diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package.py b/meta/lib/oe/package.py
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+def runstrip(arg):
+    # Function to strip a single file, called from split_and_strip_files below
+    # A working 'file' (one which works on the target architecture)
+    #
+    # The elftype is a bit pattern (explained in split_and_strip_files) to tell
+    # us what type of file we're processing...
+    # 4 - executable
+    # 8 - shared library
+    # 16 - kernel module
+
+    import commands, stat, subprocess
+
+    (file, elftype, strip) = arg
+
+    newmode = None
+    if not os.access(file, os.W_OK) or os.access(file, os.R_OK):
+        origmode = os.stat(file)[stat.ST_MODE]
+        newmode = origmode | stat.S_IWRITE | stat.S_IREAD
+        os.chmod(file, newmode)
+
+    extraflags = ""
+
+    # kernel module    
+    if elftype & 16:
+        extraflags = "--strip-debug --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note --preserve-dates"
+    # .so and shared library
+    elif ".so" in file and elftype & 8:
+        extraflags = "--remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note --strip-unneeded"
+    # shared or executable:
+    elif elftype & 8 or elftype & 4:
+        extraflags = "--remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note"
+
+    stripcmd = "'%s' %s '%s'" % (strip, extraflags, file)
+    bb.debug(1, "runstrip: %s" % stripcmd)
+
+    try:
+        output = subprocess.check_output(stripcmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        bb.error("runstrip: '%s' strip command failed with %s (%s)" % (stripcmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+    if newmode:
+        os.chmod(file, origmode)
+
+    return
+
+
+def file_translate(file):
+    ft = file.replace("@", "@at@")
+    ft = ft.replace(" ", "@space@")
+    ft = ft.replace("\t", "@tab@")
+    ft = ft.replace("[", "@openbrace@")
+    ft = ft.replace("]", "@closebrace@")
+    ft = ft.replace("_", "@underscore@")
+    return ft
+
+def filedeprunner(arg):
+    import re, subprocess, shlex
+
+    (pkg, pkgfiles, rpmdeps, pkgdest) = arg
+    provides = {}
+    requires = {}
+
+    r = re.compile(r'[<>=]+ +[^ ]*')
+
+    def process_deps(pipe, pkg, pkgdest, provides, requires):
+        for line in pipe:
+            f = line.split(" ", 1)[0].strip()
+            line = line.split(" ", 1)[1].strip()
+
+            if line.startswith("Requires:"):
+                i = requires
+            elif line.startswith("Provides:"):
+                i = provides
+            else:
+                continue
+
+            file = f.replace(pkgdest + "/" + pkg, "")
+            file = file_translate(file)
+            value = line.split(":", 1)[1].strip()
+            value = r.sub(r'(\g<0>)', value)
+
+            if value.startswith("rpmlib("):
+                continue
+            if value == "python":
+                continue
+            if file not in i:
+                i[file] = []
+            i[file].append(value)
+
+        return provides, requires
+
+    try:
+        dep_popen = subprocess.Popen(shlex.split(rpmdeps) + pkgfiles, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        provides, requires = process_deps(dep_popen.stdout, pkg, pkgdest, provides, requires)
+    except OSError as e:
+        bb.error("rpmdeps: '%s' command failed, '%s'" % (shlex.split(rpmdeps) + pkgfiles, e))
+        raise e
+
+    return (pkg, provides, requires)
+
+
+def read_shlib_providers(d):
+    import re
+
+    shlib_provider = {}
+    shlibs_dirs = d.getVar('SHLIBSDIRS', True).split()
+    list_re = re.compile('^(.*)\.list$')
+    # Go from least to most specific since the last one found wins
+    for dir in reversed(shlibs_dirs):
+        bb.debug(2, "Reading shlib providers in %s" % (dir))
+        if not os.path.exists(dir):
+            continue
+        for file in os.listdir(dir):
+            m = list_re.match(file)
+            if m:
+                dep_pkg = m.group(1)
+                fd = open(os.path.join(dir, file))
+                lines = fd.readlines()
+                fd.close()
+                for l in lines:
+                    s = l.strip().split(":")
+                    if s[0] not in shlib_provider:
+                        shlib_provider[s[0]] = {}
+                    shlib_provider[s[0]][s[1]] = (dep_pkg, s[2])
+    return shlib_provider