diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/knotty.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/knotty.py
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+#
+# BitBake (No)TTY UI Implementation
+#
+# Handling output to TTYs or files (no TTY)
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Richard Purdie
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+from __future__ import division
+
+import os
+import sys
+import xmlrpclib
+import logging
+import progressbar
+import signal
+import bb.msg
+import time
+import fcntl
+import struct
+import copy
+import atexit
+from bb.ui import uihelper
+
+featureSet = [bb.cooker.CookerFeatures.SEND_SANITYEVENTS]
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("BitBake")
+interactive = sys.stdout.isatty()
+
+class BBProgress(progressbar.ProgressBar):
+    def __init__(self, msg, maxval):
+        self.msg = msg
+        widgets = [progressbar.Percentage(), ' ', progressbar.Bar(), ' ',
+           progressbar.ETA()]
+
+        try:
+            self._resize_default = signal.getsignal(signal.SIGWINCH)
+        except:
+            self._resize_default = None
+        progressbar.ProgressBar.__init__(self, maxval, [self.msg + ": "] + widgets, fd=sys.stdout)
+
+    def _handle_resize(self, signum, frame):
+        progressbar.ProgressBar._handle_resize(self, signum, frame)
+        if self._resize_default:
+            self._resize_default(signum, frame)
+    def finish(self):
+        progressbar.ProgressBar.finish(self)
+        if self._resize_default:
+            signal.signal(signal.SIGWINCH, self._resize_default)
+
+class NonInteractiveProgress(object):
+    fobj = sys.stdout
+
+    def __init__(self, msg, maxval):
+        self.msg = msg
+        self.maxval = maxval
+
+    def start(self):
+        self.fobj.write("%s..." % self.msg)
+        self.fobj.flush()
+        return self
+
+    def update(self, value):
+        pass
+
+    def finish(self):
+        self.fobj.write("done.\n")
+        self.fobj.flush()
+
+def new_progress(msg, maxval):
+    if interactive:
+        return BBProgress(msg, maxval)
+    else:
+        return NonInteractiveProgress(msg, maxval)
+
+def pluralise(singular, plural, qty):
+    if(qty == 1):
+        return singular % qty
+    else:
+        return plural % qty
+
+
+class InteractConsoleLogFilter(logging.Filter):
+    def __init__(self, tf, format):
+        self.tf = tf
+        self.format = format
+
+    def filter(self, record):
+        if record.levelno == self.format.NOTE and (record.msg.startswith("Running") or record.msg.startswith("recipe ")):
+            return False
+        self.tf.clearFooter()
+        return True
+
+class TerminalFilter(object):
+    columns = 80
+
+    def sigwinch_handle(self, signum, frame):
+        self.columns = self.getTerminalColumns()
+        if self._sigwinch_default:
+            self._sigwinch_default(signum, frame)
+
+    def getTerminalColumns(self):
+        def ioctl_GWINSZ(fd):
+            try:
+                cr = struct.unpack('hh', fcntl.ioctl(fd, self.termios.TIOCGWINSZ, '1234'))
+            except:
+                return None
+            return cr
+        cr = ioctl_GWINSZ(sys.stdout.fileno())
+        if not cr:
+            try:
+                fd = os.open(os.ctermid(), os.O_RDONLY)
+                cr = ioctl_GWINSZ(fd)
+                os.close(fd)
+            except:
+                pass
+        if not cr:
+            try:
+                cr = (env['LINES'], env['COLUMNS'])
+            except:
+                cr = (25, 80)
+        return cr[1]
+
+    def __init__(self, main, helper, console, errconsole, format):
+        self.main = main
+        self.helper = helper
+        self.cuu = None
+        self.stdinbackup = None
+        self.interactive = sys.stdout.isatty()
+        self.footer_present = False
+        self.lastpids = []
+
+        if not self.interactive:
+            return
+
+        try:
+            import curses
+        except ImportError:
+            sys.exit("FATAL: The knotty ui could not load the required curses python module.")
+
+        import termios
+        self.curses = curses
+        self.termios = termios
+        try:
+            fd = sys.stdin.fileno()
+            self.stdinbackup = termios.tcgetattr(fd)
+            new = copy.deepcopy(self.stdinbackup)
+            new[3] = new[3] & ~termios.ECHO
+            termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, new)
+            curses.setupterm()
+            if curses.tigetnum("colors") > 2:
+                format.enable_color()
+            self.ed = curses.tigetstr("ed")
+            if self.ed:
+                self.cuu = curses.tigetstr("cuu")
+            try:
+                self._sigwinch_default = signal.getsignal(signal.SIGWINCH)
+                signal.signal(signal.SIGWINCH, self.sigwinch_handle)
+            except:
+                pass
+            self.columns = self.getTerminalColumns()
+        except:
+            self.cuu = None
+        console.addFilter(InteractConsoleLogFilter(self, format))
+        errconsole.addFilter(InteractConsoleLogFilter(self, format))
+
+    def clearFooter(self):
+        if self.footer_present:
+            lines = self.footer_present
+            sys.stdout.write(self.curses.tparm(self.cuu, lines))
+            sys.stdout.write(self.curses.tparm(self.ed))
+        self.footer_present = False
+
+    def updateFooter(self):
+        if not self.cuu:
+            return
+        activetasks = self.helper.running_tasks
+        failedtasks = self.helper.failed_tasks
+        runningpids = self.helper.running_pids
+        if self.footer_present and (self.lastcount == self.helper.tasknumber_current) and (self.lastpids == runningpids):
+            return
+        if self.footer_present:
+            self.clearFooter()
+        if (not self.helper.tasknumber_total or self.helper.tasknumber_current == self.helper.tasknumber_total) and not len(activetasks):
+            return
+        tasks = []
+        for t in runningpids:
+            tasks.append("%s (pid %s)" % (activetasks[t]["title"], t))
+
+        if self.main.shutdown:
+            content = "Waiting for %s running tasks to finish:" % len(activetasks)
+        elif not len(activetasks):
+            content = "No currently running tasks (%s of %s)" % (self.helper.tasknumber_current, self.helper.tasknumber_total)
+        else:
+            content = "Currently %s running tasks (%s of %s):" % (len(activetasks), self.helper.tasknumber_current, self.helper.tasknumber_total)
+        print(content)
+        lines = 1 + int(len(content) / (self.columns + 1))
+        for tasknum, task in enumerate(tasks):
+            content = "%s: %s" % (tasknum, task)
+            print(content)
+            lines = lines + 1 + int(len(content) / (self.columns + 1))
+        self.footer_present = lines
+        self.lastpids = runningpids[:]
+        self.lastcount = self.helper.tasknumber_current
+
+    def finish(self):
+        if self.stdinbackup:
+            fd = sys.stdin.fileno()
+            self.termios.tcsetattr(fd, self.termios.TCSADRAIN, self.stdinbackup)
+
+def _log_settings_from_server(server):
+    # Get values of variables which control our output
+    includelogs, error = server.runCommand(["getVariable", "BBINCLUDELOGS"])
+    if error:
+        logger.error("Unable to get the value of BBINCLUDELOGS variable: %s" % error)
+        raise BaseException(error)
+    loglines, error = server.runCommand(["getVariable", "BBINCLUDELOGS_LINES"])
+    if error:
+        logger.error("Unable to get the value of BBINCLUDELOGS_LINES variable: %s" % error)
+        raise BaseException(error)
+    consolelogfile, error = server.runCommand(["getVariable", "BB_CONSOLELOG"])
+    if error:
+        logger.error("Unable to get the value of BB_CONSOLELOG variable: %s" % error)
+        raise BaseException(error)
+    return includelogs, loglines, consolelogfile
+
+_evt_list = [ "bb.runqueue.runQueueExitWait", "bb.event.LogExecTTY", "logging.LogRecord",
+              "bb.build.TaskFailed", "bb.build.TaskBase", "bb.event.ParseStarted",
+              "bb.event.ParseProgress", "bb.event.ParseCompleted", "bb.event.CacheLoadStarted",
+              "bb.event.CacheLoadProgress", "bb.event.CacheLoadCompleted", "bb.command.CommandFailed",
+              "bb.command.CommandExit", "bb.command.CommandCompleted",  "bb.cooker.CookerExit",
+              "bb.event.MultipleProviders", "bb.event.NoProvider", "bb.runqueue.sceneQueueTaskStarted",
+              "bb.runqueue.runQueueTaskStarted", "bb.runqueue.runQueueTaskFailed", "bb.runqueue.sceneQueueTaskFailed",
+              "bb.event.BuildBase", "bb.build.TaskStarted", "bb.build.TaskSucceeded", "bb.build.TaskFailedSilent"]
+
+def main(server, eventHandler, params, tf = TerminalFilter):
+
+    includelogs, loglines, consolelogfile = _log_settings_from_server(server)
+
+    if sys.stdin.isatty() and sys.stdout.isatty():
+        log_exec_tty = True
+    else:
+        log_exec_tty = False
+
+    helper = uihelper.BBUIHelper()
+
+    console = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+    errconsole = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
+    format_str = "%(levelname)s: %(message)s"
+    format = bb.msg.BBLogFormatter(format_str)
+    bb.msg.addDefaultlogFilter(console, bb.msg.BBLogFilterStdOut)
+    bb.msg.addDefaultlogFilter(errconsole, bb.msg.BBLogFilterStdErr)
+    console.setFormatter(format)
+    errconsole.setFormatter(format)
+    logger.addHandler(console)
+    logger.addHandler(errconsole)
+
+    if params.options.remote_server and params.options.kill_server:
+        server.terminateServer()
+        return
+
+    if consolelogfile and not params.options.show_environment and not params.options.show_versions:
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(os.path.dirname(consolelogfile))
+        conlogformat = bb.msg.BBLogFormatter(format_str)
+        consolelog = logging.FileHandler(consolelogfile)
+        bb.msg.addDefaultlogFilter(consolelog)
+        consolelog.setFormatter(conlogformat)
+        logger.addHandler(consolelog)
+
+    llevel, debug_domains = bb.msg.constructLogOptions()
+    server.runCommand(["setEventMask", server.getEventHandle(), llevel, debug_domains, _evt_list])
+
+    if not params.observe_only:
+        params.updateFromServer(server)
+        params.updateToServer(server, os.environ.copy())
+        cmdline = params.parseActions()
+        if not cmdline:
+            print("Nothing to do.  Use 'bitbake world' to build everything, or run 'bitbake --help' for usage information.")
+            return 1
+        if 'msg' in cmdline and cmdline['msg']:
+            logger.error(cmdline['msg'])
+            return 1
+
+        ret, error = server.runCommand(cmdline['action'])
+        if error:
+            logger.error("Command '%s' failed: %s" % (cmdline, error))
+            return 1
+        elif ret != True:
+            logger.error("Command '%s' failed: returned %s" % (cmdline, ret))
+            return 1
+
+
+    parseprogress = None
+    cacheprogress = None
+    main.shutdown = 0
+    interrupted = False
+    return_value = 0
+    errors = 0
+    warnings = 0
+    taskfailures = []
+
+    termfilter = tf(main, helper, console, errconsole, format)
+    atexit.register(termfilter.finish)
+
+    while True:
+        try:
+            event = eventHandler.waitEvent(0)
+            if event is None:
+                if main.shutdown > 1:
+                    break
+                termfilter.updateFooter()
+                event = eventHandler.waitEvent(0.25)
+                if event is None:
+                    continue
+            helper.eventHandler(event)
+            if isinstance(event, bb.runqueue.runQueueExitWait):
+                if not main.shutdown:
+                    main.shutdown = 1
+                continue
+            if isinstance(event, bb.event.LogExecTTY):
+                if log_exec_tty:
+                    tries = event.retries
+                    while tries:
+                        print("Trying to run: %s" % event.prog)
+                        if os.system(event.prog) == 0:
+                            break
+                        time.sleep(event.sleep_delay)
+                        tries -= 1
+                    if tries:
+                        continue
+                logger.warn(event.msg)
+                continue
+
+            if isinstance(event, logging.LogRecord):
+                if event.levelno >= format.ERROR:
+                    errors = errors + 1
+                    return_value = 1
+                elif event.levelno == format.WARNING:
+                    warnings = warnings + 1
+                # For "normal" logging conditions, don't show note logs from tasks
+                # but do show them if the user has changed the default log level to
+                # include verbose/debug messages
+                if event.taskpid != 0 and event.levelno <= format.NOTE and (event.levelno < llevel or (event.levelno == format.NOTE and llevel != format.VERBOSE)):
+                    continue
+                logger.handle(event)
+                continue
+
+            if isinstance(event, bb.build.TaskFailedSilent):
+                logger.warn("Logfile for failed setscene task is %s" % event.logfile)
+                continue
+            if isinstance(event, bb.build.TaskFailed):
+                return_value = 1
+                logfile = event.logfile
+                if logfile and os.path.exists(logfile):
+                    termfilter.clearFooter()
+                    bb.error("Logfile of failure stored in: %s" % logfile)
+                    if includelogs and not event.errprinted:
+                        print("Log data follows:")
+                        f = open(logfile, "r")
+                        lines = []
+                        while True:
+                            l = f.readline()
+                            if l == '':
+                                break
+                            l = l.rstrip()
+                            if loglines:
+                                lines.append(' | %s' % l)
+                                if len(lines) > int(loglines):
+                                    lines.pop(0)
+                            else:
+                                print('| %s' % l)
+                        f.close()
+                        if lines:
+                            for line in lines:
+                                print(line)
+            if isinstance(event, bb.build.TaskBase):
+                logger.info(event._message)
+                continue
+            if isinstance(event, bb.event.ParseStarted):
+                if event.total == 0:
+                    continue
+                parseprogress = new_progress("Parsing recipes", event.total).start()
+                continue
+            if isinstance(event, bb.event.ParseProgress):
+                parseprogress.update(event.current)
+                continue
+            if isinstance(event, bb.event.ParseCompleted):
+                if not parseprogress:
+                    continue
+
+                parseprogress.finish()
+                print(("Parsing of %d .bb files complete (%d cached, %d parsed). %d targets, %d skipped, %d masked, %d errors."
+                    % ( event.total, event.cached, event.parsed, event.virtuals, event.skipped, event.masked, event.errors)))
+                continue
+
+            if isinstance(event, bb.event.CacheLoadStarted):
+                cacheprogress = new_progress("Loading cache", event.total).start()
+                continue
+            if isinstance(event, bb.event.CacheLoadProgress):
+                cacheprogress.update(event.current)
+                continue
+            if isinstance(event, bb.event.CacheLoadCompleted):
+                cacheprogress.finish()
+                print("Loaded %d entries from dependency cache." % event.num_entries)
+                continue
+
+            if isinstance(event, bb.command.CommandFailed):
+                return_value = event.exitcode
+                if event.error:
+                    errors = errors + 1
+                    logger.error("Command execution failed: %s", event.error)
+                main.shutdown = 2
+                continue
+            if isinstance(event, bb.command.CommandExit):
+                if not return_value:
+                    return_value = event.exitcode
+                continue
+            if isinstance(event, (bb.command.CommandCompleted, bb.cooker.CookerExit)):
+                main.shutdown = 2
+                continue
+            if isinstance(event, bb.event.MultipleProviders):
+                logger.info("multiple providers are available for %s%s (%s)", event._is_runtime and "runtime " or "",
+                            event._item,
+                            ", ".join(event._candidates))
+                logger.info("consider defining a PREFERRED_PROVIDER entry to match %s", event._item)
+                continue
+            if isinstance(event, bb.event.NoProvider):
+                return_value = 1
+                errors = errors + 1
+                if event._runtime:
+                    r = "R"
+                else:
+                    r = ""
+
+                extra = ''
+                if not event._reasons:
+                    if event._close_matches:
+                        extra = ". Close matches:\n  %s" % '\n  '.join(event._close_matches)
+
+                if event._dependees:
+                    logger.error("Nothing %sPROVIDES '%s' (but %s %sDEPENDS on or otherwise requires it)%s", r, event._item, ", ".join(event._dependees), r, extra)
+                else:
+                    logger.error("Nothing %sPROVIDES '%s'%s", r, event._item, extra)
+                if event._reasons:
+                    for reason in event._reasons:
+                        logger.error("%s", reason)
+                continue
+
+            if isinstance(event, bb.runqueue.sceneQueueTaskStarted):
+                logger.info("Running setscene task %d of %d (%s)" % (event.stats.completed + event.stats.active + event.stats.failed + 1, event.stats.total, event.taskstring))
+                continue
+
+            if isinstance(event, bb.runqueue.runQueueTaskStarted):
+                if event.noexec:
+                    tasktype = 'noexec task'
+                else:
+                    tasktype = 'task'
+                logger.info("Running %s %s of %s (ID: %s, %s)",
+                            tasktype,
+                            event.stats.completed + event.stats.active +
+                                event.stats.failed + 1,
+                            event.stats.total, event.taskid, event.taskstring)
+                continue
+
+            if isinstance(event, bb.runqueue.runQueueTaskFailed):
+                taskfailures.append(event.taskstring)
+                logger.error("Task %s (%s) failed with exit code '%s'",
+                             event.taskid, event.taskstring, event.exitcode)
+                continue
+
+            if isinstance(event, bb.runqueue.sceneQueueTaskFailed):
+                logger.warn("Setscene task %s (%s) failed with exit code '%s' - real task will be run instead",
+                             event.taskid, event.taskstring, event.exitcode)
+                continue
+
+            if isinstance(event, bb.event.DepTreeGenerated):
+                continue
+
+            # ignore
+            if isinstance(event, (bb.event.BuildBase,
+                                  bb.event.MetadataEvent,
+                                  bb.event.StampUpdate,
+                                  bb.event.ConfigParsed,
+                                  bb.event.RecipeParsed,
+                                  bb.event.RecipePreFinalise,
+                                  bb.runqueue.runQueueEvent,
+                                  bb.event.OperationStarted,
+                                  bb.event.OperationCompleted,
+                                  bb.event.OperationProgress,
+                                  bb.event.DiskFull)):
+                continue
+
+            logger.error("Unknown event: %s", event)
+
+        except EnvironmentError as ioerror:
+            termfilter.clearFooter()
+            # ignore interrupted io
+            if ioerror.args[0] == 4:
+                continue
+            sys.stderr.write(str(ioerror))
+            if not params.observe_only:
+                _, error = server.runCommand(["stateForceShutdown"])
+            main.shutdown = 2
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            termfilter.clearFooter()
+            if params.observe_only:
+                print("\nKeyboard Interrupt, exiting observer...")
+                main.shutdown = 2
+            if not params.observe_only and main.shutdown == 1:
+                print("\nSecond Keyboard Interrupt, stopping...\n")
+                _, error = server.runCommand(["stateForceShutdown"])
+                if error:
+                    logger.error("Unable to cleanly stop: %s" % error)
+            if not params.observe_only and main.shutdown == 0:
+                print("\nKeyboard Interrupt, closing down...\n")
+                interrupted = True
+                _, error = server.runCommand(["stateShutdown"])
+                if error:
+                    logger.error("Unable to cleanly shutdown: %s" % error)
+            main.shutdown = main.shutdown + 1
+            pass
+        except Exception as e:
+            sys.stderr.write(str(e))
+            if not params.observe_only:
+                _, error = server.runCommand(["stateForceShutdown"])
+            main.shutdown = 2
+    try:
+        summary = ""
+        if taskfailures:
+            summary += pluralise("\nSummary: %s task failed:",
+                                 "\nSummary: %s tasks failed:", len(taskfailures))
+            for failure in taskfailures:
+                summary += "\n  %s" % failure
+        if warnings:
+            summary += pluralise("\nSummary: There was %s WARNING message shown.",
+                                 "\nSummary: There were %s WARNING messages shown.", warnings)
+        if return_value and errors:
+            summary += pluralise("\nSummary: There was %s ERROR message shown, returning a non-zero exit code.",
+                                 "\nSummary: There were %s ERROR messages shown, returning a non-zero exit code.", errors)
+        if summary:
+            print(summary)
+
+        if interrupted:
+            print("Execution was interrupted, returning a non-zero exit code.")
+            if return_value == 0:
+                return_value = 1
+    except IOError as e:
+        import errno
+        if e.errno == errno.EPIPE:
+            pass
+
+    return return_value