base: Clean up module import compatibility code

This code was for old versions of bitbake which we're now long past. Drop it
and simplify the code.

(From OE-Core rev: d5301d008a5cc02a08d660691fce2c18ed8028d7)

Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index e51722d945..3515720bf9 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -23,18 +23,11 @@ def oe_import(d):
     bbpath = [os.path.join(dir, "lib") for dir in d.getVar("BBPATH").split(":")]
     sys.path[0:0] = [dir for dir in bbpath if dir not in sys.path]
 
-    def inject(name, value):
-        """Make a python object accessible from the metadata"""
-        if hasattr(bb.utils, "_context"):
-            bb.utils._context[name] = value
-        else:
-            __builtins__[name] = value
-
     import oe.data
     for toimport in oe.data.typed_value("OE_IMPORTS", d):
         try:
-            imported = __import__(toimport)
-            inject(toimport.split(".", 1)[0], imported)
+            # Make a python object accessible from the metadata
+            bb.utils._context[toimport.split(".", 1)[0]] = __import__(toimport)
         except AttributeError as e:
             bb.error("Error importing OE modules: %s" % str(e))
     return ""