_compile do_install
diff --git a/meta/classes/cross-canadian.bbclass b/meta/classes/cross-canadian.bbclass
index d30a168..ea17f09 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cross-canadian.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cross-canadian.bbclass
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         d.appendVar("CANADIANEXTRAOS", " linux-gnuspe linux-uclibcspe linux-muslspe")
     elif tarch == "mips64":
         d.appendVar("CANADIANEXTRAOS", " linux-gnun32 linux-uclibcn32 linux-musln32")
-    if tarch == "arm":
+    if tarch == "arm" or tarch == "armeb":
         d.setVar("TARGET_OS", "linux-gnueabi")
     else:
         d.setVar("TARGET_OS", "linux")
diff --git a/meta/classes/deploy.bbclass b/meta/classes/deploy.bbclass
index 78f5e4a..8ad07da 100644
--- a/meta/classes/deploy.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/deploy.bbclass
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 }
 addtask do_deploy_setscene
 do_deploy[dirs] = "${DEPLOYDIR} ${B}"
+do_deploy[stamp-extra-info] = "${MACHINE}"
diff --git a/meta/classes/distrodata.bbclass b/meta/classes/distrodata.bbclass
index 4168e43..44c06e1 100644
--- a/meta/classes/distrodata.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/distrodata.bbclass
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         tmpdir = d.getVar('TMPDIR', True)
         distro_check_dir = os.path.join(tmpdir, "distro_check")
         datetime = localdata.getVar('DATETIME', True)
-        dist_check.update_distro_data(distro_check_dir, datetime)
+        dist_check.update_distro_data(distro_check_dir, datetime, localdata)
 
         if pn.find("-native") != -1:
             pnstripped = pn.split("-native")
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
         tmpdir = d.getVar('TMPDIR', True)
         distro_check_dir = os.path.join(tmpdir, "distro_check")
         datetime = localdata.getVar('DATETIME', True)
-        dist_check.update_distro_data(distro_check_dir, datetime)
+        dist_check.update_distro_data(distro_check_dir, datetime, localdata)
 
         pn = d.getVar("PN", True)
         bb.note("Package Name: %s" % pn)
@@ -271,10 +271,11 @@
         from bb.fetch2 import FetchError, NoMethodError, decodeurl
 
         """first check whether a uri is provided"""
-        src_uri = d.getVar('SRC_URI', True)
-        if not src_uri:
-                return
-        uri_type, _, _, _, _, _ = decodeurl(src_uri)
+        src_uri = (d.getVar('SRC_URI', True) or '').split()
+        if src_uri:
+            uri_type, _, _, _, _, _ = decodeurl(src_uri[0])
+        else:
+            uri_type = "none"
 
         """initialize log files."""
         logpath = d.getVar('LOG_DIR', True)
@@ -354,7 +355,10 @@
             elif cmp == 0:
                 pstatus = "MATCH"
 
-        psrcuri = psrcuri.split()[0]
+        if psrcuri:
+            psrcuri = psrcuri.split()[0]
+        else:
+            psrcuri = "none"
         pdepends = "".join(pdepends.split("\t"))
         pdesc = "".join(pdesc.split("\t"))
         no_upgr_reason = d.getVar('RECIPE_NO_UPDATE_REASON', True)
@@ -402,7 +406,7 @@
     bb.utils.mkdirhier(logpath)
     result_file = os.path.join(logpath, "distrocheck.csv")
     datetime = localdata.getVar('DATETIME', True)
-    dc.update_distro_data(distro_check_dir, datetime)
+    dc.update_distro_data(distro_check_dir, datetime, localdata)
 
     # do the comparison
     result = dc.compare_in_distro_packages_list(distro_check_dir, d)
diff --git a/meta/classes/distutils3.bbclass b/meta/classes/distutils3.bbclass
index e909ef4..443bf3a 100644
--- a/meta/classes/distutils3.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/distutils3.bbclass
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
         build ${DISTUTILS_BUILD_ARGS} || \
         bbfatal "${PYTHON_PN} setup.py build_ext execution failed."
 }
+distutils3_do_compile[vardepsexclude] = "MACHINE"
 
 distutils3_stage_headers() {
         install -d ${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
         ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${PYTHON_PN}-native/${PYTHON_PN} setup.py install_headers ${DISTUTILS_STAGE_HEADERS_ARGS} || \
         bbfatal "${PYTHON_PN} setup.py install_headers execution failed."
 }
+distutils3_stage_headers[vardepsexclude] = "MACHINE"
 
 distutils3_stage_all() {
         if [ ${BUILD_SYS} != ${HOST_SYS} ]; then
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@
         ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${PYTHON_PN}-native/${PYTHON_PN} setup.py install ${DISTUTILS_STAGE_ALL_ARGS} || \
         bbfatal "${PYTHON_PN} setup.py install (stage) execution failed."
 }
+distutils3_stage_all[vardepsexclude] = "MACHINE"
 
 distutils3_do_install() {
         install -d ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}
@@ -90,6 +93,7 @@
             rmdir ${D}${datadir}/share
         fi
 }
+distutils3_do_install[vardepsexclude] = "MACHINE"
 
 EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_compile do_install
 
diff --git a/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass b/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
index 0fa5817..f7ed66d 100644
--- a/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@
 
         fetch_tasks = ['do_fetch', 'do_unpack']
         # If we deltask do_patch, there's no dependency to ensure do_unpack gets run, so add one
-        d.appendVarFlag('do_configure', 'deps', ['do_unpack'])
+        # Note that we cannot use d.appendVarFlag() here because deps is expected to be a list object, not a string
+        d.setVarFlag('do_configure', 'deps', (d.getVarFlag('do_configure', 'deps', False) or []) + ['do_unpack'])
 
         for task in d.getVar("SRCTREECOVEREDTASKS", True).split():
             if local_srcuri and task in fetch_tasks:
@@ -88,5 +89,5 @@
 
 python externalsrc_compile_prefunc() {
     # Make it obvious that this is happening, since forgetting about it could lead to much confusion
-    bb.warn('Compiling %s from external source %s' % (d.getVar('PN', True), d.getVar('EXTERNALSRC', True)))
+    bb.plain('NOTE: %s: compiling from external source tree %s' % (d.getVar('PN', True), d.getVar('EXTERNALSRC', True)))
 }
diff --git a/meta/classes/fontcache.bbclass b/meta/classes/fontcache.bbclass
index d122387..8ebdfc4 100644
--- a/meta/classes/fontcache.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/fontcache.bbclass
@@ -9,12 +9,23 @@
 FONT_PACKAGES ??= "${PN}"
 FONT_EXTRA_RDEPENDS ?= "fontconfig-utils"
 FONTCONFIG_CACHE_DIR ?= "${localstatedir}/cache/fontconfig"
+FONTCONFIG_CACHE_PARAMS ?= "-v"
+# You can change this to e.g. FC_DEBUG=16 to debug fc-cache issues,
+# something has to be set, because qemuwrapper is using this variable after -E
+# multiple variables aren't allowed because for qemu they are separated
+# by comma and in -n "$D" case they should be separated by space
+FONTCONFIG_CACHE_ENV ?= "FC_DEBUG=1"
 fontcache_common() {
-if [ "x$D" != "x" ] ; then
-	$INTERCEPT_DIR/postinst_intercept update_font_cache ${PKG} mlprefix=${MLPREFIX} bindir=${bindir} \
-		libdir=${libdir} base_libdir=${base_libdir} fontconfigcachedir=${FONTCONFIG_CACHE_DIR}
+if [ -n "$D" ] ; then
+	$INTERCEPT_DIR/postinst_intercept update_font_cache ${PKG} mlprefix=${MLPREFIX} \
+		'bindir="${bindir}"' \
+		'libdir="${libdir}"' \
+		'base_libdir="${base_libdir}"' \
+		'fontconfigcachedir="${FONTCONFIG_CACHE_DIR}"' \
+		'fontconfigcacheparams="${FONTCONFIG_CACHE_PARAMS}"' \
+		'fontconfigcacheenv="${FONTCONFIG_CACHE_ENV}"'
 else
-	fc-cache
+	${FONTCONFIG_CACHE_ENV} fc-cache ${FONTCONFIG_CACHE_PARAMS}
 fi
 }
 
diff --git a/meta/classes/grub-efi.bbclass b/meta/classes/grub-efi.bbclass
index 4ddc2bb..9a4220a 100644
--- a/meta/classes/grub-efi.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/grub-efi.bbclass
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
 	mkdir -p ${EFIIMGDIR}/${EFIDIR}
 	cp $iso_dir/${EFIDIR}/* ${EFIIMGDIR}${EFIDIR}
 	cp $iso_dir/vmlinuz ${EFIIMGDIR}
-	echo "${GRUB_IMAGE}" > ${EFIIMGDIR}/startup.nsh
+	EFIPATH=$(echo "${EFIDIR}" | sed 's/\//\\/g')
+	echo "fs0:${EFIPATH}\\${GRUB_IMAGE}" > ${EFIIMGDIR}/startup.nsh
 	if [ -f "$iso_dir/initrd" ] ; then
 		cp $iso_dir/initrd ${EFIIMGDIR}
 	fi
diff --git a/meta/classes/gtk-icon-cache.bbclass b/meta/classes/gtk-icon-cache.bbclass
index 12358e3..0f1052b 100644
--- a/meta/classes/gtk-icon-cache.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/gtk-icon-cache.bbclass
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 
 gtk_icon_cache_postinst() {
 if [ "x$D" != "x" ]; then
-	$INTERCEPT_DIR/postinst_intercept update_icon_cache ${PKG} mlprefix=${MLPREFIX} libdir=${libdir} \
-		base_libdir=${base_libdir}
+	$INTERCEPT_DIR/postinst_intercept update_icon_cache ${PKG} \
+		mlprefix=${MLPREFIX} \
+		libdir_native=${libdir_native}
 else
 
 	# Update the pixbuf loaders in case they haven't been registered yet
-	GDK_PIXBUF_MODULEDIR=${libdir}/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache
+	${libdir}/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache
 
 	for icondir in /usr/share/icons/* ; do
 		if [ -d $icondir ] ; then
@@ -21,8 +22,9 @@
 
 gtk_icon_cache_postrm() {
 if [ "x$D" != "x" ]; then
-	$INTERCEPT_DIR/postinst_intercept update_icon_cache ${PKG} mlprefix=${MLPREFIX} libdir=${libdir} \
-		base_libdir=${base_libdir}
+	$INTERCEPT_DIR/postinst_intercept update_icon_cache ${PKG} \
+		mlprefix=${MLPREFIX} \
+		libdir=${libdir}
 else
 	for icondir in /usr/share/icons/* ; do
 		if [ -d $icondir ] ; then
diff --git a/meta/classes/gummiboot.bbclass b/meta/classes/gummiboot.bbclass
index 3d9c08b..9a97ac1 100644
--- a/meta/classes/gummiboot.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/gummiboot.bbclass
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
         mkdir -p ${EFIIMGDIR}/${EFIDIR}
         cp $iso_dir/${EFIDIR}/* ${EFIIMGDIR}${EFIDIR}
         cp $iso_dir/vmlinuz ${EFIIMGDIR}
-        echo "${DEST_EFI_IMAGE}" > ${EFIIMGDIR}/startup.nsh
+        EFIPATH=$(echo "${EFIDIR}" | sed 's/\//\\/g')
+        echo "fs0:${EFIPATH}\\${DEST_EFI_IMAGE}" > ${EFIIMGDIR}/startup.nsh
         if [ -f "$iso_dir/initrd" ] ; then
             cp $iso_dir/initrd ${EFIIMGDIR}
         fi
diff --git a/meta/classes/image-live.bbclass b/meta/classes/image-live.bbclass
index fa7a131..23e4a5c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image-live.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image-live.bbclass
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 AUTO_SYSLINUXCFG = "1"
 INITRD_IMAGE ?= "core-image-minimal-initramfs"
 INITRD ?= "${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${INITRD_IMAGE}-${MACHINE}.cpio.gz"
-SYSLINUX_ROOT = "root=/dev/ram0"
+SYSLINUX_ROOT ?= "root=/dev/ram0"
 SYSLINUX_TIMEOUT ?= "50"
 SYSLINUX_LABELS ?= "boot install"
 LABELS_append = " ${SYSLINUX_LABELS} "
diff --git a/meta/classes/image-mklibs.bbclass b/meta/classes/image-mklibs.bbclass
index c455a8e..cfb3ffc 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image-mklibs.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image-mklibs.bbclass
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		x86_64)
 			dynamic_loader="${base_libdir}/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2"
 			;;
-		i586 )
+		i*86 )
 			dynamic_loader="${base_libdir}/ld-linux.so.2"
 			;;
 		arm )
diff --git a/meta/classes/image-vm.bbclass b/meta/classes/image-vm.bbclass
index 0632667..5ddd1cb 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image-vm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image-vm.bbclass
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 IMAGE_TYPEDEP_vmdk = "ext4"
 IMAGE_TYPEDEP_vdi = "ext4"
 IMAGE_TYPEDEP_qcow2 = "ext4"
-IMAGE_TYPES_MASKED += "vmdk vdi qcow2"
+IMAGE_TYPEDEP_hdddirect = "ext4"
+IMAGE_TYPES_MASKED += "vmdk vdi qcow2 hdddirect"
 
 create_vmdk_image () {
     qemu-img convert -O vmdk ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.hdddirect ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.vmdk
diff --git a/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
index 86a98bb..d2f8105 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 IMAGE_TYPE_live = "${@build_live(d)}"
 inherit ${IMAGE_TYPE_live}
 
-IMAGE_TYPE_vm = '${@bb.utils.contains_any("IMAGE_FSTYPES", ["vmdk", "vdi", "qcow2"], "image-vm", "", d)}'
+IMAGE_TYPE_vm = '${@bb.utils.contains_any("IMAGE_FSTYPES", ["vmdk", "vdi", "qcow2", "hdddirect"], "image-vm", "", d)}'
 inherit ${IMAGE_TYPE_vm}
 
 python () {
@@ -239,6 +239,29 @@
 	# Tweak the mount option and fs_passno for rootfs in fstab
 	sed -i -e '/^[#[:space:]]*\/dev\/root/{s/defaults/ro/;s/\([[:space:]]*[[:digit:]]\)\([[:space:]]*\)[[:digit:]]$/\1\20/}' ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/fstab
 
+	# If we're using openssh and the /etc/ssh directory has no pre-generated keys,
+	# we should configure openssh to use the configuration file /etc/ssh/sshd_config_readonly
+	# and the keys under /var/run/ssh.
+	if [ -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/ssh ]; then
+		if [ -e ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key ]; then
+			echo "SYSCONFDIR=/etc/ssh" >> ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/default/ssh
+			echo "SSHD_OPTS=" >> ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/default/ssh
+		else
+			echo "SYSCONFDIR=/var/run/ssh" >> ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/default/ssh
+			echo "SSHD_OPTS='-f /etc/ssh/sshd_config_readonly'" >> ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/default/ssh
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# Also tweak the key location for dropbear in the same way.
+	if [ -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/dropbear ]; then
+		if [ -e ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key ]; then
+			echo "DROPBEAR_RSAKEY_DIR=/etc/dropbear" >> ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/default/dropbear
+		else
+			echo "DROPBEAR_RSAKEY_DIR=/var/lib/dropbear" >> ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/default/dropbear
+		fi
+	fi
+
+
 	if ${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "sysvinit", "true", "false", d)}; then
 		# Change the value of ROOTFS_READ_ONLY in /etc/default/rcS to yes
 		if [ -e ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/default/rcS ]; then
@@ -249,18 +272,6 @@
 		if [ -x ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/init.d/populate-volatile.sh ]; then
 			${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/init.d/populate-volatile.sh
 		fi
-		# If we're using openssh and the /etc/ssh directory has no pre-generated keys,
-		# we should configure openssh to use the configuration file /etc/ssh/sshd_config_readonly
-		# and the keys under /var/run/ssh.
-		if [ -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/ssh ]; then
-			if [ -e ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key ]; then
-				echo "SYSCONFDIR=/etc/ssh" >> ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/default/ssh
-				echo "SSHD_OPTS=" >> ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/default/ssh
-			else
-				echo "SYSCONFDIR=/var/run/ssh" >> ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/default/ssh
-				echo "SSHD_OPTS='-f /etc/ssh/sshd_config_readonly'" >> ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/default/ssh
-			fi
-		fi
 	fi
 
 	if ${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "systemd", "true", "false", d)}; then
diff --git a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
index 306403e..5036919 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     deps = []
     ctypes = d.getVar('COMPRESSIONTYPES', True).split()
     for type in (d.getVar('IMAGE_FSTYPES', True) or "").split():
-        if type in ["vmdk", "vdi", "qcow2", "live", "iso", "hddimg"]:
+        if type in ["vmdk", "vdi", "qcow2", "hdddirect", "live", "iso", "hddimg"]:
             type = "ext4"
         basetype = type
         for ctype in ctypes:
@@ -139,17 +139,19 @@
 	# Cleanup cfg file
 	mv ubinize${vname}.cfg ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/
 
-	# Create own symlink
-	cd ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}
-	if [ -e ${IMAGE_NAME}${vname}.rootfs.ubifs ]; then
-		ln -sf ${IMAGE_NAME}${vname}.rootfs.ubifs \
-		${IMAGE_LINK_NAME}${vname}.ubifs
+	# Create own symlinks for 'named' volumes
+	if [ -n "$vname" ]; then
+		cd ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}
+		if [ -e ${IMAGE_NAME}${vname}.rootfs.ubifs ]; then
+			ln -sf ${IMAGE_NAME}${vname}.rootfs.ubifs \
+			${IMAGE_LINK_NAME}${vname}.ubifs
+		fi
+		if [ -e ${IMAGE_NAME}${vname}.rootfs.ubi ]; then
+			ln -sf ${IMAGE_NAME}${vname}.rootfs.ubi \
+			${IMAGE_LINK_NAME}${vname}.ubi
+		fi
+		cd -
 	fi
-	if [ -e ${IMAGE_NAME}${vname}.rootfs.ubi ]; then
-		ln -sf ${IMAGE_NAME}${vname}.rootfs.ubi \
-		${IMAGE_LINK_NAME}${vname}.ubi
-	fi
-	cd -
 }
 
 IMAGE_CMD_multiubi () {
@@ -225,6 +227,7 @@
     vmdk \
     vdi \
     qcow2 \
+    hdddirect \
     elf \
     wic wic.gz wic.bz2 wic.lzma \
 "
@@ -252,7 +255,7 @@
 IMAGE_EXTENSION_live = "hddimg iso"
 
 # The IMAGE_TYPES_MASKED variable will be used to mask out from the IMAGE_FSTYPES,
-# images that will not be built at do_rootfs time: vmdk, vdi, qcow2, hddimg, iso, etc.
+# images that will not be built at do_rootfs time: vmdk, vdi, qcow2, hdddirect, hddimg, iso, etc.
 IMAGE_TYPES_MASKED ?= ""
 
 # The WICVARS variable is used to define list of bitbake variables used in wic code
diff --git a/meta/classes/insane.bbclass b/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
index 5c8629a..a77438d 100644
--- a/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
             installed-vs-shipped compile-host-path install-host-path \
             pn-overrides infodir build-deps file-rdeps \
             unknown-configure-option symlink-to-sysroot multilib \
-            invalid-pkgconfig host-user-contaminated \
+            invalid-packageconfig host-user-contaminated \
             "
 ERROR_QA ?= "dev-so debug-deps dev-deps debug-files arch pkgconfig la \
             perms dep-cmp pkgvarcheck perm-config perm-line perm-link \
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
                         "mipsel":     ( 8,     0,    0,          True,          32),
                         "mips64":     ( 8,     0,    0,          False,         64),
                         "mips64el":   ( 8,     0,    0,          True,          64),
+                        "nios2":      (113,    0,    0,          True,          32),
                         "s390":       (22,     0,    0,          False,         32),
                         "sh4":        (42,     0,    0,          True,          32),
                         "sparc":      ( 2,     0,    0,          False,         32),
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@
 
 def package_qa_clean_path(path,d):
     """ Remove the common prefix from the path. In this case it is the TMPDIR"""
-    return path.replace(d.getVar('TMPDIR',True),"")
+    return path.replace(d.getVar("TMPDIR", True) + "/", "")
 
 def package_qa_write_error(type, error, d):
     logfile = d.getVar('QA_LOGFILE', True)
@@ -980,6 +981,7 @@
         return
 
     dest = d.getVar('PKGDEST', True)
+    pn = d.getVar('PN', True)
     home = os.path.join(dest, 'home')
     if path == home or path.startswith(home + os.sep):
         return
@@ -991,14 +993,15 @@
         if exc.errno != errno.ENOENT:
             raise
     else:
+        rootfs_path = path[len(dest):]
         check_uid = int(d.getVar('HOST_USER_UID', True))
         if stat.st_uid == check_uid:
-            messages["host-user-contaminated"] = "%s is owned by uid %d, which is the same as the user running bitbake. This may be due to host contamination" % (path, check_uid)
+            messages["host-user-contaminated"] = "%s: %s is owned by uid %d, which is the same as the user running bitbake. This may be due to host contamination" % (pn, rootfs_path, check_uid)
             return False
 
         check_gid = int(d.getVar('HOST_USER_GID', True))
         if stat.st_gid == check_gid:
-            messages["host-user-contaminated"] = "%s is owned by gid %d, which is the same as the user running bitbake. This may be due to host contamination" % (path, check_gid)
+            messages["host-user-contaminated"] = "%s: %s is owned by gid %d, which is the same as the user running bitbake. This may be due to host contamination" % (pn, rootfs_path, check_gid)
             return False
     return True
 
@@ -1089,7 +1092,7 @@
         # Check package name
         if not pkgname_pattern.match(package):
             package_qa_handle_error("pkgname",
-                    "%s doesn't match the [a-z0-9.+-]+ regex\n" % package, d)
+                    "%s doesn't match the [a-z0-9.+-]+ regex" % package, d)
 
         path = "%s/%s" % (pkgdest, package)
         if not package_qa_walk(path, warnchecks, errorchecks, skip, package, d):
@@ -1143,7 +1146,7 @@
         if "config.log" in files:
             if subprocess.call(statement, shell=True) == 0:
                 bb.fatal("""This autoconf log indicates errors, it looked at host include and/or library paths while determining system capabilities.
-Rerun configure task after fixing this. The path was '%s'""" % root)
+Rerun configure task after fixing this.""")
 
         if "configure.ac" in files:
             configs.append(os.path.join(root,"configure.ac"))
@@ -1207,7 +1210,7 @@
             if pconfig not in pkgconfigflags:
                 pn = d.getVar('PN', True)
                 error_msg = "%s: invalid PACKAGECONFIG: %s" % (pn, pconfig)
-                package_qa_handle_error("invalid-pkgconfig", error_msg, d)
+                package_qa_handle_error("invalid-packageconfig", error_msg, d)
 }
 
 python do_qa_unpack() {
diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-arch.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-arch.bbclass
index 211b72b..d8b180e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel-arch.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-arch.bbclass
@@ -13,14 +13,17 @@
                sh sh64 um h8300   \
                parisc s390  v850 \
                avr32 blackfin \
-               microblaze"
+               microblaze \
+               nios2"
 
 def map_kernel_arch(a, d):
     import re
 
     valid_archs = d.getVar('valid_archs', True).split()
 
-    if   re.match('(i.86|athlon|x86.64)$', a):  return 'x86'
+    if   re.match('i.86$', a):                  return 'i386'
+    elif re.match('x86.64$', a):                return 'x86_64'
+    elif re.match('athlon$', a):                return 'x86'
     elif re.match('armeb$', a):                 return 'arm'
     elif re.match('aarch64$', a):               return 'arm64'
     elif re.match('aarch64_be$', a):            return 'arm64'
diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
index 325f94c..c2d0d30 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@
         parm = urldata.parm
         if "branch" in parm:
             branches = urldata.parm.get("branch").split(',')
-            return branches[0]
+            btype = urldata.parm.get("type")
+            if btype != "kmeta":
+                return branches[0]
 	    
     return default
 
@@ -182,11 +184,18 @@
 	source_dir=`echo ${S} | sed 's%/$%%'`
 	source_workdir="${WORKDIR}/git"
 	if [ -d "${WORKDIR}/git/" ]; then
-		# case: git repository (bare or non-bare)
+		# case: git repository
 		# if S is WORKDIR/git, then we shouldn't be moving or deleting the tree.
 		if [ "${source_dir}" != "${source_workdir}" ]; then
-			rm -rf ${S}
-			mv ${WORKDIR}/git ${S}
+			if [ -d "${source_workdir}/.git" ]; then
+				# regular git repository with .git
+				rm -rf ${S}
+				mv ${WORKDIR}/git ${S}
+			else
+				# create source for bare cloned git repository
+				git clone ${WORKDIR}/git ${S}
+				rm -rf ${WORKDIR}/git
+			fi
 		fi
 		cd ${S}
 	else
diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index dfbdfd2..ee3e9a0 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -309,9 +309,18 @@
 		cp -fR include/generated/* $kerneldir/include/generated/
 	fi
 
-	if [ -d arch/${ARCH}/include/generated ]; then
-		mkdir -p $kerneldir/arch/${ARCH}/include/generated/
-		cp -fR arch/${ARCH}/include/generated/* $kerneldir/arch/${ARCH}/include/generated/
+	# When ARCH is set to i386 or x86_64, we need to map ARCH to the real name of src
+	# dir (x86) under arch/ of kenrel tree, so that we can find correct source to copy.
+
+	if [ "${ARCH}" = "i386" ] || [ "${ARCH}" = "x86_64" ]; then
+		KERNEL_SRCARCH=x86
+	else
+		KERNEL_SRCARCH=${ARCH}
+	fi
+
+	if [ -d arch/${KERNEL_SRCARCH}/include/generated ]; then
+		mkdir -p $kerneldir/arch/${KERNEL_SRCARCH}/include/generated/
+		cp -fR arch/${KERNEL_SRCARCH}/include/generated/* $kerneldir/arch/${KERNEL_SRCARCH}/include/generated/
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -413,7 +422,7 @@
 			  gawk '{print $1}'`
 
 		for str in ${KERNEL_IMAGE_STRIP_EXTRA_SECTIONS}; do {
-			if [ "$headers" != *"$str"* ]; then
+			if ! (echo "$headers" | grep -q "^$str$"); then
 				bbwarn "Section not found: $str";
 			fi
 
diff --git a/meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass b/meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass
index 47be691..adb4230 100644
--- a/meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@
                 supported[locale] = charset
 
     def output_locale_source(name, pkgname, locale, encoding):
-        d.setVar('RDEPENDS_%s' % pkgname, 'localedef %s-localedata-%s %s-charmap-%s' % \
-        (mlprefix+bpn, legitimize_package_name(locale), mlprefix+bpn, legitimize_package_name(encoding)))
+        d.setVar('RDEPENDS_%s' % pkgname, '%slocaledef %s-localedata-%s %s-charmap-%s' % \
+        (mlprefix, mlprefix+bpn, legitimize_package_name(locale), mlprefix+bpn, legitimize_package_name(encoding)))
         d.setVar('pkg_postinst_%s' % pkgname, d.getVar('locale_base_postinst', True) \
         % (locale, encoding, locale))
         d.setVar('pkg_postrm_%s' % pkgname, d.getVar('locale_base_postrm', True) % \
diff --git a/meta/classes/license.bbclass b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
index c616a20..8ad4614 100644
--- a/meta/classes/license.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@
 do_populate_lic[sstate-outputdirs] = "${LICENSE_DIRECTORY}/"
 
 ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND_prepend = "write_package_manifest; license_create_manifest; "
+do_rootfs[recrdeptask] += "do_populate_lic"
 
 do_populate_lic_setscene[dirs] = "${LICSSTATEDIR}/${PN}"
 do_populate_lic_setscene[cleandirs] = "${LICSSTATEDIR}"
diff --git a/meta/classes/metadata_scm.bbclass b/meta/classes/metadata_scm.bbclass
index 237e618..0f7f423 100644
--- a/meta/classes/metadata_scm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/metadata_scm.bbclass
@@ -65,18 +65,19 @@
     return revision
 
 def base_get_metadata_git_branch(path, d):
-    branch = os.popen('cd %s; git branch 2>&1 | grep "^* " | tr -d "* "' % path).read()
+    import bb.process
 
-    if len(branch) != 0:
-        return branch
-    return "<unknown>"
+    try:
+        rev, _ = bb.process.run('git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD', cwd=path)
+    except bb.process.ExecutionError:
+        rev = '<unknown>'
+    return rev.strip()
 
 def base_get_metadata_git_revision(path, d):
-    f = os.popen("cd %s; git log -n 1 --pretty=oneline -- 2>&1" % path)
-    data = f.read()
-    if f.close() is None:        
-        rev = data.split(" ")[0]
-        if len(rev) != 0:
-            return rev
-    return "<unknown>"
+    import bb.process
 
+    try:
+        rev, _ = bb.process.run('git rev-parse HEAD', cwd=path)
+    except bb.process.ExecutionError:
+        rev = '<unknown>'
+    return rev.strip()
diff --git a/meta/classes/multilib.bbclass b/meta/classes/multilib.bbclass
index 8f61d8d..052f911 100644
--- a/meta/classes/multilib.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/multilib.bbclass
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     if bb.data.inherits_class('image', e.data):
         e.data.setVar("MLPREFIX", variant + "-")
         e.data.setVar("PN", variant + "-" + e.data.getVar("PN", False))
+        e.data.setVar('SDKTARGETSYSROOT', e.data.getVar('SDKTARGETSYSROOT', True))
         target_vendor = e.data.getVar("TARGET_VENDOR_" + "virtclass-multilib-" + variant, False)
         if target_vendor:
             e.data.setVar("TARGET_VENDOR", target_vendor)
@@ -93,10 +94,6 @@
         # FIXME, we need to map this to something, not delete it!
         d.setVar("PACKAGE_INSTALL_ATTEMPTONLY", "")
 
-    if bb.data.inherits_class('populate_sdk_base', d):
-        clsextend.map_depends_variable("TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK")
-        clsextend.map_depends_variable("TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK_ATTEMPTONLY")
-
     if bb.data.inherits_class('image', d):
         return
 
diff --git a/meta/classes/multilib_global.bbclass b/meta/classes/multilib_global.bbclass
index 612cfb6..67dc72b 100644
--- a/meta/classes/multilib_global.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/multilib_global.bbclass
@@ -93,20 +93,38 @@
         if prov != provexp and d.getVar(prov, False):
             d.renameVar(prov, provexp)
 
+    def translate_provide(prefix, prov):
+        if not prov.startswith("virtual/"):
+            return prefix + "-" + prov
+        if prov == "virtual/kernel":
+            return prov
+        prov = prov.replace("virtual/", "")
+        return "virtual/" + prefix + "-" + prov
 
     mp = (d.getVar("MULTI_PROVIDER_WHITELIST", True) or "").split()
     extramp = []
     for p in mp:
         if p.endswith("-native") or "-crosssdk-" in p or p.startswith(("nativesdk-", "virtual/nativesdk-")) or 'cross-canadian' in p:
             continue
-        virt = ""
-        if p.startswith("virtual/"):
-            p = p.replace("virtual/", "")
-            virt = "virtual/"
         for pref in prefixes:
-            extramp.append(virt + pref + "-" + p)
+            extramp.append(translate_provide(pref, p))
     d.setVar("MULTI_PROVIDER_WHITELIST", " ".join(mp + extramp))
 
+    abisafe = (d.getVar("SIGGEN_EXCLUDERECIPES_ABISAFE", True) or "").split()
+    extras = []
+    for p in prefixes:
+        for a in abisafe:
+            extras.append(p + "-" + a)
+    d.appendVar("SIGGEN_EXCLUDERECIPES_ABISAFE", " " + " ".join(extras))
+
+    siggen_exclude = (d.getVar("SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS", True) or "").split()
+    extras = []
+    for p in prefixes:
+        for a in siggen_exclude:
+            a1, a2 = a.split("->")
+            extras.append(translate_provide(p, a1) + "->" + translate_provide(p, a2))
+    d.appendVar("SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS", " " + " ".join(extras))
+
 python multilib_virtclass_handler_vendor () {
     if isinstance(e, bb.event.ConfigParsed):
         for v in e.data.getVar("MULTILIB_VARIANTS", True).split():
diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index cd92beb..a86b680 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #    packaging steps
 
 inherit packagedata
-inherit prserv
 inherit chrpath
 
 # Need the package_qa_handle_error() in insane.bbclass
@@ -1146,7 +1145,8 @@
         else:
             for f in unshipped:
                 msg = msg + "\n  " + f
-            msg = msg + "\nPlease set FILES such that these items are packaged. Alternatively if they are unneeded, avoid installing them or delete them within do_install."
+            msg = msg + "\nPlease set FILES such that these items are packaged. Alternatively if they are unneeded, avoid installing them or delete them within do_install.\n"
+            msg = msg + "%s: %d installed and not shipped files." % (pn, len(unshipped))
             package_qa_handle_error("installed-vs-shipped", msg, d)
 }
 populate_packages[dirs] = "${D}"
diff --git a/meta/classes/pixbufcache.bbclass b/meta/classes/pixbufcache.bbclass
index 349967d..dbe11e1 100644
--- a/meta/classes/pixbufcache.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/pixbufcache.bbclass
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 else
 
 	# Update the pixbuf loaders in case they haven't been registered yet
-	GDK_PIXBUF_MODULEDIR=${libdir}/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache
+	${libdir}/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache
 
 	if [ -x ${bindir}/gtk-update-icon-cache ] && [ -d ${datadir}/icons ]; then
 		for icondir in /usr/share/icons/*; do
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 }
 
 gdkpixbuf_complete() {
-	GDK_PIXBUF_FATAL_LOADER=1 ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache || exit 1
+	GDK_PIXBUF_FATAL_LOADER=1 ${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache || exit 1
 }
 
 #
diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
index aa7a9a5..35e129b 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 
 POPULATE_SDK_POST_TARGET_COMMAND_append = " write_target_sdk_manifest ; "
 POPULATE_SDK_POST_HOST_COMMAND_append = " write_host_sdk_manifest; "
+SDK_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND = " create_sdk_files; tar_sdk; ${SDK_PACKAGING_FUNC}; "
 
 # Some archs override this, we need the nativesdk version
 # turns out this is hard to get from the datastore due to TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH
@@ -108,15 +109,6 @@
                     manifest_type=Manifest.MANIFEST_TYPE_SDK_TARGET)
 
     populate_sdk(d)
-
-    # Process DEFAULTTUNE
-    bb.build.exec_func("create_sdk_files", d)
-
-    bb.build.exec_func("tar_sdk", d)
-
-    sdk_packaging_func = d.getVar("SDK_PACKAGING_FUNC", True) or ""
-    if sdk_packaging_func.strip():
-        bb.build.exec_func(d.getVar("SDK_PACKAGING_FUNC", True), d)
 }
 
 fakeroot create_sdk_files() {
@@ -196,7 +188,7 @@
 	done
 }
 
-do_populate_sdk[dirs] = "${TOPDIR}"
+do_populate_sdk[dirs] = "${PKGDATA_DIR} ${TOPDIR}"
 do_populate_sdk[depends] += "${@' '.join([x + ':do_populate_sysroot' for x in d.getVar('SDK_DEPENDS', True).split()])}  ${@d.getVarFlag('do_rootfs', 'depends', False)}"
 do_populate_sdk[rdepends] = "${@' '.join([x + ':do_populate_sysroot' for x in d.getVar('SDK_RDEPENDS', True).split()])}"
 do_populate_sdk[recrdeptask] += "do_packagedata do_package_write_rpm do_package_write_ipk do_package_write_deb"
diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
index 4ef8838..b9808bb 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     core_meta_subdir = ''
 
     # Copy in all metadata layers + bitbake (as repositories)
-    buildsystem = oe.copy_buildsystem.BuildSystem(d)
+    buildsystem = oe.copy_buildsystem.BuildSystem('extensible SDK', d)
     baseoutpath = d.getVar('SDK_OUTPUT', True) + '/' + d.getVar('SDKPATH', True)
     layers_copied = buildsystem.copy_bitbake_and_layers(baseoutpath + '/layers')
 
@@ -155,10 +155,16 @@
         f.write('NATIVELSBSTRING_forcevariable = "%s"\n\n' % fixedlsbstring)
 
         # Ensure locked sstate cache objects are re-used without error
-        f.write('SIGGEN_LOCKEDSIGS_CHECK_LEVEL = "warn"\n\n')
+        f.write('SIGGEN_LOCKEDSIGS_CHECK_LEVEL = "none"\n\n')
+
+        # If you define a sdk_extraconf() function then it can contain additional config
+        extraconf = (d.getVar('sdk_extraconf', True) or '').strip()
+        if extraconf:
+            # Strip off any leading / trailing spaces
+            for line in extraconf.splitlines():
+                f.write(line.strip() + '\n')
 
         f.write('require conf/locked-sigs.inc\n')
-        f.write('require conf/work-config.inc\n')
 
     sigfile = d.getVar('WORKDIR', True) + '/locked-sigs.inc'
     oe.copy_buildsystem.generate_locked_sigs(sigfile, d)
@@ -178,17 +184,10 @@
                                                    d.getVar('SSTATE_DIR', True),
                                                    sstate_out, d,
                                                    fixedlsbstring)
-
-    # Create a dummy config file for additional settings
-    with open(baseoutpath + '/conf/work-config.inc', 'w') as f:
-        pass
 }
 
 def extsdk_get_buildtools_filename(d):
-    # This is somewhat of a hack
-    localdata = bb.data.createCopy(d)
-    localdata.setVar('PN', 'buildtools-tarball')
-    return localdata.expand('${SDK_NAME}-buildtools-nativesdk-standalone-*.sh')
+    return '*-buildtools-nativesdk-standalone-*.sh'
 
 install_tools() {
 	install -d ${SDK_OUTPUT}/${SDKPATHNATIVE}${bindir_nativesdk}
@@ -201,6 +200,8 @@
 	install $buildtools_path ${SDK_OUTPUT}/${SDKPATH}
 
 	install ${SDK_DEPLOY}/${BUILD_ARCH}-nativesdk-libc.tar.bz2 ${SDK_OUTPUT}/${SDKPATH}
+
+	install -m 0755 ${COREBASE}/meta/files/ext-sdk-prepare.sh ${SDK_OUTPUT}/${SDKPATH}
 }
 
 # Since bitbake won't run as root it doesn't make sense to try and install
@@ -218,29 +219,37 @@
 sdk_ext_postinst() {
 	printf "\nExtracting buildtools...\n"
 	cd $target_sdk_dir
-	printf "buildtools\ny" | ./*buildtools-nativesdk-standalone* > /dev/null
+	printf "buildtools\ny" | ./*buildtools-nativesdk-standalone* > /dev/null || ( printf 'ERROR: buildtools installation failed\n' ; exit 1 )
 
 	# Make sure when the user sets up the environment, they also get
 	# the buildtools-tarball tools in their path.
-	echo ". $target_sdk_dir/buildtools/environment-setup*" >> $target_sdk_dir/environment-setup*
+	env_setup_script="$target_sdk_dir/environment-setup-${REAL_MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS}"
+	echo ". $target_sdk_dir/buildtools/environment-setup*" >> $env_setup_script
 
 	# Allow bitbake environment setup to be ran as part of this sdk.
-	echo "export OE_SKIP_SDK_CHECK=1" >> $target_sdk_dir/environment-setup*
+	echo "export OE_SKIP_SDK_CHECK=1" >> $env_setup_script
 
 	# A bit of another hack, but we need this in the path only for devtool
 	# so put it at the end of $PATH.
-	echo "export PATH=\$PATH:$target_sdk_dir/sysroots/${SDK_SYS}/${bindir_nativesdk}" >> $target_sdk_dir/environment-setup*
+	echo "export PATH=\$PATH:$target_sdk_dir/sysroots/${SDK_SYS}/${bindir_nativesdk}" >> $env_setup_script
+
+	echo "printf 'SDK environment now set up; additionally you may now run devtool to perform development tasks.\nRun devtool --help for further details.\n'" >> $env_setup_script
+
+	# Warn if trying to use external bitbake and the ext SDK together
+	echo "(which bitbake > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo 'WARNING: attempting to use the extensible SDK in an environment set up to run bitbake - this may lead to unexpected results. Please source this script in a new shell session instead.') || true" >> $env_setup_script
 
 	# For now this is where uninative.bbclass expects the tarball
 	mv *-nativesdk-libc.tar.* $target_sdk_dir/`dirname ${oe_init_build_env_path}`
 
 	if [ "$prepare_buildsystem" != "no" ]; then
-	    printf "Preparing build system...\n"
-	    # dash which is /bin/sh on Ubuntu will not preserve the
-	    # current working directory when first ran, nor will it set $1 when
-	    # sourcing a script. That is why this has to look so ugly.
-	    sh -c ". buildtools/environment-setup* > preparing_build_system.log && cd $target_sdk_dir/`dirname ${oe_init_build_env_path}` && set $target_sdk_dir && . $target_sdk_dir/${oe_init_build_env_path} $target_sdk_dir >> preparing_build_system.log && bitbake ${SDK_TARGETS} >> preparing_build_system.log" || { echo "SDK preparation failed: see `pwd`/preparing_build_system.log" ; exit 1 ; }
+		printf "Preparing build system...\n"
+		# dash which is /bin/sh on Ubuntu will not preserve the
+		# current working directory when first ran, nor will it set $1 when
+		# sourcing a script. That is why this has to look so ugly.
+		LOGFILE="$target_sdk_dir/preparing_build_system.log"
+		sh -c ". buildtools/environment-setup* > $LOGFILE && cd $target_sdk_dir/`dirname ${oe_init_build_env_path}` && set $target_sdk_dir && . $target_sdk_dir/${oe_init_build_env_path} $target_sdk_dir >> $LOGFILE && $target_sdk_dir/ext-sdk-prepare.sh $target_sdk_dir '${SDK_TARGETS}' >> $LOGFILE 2>&1" || { echo "ERROR: SDK preparation failed: see $LOGFILE"; echo "printf 'ERROR: this SDK was not fully installed and needs reinstalling\n'" >> $env_setup_script ; exit 1 ; }
 	fi
+	rm -f $target_sdk_dir/ext-sdk-prepare.sh
 	echo done
 }
 
@@ -249,6 +258,11 @@
 SDK_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND_prepend_task-populate-sdk-ext = "copy_buildsystem; install_tools; "
 
 fakeroot python do_populate_sdk_ext() {
+    # FIXME hopefully we can remove this restriction at some point, but uninative
+    # currently forces this upon us
+    if d.getVar('SDK_ARCH', True) != d.getVar('BUILD_ARCH', True):
+        bb.fatal('The extensible SDK can currently only be built for the same architecture as the machine being built on - SDK_ARCH is set to %s (likely via setting SDKMACHINE) which is different from the architecture of the build machine (%s). Unable to continue.' % (d.getVar('SDK_ARCH', True), d.getVar('BUILD_ARCH', True)))
+
     bb.build.exec_func("do_populate_sdk", d)
 }
 
diff --git a/meta/classes/prserv.bbclass b/meta/classes/prserv.bbclass
deleted file mode 100644
index 139597f..0000000
--- a/meta/classes/prserv.bbclass
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-
-
diff --git a/meta/classes/ptest.bbclass b/meta/classes/ptest.bbclass
index b5f470f..4dc5dbe 100644
--- a/meta/classes/ptest.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/ptest.bbclass
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
 do_install_ptest_base() {
     if [ -f ${WORKDIR}/run-ptest ]; then
         install -D ${WORKDIR}/run-ptest ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/run-ptest
-        if grep -q install-ptest: Makefile; then
-            oe_runmake DESTDIR=${D}${PTEST_PATH} install-ptest
-        fi
-        do_install_ptest
-        chown -R root:root ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
     fi
+    if grep -q install-ptest: Makefile; then
+        oe_runmake DESTDIR=${D}${PTEST_PATH} install-ptest
+    fi
+    do_install_ptest
+    chown -R root:root ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
 }
 
 do_configure_ptest_base[dirs] = "${B}"
diff --git a/meta/classes/report-error.bbclass b/meta/classes/report-error.bbclass
index 040c29e..82b5bcd 100644
--- a/meta/classes/report-error.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/report-error.bbclass
@@ -9,22 +9,25 @@
 ERR_REPORT_DIR ?= "${LOG_DIR}/error-report"
 
 def errorreport_getdata(e):
+    import codecs
     logpath = e.data.getVar('ERR_REPORT_DIR', True)
     datafile = os.path.join(logpath, "error-report.txt")
-    with open(datafile) as f:
+    with codecs.open(datafile, 'r', 'utf-8') as f:
         data = f.read()
     return data
 
 def errorreport_savedata(e, newdata, file):
     import json
+    import codecs
     logpath = e.data.getVar('ERR_REPORT_DIR', True)
     datafile = os.path.join(logpath, file)
-    with open(datafile, "w") as f:
+    with codecs.open(datafile, 'w', 'utf-8') as f:
         json.dump(newdata, f, indent=4, sort_keys=True)
     return datafile
 
 python errorreport_handler () {
         import json
+        import codecs
 
         logpath = e.data.getVar('ERR_REPORT_DIR', True)
         datafile = os.path.join(logpath, "error-report.txt")
@@ -53,8 +56,8 @@
             taskdata['task'] = task
             if log:
                 try:
-                    logFile = open(log, 'r')
-                    logdata = logFile.read().decode('utf-8')
+                    logFile = codecs.open(log, 'r', 'utf-8')
+                    logdata = logFile.read()
                     logFile.close()
                 except:
                     logdata = "Unable to read log file"
diff --git a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
index 2eb744f..ae86d26 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 SANITY_REQUIRED_UTILITIES ?= "patch diffstat makeinfo git bzip2 tar \
-    gzip gawk chrpath wget cpio perl"
+    gzip gawk chrpath wget cpio perl file"
 
 def bblayers_conf_file(d):
     return os.path.join(d.getVar('TOPDIR', True), 'conf/bblayers.conf')
@@ -839,9 +839,12 @@
     else:
         bb.utils.mkdirhier(tmpdir)
         # Remove setuid, setgid and sticky bits from TMPDIR
-        os.chmod(tmpdir, os.stat(tmpdir).st_mode & ~ stat.S_ISUID)
-        os.chmod(tmpdir, os.stat(tmpdir).st_mode & ~ stat.S_ISGID)
-        os.chmod(tmpdir, os.stat(tmpdir).st_mode & ~ stat.S_ISVTX)
+        try:
+            os.chmod(tmpdir, os.stat(tmpdir).st_mode & ~ stat.S_ISUID)
+            os.chmod(tmpdir, os.stat(tmpdir).st_mode & ~ stat.S_ISGID)
+            os.chmod(tmpdir, os.stat(tmpdir).st_mode & ~ stat.S_ISVTX)
+        except OSError as exc:
+            bb.warn("Unable to chmod TMPDIR: %s" % exc)
         with open(checkfile, "w") as f:
             f.write(tmpdir)
 
diff --git a/meta/classes/sign_package_feed.bbclass b/meta/classes/sign_package_feed.bbclass
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4263810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/classes/sign_package_feed.bbclass
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Class for signing package feeds
+#
+# Related configuration variables that will be used after this class is
+# iherited:
+# PACKAGE_FEED_PASSPHRASE_FILE
+#           Path to a file containing the passphrase of the signing key.
+# PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_NAME
+#           Name of the key to sign with. May be key id or key name.
+# GPG_BIN
+#           Optional variable for specifying the gpg binary/wrapper to use for
+#           signing.
+# GPG_PATH
+#           Optional variable for specifying the gnupg "home" directory:
+#
+inherit sanity
+
+PACKAGE_FEED_SIGN = '1'
+
+python () {
+    # Check sanity of configuration
+    for var in ('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_NAME', 'PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_PASSPHRASE_FILE'):
+        if not d.getVar(var, True):
+            raise_sanity_error("You need to define %s in the config" % var, d)
+
+    # Set expected location of the public key
+    d.setVar('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_PUBKEY',
+             os.path.join(d.getVar('STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE'),
+                                   'PACKAGE-FEED-GPG-PUBKEY'))
+}
+
+do_package_index[depends] += "signing-keys:do_export_public_keys"
diff --git a/meta/classes/sign_rpm.bbclass b/meta/classes/sign_rpm.bbclass
index 0aa4cd8..f0c3dc9 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sign_rpm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sign_rpm.bbclass
@@ -4,23 +4,27 @@
 # RPM_GPG_PASSPHRASE_FILE
 #           Path to a file containing the passphrase of the signing key.
 # RPM_GPG_NAME
-#           Name of the key to sign with. Alternatively you can define
-#           %_gpg_name macro in your ~/.oerpmmacros file.
-# RPM_GPG_PUBKEY
-#           Path to a file containing the public key (in "armor" format)
-#           corresponding the signing key.
+#           Name of the key to sign with. May be key id or key name.
 # GPG_BIN
 #           Optional variable for specifying the gpg binary/wrapper to use for
 #           signing.
+# GPG_PATH
+#           Optional variable for specifying the gnupg "home" directory:
 #
 inherit sanity
 
 RPM_SIGN_PACKAGES='1'
 
 
-_check_gpg_name () {
-    macrodef=`rpm -E '%_gpg_name'`
-    [ "$macrodef" == "%_gpg_name" ] && return 1 || return 0
+python () {
+    # Check configuration
+    for var in ('RPM_GPG_NAME', 'RPM_GPG_PASSPHRASE_FILE'):
+        if not d.getVar(var, True):
+            raise_sanity_error("You need to define %s in the config" % var, d)
+
+    # Set the expected location of the public key
+    d.setVar('RPM_GPG_PUBKEY', os.path.join(d.getVar('STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE'),
+                                            'RPM-GPG-PUBKEY'))
 }
 
 
@@ -29,18 +33,11 @@
 
     # Find the correct rpm binary
     rpm_bin_path = d.getVar('STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE', True) + '/rpm'
-    cmd = rpm_bin_path + " --addsign "
-    if gpg_name:
-        cmd += "--define '%%_gpg_name %s' " % gpg_name
-    else:
-        try:
-            bb.build.exec_func('_check_gpg_name', d)
-        except bb.build.FuncFailed:
-            raise_sanity_error("You need to define RPM_GPG_NAME in bitbake "
-                               "config or the %_gpg_name RPM macro defined "
-                               "(e.g. in  ~/.oerpmmacros", d)
+    cmd = rpm_bin_path + " --addsign --define '_gpg_name %s' " % gpg_name
     if d.getVar('GPG_BIN', True):
         cmd += "--define '%%__gpg %s' " % d.getVar('GPG_BIN', True)
+    if d.getVar('GPG_PATH', True):
+        cmd += "--define '_gpg_path %s' " % d.getVar('GPG_PATH', True)
     cmd += ' '.join(files)
 
     # Need to use pexpect for feeding the passphrase
@@ -51,20 +48,19 @@
         proc.expect(pexpect.EOF, timeout=900)
         proc.close()
     except pexpect.TIMEOUT as err:
-        bb.debug('rpmsign timeout: %s' % err)
+        bb.warn('rpmsign timeout: %s' % err)
         proc.terminate()
+    else:
+        if os.WEXITSTATUS(proc.status) or not os.WIFEXITED(proc.status):
+            bb.warn('rpmsign failed: %s' % proc.before.strip())
     return proc.exitstatus
 
 
 python sign_rpm () {
     import glob
 
-    rpm_gpg_pass_file = (d.getVar("RPM_GPG_PASSPHRASE_FILE", True) or "")
-    if rpm_gpg_pass_file:
-        with open(rpm_gpg_pass_file) as fobj:
-            rpm_gpg_passphrase = fobj.readlines()[0].rstrip('\n')
-    else:
-        raise_sanity_error("You need to define RPM_GPG_PASSPHRASE_FILE in the config", d)
+    with open(d.getVar("RPM_GPG_PASSPHRASE_FILE", True)) as fobj:
+        rpm_gpg_passphrase = fobj.readlines()[0].rstrip('\n')
 
     rpm_gpg_name = (d.getVar("RPM_GPG_NAME", True) or "")
 
@@ -73,3 +69,5 @@
     if rpmsign_wrapper(d, rpms, rpm_gpg_passphrase, rpm_gpg_name) != 0:
         raise bb.build.FuncFailed("RPM signing failed")
 }
+
+do_package_index[depends] += "signing-keys:do_export_public_keys"
diff --git a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
index b9ad6da..d09e27a 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
@@ -61,16 +61,6 @@
 # Whether to verify the GnUPG signatures when extracting sstate archives
 SSTATE_VERIFY_SIG ?= "0"
 
-# Specify dirs in which the shell function is executed and don't use ${B}
-# as default dirs to avoid possible race about ${B} with other task.
-sstate_create_package[dirs] = "${SSTATE_BUILDDIR}"
-sstate_unpack_package[dirs] = "${SSTATE_INSTDIR}"
-
-# Do not run sstate_hardcode_path() in ${B}:
-# the ${B} maybe removed by cmake_do_configure() while
-# sstate_hardcode_path() running.
-sstate_hardcode_path[dirs] = "${SSTATE_BUILDDIR}"
-
 python () {
     if bb.data.inherits_class('native', d):
         d.setVar('SSTATE_PKGARCH', d.getVar('BUILD_ARCH', False))
@@ -164,6 +154,8 @@
     shareddirs = []
     bb.utils.mkdirhier(d.expand("${SSTATE_MANIFESTS}"))
 
+    sstateinst = d.expand("${WORKDIR}/sstate-install-%s/" % ss['task'])
+
     manifest, d2 = oe.sstatesig.sstate_get_manifest_filename(ss['task'], d)
 
     if os.access(manifest, os.R_OK):
@@ -267,7 +259,8 @@
             oe.path.copyhardlinktree(state[1], state[2])
 
     for postinst in (d.getVar('SSTATEPOSTINSTFUNCS', True) or '').split():
-        bb.build.exec_func(postinst, d)
+        # All hooks should run in the SSTATE_INSTDIR
+        bb.build.exec_func(postinst, d, (sstateinst,))
 
     for lock in locks:
         bb.utils.unlockfile(lock)
@@ -307,7 +300,8 @@
             bb.warn("Cannot verify signature on sstate package %s" % sstatepkg)
 
     for f in (d.getVar('SSTATEPREINSTFUNCS', True) or '').split() + ['sstate_unpack_package'] + (d.getVar('SSTATEPOSTUNPACKFUNCS', True) or '').split():
-        bb.build.exec_func(f, d)
+        # All hooks should run in the SSTATE_INSTDIR
+        bb.build.exec_func(f, d, (sstateinst,))
 
     for state in ss['dirs']:
         prepdir(state[1])
@@ -579,8 +573,9 @@
 
     for f in (d.getVar('SSTATECREATEFUNCS', True) or '').split() + ['sstate_create_package'] + \
              (d.getVar('SSTATEPOSTCREATEFUNCS', True) or '').split():
-        bb.build.exec_func(f, d)
-  
+        # All hooks should run in SSTATE_BUILDDIR.
+        bb.build.exec_func(f, d, (sstatebuild,))
+
     bb.siggen.dump_this_task(sstatepkg + ".siginfo", d)
 
     return
@@ -642,19 +637,22 @@
     shared_state = sstate_state_fromvars(d)
     sstate_clean(shared_state, d)
 }
+sstate_task_prefunc[dirs] = "${WORKDIR}"
 
 python sstate_task_postfunc () {
     shared_state = sstate_state_fromvars(d)
+
     sstate_install(shared_state, d)
     for intercept in shared_state['interceptfuncs']:
-        bb.build.exec_func(intercept, d)
+        bb.build.exec_func(intercept, d, (d.getVar("WORKDIR", True),))
     omask = os.umask(002)
     if omask != 002:
        bb.note("Using umask 002 (not %0o) for sstate packaging" % omask)
     sstate_package(shared_state, d)
     os.umask(omask)
 }
-  
+sstate_task_postfunc[dirs] = "${WORKDIR}"
+
 
 #
 # Shell function to generate a sstate package from a directory
diff --git a/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass b/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass
index a1918ba..b4d4a69 100644
--- a/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass
@@ -80,11 +80,13 @@
 
 testimage_dump_host () {
     top -bn1
+    iostat -x -z -N -d -p ALL 20 2
     ps -ef
     free
     df
     memstat
     dmesg
+    ip -s link
     netstat -an
 }
 
@@ -146,6 +148,10 @@
                     testslist.append("oeqa." + type + "." + testname)
                     found = True
                     break
+                elif os.path.exists(os.path.join(p, 'lib', 'oeqa', type, testname.split(".")[0] + '.py')):
+                    testslist.append("oeqa." + type + "." + testname)
+                    found = True
+                    break
             if not found:
                 bb.fatal('Test %s specified in TEST_SUITES could not be found in lib/oeqa/runtime under BBPATH' % testname)
 
@@ -172,6 +178,7 @@
     import json
     import shutil
     import pkgutil
+    import re
 
     exportpath = d.getVar("TEST_EXPORT_DIR", True)
 
@@ -198,9 +205,18 @@
     savedata["host_dumper"]["parent_dir"] = tc.host_dumper.parent_dir
     savedata["host_dumper"]["cmds"] = tc.host_dumper.cmds
 
-    with open(os.path.join(exportpath, "testdata.json"), "w") as f:
+    json_file = os.path.join(exportpath, "testdata.json")
+    with open(json_file, "w") as f:
             json.dump(savedata, f, skipkeys=True, indent=4, sort_keys=True)
 
+    # Replace absolute path with relative in the file
+    exclude_path = os.path.join(d.getVar("COREBASE", True),'meta','lib','oeqa')
+    f1 = open(json_file,'r').read()
+    f2 = open(json_file,'w')
+    m = f1.replace(exclude_path,'oeqa')
+    f2.write(m)
+    f2.close()
+
     # now start copying files
     # we'll basically copy everything under meta/lib/oeqa, with these exceptions
     #  - oeqa/targetcontrol.py - not needed
@@ -214,6 +230,8 @@
     bb.utils.mkdirhier(os.path.join(exportpath, "oeqa/utils"))
     # copy test modules, this should cover tests in other layers too
     for t in tc.testslist:
+        if re.search("\w+\.\w+\.test_\S+", t):
+            t = '.'.join(t.split('.')[:3])
         mod = pkgutil.get_loader(t)
         shutil.copy2(mod.filename, os.path.join(exportpath, "oeqa/runtime"))
     # copy __init__.py files
@@ -279,14 +297,20 @@
             self.imagefeatures = d.getVar("IMAGE_FEATURES", True).split()
             self.distrofeatures = d.getVar("DISTRO_FEATURES", True).split()
             manifest = os.path.join(d.getVar("DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE", True), d.getVar("IMAGE_LINK_NAME", True) + ".manifest")
+            nomanifest = d.getVar("IMAGE_NO_MANIFEST", True)
+
             self.sigterm = False
             self.origsigtermhandler = signal.getsignal(signal.SIGTERM)
             signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self.sigterm_exception)
-            try:
-                with open(manifest) as f:
-                    self.pkgmanifest = f.read()
-            except IOError as e:
-                bb.fatal("No package manifest file found. Did you build the image?\n%s" % e)
+
+            if nomanifest is None or nomanifest != "1":
+                try:
+                    with open(manifest) as f:
+                        self.pkgmanifest = f.read()
+                except IOError as e:
+                    bb.fatal("No package manifest file found. Did you build the image?\n%s" % e)
+            else:
+                self.pkgmanifest = ""
 
         def sigterm_exception(self, signum, stackframe):
             bb.warn("TestImage received SIGTERM, shutting down...")
@@ -305,13 +329,15 @@
         import traceback
         bb.fatal("Loading tests failed:\n%s" % traceback.format_exc())
 
-    target.deploy()
 
-    try:
-        target.start()
-        if export:
-            exportTests(d,tc)
-        else:
+    if export:
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, tc.origsigtermhandler)
+        tc.origsigtermhandler = None
+        exportTests(d,tc)
+    else:
+        target.deploy()
+        try:
+            target.start()
             starttime = time.time()
             result = runTests(tc)
             stoptime = time.time()
@@ -324,9 +350,9 @@
                 bb.plain(msg)
             else:
                 raise bb.build.FuncFailed("%s - FAILED - check the task log and the ssh log" % pn )
-    finally:
-        signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, tc.origsigtermhandler)
-        target.stop()
+        finally:
+            signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, tc.origsigtermhandler)
+            target.stop()
 
 testimage_main[vardepsexclude] =+ "BB_ORIGENV"
 
diff --git a/meta/classes/toolchain-scripts.bbclass b/meta/classes/toolchain-scripts.bbclass
index d0b2b91..ab4feb0 100644
--- a/meta/classes/toolchain-scripts.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/toolchain-scripts.bbclass
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 	echo 'export OECORE_TARGET_SYSROOT="$SDKTARGETSYSROOT"' >> $script
 	echo "export OECORE_ACLOCAL_OPTS=\"-I $sdkpathnative/usr/share/aclocal\"" >> $script
 	echo "export PYTHONHOME=$sdkpathnative$prefix" >> $script
+	echo 'unset command_not_found_handle' >> $script
 
 	toolchain_shared_env_script
 }
diff --git a/meta/classes/uninative.bbclass b/meta/classes/uninative.bbclass
index 51391db..0cd27db 100644
--- a/meta/classes/uninative.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/uninative.bbclass
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 NATIVELSBSTRING = "universal"
 
-UNINATIVE_LOADER = "${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2"
+UNINATIVE_LOADER ?= "${@bb.utils.contains('BUILD_ARCH', 'x86_64', '${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2', '${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}/lib/ld-linux.so.2', d)}"
 
 addhandler uninative_eventhandler
 uninative_eventhandler[eventmask] = "bb.event.BuildStarted"
diff --git a/meta/classes/useradd-staticids.bbclass b/meta/classes/useradd-staticids.bbclass
index 421a70a..924d6ea 100644
--- a/meta/classes/useradd-staticids.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/useradd-staticids.bbclass
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # we need a function to reformat the params based on a static file
 def update_useradd_static_config(d):
     import argparse
+    import itertools
     import re
 
     class myArgumentParser( argparse.ArgumentParser ):
@@ -16,6 +17,11 @@
         def error(self, message):
             raise bb.build.FuncFailed(message)
 
+    def list_extend(iterable, length, obj = None):
+        """Ensure that iterable is the specified length by extending with obj
+        and return it as a list"""
+        return list(itertools.islice(itertools.chain(iterable, itertools.repeat(obj)), length))
+
     # We parse and rewrite the useradd components
     def rewrite_useradd(params):
         # The following comes from --help on useradd from shadow
@@ -84,7 +90,10 @@
                     for line in f:
                         if line.startswith('#'):
                             continue
-                        field = line.rstrip().split(":")
+                        # Make sure there always are at least seven elements in
+                        # the field list. This allows for leaving out trailing
+                        # colons in the passwd file.
+                        field = list_extend(line.rstrip().split(":"), 7)
                         if field[0] == uaargs.LOGIN:
                             if uaargs.uid and field[2] and (uaargs.uid != field[2]):
                                 bb.warn("%s: Changing username %s's uid from (%s) to (%s), verify configuration files!" % (d.getVar('PN', True), uaargs.LOGIN, uaargs.uid, field[2]))
@@ -220,7 +229,10 @@
                     for line in f:
                         if line.startswith('#'):
                             continue
-                        field = line.rstrip().split(":")
+                        # Make sure there always are at least four elements in
+                        # the field list. This allows for leaving out trailing
+                        # colons in the group file.
+                        field = list_extend(line.rstrip().split(":"), 4)
                         if field[0] == gaargs.GROUP and field[2]:
                             if gaargs.gid and (gaargs.gid != field[2]):
                                 bb.warn("%s: Changing groupname %s's gid from (%s) to (%s), verify configuration files!" % (d.getVar('PN', True), gaargs.GROUP, gaargs.gid, field[2]))
diff --git a/meta/classes/useradd_base.bbclass b/meta/classes/useradd_base.bbclass
index 802f3a1..ab3cd35 100644
--- a/meta/classes/useradd_base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/useradd_base.bbclass
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 			sleep $count
 		done
 	else
-		bbwarn "${PN}: group $groupname already contains $username, not re-adding it"
+		bbnote "${PN}: group $groupname already contains $username, not re-adding it"
 	fi
 	if test "x$gshadow" = "xno"; then
 		rm -f $rootdir${sysconfdir}/gshadow
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 			sleep $count
 		done
 	else
-		bbwarn "${PN}: group $groupname doesn't exist, not removing it"
+		bbnote "${PN}: group $groupname doesn't exist, not removing it"
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 		       sleep $count
 	       done
 	else
-		bbwarn "${PN}: user $username doesn't exist, not removing it"
+		bbnote "${PN}: user $username doesn't exist, not removing it"
 	fi
 }