diff --git a/bitbake/contrib/README b/bitbake/contrib/README
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+This directory is for additional contributed files which may be useful.
diff --git a/bitbake/contrib/bbdev.sh b/bitbake/contrib/bbdev.sh
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+# This is a shell function to be sourced into your shell or placed in your .profile,
+# which makes setting things up for BitBake a bit easier.
+#
+# The author disclaims copyright to the contents of this file and places it in the
+# public domain.
+
+bbdev () {
+	local BBDIR PKGDIR BUILDDIR
+	if test x"$1" = "x--help"; then echo >&2 "syntax: bbdev [bbdir [pkgdir [builddir]]]"; return 1; fi
+	if test x"$1" = x; then BBDIR=`pwd`; else BBDIR=$1; fi
+	if test x"$2" = x; then PKGDIR=`pwd`; else PKGDIR=$2; fi
+	if test x"$3" = x; then BUILDDIR=`pwd`; else BUILDDIR=$3; fi
+
+	BBDIR=`readlink -f $BBDIR`
+	PKGDIR=`readlink -f $PKGDIR`
+	BUILDDIR=`readlink -f $BUILDDIR`
+	if ! (test -d $BBDIR && test -d $PKGDIR && test -d $BUILDDIR); then
+		echo >&2 "syntax: bbdev [bbdir [pkgdir [builddir]]]"
+		return 1
+	fi
+	
+	PATH=$BBDIR/bin:$PATH
+	BBPATH=$BBDIR
+	if test x"$BBDIR" != x"$PKGDIR"; then
+		BBPATH=$PKGDIR:$BBPATH
+	fi
+	if test x"$PKGDIR" != x"$BUILDDIR"; then
+		BBPATH=$BUILDDIR:$BBPATH
+	fi
+	export BBPATH
+}
diff --git a/bitbake/contrib/dump_cache.py b/bitbake/contrib/dump_cache.py
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+++ b/bitbake/contrib/dump_cache.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# ex:ts=4:sw=4:sts=4:et
+# -*- tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2012 Wind River Systems, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+#
+# This is used for dumping the bb_cache.dat, the output format is:
+# recipe_path PN PV PACKAGES
+#
+import os
+import sys
+import warnings
+
+# For importing bb.cache
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])), '../lib'))
+from bb.cache import CoreRecipeInfo
+
+import cPickle as pickle
+
+def main(argv=None):
+    """
+    Get the mapping for the target recipe.
+    """
+    if len(argv) != 1:
+        print >>sys.stderr, "Error, need one argument!"
+        return 2
+
+    cachefile = argv[0]
+
+    with open(cachefile, "rb") as cachefile:
+        pickled = pickle.Unpickler(cachefile)
+        while cachefile:
+            try:
+                key = pickled.load()
+                val = pickled.load()
+            except Exception:
+                break
+            if isinstance(val, CoreRecipeInfo) and (not val.skipped):
+                pn = val.pn
+                # Filter out the native recipes.
+                if key.startswith('virtual:native:') or pn.endswith("-native"):
+                    continue
+
+                # 1.0 is the default version for a no PV recipe.
+                if val.__dict__.has_key("pv"):
+                    pv = val.pv
+                else:
+                    pv = "1.0"
+
+                print("%s %s %s %s" % (key, pn, pv, ' '.join(val.packages)))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
+
diff --git a/bitbake/contrib/vim/ftdetect/bitbake.vim b/bitbake/contrib/vim/ftdetect/bitbake.vim
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+++ b/bitbake/contrib/vim/ftdetect/bitbake.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+" Vim filetype detection file
+" Language:     BitBake
+" Author:       Ricardo Salveti <rsalveti@rsalveti.net>
+" Copyright:    Copyright (C) 2008  Ricardo Salveti <rsalveti@rsalveti.net>
+" Licence:      You may redistribute this under the same terms as Vim itself
+"
+" This sets up the syntax highlighting for BitBake files, like .bb, .bbclass and .inc
+
+if &compatible || version < 600
+    finish
+endif
+
+" .bb, .bbappend and .bbclass
+au BufNewFile,BufRead *.{bb,bbappend,bbclass}	set filetype=bitbake
+
+" .inc
+au BufNewFile,BufRead *.inc		set filetype=bitbake
+
+" .conf
+au BufNewFile,BufRead *.conf
+    \ if (match(expand("%:p:h"), "conf") > 0) |
+    \     set filetype=bitbake |
+    \ endif
+
diff --git a/bitbake/contrib/vim/ftplugin/bitbake.vim b/bitbake/contrib/vim/ftplugin/bitbake.vim
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+++ b/bitbake/contrib/vim/ftplugin/bitbake.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+set sts=4 sw=4 et
+set cms=#%s
diff --git a/bitbake/contrib/vim/plugin/newbb.vim b/bitbake/contrib/vim/plugin/newbb.vim
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+++ b/bitbake/contrib/vim/plugin/newbb.vim
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+" Vim plugin file
+" Purpose:	Create a template for new bb files
+" Author:	Ricardo Salveti <rsalveti@gmail.com>
+" Copyright:	Copyright (C) 2008 Ricardo Salveti <rsalveti@gmail.com>
+"
+" This file is licensed under the MIT license, see COPYING.MIT in
+" this source distribution for the terms.
+"
+" Based on the gentoo-syntax package
+"
+" Will try to use git to find the user name and email
+
+if &compatible || v:version < 600
+    finish
+endif
+
+fun! <SID>GetUserName()
+    let l:user_name = system("git config --get user.name")
+    if v:shell_error
+        return "Unknown User"
+    else
+        return substitute(l:user_name, "\n", "", "")
+endfun
+
+fun! <SID>GetUserEmail()
+    let l:user_email = system("git config --get user.email")
+    if v:shell_error
+        return "unknow@user.org"
+    else
+        return substitute(l:user_email, "\n", "", "")
+endfun
+
+fun! BBHeader()
+    let l:current_year = strftime("%Y")
+    let l:user_name = <SID>GetUserName()
+    let l:user_email = <SID>GetUserEmail()
+    0 put ='# Copyright (C) ' . l:current_year .
+                \ ' ' . l:user_name . ' <' . l:user_email . '>'
+    put ='# Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT for the terms)'
+    $
+endfun
+
+fun! NewBBTemplate()
+    let l:paste = &paste
+    set nopaste
+    
+    " Get the header
+    call BBHeader()
+
+    " New the bb template
+    put ='DESCRIPTION = \"\"'
+    put ='HOMEPAGE = \"\"'
+    put ='LICENSE = \"\"' 
+    put ='SECTION = \"\"'
+    put ='DEPENDS = \"\"'
+    put =''
+    put ='SRC_URI = \"\"'
+
+    " Go to the first place to edit
+    0
+    /^DESCRIPTION =/
+    exec "normal 2f\""
+
+    if paste == 1
+        set paste
+    endif
+endfun
+
+if !exists("g:bb_create_on_empty")
+    let g:bb_create_on_empty = 1
+endif
+
+" disable in case of vimdiff
+if v:progname =~ "vimdiff"
+    let g:bb_create_on_empty = 0
+endif
+
+augroup NewBB
+    au BufNewFile *.bb
+                \ if g:bb_create_on_empty |
+                \    call NewBBTemplate() |
+                \ endif
+augroup END
+
diff --git a/bitbake/contrib/vim/syntax/bitbake.vim b/bitbake/contrib/vim/syntax/bitbake.vim
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+++ b/bitbake/contrib/vim/syntax/bitbake.vim
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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:     BitBake bb/bbclasses/inc
+" Author:       Chris Larson <kergoth@handhelds.org>
+"               Ricardo Salveti <rsalveti@rsalveti.net>
+" Copyright:    Copyright (C) 2004  Chris Larson <kergoth@handhelds.org>
+"               Copyright (C) 2008  Ricardo Salveti <rsalveti@rsalveti.net>
+"
+" This file is licensed under the MIT license, see COPYING.MIT in
+" this source distribution for the terms.
+"
+" Syntax highlighting for bb, bbclasses and inc files.
+"
+" It's an entirely new type, just has specific syntax in shell and python code
+
+if &compatible || v:version < 600
+    finish
+endif
+if exists("b:current_syntax")
+    finish
+endif
+
+syn include @python syntax/python.vim
+if exists("b:current_syntax")
+  unlet b:current_syntax
+endif
+
+" BitBake syntax
+
+" Matching case
+syn case match
+
+" Indicates the error when nothing is matched
+syn match bbUnmatched           "."
+
+" Comments
+syn cluster bbCommentGroup      contains=bbTodo,@Spell
+syn keyword bbTodo              COMBAK FIXME TODO XXX contained
+syn match bbComment             "#.*$" contains=@bbCommentGroup
+
+" String helpers
+syn match bbQuote               +['"]+ contained 
+syn match bbDelimiter           "[(){}=]" contained
+syn match bbArrayBrackets       "[\[\]]" contained
+
+" BitBake strings
+syn match bbContinue            "\\$"
+syn region bbString             matchgroup=bbQuote start=+"+ skip=+\\$+ end=+"+ contained contains=bbTodo,bbContinue,bbVarDeref,bbVarPyValue,@Spell
+syn region bbString             matchgroup=bbQuote start=+'+ skip=+\\$+ end=+'+ contained contains=bbTodo,bbContinue,bbVarDeref,bbVarPyValue,@Spell
+
+" Vars definition
+syn match bbExport            "^export" nextgroup=bbIdentifier skipwhite
+syn keyword bbExportFlag        export contained nextgroup=bbIdentifier skipwhite
+syn match bbIdentifier          "[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.\/\+]\+" display contained
+syn match bbVarDeref            "${[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.\/\+]\+}" contained
+syn match bbVarEq               "\(:=\|+=\|=+\|\.=\|=\.\|?=\|??=\|=\)" contained nextgroup=bbVarValue
+syn match bbVarDef              "^\(export\s*\)\?\([a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.\/\+]\+\(_[${}a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.\/\+]\+\)\?\)\s*\(:=\|+=\|=+\|\.=\|=\.\|?=\|??=\|=\)\@=" contains=bbExportFlag,bbIdentifier,bbVarDeref nextgroup=bbVarEq
+syn match bbVarValue            ".*$" contained contains=bbString,bbVarDeref,bbVarPyValue
+syn region bbVarPyValue         start=+${@+ skip=+\\$+ end=+}+ contained contains=@python
+
+" Vars metadata flags
+syn match bbVarFlagDef          "^\([a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.]\+\)\(\[[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.]\+\]\)\@=" contains=bbIdentifier nextgroup=bbVarFlagFlag
+syn region bbVarFlagFlag        matchgroup=bbArrayBrackets start="\[" end="\]\s*\(=\|+=\|=+\|?=\)\@=" contained contains=bbIdentifier nextgroup=bbVarEq
+
+" Includes and requires
+syn keyword bbInclude           inherit include require contained 
+syn match bbIncludeRest         ".*$" contained contains=bbString,bbVarDeref
+syn match bbIncludeLine         "^\(inherit\|include\|require\)\s\+" contains=bbInclude nextgroup=bbIncludeRest
+
+" Add taks and similar
+syn keyword bbStatement         addtask addhandler after before EXPORT_FUNCTIONS contained
+syn match bbStatementRest       ".*$" skipwhite contained contains=bbStatement
+syn match bbStatementLine       "^\(addtask\|addhandler\|after\|before\|EXPORT_FUNCTIONS\)\s\+" contains=bbStatement nextgroup=bbStatementRest
+
+" OE Important Functions
+syn keyword bbOEFunctions       do_fetch do_unpack do_patch do_configure do_compile do_stage do_install do_package contained
+
+" Generic Functions
+syn match bbFunction            "\h[0-9A-Za-z_-]*" display contained contains=bbOEFunctions
+
+" BitBake shell metadata
+syn include @shell syntax/sh.vim
+if exists("b:current_syntax")
+  unlet b:current_syntax
+endif
+syn keyword bbShFakeRootFlag    fakeroot contained
+syn match bbShFuncDef           "^\(fakeroot\s*\)\?\([0-9A-Za-z_${}-]\+\)\(python\)\@<!\(\s*()\s*\)\({\)\@=" contains=bbShFakeRootFlag,bbFunction,bbVarDeref,bbDelimiter nextgroup=bbShFuncRegion skipwhite
+syn region bbShFuncRegion       matchgroup=bbDelimiter start="{\s*$" end="^}\s*$" contained contains=@shell
+
+" Python value inside shell functions
+syn region shDeref         start=+${@+ skip=+\\$+ excludenl end=+}+ contained contains=@python
+
+" BitBake python metadata
+syn keyword bbPyFlag            python contained
+syn match bbPyFuncDef           "^\(python\s\+\)\([0-9A-Za-z_${}-]\+\)\?\(\s*()\s*\)\({\)\@=" contains=bbPyFlag,bbFunction,bbVarDeref,bbDelimiter nextgroup=bbPyFuncRegion skipwhite
+syn region bbPyFuncRegion       matchgroup=bbDelimiter start="{\s*$" end="^}\s*$" contained contains=@python
+
+" BitBake 'def'd python functions
+syn keyword bbPyDef             def contained
+syn region bbPyDefRegion        start='^\(def\s\+\)\([0-9A-Za-z_-]\+\)\(\s*(.*)\s*\):\s*$' end='^\(\s\|$\)\@!' contains=@python
+
+" Highlighting Definitions
+hi def link bbUnmatched         Error
+hi def link bbInclude           Include
+hi def link bbTodo              Todo
+hi def link bbComment           Comment
+hi def link bbQuote             String
+hi def link bbString            String
+hi def link bbDelimiter         Keyword
+hi def link bbArrayBrackets     Statement
+hi def link bbContinue          Special
+hi def link bbExport            Type
+hi def link bbExportFlag        Type
+hi def link bbIdentifier	    Identifier
+hi def link bbVarDeref          PreProc
+hi def link bbVarDef            Identifier
+hi def link bbVarValue          String
+hi def link bbShFakeRootFlag    Type
+hi def link bbFunction          Function
+hi def link bbPyFlag            Type
+hi def link bbPyDef             Statement
+hi def link bbStatement         Statement
+hi def link bbStatementRest     Identifier
+hi def link bbOEFunctions       Special
+hi def link bbVarPyValue        PreProc
+
+let b:current_syntax = "bb"