diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/bblayers/templates/example.bb b/poky/meta/lib/bblayers/templates/example.bb
index c4b873d..facaae3 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/bblayers/templates/example.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/bblayers/templates/example.bb
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Recipe created by bitbake-layers"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 
-python do_build() {
+python do_display_banner() {
     bb.plain("***********************************************");
     bb.plain("*                                             *");
     bb.plain("*  Example recipe created by bitbake-layers   *");
     bb.plain("*                                             *");
     bb.plain("***********************************************");
 }
+
+addtask display_banner before do_build
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/__init__.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/__init__.py
index 865d6f9..42225a3 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/__init__.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/__init__.py
@@ -397,12 +397,13 @@
                          "'%s' returned %d:\n%s" %
                          (' '.join(cmd), e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
 
-        target_arch = self.d.getVar('TARGET_ARCH')
-        localedir = oe.path.join(self.target_rootfs, self.d.getVar("libdir"), "locale")
-        if os.path.exists(localedir) and os.listdir(localedir):
-            generate_locale_archive(self.d, self.target_rootfs, target_arch, localedir)
-            # And now delete the binary locales
-            self.remove(fnmatch.filter(self.list_installed(), "glibc-binary-localedata-*"), False)
+        if self.d.getVar('IMAGE_LOCALES_ARCHIVE') == '1':
+            target_arch = self.d.getVar('TARGET_ARCH')
+            localedir = oe.path.join(self.target_rootfs, self.d.getVar("libdir"), "locale")
+            if os.path.exists(localedir) and os.listdir(localedir):
+                generate_locale_archive(self.d, self.target_rootfs, target_arch, localedir)
+                # And now delete the binary locales
+                self.remove(fnmatch.filter(self.list_installed(), "glibc-binary-localedata-*"), False)
 
     def deploy_dir_lock(self):
         if self.deploy_dir is None:
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
index 21ae0a7..4b8f264 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
@@ -482,6 +482,8 @@
     h = hashlib.sha256()
     prev_dir = os.getcwd()
     include_owners = os.environ.get('PSEUDO_DISABLED') == '0'
+    if "package_write_" in task or task == "package_qa":
+        include_owners = False
     extra_content = d.getVar('HASHEQUIV_HASH_VERSION')
 
     try:
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
index 4a791ff..0185e67 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
@@ -520,6 +520,10 @@
         self._test_recipe_contents(recipefile, checkvars, [])
 
     def test_devtool_add_npm(self):
+        collections = get_bb_var('BBFILE_COLLECTIONS').split()
+        if "openembedded-layer" not in collections:
+            self.skipTest("Test needs meta-oe for nodejs")
+
         pn = 'savoirfairelinux-node-server-example'
         pv = '1.0.0'
         url = 'npm://registry.npmjs.org;package=@savoirfairelinux/node-server-example;version=' + pv
@@ -780,6 +784,26 @@
         self._check_src_repo(tempdir)
         # This is probably sufficient
 
+    def test_devtool_modify_overrides(self):
+        # Try modifying a recipe with patches in overrides
+        tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='devtoolqa')
+        self.track_for_cleanup(tempdir)
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.workspacedir)
+        self.add_command_to_tearDown('bitbake-layers remove-layer */workspace')
+        result = runCmd('devtool modify devtool-patch-overrides -x %s' % (tempdir))
+
+        self._check_src_repo(tempdir)
+        source = os.path.join(tempdir, "source")
+        def check(branch, expected):
+            runCmd('git -C %s checkout %s' % (tempdir, branch))
+            with open(source, "rt") as f:
+                content = f.read()
+            self.assertEquals(content, expected)
+        check('devtool', 'This is a test for something\n')
+        check('devtool-no-overrides', 'This is a test for something\n')
+        check('devtool-override-qemuarm', 'This is a test for qemuarm\n')
+        check('devtool-override-qemux86', 'This is a test for qemux86\n')
+
 class DevtoolUpdateTests(DevtoolBase):
 
     def test_devtool_update_recipe(self):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/recipetool.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/recipetool.py
index 6bac53c..9d56e9e 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/recipetool.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/recipetool.py
@@ -409,6 +409,10 @@
         self._test_recipe_contents(recipefile, checkvars, inherits)
 
     def test_recipetool_create_npm(self):
+        collections = get_bb_var('BBFILE_COLLECTIONS').split()
+        if "openembedded-layer" not in collections:
+            self.skipTest("Test needs meta-oe for nodejs")
+
         temprecipe = os.path.join(self.tempdir, 'recipe')
         os.makedirs(temprecipe)
         recipefile = os.path.join(temprecipe, 'savoirfairelinux-node-server-example_1.0.0.bb')
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
index d89731c..1bb1c4b 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
         features += 'PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_NAME = "testuser"\n'
         features += 'PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_PASSPHRASE_FILE = "%s"\n' % os.path.join(signing_key_dir, 'key.passphrase')
         features += 'GPG_PATH = "%s"\n' % self.gpg_home
+        features += 'PSEUDO_IGNORE_PATHS .= ",%s"\n' % self.gpg_home
         self.write_config(features)
 
         # Build core-image-sato and testimage