3 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/build.py b/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/build.py
index ca7cfbc6bb..b8abe6d1b4 100644
--- a/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/build.py
+++ b/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/build.py
@@ -267,8 +267,9 @@ def exec_task(task, d):
         bb.msg.debug(1, bb.msg.domain.Build, "Executing task %s" % task)
         old_overrides = data.getVar('OVERRIDES', d, 0)
         localdata = data.createCopy(d)
-        data.setVar('OVERRIDES', 'task_%s:%s' % (task, old_overrides), localdata)
+        data.setVar('OVERRIDES', 'task-%s:%s' % (task[3:], old_overrides), localdata)
         data.update_data(localdata)
+        data.expandKeys(localdata)
         event.fire(TaskStarted(task, localdata))
         exec_func(task, localdata)
         event.fire(TaskSucceeded(task, localdata))
diff --git a/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/fetch/cvs.py b/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/fetch/cvs.py
index c4ccf4303f..aa55ad8bf6 100644
--- a/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/fetch/cvs.py
+++ b/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/fetch/cvs.py
@@ -118,7 +118,11 @@ class Cvs(Fetch):
         if 'norecurse' in ud.parm:
             options.append("-l")
         if ud.date:
-            options.append("-D \"%s UTC\"" % ud.date)
+            # treat YYYYMMDDHHMM specially for CVS
+            if len(ud.date) == 12:
+                options.append("-D \"%s %s:%s UTC\"" % (ud.date[0:8], ud.date[8:10], ud.date[10:12]))
+            else:
+                options.append("-D \"%s UTC\"" % ud.date)
         if ud.tag:
             options.append("-r %s" % ud.tag)
 
diff --git a/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/providers.py b/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/providers.py
index 0ad5876ef0..63d4f5b3cb 100644
--- a/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/providers.py
+++ b/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/providers.py
@@ -296,7 +296,11 @@ def getRuntimeProviders(dataCache, rdepend):
 
     # Only search dynamic packages if we can't find anything in other variables
     for pattern in dataCache.packages_dynamic:
-        regexp = re.compile(pattern)
+        try:
+            regexp = re.compile(pattern)
+        except:
+            bb.msg.error(bb.msg.domain.Provider, "Error parsing re expression: %s" % pattern)
+            raise
         if regexp.match(rdepend):
             rproviders += dataCache.packages_dynamic[pattern]