1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/bin/toaster b/bitbake/bin/toaster
index 1ce4af7030..359b23d6a5 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/toaster
+++ b/bitbake/bin/toaster
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ fi
 # make sure that the toaster.sqlite file doesn't default to `pwd` like it currently does.
 export TOASTER_DIR=`pwd`
 
-
 NOBROWSER=0
 
 for param in $*; do
@@ -260,6 +259,30 @@ if [ -z "$BUILDDIR" ] ||  ! which bitbake >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
     return 2
 fi
 
+# this is the configuraton file we are using for toaster
+# note default is assuming yocto. Override this if you are
+# running in a pure OE environment and use the toasterconf.json
+# in meta/conf/toasterconf.json
+# note: for future there are a number of relative path assumptions
+# in the local layers that currently prevent using an arbitrary
+# toasterconf.json
+if [ "$TOASTER_CONF" = "" ]; then
+    TOASTER_CONF="$(dirname $TOASTER)/../../meta-yocto/conf/toasterconf.json"
+    export TOASTER_CONF=$(python -c "import os; print os.path.realpath('$TOASTER_CONF')")
+fi
+if [ ! -f $TOASTER_CONF ]; then
+    echo "$TOASTER_CONF configuration file not found. set TOASTER_CONF to specify a path"
+    return 1
+fi
+# this defines the dir toaster will use for
+# 1) clones of layers (in _toaster_clones )
+# 2) the build dir (in build)
+# 3) the sqlite db if that is being used.
+# 4) pid's we need to clean up on exit/shutdown
+# note: for future. in order to make this an arbitrary directory, we need to
+# make sure that the toaster.sqlite file doesn't default to `pwd` like it currently does.
+export TOASTER_DIR=`pwd`
+
 # Determine the action. If specified by arguments, fine, if not, toggle it
 if [ "$1" = 'start' ] || [ "$1" = 'stop' ]; then
     CMD="$1"