diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
index cf65727..3172988 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
@@ -749,10 +749,13 @@
     # SIGPIPE errors are known issues with gzip/bash
     signal.signal(signal.SIGPIPE, signal.SIG_DFL)
 
-def get_autorev(d):
-    #  only not cache src rev in autorev case
+def mark_recipe_nocache(d):
     if d.getVar('BB_SRCREV_POLICY') != "cache":
         d.setVar('BB_DONT_CACHE', '1')
+
+def get_autorev(d):
+    mark_recipe_nocache(d)
+    d.setVar("__BBAUTOREV_SEEN", True)
     return "AUTOINC"
 
 def get_srcrev(d, method_name='sortable_revision'):
@@ -769,7 +772,7 @@
     that fetcher provides a method with the given name and the same signature as sortable_revision.
     """
 
-    d.setVar("__BBSEENSRCREV", "1")
+    d.setVar("__BBSRCREV_SEEN", "1")
     recursion = d.getVar("__BBINSRCREV")
     if recursion:
         raise FetchError("There are recursive references in fetcher variables, likely through SRC_URI")
@@ -1219,6 +1222,7 @@
     if srcrev == "INVALID" or not srcrev:
         raise FetchError("Please set a valid SRCREV for url %s (possible key names are %s, or use a ;rev=X URL parameter)" % (str(attempts), ud.url), ud.url)
     if srcrev == "AUTOINC":
+        d.setVar("__BBAUTOREV_ACTED_UPON", True)
         srcrev = ud.method.latest_revision(ud, d, name)
 
     return srcrev
@@ -1291,18 +1295,13 @@
 
             if checksum_name in self.parm:
                 checksum_expected = self.parm[checksum_name]
-            elif self.type not in ["http", "https", "ftp", "ftps", "sftp", "s3", "az"]:
+            elif self.type not in ["http", "https", "ftp", "ftps", "sftp", "s3", "az", "crate"]:
                 checksum_expected = None
             else:
                 checksum_expected = d.getVarFlag("SRC_URI", checksum_name)
 
             setattr(self, "%s_expected" % checksum_id, checksum_expected)
 
-        for checksum_id in CHECKSUM_LIST:
-            configure_checksum(checksum_id)
-
-        self.ignore_checksums = False
-
         self.names = self.parm.get("name",'default').split(',')
 
         self.method = None
@@ -1324,6 +1323,11 @@
         if hasattr(self.method, "urldata_init"):
             self.method.urldata_init(self, d)
 
+        for checksum_id in CHECKSUM_LIST:
+            configure_checksum(checksum_id)
+
+        self.ignore_checksums = False
+
         if "localpath" in self.parm:
             # if user sets localpath for file, use it instead.
             self.localpath = self.parm["localpath"]
diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/crate.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/crate.py
index f091200..590dc9c 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/crate.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/crate.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         return ud.type in ['crate']
 
     def recommends_checksum(self, urldata):
-        return False
+        return True
 
     def urldata_init(self, ud, d):
         """
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@
         if len(parts) < 5:
             raise bb.fetch2.ParameterError("Invalid URL: Must be crate://HOST/NAME/VERSION", ud.url)
 
-        # last field is version
-        version = parts[len(parts) - 1]
+        # version is expected to be the last token
+        # but ignore possible url parameters which will be used
+        # by the top fetcher class
+        version, _, _ = parts[len(parts) -1].partition(";")
         # second to last field is name
         name = parts[len(parts) - 2]
         # host (this is to allow custom crate registries to be specified
@@ -69,7 +71,8 @@
 
         ud.url = "https://%s/%s/%s/download" % (host, name, version)
         ud.parm['downloadfilename'] = "%s-%s.crate" % (name, version)
-        ud.parm['name'] = name
+        if 'name' not in ud.parm:
+            ud.parm['name'] = name
 
         logger.debug2("Fetching %s to %s" % (ud.url, ud.parm['downloadfilename']))
 
diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
index 5bb8393..2a3c06f 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
@@ -367,9 +367,13 @@
 
         # If the repo still doesn't exist, fallback to cloning it
         if not os.path.exists(ud.clonedir):
-            # We do this since git will use a "-l" option automatically for local urls where possible
+            # We do this since git will use a "-l" option automatically for local urls where possible,
+            # but it doesn't work when git/objects is a symlink, only works when it is a directory.
             if repourl.startswith("file://"):
-                repourl = repourl[7:]
+                repourl_path = repourl[7:]
+                objects = os.path.join(repourl_path, 'objects')
+                if os.path.isdir(objects) and not os.path.islink(objects):
+                    repourl = repourl_path
             clone_cmd = "LANG=C %s clone --bare --mirror %s %s --progress" % (ud.basecmd, shlex.quote(repourl), ud.clonedir)
             if ud.proto.lower() != 'file':
                 bb.fetch2.check_network_access(d, clone_cmd, ud.url)
@@ -733,11 +737,11 @@
         """
         Compute the HEAD revision for the url
         """
-        if not d.getVar("__BBSEENSRCREV"):
+        if not d.getVar("__BBSRCREV_SEEN"):
             raise bb.fetch2.FetchError("Recipe uses a floating tag/branch '%s' for repo '%s' without a fixed SRCREV yet doesn't call bb.fetch2.get_srcrev() (use SRCPV in PV for OE)." % (ud.unresolvedrev[name], ud.host+ud.path))
 
         # Ensure we mark as not cached
-        bb.fetch2.get_autorev(d)
+        bb.fetch2.mark_recipe_nocache(d)
 
         output = self._lsremote(ud, d, "")
         # Tags of the form ^{} may not work, need to fallback to other form
diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/local.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/local.py
index 0bb987c..5332faa 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/local.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/local.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
             filespath = d.getVar('FILESPATH')
             if filespath:
                 locations = filespath.split(":")
-            msg = "Unable to find file " + urldata.url + " anywhere. The paths that were searched were:\n    " + "\n    ".join(locations)
+            msg = "Unable to find file " + urldata.url + " anywhere to download to " + urldata.localpath + ". The paths that were searched were:\n    " + "\n    ".join(locations)
             raise FetchError(msg)
 
         return True
diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/sftp.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/sftp.py
index f87f292..7884cce 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/sftp.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/sftp.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         if path[:3] == '/~/':
             path = path[3:]
 
-        remote = '%s%s:%s' % (user, urlo.hostname, path)
+        remote = '"%s%s:%s"' % (user, urlo.hostname, path)
 
         cmd = '%s %s %s %s' % (basecmd, port, remote, lpath)
 
diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
index 859b4f9..dc88317 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
@@ -369,15 +369,7 @@
 
                 with opener.open(r, timeout=30) as response:
                     pass
-            except urllib.error.URLError as e:
-                if try_again:
-                    logger.debug2("checkstatus: trying again")
-                    return self.checkstatus(fetch, ud, d, False)
-                else:
-                    # debug for now to avoid spamming the logs in e.g. remote sstate searches
-                    logger.debug2("checkstatus() urlopen failed: %s" % e)
-                    return False
-            except ConnectionResetError as e:
+            except (urllib.error.URLError, ConnectionResetError, TimeoutError) as e:
                 if try_again:
                     logger.debug2("checkstatus: trying again")
                     return self.checkstatus(fetch, ud, d, False)