1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/distutils-common-base.bbclass b/meta/classes/distutils-common-base.bbclass
index bc994f78de..59c750a3cf 100644
--- a/meta/classes/distutils-common-base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/distutils-common-base.bbclass
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ FILES:${PN}-dev += "\
   ${libdir}/pkgconfig \
   ${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/*.la \
 "
+python __anonymous() {
+    bb.warn("distutils-common-base.bbclass is deprecated, please use setuptools3-base.bbclass instead")
+}