python packageinfo_handler () {
    import oe.packagedata
    pkginfolist = []
    tmpdir = e.data.getVar('TMPDIR', True)
    target_vendor = e.data.getVar('TARGET_VENDOR', True)
    target_os = e.data.getVar('TARGET_OS', True)
    package_archs = e.data.getVar('PACKAGE_ARCHS', True)
    packaging = e.data.getVar('PACKAGE_CLASSES', True).split()[0].split('_')[1]
    deploy_dir = e.data.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR', True) + '/' + packaging
                                       
    for arch in package_archs.split():
        pkgdata_dir = tmpdir + '/pkgdata/' + arch + target_vendor + '-' + target_os + '/runtime/'
        if os.path.exists(pkgdata_dir):
            for root, dirs, files in os.walk(pkgdata_dir):
                for pkgname in files:
                    if pkgname.endswith('.packaged'):
                        pkgname = pkgname[:-9]
                        pkgdatafile = root + pkgname
                        try:
                            sdata = oe.packagedata.read_pkgdatafile(pkgdatafile)
                            sdata['PKG'] = pkgname
                            pkginfolist.append(sdata)
                        except Exception as e:
                            bb.warn("Failed to read pkgdata file %s: %s: %s" % (pkgdatafile, e.__class__, str(e)))
    bb.event.fire(bb.event.PackageInfo(pkginfolist), e.data)
}

addhandler packageinfo_handler
packageinfo_handler[eventmask] = "bb.event.RequestPackageInfo"