1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
index 7e81df5855..83159a6465 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
@@ -839,4 +839,12 @@ def process_profilelog(fn):
     pout.flush()
     pout.close()  
 
+#
+# Work around multiprocessing pool bugs in python < 2.7.3
+#
+def multiprocessingpool(*args, **kwargs):
+    if sys.version_info < (2, 7, 3):
+        return bb.compat.Pool(*args, **kwargs)
+    else:
+        return multiprocessing.pool.Pool(*args, **kwargs)