diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/msg.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/msg.py
index c0b344e..2d88c4e 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/msg.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/msg.py
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
     logconfig = copy.deepcopy(defaultconfig)
 
     if userconfigfile:
-        with open(userconfigfile, 'r') as f:
+        with open(os.path.normpath(userconfigfile), 'r') as f:
             if userconfigfile.endswith('.yml') or userconfigfile.endswith('.yaml'):
                 import yaml
                 userconfig = yaml.load(f)
diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
index adb34a8..02a261e 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
@@ -2967,7 +2967,12 @@
             while index != -1 and self.queue.startswith(b"<event>"):
                 try:
                     event = pickle.loads(self.queue[7:index])
-                except ValueError as e:
+                except (ValueError, pickle.UnpicklingError, AttributeError, IndexError) as e:
+                    if isinstance(e, pickle.UnpicklingError) and "truncated" in str(e):
+                        # The pickled data could contain "</event>" so search for the next occurance
+                        # unpickling again, this should be the only way an unpickle error could occur
+                        index = self.queue.find(b"</event>", index + 1)
+                        continue
                     bb.msg.fatal("RunQueue", "failed load pickle '%s': '%s'" % (e, self.queue[7:index]))
                 bb.event.fire_from_worker(event, self.d)
                 if isinstance(event, taskUniHashUpdate):
@@ -2979,7 +2984,7 @@
             while index != -1 and self.queue.startswith(b"<exitcode>"):
                 try:
                     task, status = pickle.loads(self.queue[10:index])
-                except ValueError as e:
+                except (ValueError, pickle.UnpicklingError, AttributeError, IndexError) as e:
                     bb.msg.fatal("RunQueue", "failed load pickle '%s': '%s'" % (e, self.queue[10:index]))
                 self.rqexec.runqueue_process_waitpid(task, status)
                 found = True
diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/server/process.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/server/process.py
index 69aae62..83385ba 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/server/process.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/server/process.py
@@ -331,7 +331,9 @@
     def runCommand(self, command):
         self.connection.send(command)
         if not self.recv.poll(30):
-            raise ProcessTimeout("Timeout while waiting for a reply from the bitbake server")
+            logger.note("No reply from server in 30s")
+            if not self.recv.poll(30):
+                raise ProcessTimeout("Timeout while waiting for a reply from the bitbake server (60s)")
         return self.recv.get()
 
     def updateFeatureSet(self, featureset):
diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/siggen.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/siggen.py
index 872333d..4c63b0b 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/siggen.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/siggen.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from bb.checksum import FileChecksumCache
 from bb import runqueue
 import hashserv
+import hashserv.client
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('BitBake.SigGen')
 hashequiv_logger = logging.getLogger('BitBake.SigGen.HashEquiv')
diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/taskdata.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/taskdata.py
index d13a124..ffbaf36 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/taskdata.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/taskdata.py
@@ -21,8 +21,13 @@
     Whether or not the string 'target' matches
     any one string of the strings which can be regular expression string
     """
-    return any(name == target or re.match(name, target)
-               for name in strings)
+    for name in strings:
+        if name.startswith("^") or name.endswith("$"):
+            if re.match(name, target):
+                return True
+        elif name == target:
+            return True
+    return False
 
 class TaskEntry:
     def __init__(self):
diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
index 4697ef5..29c96b2 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@
 
         bb.process.run("svn co %s svnfetch_co" % self.repo_url, cwd=self.tempdir)
         # Github will emulate SVN.  Use this to check if we're downloding...
-        bb.process.run("svn propset svn:externals 'bitbake http://github.com/openembedded/bitbake' .",
+        bb.process.run("svn propset svn:externals 'bitbake svn://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2/code' .",
                        cwd=os.path.join(self.tempdir, 'svnfetch_co', 'trunk'))
         bb.process.run("svn commit --non-interactive -m 'Add external'",
                        cwd=os.path.join(self.tempdir, 'svnfetch_co', 'trunk'))
diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/taskexp.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/taskexp.py
index 8fff244..05e3233 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/taskexp.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/taskexp.py
@@ -8,9 +8,16 @@
 #
 
 import sys
-import gi
-gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
-from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GObject
+
+try:
+    import gi
+    gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
+    from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GObject
+except ValueError:
+    sys.exit("FATAL: Gtk version needs to be 3.0")
+except ImportError:
+    sys.exit("FATAL: Gtk ui could not load the required gi python module")
+
 import threading
 from xmlrpc import client
 import bb
diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/teamcity.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/teamcity.py
index 1854292..fca46c2 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/teamcity.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/teamcity.py
@@ -167,8 +167,6 @@
         forcelevel = bb.msg.BBLogFormatter.ERROR
     else:
         forcelevel = bb.msg.BBLogFormatter.WARNING
-    bb.msg.addDefaultlogFilter(console, bb.msg.BBLogFilterStdOut, forcelevel)
-    bb.msg.addDefaultlogFilter(errconsole, bb.msg.BBLogFilterStdErr)
     console.setFormatter(format)
     errconsole.setFormatter(format)
     if not bb.msg.has_console_handler(logger):