initial commit for Enea Linux 4.0

Migrated from the internal git server on the daisy-enea branch

Signed-off-by: Adrian Dudau <adrian.dudau@enea.com>

91 files changed, 10308 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/__init__.py b/meta/lib/oe/__init__.py
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+++ b/meta/lib/oe/__init__.py
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+from pkgutil import extend_path
+__path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/buildhistory_analysis.py b/meta/lib/oe/buildhistory_analysis.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5395c768a3
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+++ b/meta/lib/oe/buildhistory_analysis.py
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+# Report significant differences in the buildhistory repository since a specific revision
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2012 Intel Corporation
+# Author: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>
+#
+# Note: requires GitPython 0.3.1+
+#
+# You can use this from the command line by running scripts/buildhistory-diff
+#
+
+import sys
+import os.path
+import difflib
+import git
+import re
+import bb.utils
+
+
+# How to display fields
+list_fields = ['DEPENDS', 'RPROVIDES', 'RDEPENDS', 'RRECOMMENDS', 'RSUGGESTS', 'RREPLACES', 'RCONFLICTS', 'FILES', 'FILELIST', 'USER_CLASSES', 'IMAGE_CLASSES', 'IMAGE_FEATURES', 'IMAGE_LINGUAS', 'IMAGE_INSTALL', 'BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS', 'PACKAGE_EXCLUDE']
+list_order_fields = ['PACKAGES']
+defaultval_map = {'PKG': 'PKG', 'PKGE': 'PE', 'PKGV': 'PV', 'PKGR': 'PR'}
+numeric_fields = ['PKGSIZE', 'IMAGESIZE']
+# Fields to monitor
+monitor_fields = ['RPROVIDES', 'RDEPENDS', 'RRECOMMENDS', 'RREPLACES', 'RCONFLICTS', 'PACKAGES', 'FILELIST', 'PKGSIZE', 'IMAGESIZE', 'PKG']
+ver_monitor_fields = ['PKGE', 'PKGV', 'PKGR']
+# Percentage change to alert for numeric fields
+monitor_numeric_threshold = 10
+# Image files to monitor (note that image-info.txt is handled separately)
+img_monitor_files = ['installed-package-names.txt', 'files-in-image.txt']
+# Related context fields for reporting (note: PE, PV & PR are always reported for monitored package fields)
+related_fields = {}
+related_fields['RDEPENDS'] = ['DEPENDS']
+related_fields['RRECOMMENDS'] = ['DEPENDS']
+related_fields['FILELIST'] = ['FILES']
+related_fields['PKGSIZE'] = ['FILELIST']
+related_fields['files-in-image.txt'] = ['installed-package-names.txt', 'USER_CLASSES', 'IMAGE_CLASSES', 'ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND', 'IMAGE_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND']
+related_fields['installed-package-names.txt'] = ['IMAGE_FEATURES', 'IMAGE_LINGUAS', 'IMAGE_INSTALL', 'BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS', 'NO_RECOMMENDATIONS', 'PACKAGE_EXCLUDE']
+
+
+class ChangeRecord:
+    def __init__(self, path, fieldname, oldvalue, newvalue, monitored):
+        self.path = path
+        self.fieldname = fieldname
+        self.oldvalue = oldvalue
+        self.newvalue = newvalue
+        self.monitored = monitored
+        self.related = []
+        self.filechanges = None
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self._str_internal(True)
+
+    def _str_internal(self, outer):
+        if outer:
+            if '/image-files/' in self.path:
+                prefix = '%s: ' % self.path.split('/image-files/')[0]
+            else:
+                prefix = '%s: ' % self.path
+        else:
+            prefix = ''
+
+        def pkglist_combine(depver):
+            pkglist = []
+            for k,v in depver.iteritems():
+                if v:
+                    pkglist.append("%s (%s)" % (k,v))
+                else:
+                    pkglist.append(k)
+            return pkglist
+
+        if self.fieldname in list_fields or self.fieldname in list_order_fields:
+            if self.fieldname in ['RPROVIDES', 'RDEPENDS', 'RRECOMMENDS', 'RSUGGESTS', 'RREPLACES', 'RCONFLICTS']:
+                (depvera, depverb) = compare_pkg_lists(self.oldvalue, self.newvalue)
+                aitems = pkglist_combine(depvera)
+                bitems = pkglist_combine(depverb)
+            else:
+                aitems = self.oldvalue.split()
+                bitems = self.newvalue.split()
+            removed = list(set(aitems) - set(bitems))
+            added = list(set(bitems) - set(aitems))
+
+            if removed or added:
+                if removed and not bitems:
+                    out = '%s: removed all items "%s"' % (self.fieldname, ' '.join(removed))
+                else:
+                    out = '%s:%s%s' % (self.fieldname, ' removed "%s"' % ' '.join(removed) if removed else '', ' added "%s"' % ' '.join(added) if added else '')
+            else:
+                out = '%s changed order' % self.fieldname
+        elif self.fieldname in numeric_fields:
+            aval = int(self.oldvalue or 0)
+            bval = int(self.newvalue or 0)
+            if aval != 0:
+                percentchg = ((bval - aval) / float(aval)) * 100
+            else:
+                percentchg = 100
+            out = '%s changed from %s to %s (%s%d%%)' % (self.fieldname, self.oldvalue or "''", self.newvalue or "''", '+' if percentchg > 0 else '', percentchg)
+        elif self.fieldname in defaultval_map:
+            out = '%s changed from %s to %s' % (self.fieldname, self.oldvalue, self.newvalue)
+            if self.fieldname == 'PKG' and '[default]' in self.newvalue:
+                out += ' - may indicate debian renaming failure'
+        elif self.fieldname in ['pkg_preinst', 'pkg_postinst', 'pkg_prerm', 'pkg_postrm']:
+            if self.oldvalue and self.newvalue:
+                out = '%s changed:\n  ' % self.fieldname
+            elif self.newvalue:
+                out = '%s added:\n  ' % self.fieldname
+            elif self.oldvalue:
+                out = '%s cleared:\n  ' % self.fieldname
+            alines = self.oldvalue.splitlines()
+            blines = self.newvalue.splitlines()
+            diff = difflib.unified_diff(alines, blines, self.fieldname, self.fieldname, lineterm='')
+            out += '\n  '.join(list(diff)[2:])
+            out += '\n  --'
+        elif self.fieldname in img_monitor_files or '/image-files/' in self.path:
+            fieldname = self.fieldname
+            if '/image-files/' in self.path:
+                fieldname = os.path.join('/' + self.path.split('/image-files/')[1], self.fieldname)
+                out = 'Changes to %s:\n  ' % fieldname
+            else:
+                if outer:
+                    prefix = 'Changes to %s ' % self.path
+                out = '(%s):\n  ' % self.fieldname
+            if self.filechanges:
+                out += '\n  '.join(['%s' % i for i in self.filechanges])
+            else:
+                alines = self.oldvalue.splitlines()
+                blines = self.newvalue.splitlines()
+                diff = difflib.unified_diff(alines, blines, fieldname, fieldname, lineterm='')
+                out += '\n  '.join(list(diff))
+                out += '\n  --'
+        else:
+            out = '%s changed from "%s" to "%s"' % (self.fieldname, self.oldvalue, self.newvalue)
+
+        if self.related:
+            for chg in self.related:
+                if not outer and chg.fieldname in ['PE', 'PV', 'PR']:
+                    continue
+                for line in chg._str_internal(False).splitlines():
+                    out += '\n  * %s' % line
+
+        return '%s%s' % (prefix, out)
+
+class FileChange:
+    changetype_add = 'A'
+    changetype_remove = 'R'
+    changetype_type = 'T'
+    changetype_perms = 'P'
+    changetype_ownergroup = 'O'
+    changetype_link = 'L'
+
+    def __init__(self, path, changetype, oldvalue = None, newvalue = None):
+        self.path = path
+        self.changetype = changetype
+        self.oldvalue = oldvalue
+        self.newvalue = newvalue
+
+    def _ftype_str(self, ftype):
+        if ftype == '-':
+            return 'file'
+        elif ftype == 'd':
+            return 'directory'
+        elif ftype == 'l':
+            return 'symlink'
+        elif ftype == 'c':
+            return 'char device'
+        elif ftype == 'b':
+            return 'block device'
+        elif ftype == 'p':
+            return 'fifo'
+        elif ftype == 's':
+            return 'socket'
+        else:
+            return 'unknown (%s)' % ftype
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        if self.changetype == self.changetype_add:
+            return '%s was added' % self.path
+        elif self.changetype == self.changetype_remove:
+            return '%s was removed' % self.path
+        elif self.changetype == self.changetype_type:
+            return '%s changed type from %s to %s' % (self.path, self._ftype_str(self.oldvalue), self._ftype_str(self.newvalue))
+        elif self.changetype == self.changetype_perms:
+            return '%s changed permissions from %s to %s' % (self.path, self.oldvalue, self.newvalue)
+        elif self.changetype == self.changetype_ownergroup:
+            return '%s changed owner/group from %s to %s' % (self.path, self.oldvalue, self.newvalue)
+        elif self.changetype == self.changetype_link:
+            return '%s changed symlink target from %s to %s' % (self.path, self.oldvalue, self.newvalue)
+        else:
+            return '%s changed (unknown)' % self.path
+
+
+def blob_to_dict(blob):
+    alines = blob.data_stream.read().splitlines()
+    adict = {}
+    for line in alines:
+        splitv = [i.strip() for i in line.split('=',1)]
+        if len(splitv) > 1:
+            adict[splitv[0]] = splitv[1]
+    return adict
+
+
+def file_list_to_dict(lines):
+    adict = {}
+    for line in lines:
+        # Leave the last few fields intact so we handle file names containing spaces
+        splitv = line.split(None,4)
+        # Grab the path and remove the leading .
+        path = splitv[4][1:].strip()
+        # Handle symlinks
+        if(' -> ' in path):
+            target = path.split(' -> ')[1]
+            path = path.split(' -> ')[0]
+            adict[path] = splitv[0:3] + [target]
+        else:
+            adict[path] = splitv[0:3]
+    return adict
+
+
+def compare_file_lists(alines, blines):
+    adict = file_list_to_dict(alines)
+    bdict = file_list_to_dict(blines)
+    filechanges = []
+    for path, splitv in adict.iteritems():
+        newsplitv = bdict.pop(path, None)
+        if newsplitv:
+            # Check type
+            oldvalue = splitv[0][0]
+            newvalue = newsplitv[0][0]
+            if oldvalue != newvalue:
+                filechanges.append(FileChange(path, FileChange.changetype_type, oldvalue, newvalue))
+            # Check permissions
+            oldvalue = splitv[0][1:]
+            newvalue = newsplitv[0][1:]
+            if oldvalue != newvalue:
+                filechanges.append(FileChange(path, FileChange.changetype_perms, oldvalue, newvalue))
+            # Check owner/group
+            oldvalue = '%s/%s' % (splitv[1], splitv[2])
+            newvalue = '%s/%s' % (newsplitv[1], newsplitv[2])
+            if oldvalue != newvalue:
+                filechanges.append(FileChange(path, FileChange.changetype_ownergroup, oldvalue, newvalue))
+            # Check symlink target
+            if newsplitv[0][0] == 'l':
+                if len(splitv) > 3:
+                    oldvalue = splitv[3]
+                else:
+                    oldvalue = None
+                newvalue = newsplitv[3]
+                if oldvalue != newvalue:
+                    filechanges.append(FileChange(path, FileChange.changetype_link, oldvalue, newvalue))
+        else:
+            filechanges.append(FileChange(path, FileChange.changetype_remove))
+
+    # Whatever is left over has been added
+    for path in bdict:
+        filechanges.append(FileChange(path, FileChange.changetype_add))
+
+    return filechanges
+
+
+def compare_lists(alines, blines):
+    removed = list(set(alines) - set(blines))
+    added = list(set(blines) - set(alines))
+
+    filechanges = []
+    for pkg in removed:
+        filechanges.append(FileChange(pkg, FileChange.changetype_remove))
+    for pkg in added:
+        filechanges.append(FileChange(pkg, FileChange.changetype_add))
+
+    return filechanges
+
+
+def compare_pkg_lists(astr, bstr):
+    depvera = bb.utils.explode_dep_versions2(astr)
+    depverb = bb.utils.explode_dep_versions2(bstr)
+
+    # Strip out changes where the version has increased
+    remove = []
+    for k in depvera:
+        if k in depverb:
+            dva = depvera[k]
+            dvb = depverb[k]
+            if dva and dvb and len(dva) == len(dvb):
+                # Since length is the same, sort so that prefixes (e.g. >=) will line up
+                dva.sort()
+                dvb.sort()
+                removeit = True
+                for dvai, dvbi in zip(dva, dvb):
+                    if dvai != dvbi:
+                        aiprefix = dvai.split(' ')[0]
+                        biprefix = dvbi.split(' ')[0]
+                        if aiprefix == biprefix and aiprefix in ['>=', '=']:
+                            if bb.utils.vercmp(bb.utils.split_version(dvai), bb.utils.split_version(dvbi)) > 0:
+                                removeit = False
+                                break
+                        else:
+                            removeit = False
+                            break
+                if removeit:
+                    remove.append(k)
+
+    for k in remove:
+        depvera.pop(k)
+        depverb.pop(k)
+
+    return (depvera, depverb)
+
+
+def compare_dict_blobs(path, ablob, bblob, report_all, report_ver):
+    adict = blob_to_dict(ablob)
+    bdict = blob_to_dict(bblob)
+
+    pkgname = os.path.basename(path)
+
+    defaultvals = {}
+    defaultvals['PKG'] = pkgname
+    defaultvals['PKGE'] = '0'
+
+    changes = []
+    keys = list(set(adict.keys()) | set(bdict.keys()) | set(defaultval_map.keys()))
+    for key in keys:
+        astr = adict.get(key, '')
+        bstr = bdict.get(key, '')
+        if key in ver_monitor_fields:
+            monitored = report_ver or astr or bstr
+        else:
+            monitored = key in monitor_fields
+        mapped_key = defaultval_map.get(key, '')
+        if mapped_key:
+            if not astr:
+                astr = '%s [default]' % adict.get(mapped_key, defaultvals.get(key, ''))
+            if not bstr:
+                bstr = '%s [default]' % bdict.get(mapped_key, defaultvals.get(key, ''))
+
+        if astr != bstr:
+            if (not report_all) and key in numeric_fields:
+                aval = int(astr or 0)
+                bval = int(bstr or 0)
+                if aval != 0:
+                    percentchg = ((bval - aval) / float(aval)) * 100
+                else:
+                    percentchg = 100
+                if abs(percentchg) < monitor_numeric_threshold:
+                    continue
+            elif (not report_all) and key in list_fields:
+                if key == "FILELIST" and path.endswith("-dbg") and bstr.strip() != '':
+                    continue
+                if key in ['RPROVIDES', 'RDEPENDS', 'RRECOMMENDS', 'RSUGGESTS', 'RREPLACES', 'RCONFLICTS']:
+                    (depvera, depverb) = compare_pkg_lists(astr, bstr)
+                    if depvera == depverb:
+                        continue
+                alist = astr.split()
+                alist.sort()
+                blist = bstr.split()
+                blist.sort()
+                # We don't care about the removal of self-dependencies
+                if pkgname in alist and not pkgname in blist:
+                    alist.remove(pkgname)
+                if ' '.join(alist) == ' '.join(blist):
+                    continue
+
+            chg = ChangeRecord(path, key, astr, bstr, monitored)
+            changes.append(chg)
+    return changes
+
+
+def process_changes(repopath, revision1, revision2='HEAD', report_all=False, report_ver=False):
+    repo = git.Repo(repopath)
+    assert repo.bare == False
+    commit = repo.commit(revision1)
+    diff = commit.diff(revision2)
+
+    changes = []
+    for d in diff.iter_change_type('M'):
+        path = os.path.dirname(d.a_blob.path)
+        if path.startswith('packages/'):
+            filename = os.path.basename(d.a_blob.path)
+            if filename == 'latest':
+                changes.extend(compare_dict_blobs(path, d.a_blob, d.b_blob, report_all, report_ver))
+            elif filename.startswith('latest.'):
+                chg = ChangeRecord(path, filename, d.a_blob.data_stream.read(), d.b_blob.data_stream.read(), True)
+                changes.append(chg)
+        elif path.startswith('images/'):
+            filename = os.path.basename(d.a_blob.path)
+            if filename in img_monitor_files:
+                if filename == 'files-in-image.txt':
+                    alines = d.a_blob.data_stream.read().splitlines()
+                    blines = d.b_blob.data_stream.read().splitlines()
+                    filechanges = compare_file_lists(alines,blines)
+                    if filechanges:
+                        chg = ChangeRecord(path, filename, None, None, True)
+                        chg.filechanges = filechanges
+                        changes.append(chg)
+                elif filename == 'installed-package-names.txt':
+                    alines = d.a_blob.data_stream.read().splitlines()
+                    blines = d.b_blob.data_stream.read().splitlines()
+                    filechanges = compare_lists(alines,blines)
+                    if filechanges:
+                        chg = ChangeRecord(path, filename, None, None, True)
+                        chg.filechanges = filechanges
+                        changes.append(chg)
+                else:
+                    chg = ChangeRecord(path, filename, d.a_blob.data_stream.read(), d.b_blob.data_stream.read(), True)
+                    changes.append(chg)
+            elif filename == 'image-info.txt':
+                changes.extend(compare_dict_blobs(path, d.a_blob, d.b_blob, report_all, report_ver))
+            elif '/image-files/' in path:
+                chg = ChangeRecord(path, filename, d.a_blob.data_stream.read(), d.b_blob.data_stream.read(), True)
+                changes.append(chg)
+
+    # Look for added preinst/postinst/prerm/postrm
+    # (without reporting newly added recipes)
+    addedpkgs = []
+    addedchanges = []
+    for d in diff.iter_change_type('A'):
+        path = os.path.dirname(d.b_blob.path)
+        if path.startswith('packages/'):
+            filename = os.path.basename(d.b_blob.path)
+            if filename == 'latest':
+                addedpkgs.append(path)
+            elif filename.startswith('latest.'):
+                chg = ChangeRecord(path, filename[7:], '', d.b_blob.data_stream.read(), True)
+                addedchanges.append(chg)
+    for chg in addedchanges:
+        found = False
+        for pkg in addedpkgs:
+            if chg.path.startswith(pkg):
+                found = True
+                break
+        if not found:
+            changes.append(chg)
+
+    # Look for cleared preinst/postinst/prerm/postrm
+    for d in diff.iter_change_type('D'):
+        path = os.path.dirname(d.a_blob.path)
+        if path.startswith('packages/'):
+            filename = os.path.basename(d.a_blob.path)
+            if filename != 'latest' and filename.startswith('latest.'):
+                chg = ChangeRecord(path, filename[7:], d.a_blob.data_stream.read(), '', True)
+                changes.append(chg)
+
+    # Link related changes
+    for chg in changes:
+        if chg.monitored:
+            for chg2 in changes:
+                # (Check dirname in the case of fields from recipe info files)
+                if chg.path == chg2.path or os.path.dirname(chg.path) == chg2.path:
+                    if chg2.fieldname in related_fields.get(chg.fieldname, []):
+                        chg.related.append(chg2)
+                    elif chg.path == chg2.path and chg.path.startswith('packages/') and chg2.fieldname in ['PE', 'PV', 'PR']:
+                        chg.related.append(chg2)
+
+    if report_all:
+        return changes
+    else:
+        return [chg for chg in changes if chg.monitored]
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/cachedpath.py b/meta/lib/oe/cachedpath.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0840cc4c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/cachedpath.py
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+#
+# Based on standard python library functions but avoid
+# repeated stat calls. Its assumed the files will not change from under us
+# so we can cache stat calls.
+#
+
+import os
+import errno
+import stat as statmod
+
+class CachedPath(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.statcache = {}
+        self.lstatcache = {}
+        self.normpathcache = {}
+        return
+
+    def updatecache(self, x):
+        x = self.normpath(x)
+        if x in self.statcache:
+            del self.statcache[x]
+        if x in self.lstatcache:
+            del self.lstatcache[x]
+
+    def normpath(self, path):
+        if path in self.normpathcache:
+            return self.normpathcache[path]
+        newpath = os.path.normpath(path)
+        self.normpathcache[path] = newpath
+        return newpath
+
+    def _callstat(self, path):
+        if path in self.statcache:
+            return self.statcache[path]
+        try:
+            st = os.stat(path)
+            self.statcache[path] = st
+            return st
+        except os.error:
+            self.statcache[path] = False
+            return False
+
+    # We might as well call lstat and then only 
+    # call stat as well in the symbolic link case
+    # since this turns out to be much more optimal
+    # in real world usage of this cache
+    def callstat(self, path):
+        path = self.normpath(path)
+        self.calllstat(path)
+        return self.statcache[path]
+
+    def calllstat(self, path):
+        path = self.normpath(path)
+        if path in self.lstatcache:
+            return self.lstatcache[path]
+        #bb.error("LStatpath:" + path)
+        try:
+            lst = os.lstat(path)
+            self.lstatcache[path] = lst
+            if not statmod.S_ISLNK(lst.st_mode):
+                self.statcache[path] = lst
+            else:
+                self._callstat(path)
+            return lst
+        except (os.error, AttributeError):
+            self.lstatcache[path] = False
+            self.statcache[path] = False
+            return False
+
+    # This follows symbolic links, so both islink() and isdir() can be true
+    # for the same path ono systems that support symlinks
+    def isfile(self, path):
+        """Test whether a path is a regular file"""
+        st = self.callstat(path)
+        if not st:
+            return False
+        return statmod.S_ISREG(st.st_mode)
+
+    # Is a path a directory?
+    # This follows symbolic links, so both islink() and isdir()
+    # can be true for the same path on systems that support symlinks
+    def isdir(self, s):
+        """Return true if the pathname refers to an existing directory."""
+        st = self.callstat(s)
+        if not st:
+            return False
+        return statmod.S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)
+
+    def islink(self, path):
+        """Test whether a path is a symbolic link"""
+        st = self.calllstat(path)
+        if not st:
+            return False
+        return statmod.S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)
+
+    # Does a path exist?
+    # This is false for dangling symbolic links on systems that support them.
+    def exists(self, path):
+        """Test whether a path exists.  Returns False for broken symbolic links"""
+        if self.callstat(path):
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    def lexists(self, path):
+        """Test whether a path exists.  Returns True for broken symbolic links"""
+        if self.calllstat(path):
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    def stat(self, path):
+        return self.callstat(path)
+
+    def lstat(self, path):
+        return self.calllstat(path)
+
+    def walk(self, top, topdown=True, onerror=None, followlinks=False):
+        # Matches os.walk, not os.path.walk()
+
+        # We may not have read permission for top, in which case we can't
+        # get a list of the files the directory contains.  os.path.walk
+        # always suppressed the exception then, rather than blow up for a
+        # minor reason when (say) a thousand readable directories are still
+        # left to visit.  That logic is copied here.
+        try:
+            names = os.listdir(top)
+        except os.error as err:
+            if onerror is not None:
+                onerror(err)
+            return
+
+        dirs, nondirs = [], []
+        for name in names:
+            if self.isdir(os.path.join(top, name)):
+                dirs.append(name)
+            else:
+                nondirs.append(name)
+
+        if topdown:
+            yield top, dirs, nondirs
+        for name in dirs:
+            new_path = os.path.join(top, name)
+            if followlinks or not self.islink(new_path):
+                for x in self.walk(new_path, topdown, onerror, followlinks):
+                    yield x
+        if not topdown:
+            yield top, dirs, nondirs
+
+    ## realpath() related functions
+    def __is_path_below(self, file, root):
+        return (file + os.path.sep).startswith(root)
+
+    def __realpath_rel(self, start, rel_path, root, loop_cnt, assume_dir):
+        """Calculates real path of symlink 'start' + 'rel_path' below
+        'root'; no part of 'start' below 'root' must contain symlinks. """
+        have_dir = True
+
+        for d in rel_path.split(os.path.sep):
+            if not have_dir and not assume_dir:
+                raise OSError(errno.ENOENT, "no such directory %s" % start)
+
+            if d == os.path.pardir: # '..'
+                if len(start) >= len(root):
+                    # do not follow '..' before root
+                    start = os.path.dirname(start)
+                else:
+                    # emit warning?
+                    pass
+            else:
+                (start, have_dir) = self.__realpath(os.path.join(start, d),
+                                                    root, loop_cnt, assume_dir)
+
+            assert(self.__is_path_below(start, root))
+
+        return start
+
+    def __realpath(self, file, root, loop_cnt, assume_dir):
+        while self.islink(file) and len(file) >= len(root):
+            if loop_cnt == 0:
+                raise OSError(errno.ELOOP, file)
+
+            loop_cnt -= 1
+            target = os.path.normpath(os.readlink(file))
+    
+            if not os.path.isabs(target):
+                tdir = os.path.dirname(file)
+                assert(self.__is_path_below(tdir, root))
+            else:
+                tdir = root
+
+            file = self.__realpath_rel(tdir, target, root, loop_cnt, assume_dir)
+
+        try:
+            is_dir = self.isdir(file)
+        except:
+            is_dir = False
+
+        return (file, is_dir)
+
+    def realpath(self, file, root, use_physdir = True, loop_cnt = 100, assume_dir = False):
+        """ Returns the canonical path of 'file' with assuming a
+        toplevel 'root' directory. When 'use_physdir' is set, all
+        preceding path components of 'file' will be resolved first;
+        this flag should be set unless it is guaranteed that there is
+        no symlink in the path. When 'assume_dir' is not set, missing
+        path components will raise an ENOENT error"""
+
+        root = os.path.normpath(root)
+        file = os.path.normpath(file)
+
+        if not root.endswith(os.path.sep):
+            # letting root end with '/' makes some things easier
+            root = root + os.path.sep
+
+        if not self.__is_path_below(file, root):
+            raise OSError(errno.EINVAL, "file '%s' is not below root" % file)
+
+        try:
+            if use_physdir:
+                file = self.__realpath_rel(root, file[(len(root) - 1):], root, loop_cnt, assume_dir)
+            else:
+                file = self.__realpath(file, root, loop_cnt, assume_dir)[0]
+        except OSError as e:
+            if e.errno == errno.ELOOP:
+                # make ELOOP more readable; without catching it, there will
+                # be printed a backtrace with 100s of OSError exceptions
+                # else
+                raise OSError(errno.ELOOP,
+                              "too much recursions while resolving '%s'; loop in '%s'" %
+                              (file, e.strerror))
+
+            raise
+
+        return file
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/classextend.py b/meta/lib/oe/classextend.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2ae7e9f94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/classextend.py
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+class ClassExtender(object):
+    def __init__(self, extname, d):
+        self.extname = extname
+        self.d = d
+        self.pkgs_mapping = []
+
+    def extend_name(self, name):
+        if name.startswith("kernel-") or name == "virtual/kernel":
+            return name
+        if name.startswith("rtld"):
+            return name
+        if name.endswith("-" + self.extname):
+            name = name.replace("-" + self.extname, "")
+        if name.startswith("virtual/"):
+            subs = name.split("/", 1)[1]
+            if not subs.startswith(self.extname):
+                return "virtual/" + self.extname + "-" + subs
+            return name
+        if not name.startswith(self.extname):
+            return self.extname + "-" + name
+        return name
+
+    def map_variable(self, varname, setvar = True):
+        var = self.d.getVar(varname, True)
+        if not var:
+            return ""
+        var = var.split()
+        newvar = []
+        for v in var:
+            newvar.append(self.extend_name(v))
+        newdata =  " ".join(newvar)
+        if setvar:
+            self.d.setVar(varname, newdata)
+        return newdata
+
+    def map_regexp_variable(self, varname, setvar = True):
+        var = self.d.getVar(varname, True)
+        if not var:
+            return ""
+        var = var.split()
+        newvar = []
+        for v in var:
+            if v.startswith("^" + self.extname):
+                newvar.append(v)
+            elif v.startswith("^"):
+                newvar.append("^" + self.extname + "-" + v[1:])
+            else:
+                newvar.append(self.extend_name(v))
+        newdata =  " ".join(newvar)
+        if setvar:
+            self.d.setVar(varname, newdata)
+        return newdata
+
+    def map_depends(self, dep):
+        if dep.endswith(("-native", "-native-runtime", "-crosssdk")) or ('nativesdk-' in dep) or ('cross-canadian' in dep):
+            return dep
+        else:
+            return self.extend_name(dep)
+
+    def map_depends_variable(self, varname, suffix = ""):
+        if suffix:
+            varname = varname + "_" + suffix
+        deps = self.d.getVar(varname, True)
+        if not deps:
+            return
+        deps = bb.utils.explode_dep_versions2(deps)
+        newdeps = {}
+        for dep in deps:
+            newdeps[self.map_depends(dep)] = deps[dep]
+
+        self.d.setVar(varname, bb.utils.join_deps(newdeps, False))
+
+    def map_packagevars(self):
+        for pkg in (self.d.getVar("PACKAGES", True).split() + [""]):
+            self.map_depends_variable("RDEPENDS", pkg)
+            self.map_depends_variable("RRECOMMENDS", pkg)
+            self.map_depends_variable("RSUGGESTS", pkg)
+            self.map_depends_variable("RPROVIDES", pkg)
+            self.map_depends_variable("RREPLACES", pkg)
+            self.map_depends_variable("RCONFLICTS", pkg)
+            self.map_depends_variable("PKG", pkg)
+
+    def rename_packages(self):
+        for pkg in (self.d.getVar("PACKAGES", True) or "").split():
+            if pkg.startswith(self.extname):
+               self.pkgs_mapping.append([pkg.split(self.extname + "-")[1], pkg])
+               continue
+            self.pkgs_mapping.append([pkg, self.extend_name(pkg)])
+
+        self.d.setVar("PACKAGES", " ".join([row[1] for row in self.pkgs_mapping]))
+
+    def rename_package_variables(self, variables):
+        for pkg_mapping in self.pkgs_mapping:
+            for subs in variables:
+                self.d.renameVar("%s_%s" % (subs, pkg_mapping[0]), "%s_%s" % (subs, pkg_mapping[1]))
+
+class NativesdkClassExtender(ClassExtender):
+    def map_depends(self, dep):
+        if dep.endswith(("-native", "-native-runtime", "-cross", "-crosssdk")) or ('nativesdk-' in dep):
+            return dep
+        elif dep.endswith(("-gcc-intermediate", "-gcc-initial", "-gcc", "-g++")):
+            return dep + "-crosssdk"
+        else:
+            return self.extend_name(dep)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/classutils.py b/meta/lib/oe/classutils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58188fdd6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/classutils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+class ClassRegistry(type):
+    """Maintain a registry of classes, indexed by name.
+
+Note that this implementation requires that the names be unique, as it uses
+a dictionary to hold the classes by name.
+
+The name in the registry can be overridden via the 'name' attribute of the
+class, and the 'priority' attribute controls priority. The prioritized()
+method returns the registered classes in priority order.
+
+Subclasses of ClassRegistry may define an 'implemented' property to exert
+control over whether the class will be added to the registry (e.g. to keep
+abstract base classes out of the registry)."""
+    priority = 0
+    class __metaclass__(type):
+        """Give each ClassRegistry their own registry"""
+        def __init__(cls, name, bases, attrs):
+            cls.registry = {}
+            type.__init__(cls, name, bases, attrs)
+
+    def __init__(cls, name, bases, attrs):
+        super(ClassRegistry, cls).__init__(name, bases, attrs)
+        try:
+            if not cls.implemented:
+                return
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+
+        try:
+            cls.name
+        except AttributeError:
+            cls.name = name
+        cls.registry[cls.name] = cls
+
+    @classmethod
+    def prioritized(tcls):
+        return sorted(tcls.registry.values(),
+                      key=lambda v: v.priority, reverse=True)
+
+    def unregister(cls):
+        for key in cls.registry.keys():
+            if cls.registry[key] is cls:
+                del cls.registry[key]
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/data.py b/meta/lib/oe/data.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4cc0e02968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/data.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import oe.maketype
+
+def typed_value(key, d):
+    """Construct a value for the specified metadata variable, using its flags
+    to determine the type and parameters for construction."""
+    var_type = d.getVarFlag(key, 'type')
+    flags = d.getVarFlags(key)
+    if flags is not None:
+        flags = dict((flag, d.expand(value))
+                     for flag, value in flags.iteritems())
+    else:
+        flags = {}
+
+    try:
+        return oe.maketype.create(d.getVar(key, True) or '', var_type, **flags)
+    except (TypeError, ValueError), exc:
+        bb.msg.fatal("Data", "%s: %s" % (key, str(exc)))
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/distro_check.py b/meta/lib/oe/distro_check.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ed5b0ec80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/distro_check.py
@@ -0,0 +1,383 @@
+def get_links_from_url(url):
+    "Return all the href links found on the web location"
+
+    import urllib, sgmllib
+    
+    class LinksParser(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
+        def parse(self, s):
+            "Parse the given string 's'."
+            self.feed(s)
+            self.close()
+    
+        def __init__(self, verbose=0):
+            "Initialise an object passing 'verbose' to the superclass."
+            sgmllib.SGMLParser.__init__(self, verbose)
+            self.hyperlinks = []
+    
+        def start_a(self, attributes):
+            "Process a hyperlink and its 'attributes'."
+            for name, value in attributes:
+                if name == "href":
+                    self.hyperlinks.append(value.strip('/'))
+    
+        def get_hyperlinks(self):
+            "Return the list of hyperlinks."
+            return self.hyperlinks
+
+    sock = urllib.urlopen(url)
+    webpage = sock.read()
+    sock.close()
+
+    linksparser = LinksParser()
+    linksparser.parse(webpage)
+    return linksparser.get_hyperlinks()
+
+def find_latest_numeric_release(url):
+    "Find the latest listed numeric release on the given url"
+    max=0
+    maxstr=""
+    for link in get_links_from_url(url):
+        try:
+            release = float(link)
+        except:
+            release = 0
+        if release > max:
+            max = release
+            maxstr = link
+    return maxstr
+
+def is_src_rpm(name):
+    "Check if the link is pointing to a src.rpm file"
+    if name[-8:] == ".src.rpm":
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+def package_name_from_srpm(srpm):
+    "Strip out the package name from the src.rpm filename"
+    strings = srpm.split('-')
+    package_name = strings[0]
+    for i in range(1, len (strings) - 1):
+        str = strings[i]
+        if not str[0].isdigit():
+            package_name += '-' + str
+    return package_name
+
+def clean_package_list(package_list):
+    "Removes multiple entries of packages and sorts the list"
+    set = {}
+    map(set.__setitem__, package_list, [])
+    return set.keys()
+
+
+def get_latest_released_meego_source_package_list():
+    "Returns list of all the name os packages in the latest meego distro"
+
+    package_names = []
+    try:
+        f = open("/tmp/Meego-1.1", "r")
+        for line in f:
+            package_names.append(line[:-1] + ":" + "main") # Also strip the '\n' at the end
+    except IOError: pass
+    package_list=clean_package_list(package_names)
+    return "1.0", package_list
+
+def get_source_package_list_from_url(url, section):
+    "Return a sectioned list of package names from a URL list"
+
+    bb.note("Reading %s: %s" % (url, section))
+    links = get_links_from_url(url)
+    srpms = filter(is_src_rpm, links)
+    names_list = map(package_name_from_srpm, srpms)
+
+    new_pkgs = []
+    for pkgs in names_list:
+       new_pkgs.append(pkgs + ":" + section)
+
+    return new_pkgs
+
+def get_latest_released_fedora_source_package_list():
+    "Returns list of all the name os packages in the latest fedora distro"
+    latest = find_latest_numeric_release("http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/")
+
+    package_names = get_source_package_list_from_url("http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/%s/Fedora/source/SRPMS/" % latest, "main")
+
+#    package_names += get_source_package_list_from_url("http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/%s/Everything/source/SPRMS/" % latest, "everything")
+    package_names += get_source_package_list_from_url("http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/%s/SRPMS/" % latest, "updates")
+
+    package_list=clean_package_list(package_names)
+        
+    return latest, package_list
+
+def get_latest_released_opensuse_source_package_list():
+    "Returns list of all the name os packages in the latest opensuse distro"
+    latest = find_latest_numeric_release("http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/")
+
+    package_names = get_source_package_list_from_url("http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/%s/repo/oss/suse/src/" % latest, "main")
+    package_names += get_source_package_list_from_url("http://download.opensuse.org/update/%s/rpm/src/" % latest, "updates")
+
+    package_list=clean_package_list(package_names)
+    return latest, package_list
+
+def get_latest_released_mandriva_source_package_list():
+    "Returns list of all the name os packages in the latest mandriva distro"
+    latest = find_latest_numeric_release("http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/MandrivaLinux/official/")
+    package_names = get_source_package_list_from_url("http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/MandrivaLinux/official/%s/SRPMS/main/release/" % latest, "main")
+#    package_names += get_source_package_list_from_url("http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/MandrivaLinux/official/%s/SRPMS/contrib/release/" % latest, "contrib")
+    package_names += get_source_package_list_from_url("http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/MandrivaLinux/official/%s/SRPMS/main/updates/" % latest, "updates")
+
+    package_list=clean_package_list(package_names)
+    return latest, package_list
+
+def find_latest_debian_release(url):
+    "Find the latest listed debian release on the given url"
+
+    releases = []
+    for link in get_links_from_url(url):
+        if link[:6] == "Debian":
+            if ';' not in link:
+                releases.append(link)
+    releases.sort()
+    try:
+        return releases.pop()[6:]
+    except:
+        return "_NotFound_"
+
+def get_debian_style_source_package_list(url, section):
+    "Return the list of package-names stored in the debian style Sources.gz file"
+    import urllib
+    sock = urllib.urlopen(url)
+    import tempfile
+    tmpfile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='wb', prefix='oecore.', suffix='.tmp', delete=False)
+    tmpfilename=tmpfile.name
+    tmpfile.write(sock.read())
+    sock.close()
+    tmpfile.close()
+    import gzip
+    bb.note("Reading %s: %s" % (url, section))
+
+    f = gzip.open(tmpfilename)
+    package_names = []
+    for line in f:
+        if line[:9] == "Package: ":
+            package_names.append(line[9:-1] + ":" + section) # Also strip the '\n' at the end
+    os.unlink(tmpfilename)
+
+    return package_names
+
+def get_latest_released_debian_source_package_list():
+    "Returns list of all the name os packages in the latest debian distro"
+    latest = find_latest_debian_release("http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/")
+    url = "http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/source/Sources.gz" 
+    package_names = get_debian_style_source_package_list(url, "main")
+#    url = "http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/contrib/source/Sources.gz" 
+#    package_names += get_debian_style_source_package_list(url, "contrib")
+    url = "http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable-proposed-updates/main/source/Sources.gz" 
+    package_names += get_debian_style_source_package_list(url, "updates")
+    package_list=clean_package_list(package_names)
+    return latest, package_list
+
+def find_latest_ubuntu_release(url):
+    "Find the latest listed ubuntu release on the given url"
+    url += "?C=M;O=D" # Descending Sort by Last Modified
+    for link in get_links_from_url(url):
+        if link[-8:] == "-updates":
+            return link[:-8]
+    return "_NotFound_"
+
+def get_latest_released_ubuntu_source_package_list():
+    "Returns list of all the name os packages in the latest ubuntu distro"
+    latest = find_latest_ubuntu_release("http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/")
+    url = "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/%s/main/source/Sources.gz" % latest
+    package_names = get_debian_style_source_package_list(url, "main")
+#    url = "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/%s/multiverse/source/Sources.gz" % latest
+#    package_names += get_debian_style_source_package_list(url, "multiverse")
+#    url = "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/%s/universe/source/Sources.gz" % latest
+#    package_names += get_debian_style_source_package_list(url, "universe")
+    url = "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/%s-updates/main/source/Sources.gz" % latest
+    package_names += get_debian_style_source_package_list(url, "updates")
+    package_list=clean_package_list(package_names)
+    return latest, package_list
+
+def create_distro_packages_list(distro_check_dir):
+    pkglst_dir = os.path.join(distro_check_dir, "package_lists")
+    if not os.path.isdir (pkglst_dir):
+        os.makedirs(pkglst_dir)
+    # first clear old stuff
+    for file in os.listdir(pkglst_dir):
+        os.unlink(os.path.join(pkglst_dir, file))
+ 
+    per_distro_functions = [
+                            ["Debian", get_latest_released_debian_source_package_list],
+                            ["Ubuntu", get_latest_released_ubuntu_source_package_list],
+                            ["Fedora", get_latest_released_fedora_source_package_list],
+                            ["OpenSuSE", get_latest_released_opensuse_source_package_list],
+                            ["Mandriva", get_latest_released_mandriva_source_package_list],
+                            ["Meego", get_latest_released_meego_source_package_list]
+                           ]
+ 
+    from datetime import datetime
+    begin = datetime.now()
+    for distro in per_distro_functions:
+        name = distro[0]
+        release, package_list = distro[1]()
+        bb.note("Distro: %s, Latest Release: %s, # src packages: %d" % (name, release, len(package_list)))
+        package_list_file = os.path.join(pkglst_dir, name + "-" + release)
+        f = open(package_list_file, "w+b")
+        for pkg in package_list:
+            f.write(pkg + "\n")
+        f.close()
+    end = datetime.now()
+    delta = end - begin
+    bb.note("package_list generatiosn took this much time: %d seconds" % delta.seconds)
+
+def update_distro_data(distro_check_dir, datetime):
+    """
+        If distro packages list data is old then rebuild it.
+        The operations has to be protected by a lock so that
+        only one thread performes it at a time.
+    """
+    if not os.path.isdir (distro_check_dir):
+        try:
+            bb.note ("Making new directory: %s" % distro_check_dir)
+            os.makedirs (distro_check_dir)
+        except OSError:
+            raise Exception('Unable to create directory %s' % (distro_check_dir))
+
+
+    datetime_file = os.path.join(distro_check_dir, "build_datetime")
+    saved_datetime = "_invalid_"
+    import fcntl
+    try:
+        if not os.path.exists(datetime_file):
+            open(datetime_file, 'w+b').close() # touch the file so that the next open won't fail
+
+        f = open(datetime_file, "r+b")
+        fcntl.lockf(f, fcntl.LOCK_EX)
+        saved_datetime = f.read()
+        if saved_datetime[0:8] != datetime[0:8]:
+            bb.note("The build datetime did not match: saved:%s current:%s" % (saved_datetime, datetime))
+            bb.note("Regenerating distro package lists")
+            create_distro_packages_list(distro_check_dir)
+            f.seek(0)
+            f.write(datetime)
+
+    except OSError:
+        raise Exception('Unable to read/write this file: %s' % (datetime_file))
+    finally:
+        fcntl.lockf(f, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
+        f.close()
+ 
+def compare_in_distro_packages_list(distro_check_dir, d):
+    if not os.path.isdir(distro_check_dir):
+        raise Exception("compare_in_distro_packages_list: invalid distro_check_dir passed")
+        
+    localdata = bb.data.createCopy(d)
+    pkglst_dir = os.path.join(distro_check_dir, "package_lists")
+    matching_distros = []
+    pn = d.getVar('PN', True)
+    recipe_name = d.getVar('PN', True)
+    bb.note("Checking: %s" % pn)
+
+    trim_dict = dict({"-native":"-native", "-cross":"-cross", "-initial":"-initial"})
+
+    if pn.find("-native") != -1:
+        pnstripped = pn.split("-native")
+        localdata.setVar('OVERRIDES', "pn-" + pnstripped[0] + ":" + d.getVar('OVERRIDES', True))
+        bb.data.update_data(localdata)
+        recipe_name = pnstripped[0]
+
+    if pn.startswith("nativesdk-"):
+        pnstripped = pn.split("nativesdk-")
+        localdata.setVar('OVERRIDES', "pn-" + pnstripped[1] + ":" + d.getVar('OVERRIDES', True))
+        bb.data.update_data(localdata)
+        recipe_name = pnstripped[1]
+
+    if pn.find("-cross") != -1:
+        pnstripped = pn.split("-cross")
+        localdata.setVar('OVERRIDES', "pn-" + pnstripped[0] + ":" + d.getVar('OVERRIDES', True))
+        bb.data.update_data(localdata)
+        recipe_name = pnstripped[0]
+
+    if pn.find("-initial") != -1:
+        pnstripped = pn.split("-initial")
+        localdata.setVar('OVERRIDES', "pn-" + pnstripped[0] + ":" + d.getVar('OVERRIDES', True))
+        bb.data.update_data(localdata)
+        recipe_name = pnstripped[0]
+
+    bb.note("Recipe: %s" % recipe_name)
+    tmp = localdata.getVar('DISTRO_PN_ALIAS', True)
+
+    distro_exceptions = dict({"OE-Core":'OE-Core', "OpenedHand":'OpenedHand', "Intel":'Intel', "Upstream":'Upstream', "Windriver":'Windriver', "OSPDT":'OSPDT Approved', "Poky":'poky'})
+
+    if tmp:
+        list = tmp.split(' ')
+        for str in list:
+            if str and str.find("=") == -1 and distro_exceptions[str]:
+                matching_distros.append(str)
+
+    distro_pn_aliases = {}
+    if tmp:
+        list = tmp.split(' ')
+        for str in list:
+            if str.find("=") != -1:
+                (dist, pn_alias) = str.split('=')
+                distro_pn_aliases[dist.strip().lower()] = pn_alias.strip()
+ 
+    for file in os.listdir(pkglst_dir):
+        (distro, distro_release) = file.split("-")
+        f = open(os.path.join(pkglst_dir, file), "rb")
+        for line in f:
+            (pkg, section) = line.split(":")
+            if distro.lower() in distro_pn_aliases:
+                pn = distro_pn_aliases[distro.lower()]
+            else:
+                pn = recipe_name
+            if pn == pkg:
+                matching_distros.append(distro + "-" + section[:-1]) # strip the \n at the end
+                f.close()
+                break
+        f.close()
+
+    
+    if tmp != None:
+        list = tmp.split(' ')
+        for item in list:
+            matching_distros.append(item)
+    bb.note("Matching: %s" % matching_distros)
+    return matching_distros
+
+def create_log_file(d, logname):
+    import subprocess
+    logpath = d.getVar('LOG_DIR', True)
+    bb.utils.mkdirhier(logpath)
+    logfn, logsuffix = os.path.splitext(logname)
+    logfile = os.path.join(logpath, "%s.%s%s" % (logfn, d.getVar('DATETIME', True), logsuffix))
+    if not os.path.exists(logfile):
+            slogfile = os.path.join(logpath, logname)
+            if os.path.exists(slogfile):
+                    os.remove(slogfile)
+            subprocess.call("touch %s" % logfile, shell=True)
+            os.symlink(logfile, slogfile)
+            d.setVar('LOG_FILE', logfile)
+    return logfile
+
+
+def save_distro_check_result(result, datetime, result_file, d):
+    pn = d.getVar('PN', True)
+    logdir = d.getVar('LOG_DIR', True)
+    if not logdir:
+        bb.error("LOG_DIR variable is not defined, can't write the distro_check results")
+        return
+    if not os.path.isdir(logdir):
+        os.makedirs(logdir)
+    line = pn
+    for i in result:
+        line = line + "," + i
+    f = open(result_file, "a")
+    import fcntl
+    fcntl.lockf(f, fcntl.LOCK_EX)
+    f.seek(0, os.SEEK_END) # seek to the end of file
+    f.write(line + "\n")
+    fcntl.lockf(f, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
+    f.close()
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/image.py b/meta/lib/oe/image.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9b9033132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/image.py
@@ -0,0 +1,337 @@
+from oe.utils import execute_pre_post_process
+import os
+import subprocess
+import multiprocessing
+
+
+def generate_image(arg):
+    (type, subimages, create_img_cmd) = arg
+
+    bb.note("Running image creation script for %s: %s ..." %
+            (type, create_img_cmd))
+
+    try:
+        subprocess.check_output(create_img_cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        return("Error: The image creation script '%s' returned %d:\n%s" %
+               (e.cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+    return None
+
+
+"""
+This class will help compute IMAGE_FSTYPE dependencies and group them in batches
+that can be executed in parallel.
+
+The next example is for illustration purposes, highly unlikely to happen in real life.
+It's just one of the test cases I used to test the algorithm:
+
+For:
+IMAGE_FSTYPES = "i1 i2 i3 i4 i5"
+IMAGE_TYPEDEP_i4 = "i2"
+IMAGE_TYPEDEP_i5 = "i6 i4"
+IMAGE_TYPEDEP_i6 = "i7"
+IMAGE_TYPEDEP_i7 = "i2"
+
+We get the following list of batches that can be executed in parallel, having the
+dependencies satisfied:
+
+[['i1', 'i3', 'i2'], ['i4', 'i7'], ['i6'], ['i5']]
+"""
+class ImageDepGraph(object):
+    def __init__(self, d):
+        self.d = d
+        self.graph = dict()
+        self.deps_array = dict()
+
+    def _construct_dep_graph(self, image_fstypes):
+        graph = dict()
+
+        def add_node(node):
+            deps = (self.d.getVar('IMAGE_TYPEDEP_' + node, True) or "")
+            if deps != "":
+                graph[node] = deps
+
+                for dep in deps.split():
+                    if not dep in graph:
+                        add_node(dep)
+            else:
+                graph[node] = ""
+
+        for fstype in image_fstypes:
+            add_node(fstype)
+
+        return graph
+
+    def _clean_graph(self):
+        # Live and VMDK images will be processed via inheriting
+        # bbclass and does not get processed here. Remove them from the fstypes
+        # graph. Their dependencies are already added, so no worries here.
+        remove_list = (self.d.getVar('IMAGE_TYPES_MASKED', True) or "").split()
+
+        for item in remove_list:
+            self.graph.pop(item, None)
+
+    def _compute_dependencies(self):
+        """
+        returns dict object of nodes with [no_of_depends_on, no_of_depended_by]
+        for each node
+        """
+        deps_array = dict()
+        for node in self.graph:
+            deps_array[node] = [0, 0]
+
+        for node in self.graph:
+            deps = self.graph[node].split()
+            deps_array[node][0] += len(deps)
+            for dep in deps:
+                deps_array[dep][1] += 1
+
+        return deps_array
+
+    def _sort_graph(self):
+        sorted_list = []
+        group = []
+        for node in self.graph:
+            if node not in self.deps_array:
+                continue
+
+            depends_on = self.deps_array[node][0]
+
+            if depends_on == 0:
+                group.append(node)
+
+        if len(group) == 0 and len(self.deps_array) != 0:
+            bb.fatal("possible fstype circular dependency...")
+
+        sorted_list.append(group)
+
+        # remove added nodes from deps_array
+        for item in group:
+            for node in self.graph:
+                if item in self.graph[node]:
+                    self.deps_array[node][0] -= 1
+
+            self.deps_array.pop(item, None)
+
+        if len(self.deps_array):
+            # recursive call, to find the next group
+            sorted_list += self._sort_graph()
+
+        return sorted_list
+
+    def group_fstypes(self, image_fstypes):
+        self.graph = self._construct_dep_graph(image_fstypes)
+
+        self._clean_graph()
+
+        self.deps_array = self._compute_dependencies()
+
+        alltypes = [node for node in self.graph]
+
+        return (alltypes, self._sort_graph())
+
+
+class Image(ImageDepGraph):
+    def __init__(self, d):
+        self.d = d
+
+        super(Image, self).__init__(d)
+
+    def _get_rootfs_size(self):
+        """compute the rootfs size"""
+        rootfs_alignment = int(self.d.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT', True))
+        overhead_factor = float(self.d.getVar('IMAGE_OVERHEAD_FACTOR', True))
+        rootfs_req_size = int(self.d.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE', True))
+        rootfs_extra_space = eval(self.d.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE', True))
+
+        output = subprocess.check_output(['du', '-ks',
+                                          self.d.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS', True)])
+        size_kb = int(output.split()[0])
+        base_size = size_kb * overhead_factor
+        base_size = (base_size, rootfs_req_size)[base_size < rootfs_req_size] + \
+            rootfs_extra_space
+
+        if base_size != int(base_size):
+            base_size = int(base_size + 1)
+
+        base_size += rootfs_alignment - 1
+        base_size -= base_size % rootfs_alignment
+
+        return base_size
+
+    def _create_symlinks(self, subimages):
+        """create symlinks to the newly created image"""
+        deploy_dir = self.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE', True)
+        img_name = self.d.getVar('IMAGE_NAME', True)
+        link_name = self.d.getVar('IMAGE_LINK_NAME', True)
+        manifest_name = self.d.getVar('IMAGE_MANIFEST', True)
+
+        os.chdir(deploy_dir)
+
+        if link_name is not None:
+            for type in subimages:
+                if os.path.exists(img_name + ".rootfs." + type):
+                    dst = link_name + "." + type
+                    src = img_name + ".rootfs." + type
+                    bb.note("Creating symlink: %s -> %s" % (dst, src))
+                    os.symlink(src, dst)
+
+            if manifest_name is not None and \
+                    os.path.exists(manifest_name) and \
+                    not os.path.exists(link_name + ".manifest"):
+                os.symlink(os.path.basename(manifest_name),
+                           link_name + ".manifest")
+
+    def _remove_old_symlinks(self):
+        """remove the symlinks to old binaries"""
+
+        if self.d.getVar('IMAGE_LINK_NAME', True):
+            deploy_dir = self.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE', True)
+            for img in os.listdir(deploy_dir):
+                if img.find(self.d.getVar('IMAGE_LINK_NAME', True)) == 0:
+                    img = os.path.join(deploy_dir, img)
+                    if os.path.islink(img):
+                        if self.d.getVar('RM_OLD_IMAGE', True) == "1" and \
+                                os.path.exists(os.path.realpath(img)):
+                            os.remove(os.path.realpath(img))
+
+                        os.remove(img)
+
+    """
+    This function will just filter out the compressed image types from the
+    fstype groups returning a (filtered_fstype_groups, cimages) tuple.
+    """
+    def _filter_out_commpressed(self, fstype_groups):
+        ctypes = self.d.getVar('COMPRESSIONTYPES', True).split()
+        cimages = {}
+
+        filtered_groups = []
+        for group in fstype_groups:
+            filtered_group = []
+            for type in group:
+                basetype = None
+                for ctype in ctypes:
+                    if type.endswith("." + ctype):
+                        basetype = type[:-len("." + ctype)]
+                        if basetype not in filtered_group:
+                            filtered_group.append(basetype)
+                        if basetype not in cimages:
+                            cimages[basetype] = []
+                        if ctype not in cimages[basetype]:
+                            cimages[basetype].append(ctype)
+                        break
+                if not basetype and type not in filtered_group:
+                    filtered_group.append(type)
+
+            filtered_groups.append(filtered_group)
+
+        return (filtered_groups, cimages)
+
+    def _get_image_types(self):
+        """returns a (types, cimages) tuple"""
+
+        alltypes, fstype_groups = self.group_fstypes(self.d.getVar('IMAGE_FSTYPES', True).split())
+
+        filtered_groups, cimages = self._filter_out_commpressed(fstype_groups)
+
+        return (alltypes, filtered_groups, cimages)
+
+    def _write_script(self, type, cmds):
+        tempdir = self.d.getVar('T', True)
+        script_name = os.path.join(tempdir, "create_image." + type)
+
+        self.d.setVar('img_creation_func', '\n'.join(cmds))
+        self.d.setVarFlag('img_creation_func', 'func', 1)
+        self.d.setVarFlag('img_creation_func', 'fakeroot', 1)
+
+        with open(script_name, "w+") as script:
+            script.write("%s" % bb.build.shell_trap_code())
+            script.write("export ROOTFS_SIZE=%d\n" % self._get_rootfs_size())
+            bb.data.emit_func('img_creation_func', script, self.d)
+            script.write("img_creation_func\n")
+
+        os.chmod(script_name, 0775)
+
+        return script_name
+
+    def _get_imagecmds(self):
+        old_overrides = self.d.getVar('OVERRIDES', 0)
+
+        alltypes, fstype_groups, cimages = self._get_image_types()
+
+        image_cmd_groups = []
+
+        bb.note("The image creation groups are: %s" % str(fstype_groups))
+        for fstype_group in fstype_groups:
+            image_cmds = []
+            for type in fstype_group:
+                cmds = []
+                subimages = []
+
+                localdata = bb.data.createCopy(self.d)
+                localdata.setVar('OVERRIDES', '%s:%s' % (type, old_overrides))
+                bb.data.update_data(localdata)
+                localdata.setVar('type', type)
+
+                cmds.append("\t" + localdata.getVar("IMAGE_CMD", True))
+                cmds.append(localdata.expand("\tcd ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}"))
+
+                if type in cimages:
+                    for ctype in cimages[type]:
+                        cmds.append("\t" + localdata.getVar("COMPRESS_CMD_" + ctype, True))
+                        subimages.append(type + "." + ctype)
+
+                if type not in alltypes:
+                    cmds.append(localdata.expand("\trm ${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.${type}"))
+                else:
+                    subimages.append(type)
+
+                script_name = self._write_script(type, cmds)
+
+                image_cmds.append((type, subimages, script_name))
+
+            image_cmd_groups.append(image_cmds)
+
+        return image_cmd_groups
+
+    def create(self):
+        bb.note("###### Generate images #######")
+        pre_process_cmds = self.d.getVar("IMAGE_PREPROCESS_COMMAND", True)
+        post_process_cmds = self.d.getVar("IMAGE_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND", True)
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, pre_process_cmds)
+
+        self._remove_old_symlinks()
+
+        image_cmd_groups = self._get_imagecmds()
+
+        for image_cmds in image_cmd_groups:
+            # create the images in parallel
+            nproc = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+            pool = bb.utils.multiprocessingpool(nproc)
+            results = list(pool.imap(generate_image, image_cmds))
+            pool.close()
+            pool.join()
+
+            for result in results:
+                if result is not None:
+                    bb.fatal(result)
+
+            for image_type, subimages, script in image_cmds:
+                bb.note("Creating symlinks for %s image ..." % image_type)
+                self._create_symlinks(subimages)
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, post_process_cmds)
+
+
+def create_image(d):
+    Image(d).create()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    """
+    Image creation can be called independent from bitbake environment.
+    """
+    """
+    TBD
+    """
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/license.py b/meta/lib/oe/license.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..340da61102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/license.py
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+# vi:sts=4:sw=4:et
+"""Code for parsing OpenEmbedded license strings"""
+
+import ast
+import re
+from fnmatch import fnmatchcase as fnmatch
+
+class LicenseError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+class LicenseSyntaxError(LicenseError):
+    def __init__(self, licensestr, exc):
+        self.licensestr = licensestr
+        self.exc = exc
+        LicenseError.__init__(self)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "error in '%s': %s" % (self.licensestr, self.exc)
+
+class InvalidLicense(LicenseError):
+    def __init__(self, license):
+        self.license = license
+        LicenseError.__init__(self)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "invalid characters in license '%s'" % self.license
+
+license_operator = re.compile('([&|() ])')
+license_pattern = re.compile('[a-zA-Z0-9.+_\-]+$')
+
+class LicenseVisitor(ast.NodeVisitor):
+    """Syntax tree visitor which can accept OpenEmbedded license strings"""
+    def visit_string(self, licensestr):
+        new_elements = []
+        elements = filter(lambda x: x.strip(), license_operator.split(licensestr))
+        for pos, element in enumerate(elements):
+            if license_pattern.match(element):
+                if pos > 0 and license_pattern.match(elements[pos-1]):
+                    new_elements.append('&')
+                element = '"' + element + '"'
+            elif not license_operator.match(element):
+                raise InvalidLicense(element)
+            new_elements.append(element)
+
+        self.visit(ast.parse(' '.join(new_elements)))
+
+class FlattenVisitor(LicenseVisitor):
+    """Flatten a license tree (parsed from a string) by selecting one of each
+    set of OR options, in the way the user specifies"""
+    def __init__(self, choose_licenses):
+        self.choose_licenses = choose_licenses
+        self.licenses = []
+        LicenseVisitor.__init__(self)
+
+    def visit_Str(self, node):
+        self.licenses.append(node.s)
+
+    def visit_BinOp(self, node):
+        if isinstance(node.op, ast.BitOr):
+            left = FlattenVisitor(self.choose_licenses)
+            left.visit(node.left)
+
+            right = FlattenVisitor(self.choose_licenses)
+            right.visit(node.right)
+
+            selected = self.choose_licenses(left.licenses, right.licenses)
+            self.licenses.extend(selected)
+        else:
+            self.generic_visit(node)
+
+def flattened_licenses(licensestr, choose_licenses):
+    """Given a license string and choose_licenses function, return a flat list of licenses"""
+    flatten = FlattenVisitor(choose_licenses)
+    try:
+        flatten.visit_string(licensestr)
+    except SyntaxError as exc:
+        raise LicenseSyntaxError(licensestr, exc)
+    return flatten.licenses
+
+def is_included(licensestr, whitelist=None, blacklist=None):
+    """Given a license string and whitelist and blacklist, determine if the
+    license string matches the whitelist and does not match the blacklist.
+
+    Returns a tuple holding the boolean state and a list of the applicable
+    licenses which were excluded (or None, if the state is True)
+    """
+
+    def include_license(license):
+        return any(fnmatch(license, pattern) for pattern in whitelist)
+
+    def exclude_license(license):
+        return any(fnmatch(license, pattern) for pattern in blacklist)
+
+    def choose_licenses(alpha, beta):
+        """Select the option in an OR which is the 'best' (has the most
+        included licenses)."""
+        alpha_weight = len(filter(include_license, alpha))
+        beta_weight = len(filter(include_license, beta))
+        if alpha_weight > beta_weight:
+            return alpha
+        else:
+            return beta
+
+    if not whitelist:
+        whitelist = ['*']
+
+    if not blacklist:
+        blacklist = []
+
+    licenses = flattened_licenses(licensestr, choose_licenses)
+    excluded = filter(lambda lic: exclude_license(lic), licenses)
+    included = filter(lambda lic: include_license(lic), licenses)
+    if excluded:
+        return False, excluded
+    else:
+        return True, included
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/lsb.py b/meta/lib/oe/lsb.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b53f361035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/lsb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+def release_dict():
+    """Return the output of lsb_release -ir as a dictionary"""
+    from subprocess import PIPE
+
+    try:
+        output, err = bb.process.run(['lsb_release', '-ir'], stderr=PIPE)
+    except bb.process.CmdError as exc:
+        return None
+
+    data = {}
+    for line in output.splitlines():
+        try:
+            key, value = line.split(":\t", 1)
+        except ValueError:
+            continue
+        else:
+            data[key] = value
+    return data
+
+def release_dict_file():
+    """ Try to gather LSB release information manually when lsb_release tool is unavailable """
+    data = None
+    try:
+        if os.path.exists('/etc/lsb-release'):
+            data = {}
+            with open('/etc/lsb-release') as f:
+                for line in f:
+                    key, value = line.split("=", 1)
+                    data[key] = value.strip()
+        elif os.path.exists('/etc/redhat-release'):
+            data = {}
+            with open('/etc/redhat-release') as f:
+                distro = f.readline().strip()
+            import re
+            match = re.match(r'(.*) release (.*) \((.*)\)', distro)
+            if match:
+                data['DISTRIB_ID'] = match.group(1)
+                data['DISTRIB_RELEASE'] = match.group(2)
+        elif os.path.exists('/etc/SuSE-release'):
+            data = {}
+            data['DISTRIB_ID'] = 'SUSE LINUX'
+            with open('/etc/SuSE-release') as f:
+                for line in f:
+                    if line.startswith('VERSION = '):
+                        data['DISTRIB_RELEASE'] = line[10:].rstrip()
+                        break
+        elif os.path.exists('/etc/os-release'):
+            data = {}
+            with open('/etc/os-release') as f:
+                for line in f:
+                    if line.startswith('NAME='):
+                        data['DISTRIB_ID'] = line[5:].rstrip().strip('"')
+                    if line.startswith('VERSION_ID='):
+                        data['DISTRIB_RELEASE'] = line[11:].rstrip().strip('"')
+    except IOError:
+        return None
+    return data
+
+def distro_identifier(adjust_hook=None):
+    """Return a distro identifier string based upon lsb_release -ri,
+       with optional adjustment via a hook"""
+
+    lsb_data = release_dict()
+    if lsb_data:
+        distro_id, release = lsb_data['Distributor ID'], lsb_data['Release']
+    else:
+        lsb_data_file = release_dict_file()
+        if lsb_data_file:
+            distro_id, release = lsb_data_file['DISTRIB_ID'], lsb_data_file.get('DISTRIB_RELEASE', None)
+        else:
+            distro_id, release = None, None
+
+    if adjust_hook:
+        distro_id, release = adjust_hook(distro_id, release)
+    if not distro_id:
+        return "Unknown"
+    if release:
+        id_str = '{0}-{1}'.format(distro_id, release)
+    else:
+        id_str = distro_id
+    return id_str.replace(' ','-').replace('/','-')
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/maketype.py b/meta/lib/oe/maketype.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..139f333691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/maketype.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+"""OpenEmbedded variable typing support
+
+Types are defined in the metadata by name, using the 'type' flag on a
+variable.  Other flags may be utilized in the construction of the types.  See
+the arguments of the type's factory for details.
+"""
+
+import inspect
+import types
+
+available_types = {}
+
+class MissingFlag(TypeError):
+    """A particular flag is required to construct the type, but has not been
+    provided."""
+    def __init__(self, flag, type):
+        self.flag = flag
+        self.type = type
+        TypeError.__init__(self)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "Type '%s' requires flag '%s'" % (self.type, self.flag)
+
+def factory(var_type):
+    """Return the factory for a specified type."""
+    if var_type is None:
+        raise TypeError("No type specified. Valid types: %s" %
+                        ', '.join(available_types))
+    try:
+        return available_types[var_type]
+    except KeyError:
+        raise TypeError("Invalid type '%s':\n  Valid types: %s" %
+                        (var_type, ', '.join(available_types)))
+
+def create(value, var_type, **flags):
+    """Create an object of the specified type, given the specified flags and
+    string value."""
+    obj = factory(var_type)
+    objflags = {}
+    for flag in obj.flags:
+        if flag not in flags:
+            if flag not in obj.optflags:
+                raise MissingFlag(flag, var_type)
+        else:
+            objflags[flag] = flags[flag]
+
+    return obj(value, **objflags)
+
+def get_callable_args(obj):
+    """Grab all but the first argument of the specified callable, returning
+    the list, as well as a list of which of the arguments have default
+    values."""
+    if type(obj) is type:
+        obj = obj.__init__
+
+    args, varargs, keywords, defaults = inspect.getargspec(obj)
+    flaglist = []
+    if args:
+        if len(args) > 1 and args[0] == 'self':
+            args = args[1:]
+        flaglist.extend(args)
+
+    optional = set()
+    if defaults:
+        optional |= set(flaglist[-len(defaults):])
+    return flaglist, optional
+
+def factory_setup(name, obj):
+    """Prepare a factory for use."""
+    args, optional = get_callable_args(obj)
+    extra_args = args[1:]
+    if extra_args:
+        obj.flags, optional = extra_args, optional
+        obj.optflags = set(optional)
+    else:
+        obj.flags = obj.optflags = ()
+
+    if not hasattr(obj, 'name'):
+        obj.name = name
+
+def register(name, factory):
+    """Register a type, given its name and a factory callable.
+
+    Determines the required and optional flags from the factory's
+    arguments."""
+    factory_setup(name, factory)
+    available_types[factory.name] = factory
+
+
+# Register all our included types
+for name in dir(types):
+    if name.startswith('_'):
+        continue
+
+    obj = getattr(types, name)
+    if not callable(obj):
+        continue
+
+    register(name, obj)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/manifest.py b/meta/lib/oe/manifest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afda76be66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/manifest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,345 @@
+from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
+import os
+import re
+import bb
+
+
+class Manifest(object):
+    """
+    This is an abstract class. Do not instantiate this directly.
+    """
+    __metaclass__ = ABCMeta
+
+    PKG_TYPE_MUST_INSTALL = "mip"
+    PKG_TYPE_MULTILIB = "mlp"
+    PKG_TYPE_LANGUAGE = "lgp"
+    PKG_TYPE_ATTEMPT_ONLY = "aop"
+
+    MANIFEST_TYPE_IMAGE = "image"
+    MANIFEST_TYPE_SDK_HOST = "sdk_host"
+    MANIFEST_TYPE_SDK_TARGET = "sdk_target"
+
+    var_maps = {
+        MANIFEST_TYPE_IMAGE: {
+            "PACKAGE_INSTALL": PKG_TYPE_MUST_INSTALL,
+            "PACKAGE_INSTALL_ATTEMPTONLY": PKG_TYPE_ATTEMPT_ONLY,
+            "LINGUAS_INSTALL": PKG_TYPE_LANGUAGE
+        },
+        MANIFEST_TYPE_SDK_HOST: {
+            "TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK": PKG_TYPE_MUST_INSTALL,
+            "TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK_ATTEMPTONLY": PKG_TYPE_ATTEMPT_ONLY
+        },
+        MANIFEST_TYPE_SDK_TARGET: {
+            "TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK": PKG_TYPE_MUST_INSTALL,
+            "TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_ATTEMPTONLY": PKG_TYPE_ATTEMPT_ONLY
+        }
+    }
+
+    INSTALL_ORDER = [
+        PKG_TYPE_LANGUAGE,
+        PKG_TYPE_MUST_INSTALL,
+        PKG_TYPE_ATTEMPT_ONLY,
+        PKG_TYPE_MULTILIB
+    ]
+
+    initial_manifest_file_header = \
+        "# This file was generated automatically and contains the packages\n" \
+        "# passed on to the package manager in order to create the rootfs.\n\n" \
+        "# Format:\n" \
+        "#  <package_type>,<package_name>\n" \
+        "# where:\n" \
+        "#   <package_type> can be:\n" \
+        "#      'mip' = must install package\n" \
+        "#      'aop' = attempt only package\n" \
+        "#      'mlp' = multilib package\n" \
+        "#      'lgp' = language package\n\n"
+
+    def __init__(self, d, manifest_dir=None, manifest_type=MANIFEST_TYPE_IMAGE):
+        self.d = d
+        self.manifest_type = manifest_type
+
+        if manifest_dir is None:
+            if manifest_type != self.MANIFEST_TYPE_IMAGE:
+                self.manifest_dir = self.d.getVar('SDK_DIR', True)
+            else:
+                self.manifest_dir = self.d.getVar('WORKDIR', True)
+        else:
+            self.manifest_dir = manifest_dir
+
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.manifest_dir)
+
+        self.initial_manifest = os.path.join(self.manifest_dir, "%s_initial_manifest" % manifest_type)
+        self.final_manifest = os.path.join(self.manifest_dir, "%s_final_manifest" % manifest_type)
+        self.full_manifest = os.path.join(self.manifest_dir, "%s_full_manifest" % manifest_type)
+
+        # packages in the following vars will be split in 'must install' and
+        # 'multilib'
+        self.vars_to_split = ["PACKAGE_INSTALL",
+                              "TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK",
+                              "TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK"]
+
+    """
+    This creates a standard initial manifest for core-image-(minimal|sato|sato-sdk).
+    This will be used for testing until the class is implemented properly!
+    """
+    def _create_dummy_initial(self):
+        image_rootfs = self.d.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS', True)
+        pkg_list = dict()
+        if image_rootfs.find("core-image-sato-sdk") > 0:
+            pkg_list[self.PKG_TYPE_MUST_INSTALL] = \
+                "packagegroup-core-x11-sato-games packagegroup-base-extended " \
+                "packagegroup-core-x11-sato packagegroup-core-x11-base " \
+                "packagegroup-core-sdk packagegroup-core-tools-debug " \
+                "packagegroup-core-boot packagegroup-core-tools-testapps " \
+                "packagegroup-core-eclipse-debug packagegroup-core-qt-demoapps " \
+                "apt packagegroup-core-tools-profile psplash " \
+                "packagegroup-core-standalone-sdk-target " \
+                "packagegroup-core-ssh-openssh dpkg kernel-dev"
+            pkg_list[self.PKG_TYPE_LANGUAGE] = \
+                "locale-base-en-us locale-base-en-gb"
+        elif image_rootfs.find("core-image-sato") > 0:
+            pkg_list[self.PKG_TYPE_MUST_INSTALL] = \
+                "packagegroup-core-ssh-dropbear packagegroup-core-x11-sato-games " \
+                "packagegroup-core-x11-base psplash apt dpkg packagegroup-base-extended " \
+                "packagegroup-core-x11-sato packagegroup-core-boot"
+            pkg_list['lgp'] = \
+                "locale-base-en-us locale-base-en-gb"
+        elif image_rootfs.find("core-image-minimal") > 0:
+            pkg_list[self.PKG_TYPE_MUST_INSTALL] = "run-postinsts packagegroup-core-boot"
+
+        with open(self.initial_manifest, "w+") as manifest:
+            manifest.write(self.initial_manifest_file_header)
+
+            for pkg_type in pkg_list:
+                for pkg in pkg_list[pkg_type].split():
+                    manifest.write("%s,%s\n" % (pkg_type, pkg))
+
+    """
+    This will create the initial manifest which will be used by Rootfs class to
+    generate the rootfs
+    """
+    @abstractmethod
+    def create_initial(self):
+        pass
+
+    """
+    This creates the manifest after everything has been installed.
+    """
+    @abstractmethod
+    def create_final(self):
+        pass
+
+    """
+    This creates the manifest after the package in initial manifest has been
+    dummy installed. It lists all *to be installed* packages. There is no real
+    installation, just a test.
+    """
+    @abstractmethod
+    def create_full(self, pm):
+        pass
+
+    """
+    The following function parses an initial manifest and returns a dictionary
+    object with the must install, attempt only, multilib and language packages.
+    """
+    def parse_initial_manifest(self):
+        pkgs = dict()
+
+        with open(self.initial_manifest) as manifest:
+            for line in manifest.read().split('\n'):
+                comment = re.match("^#.*", line)
+                pattern = "^(%s|%s|%s|%s),(.*)$" % \
+                          (self.PKG_TYPE_MUST_INSTALL,
+                           self.PKG_TYPE_ATTEMPT_ONLY,
+                           self.PKG_TYPE_MULTILIB,
+                           self.PKG_TYPE_LANGUAGE)
+                pkg = re.match(pattern, line)
+
+                if comment is not None:
+                    continue
+
+                if pkg is not None:
+                    pkg_type = pkg.group(1)
+                    pkg_name = pkg.group(2)
+
+                    if not pkg_type in pkgs:
+                        pkgs[pkg_type] = [pkg_name]
+                    else:
+                        pkgs[pkg_type].append(pkg_name)
+
+        return pkgs
+
+    '''
+    This following function parses a full manifest and return a list
+    object with packages.
+    '''
+    def parse_full_manifest(self):
+        installed_pkgs = list()
+        if not os.path.exists(self.full_manifest):
+            bb.note('full manifest not exist')
+            return installed_pkgs
+
+        with open(self.full_manifest, 'r') as manifest:
+            for pkg in manifest.read().split('\n'):
+                installed_pkgs.append(pkg.strip())
+
+        return installed_pkgs
+
+
+class RpmManifest(Manifest):
+    """
+    Returns a dictionary object with mip and mlp packages.
+    """
+    def _split_multilib(self, pkg_list):
+        pkgs = dict()
+
+        for pkg in pkg_list.split():
+            pkg_type = self.PKG_TYPE_MUST_INSTALL
+
+            ml_variants = self.d.getVar('MULTILIB_VARIANTS', True).split()
+
+            for ml_variant in ml_variants:
+                if pkg.startswith(ml_variant + '-'):
+                    pkg_type = self.PKG_TYPE_MULTILIB
+
+            if not pkg_type in pkgs:
+                pkgs[pkg_type] = pkg
+            else:
+                pkgs[pkg_type] += " " + pkg
+
+        return pkgs
+
+    def create_initial(self):
+        pkgs = dict()
+
+        with open(self.initial_manifest, "w+") as manifest:
+            manifest.write(self.initial_manifest_file_header)
+
+            for var in self.var_maps[self.manifest_type]:
+                if var in self.vars_to_split:
+                    split_pkgs = self._split_multilib(self.d.getVar(var, True))
+                    if split_pkgs is not None:
+                        pkgs = dict(pkgs.items() + split_pkgs.items())
+                else:
+                    pkg_list = self.d.getVar(var, True)
+                    if pkg_list is not None:
+                        pkgs[self.var_maps[self.manifest_type][var]] = self.d.getVar(var, True)
+
+            for pkg_type in pkgs:
+                for pkg in pkgs[pkg_type].split():
+                    manifest.write("%s,%s\n" % (pkg_type, pkg))
+
+    def create_final(self):
+        pass
+
+    def create_full(self, pm):
+        pass
+
+
+class OpkgManifest(Manifest):
+    """
+    Returns a dictionary object with mip and mlp packages.
+    """
+    def _split_multilib(self, pkg_list):
+        pkgs = dict()
+
+        for pkg in pkg_list.split():
+            pkg_type = self.PKG_TYPE_MUST_INSTALL
+
+            ml_variants = self.d.getVar('MULTILIB_VARIANTS', True).split()
+
+            for ml_variant in ml_variants:
+                if pkg.startswith(ml_variant + '-'):
+                    pkg_type = self.PKG_TYPE_MULTILIB
+
+            if not pkg_type in pkgs:
+                pkgs[pkg_type] = pkg
+            else:
+                pkgs[pkg_type] += " " + pkg
+
+        return pkgs
+
+    def create_initial(self):
+        pkgs = dict()
+
+        with open(self.initial_manifest, "w+") as manifest:
+            manifest.write(self.initial_manifest_file_header)
+
+            for var in self.var_maps[self.manifest_type]:
+                if var in self.vars_to_split:
+                    split_pkgs = self._split_multilib(self.d.getVar(var, True))
+                    if split_pkgs is not None:
+                        pkgs = dict(pkgs.items() + split_pkgs.items())
+                else:
+                    pkg_list = self.d.getVar(var, True)
+                    if pkg_list is not None:
+                        pkgs[self.var_maps[self.manifest_type][var]] = self.d.getVar(var, True)
+
+            for pkg_type in pkgs:
+                for pkg in pkgs[pkg_type].split():
+                    manifest.write("%s,%s\n" % (pkg_type, pkg))
+
+    def create_final(self):
+        pass
+
+    def create_full(self, pm):
+        if not os.path.exists(self.initial_manifest):
+            self.create_initial()
+
+        initial_manifest = self.parse_initial_manifest()
+        pkgs_to_install = list()
+        for pkg_type in initial_manifest:
+            pkgs_to_install += initial_manifest[pkg_type]
+        if len(pkgs_to_install) == 0:
+            return
+
+        output = pm.dummy_install(pkgs_to_install)
+
+        with open(self.full_manifest, 'w+') as manifest:
+            pkg_re = re.compile('^Installing ([^ ]+) [^ ].*')
+            for line in set(output.split('\n')):
+                m = pkg_re.match(line)
+                if m:
+                    manifest.write(m.group(1) + '\n')
+
+        return
+
+
+class DpkgManifest(Manifest):
+    def create_initial(self):
+        with open(self.initial_manifest, "w+") as manifest:
+            manifest.write(self.initial_manifest_file_header)
+
+            for var in self.var_maps[self.manifest_type]:
+                pkg_list = self.d.getVar(var, True)
+
+                if pkg_list is None:
+                    continue
+
+                for pkg in pkg_list.split():
+                    manifest.write("%s,%s\n" %
+                                   (self.var_maps[self.manifest_type][var], pkg))
+
+    def create_final(self):
+        pass
+
+    def create_full(self, pm):
+        pass
+
+
+def create_manifest(d, final_manifest=False, manifest_dir=None,
+                    manifest_type=Manifest.MANIFEST_TYPE_IMAGE):
+    manifest_map = {'rpm': RpmManifest,
+                    'ipk': OpkgManifest,
+                    'deb': DpkgManifest}
+
+    manifest = manifest_map[d.getVar('IMAGE_PKGTYPE', True)](d, manifest_dir, manifest_type)
+
+    if final_manifest:
+        manifest.create_final()
+    else:
+        manifest.create_initial()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    pass
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package.py b/meta/lib/oe/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8b532220a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+def runstrip(arg):
+    # Function to strip a single file, called from split_and_strip_files below
+    # A working 'file' (one which works on the target architecture)
+    #
+    # The elftype is a bit pattern (explained in split_and_strip_files) to tell
+    # us what type of file we're processing...
+    # 4 - executable
+    # 8 - shared library
+    # 16 - kernel module
+
+    import commands, stat, subprocess
+
+    (file, elftype, strip) = arg
+
+    newmode = None
+    if not os.access(file, os.W_OK) or os.access(file, os.R_OK):
+        origmode = os.stat(file)[stat.ST_MODE]
+        newmode = origmode | stat.S_IWRITE | stat.S_IREAD
+        os.chmod(file, newmode)
+
+    extraflags = ""
+
+    # kernel module    
+    if elftype & 16:
+        extraflags = "--strip-debug --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note --preserve-dates"
+    # .so and shared library
+    elif ".so" in file and elftype & 8:
+        extraflags = "--remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note --strip-unneeded"
+    # shared or executable:
+    elif elftype & 8 or elftype & 4:
+        extraflags = "--remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note"
+
+    stripcmd = "'%s' %s '%s'" % (strip, extraflags, file)
+    bb.debug(1, "runstrip: %s" % stripcmd)
+
+    ret = subprocess.call(stripcmd, shell=True)
+
+    if newmode:
+        os.chmod(file, origmode)
+
+    if ret:
+        bb.error("runstrip: '%s' strip command failed" % stripcmd)
+
+    return
+
+
+def file_translate(file):
+    ft = file.replace("@", "@at@")
+    ft = ft.replace(" ", "@space@")
+    ft = ft.replace("\t", "@tab@")
+    ft = ft.replace("[", "@openbrace@")
+    ft = ft.replace("]", "@closebrace@")
+    ft = ft.replace("_", "@underscore@")
+    return ft
+
+def filedeprunner(arg):
+    import re, subprocess, shlex
+
+    (pkg, pkgfiles, rpmdeps, pkgdest) = arg
+    provides = {}
+    requires = {}
+
+    r = re.compile(r'[<>=]+ +[^ ]*')
+
+    def process_deps(pipe, pkg, pkgdest, provides, requires):
+        for line in pipe:
+            f = line.split(" ", 1)[0].strip()
+            line = line.split(" ", 1)[1].strip()
+
+            if line.startswith("Requires:"):
+                i = requires
+            elif line.startswith("Provides:"):
+                i = provides
+            else:
+                continue
+
+            file = f.replace(pkgdest + "/" + pkg, "")
+            file = file_translate(file)
+            value = line.split(":", 1)[1].strip()
+            value = r.sub(r'(\g<0>)', value)
+
+            if value.startswith("rpmlib("):
+                continue
+            if value == "python":
+                continue
+            if file not in i:
+                i[file] = []
+            i[file].append(value)
+
+        return provides, requires
+
+    try:
+        dep_popen = subprocess.Popen(shlex.split(rpmdeps) + pkgfiles, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        provides, requires = process_deps(dep_popen.stdout, pkg, pkgdest, provides, requires)
+    except OSError as e:
+        bb.error("rpmdeps: '%s' command failed, '%s'" % (shlex.split(rpmdeps) + pkgfiles, e))
+        raise e
+
+    return (pkg, provides, requires)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8360fe983
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,1721 @@
+from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
+import os
+import glob
+import subprocess
+import shutil
+import multiprocessing
+import re
+import bb
+
+
+# this can be used by all PM backends to create the index files in parallel
+def create_index(arg):
+    index_cmd = arg
+
+    try:
+        bb.note("Executing '%s' ..." % index_cmd)
+        subprocess.check_output(index_cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        return("Index creation command '%s' failed with return code %d:\n%s" %
+               (e.cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+    return None
+
+
+class Indexer(object):
+    __metaclass__ = ABCMeta
+
+    def __init__(self, d, deploy_dir):
+        self.d = d
+        self.deploy_dir = deploy_dir
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def write_index(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class RpmIndexer(Indexer):
+    def get_ml_prefix_and_os_list(self, arch_var=None, os_var=None):
+        package_archs = {
+            'default': [],
+        }
+
+        target_os = {
+            'default': "",
+        }
+
+        if arch_var is not None and os_var is not None:
+            package_archs['default'] = self.d.getVar(arch_var, True).split()
+            package_archs['default'].reverse()
+            target_os['default'] = self.d.getVar(os_var, True).strip()
+        else:
+            package_archs['default'] = self.d.getVar("PACKAGE_ARCHS", True).split()
+            # arch order is reversed.  This ensures the -best- match is
+            # listed first!
+            package_archs['default'].reverse()
+            target_os['default'] = self.d.getVar("TARGET_OS", True).strip()
+            multilibs = self.d.getVar('MULTILIBS', True) or ""
+            for ext in multilibs.split():
+                eext = ext.split(':')
+                if len(eext) > 1 and eext[0] == 'multilib':
+                    localdata = bb.data.createCopy(self.d)
+                    default_tune_key = "DEFAULTTUNE_virtclass-multilib-" + eext[1]
+                    default_tune = localdata.getVar(default_tune_key, False)
+                    if default_tune:
+                        localdata.setVar("DEFAULTTUNE", default_tune)
+                        bb.data.update_data(localdata)
+                        package_archs[eext[1]] = localdata.getVar('PACKAGE_ARCHS',
+                                                                  True).split()
+                        package_archs[eext[1]].reverse()
+                        target_os[eext[1]] = localdata.getVar("TARGET_OS",
+                                                              True).strip()
+
+        ml_prefix_list = dict()
+        for mlib in package_archs:
+            if mlib == 'default':
+                ml_prefix_list[mlib] = package_archs[mlib]
+            else:
+                ml_prefix_list[mlib] = list()
+                for arch in package_archs[mlib]:
+                    if arch in ['all', 'noarch', 'any']:
+                        ml_prefix_list[mlib].append(arch)
+                    else:
+                        ml_prefix_list[mlib].append(mlib + "_" + arch)
+
+        return (ml_prefix_list, target_os)
+
+    def write_index(self):
+        sdk_pkg_archs = (self.d.getVar('SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS', True) or "").replace('-', '_').split()
+        all_mlb_pkg_archs = (self.d.getVar('ALL_MULTILIB_PACKAGE_ARCHS', True) or "").replace('-', '_').split()
+
+        mlb_prefix_list = self.get_ml_prefix_and_os_list()[0]
+
+        archs = set()
+        for item in mlb_prefix_list:
+            archs = archs.union(set(i.replace('-', '_') for i in mlb_prefix_list[item]))
+
+        if len(archs) == 0:
+            archs = archs.union(set(all_mlb_pkg_archs))
+
+        archs = archs.union(set(sdk_pkg_archs))
+
+        rpm_createrepo = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "createrepo")
+        index_cmds = []
+        rpm_dirs_found = False
+        for arch in archs:
+            arch_dir = os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, arch)
+            if not os.path.isdir(arch_dir):
+                continue
+
+            index_cmds.append("%s --update -q %s" % (rpm_createrepo, arch_dir))
+
+            rpm_dirs_found = True
+
+        if not rpm_dirs_found:
+            bb.note("There are no packages in %s" % self.deploy_dir)
+            return
+
+        nproc = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+        pool = bb.utils.multiprocessingpool(nproc)
+        results = list(pool.imap(create_index, index_cmds))
+        pool.close()
+        pool.join()
+
+        for result in results:
+            if result is not None:
+                return(result)
+
+
+class OpkgIndexer(Indexer):
+    def write_index(self):
+        arch_vars = ["ALL_MULTILIB_PACKAGE_ARCHS",
+                     "SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS",
+                     "MULTILIB_ARCHS"]
+
+        opkg_index_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "opkg-make-index")
+
+        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, "Packages")):
+            open(os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, "Packages"), "w").close()
+
+        index_cmds = []
+        for arch_var in arch_vars:
+            archs = self.d.getVar(arch_var, True)
+            if archs is None:
+                continue
+
+            for arch in archs.split():
+                pkgs_dir = os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, arch)
+                pkgs_file = os.path.join(pkgs_dir, "Packages")
+
+                if not os.path.isdir(pkgs_dir):
+                    continue
+
+                if not os.path.exists(pkgs_file):
+                    open(pkgs_file, "w").close()
+
+                index_cmds.append('%s -r %s -p %s -m %s' %
+                                  (opkg_index_cmd, pkgs_file, pkgs_file, pkgs_dir))
+
+        if len(index_cmds) == 0:
+            bb.note("There are no packages in %s!" % self.deploy_dir)
+            return
+
+        nproc = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+        pool = bb.utils.multiprocessingpool(nproc)
+        results = list(pool.imap(create_index, index_cmds))
+        pool.close()
+        pool.join()
+
+        for result in results:
+            if result is not None:
+                return(result)
+
+
+class DpkgIndexer(Indexer):
+    def write_index(self):
+        pkg_archs = self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_ARCHS', True)
+        if pkg_archs is not None:
+            arch_list = pkg_archs.split()
+        sdk_pkg_archs = self.d.getVar('SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS', True)
+        if sdk_pkg_archs is not None:
+            for a in sdk_pkg_archs.split():
+                if a not in pkg_archs:
+                    arch_list.append(a)
+
+        apt_ftparchive = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "apt-ftparchive")
+        gzip = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "gzip")
+
+        index_cmds = []
+        deb_dirs_found = False
+        for arch in arch_list:
+            arch_dir = os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, arch)
+            if not os.path.isdir(arch_dir):
+                continue
+
+            cmd = "cd %s; PSEUDO_UNLOAD=1 %s packages . > Packages;" % (arch_dir, apt_ftparchive)
+
+            cmd += "%s -fc Packages > Packages.gz;" % gzip
+
+            with open(os.path.join(arch_dir, "Release"), "w+") as release:
+                release.write("Label: %s\n" % arch)
+
+            cmd += "PSEUDO_UNLOAD=1 %s release . >> Release" % apt_ftparchive
+            
+            index_cmds.append(cmd)
+
+            deb_dirs_found = True
+
+        if not deb_dirs_found:
+            bb.note("There are no packages in %s" % self.deploy_dir)
+            return
+
+        nproc = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+        pool = bb.utils.multiprocessingpool(nproc)
+        results = list(pool.imap(create_index, index_cmds))
+        pool.close()
+        pool.join()
+
+        for result in results:
+            if result is not None:
+                return(result)
+
+
+class PkgsList(object):
+    __metaclass__ = ABCMeta
+
+    def __init__(self, d, rootfs_dir):
+        self.d = d
+        self.rootfs_dir = rootfs_dir
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def list(self, format=None):
+        pass
+
+
+class RpmPkgsList(PkgsList):
+    def __init__(self, d, rootfs_dir, arch_var=None, os_var=None):
+        super(RpmPkgsList, self).__init__(d, rootfs_dir)
+
+        self.rpm_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "rpm")
+        self.image_rpmlib = os.path.join(self.rootfs_dir, 'var/lib/rpm')
+
+        self.ml_prefix_list, self.ml_os_list = \
+            RpmIndexer(d, rootfs_dir).get_ml_prefix_and_os_list(arch_var, os_var)
+
+    '''
+    Translate the RPM/Smart format names to the OE multilib format names
+    '''
+    def _pkg_translate_smart_to_oe(self, pkg, arch):
+        new_pkg = pkg
+        fixed_arch = arch.replace('_', '-')
+        found = 0
+        for mlib in self.ml_prefix_list:
+            for cmp_arch in self.ml_prefix_list[mlib]:
+                fixed_cmp_arch = cmp_arch.replace('_', '-')
+                if fixed_arch == fixed_cmp_arch:
+                    if mlib == 'default':
+                        new_pkg = pkg
+                        new_arch = cmp_arch
+                    else:
+                        new_pkg = mlib + '-' + pkg
+                        # We need to strip off the ${mlib}_ prefix on the arch
+                        new_arch = cmp_arch.replace(mlib + '_', '')
+
+                    # Workaround for bug 3565. Simply look to see if we
+                    # know of a package with that name, if not try again!
+                    filename = os.path.join(self.d.getVar('PKGDATA_DIR', True),
+                                            'runtime-reverse',
+                                            new_pkg)
+                    if os.path.exists(filename):
+                        found = 1
+                        break
+
+            if found == 1 and fixed_arch == fixed_cmp_arch:
+                break
+        #bb.note('%s, %s -> %s, %s' % (pkg, arch, new_pkg, new_arch))
+        return new_pkg, new_arch
+
+    def _list_pkg_deps(self):
+        cmd = [bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "rpmresolve"),
+               "-t", self.image_rpmlib]
+
+        try:
+            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).strip()
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            bb.fatal("Cannot get the package dependencies. Command '%s' "
+                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (' '.join(cmd), e.returncode, e.output))
+
+        return output
+
+    def list(self, format=None):
+        if format == "deps":
+            return self._list_pkg_deps()
+
+        cmd = self.rpm_cmd + ' --root ' + self.rootfs_dir
+        cmd += ' -D "_dbpath /var/lib/rpm" -qa'
+        cmd += " --qf '[%{NAME} %{ARCH} %{VERSION} %{PACKAGEORIGIN}\n]'"
+
+        try:
+            # bb.note(cmd)
+            tmp_output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True).strip()
+
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            bb.fatal("Cannot get the installed packages list. Command '%s' "
+                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+        output = list()
+        for line in tmp_output.split('\n'):
+            if len(line.strip()) == 0:
+                continue
+            pkg = line.split()[0]
+            arch = line.split()[1]
+            ver = line.split()[2]
+            pkgorigin = line.split()[3]
+            new_pkg, new_arch = self._pkg_translate_smart_to_oe(pkg, arch)
+
+            if format == "arch":
+                output.append('%s %s' % (new_pkg, new_arch))
+            elif format == "file":
+                output.append('%s %s %s' % (new_pkg, pkgorigin, new_arch))
+            elif format == "ver":
+                output.append('%s %s %s' % (new_pkg, new_arch, ver))
+            else:
+                output.append('%s' % (new_pkg))
+
+            output.sort()
+
+        return '\n'.join(output)
+
+
+class OpkgPkgsList(PkgsList):
+    def __init__(self, d, rootfs_dir, config_file):
+        super(OpkgPkgsList, self).__init__(d, rootfs_dir)
+
+        self.opkg_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "opkg-cl")
+        self.opkg_args = "-f %s -o %s " % (config_file, rootfs_dir)
+        self.opkg_args += self.d.getVar("OPKG_ARGS", True)
+
+    def list(self, format=None):
+        opkg_query_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "opkg-query-helper.py")
+
+        if format == "arch":
+            cmd = "%s %s status | %s -a" % \
+                (self.opkg_cmd, self.opkg_args, opkg_query_cmd)
+        elif format == "file":
+            cmd = "%s %s status | %s -f" % \
+                (self.opkg_cmd, self.opkg_args, opkg_query_cmd)
+        elif format == "ver":
+            cmd = "%s %s status | %s -v" % \
+                (self.opkg_cmd, self.opkg_args, opkg_query_cmd)
+        elif format == "deps":
+            cmd = "%s %s status | %s" % \
+                (self.opkg_cmd, self.opkg_args, opkg_query_cmd)
+        else:
+            cmd = "%s %s list_installed | cut -d' ' -f1" % \
+                (self.opkg_cmd, self.opkg_args)
+
+        try:
+            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True).strip()
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            bb.fatal("Cannot get the installed packages list. Command '%s' "
+                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+        if output and format == "file":
+            tmp_output = ""
+            for line in output.split('\n'):
+                pkg, pkg_file, pkg_arch = line.split()
+                full_path = os.path.join(self.rootfs_dir, pkg_arch, pkg_file)
+                if os.path.exists(full_path):
+                    tmp_output += "%s %s %s\n" % (pkg, full_path, pkg_arch)
+                else:
+                    tmp_output += "%s %s %s\n" % (pkg, pkg_file, pkg_arch)
+
+            output = tmp_output
+
+        return output
+
+
+class DpkgPkgsList(PkgsList):
+    def list(self, format=None):
+        cmd = [bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "dpkg-query"),
+               "--admindir=%s/var/lib/dpkg" % self.rootfs_dir,
+               "-W"]
+
+        if format == "arch":
+            cmd.append("-f=${Package} ${PackageArch}\n")
+        elif format == "file":
+            cmd.append("-f=${Package} ${Package}_${Version}_${Architecture}.deb ${PackageArch}\n")
+        elif format == "ver":
+            cmd.append("-f=${Package} ${PackageArch} ${Version}\n")
+        elif format == "deps":
+            cmd.append("-f=Package: ${Package}\nDepends: ${Depends}\nRecommends: ${Recommends}\n\n")
+        else:
+            cmd.append("-f=${Package}\n")
+
+        try:
+            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).strip()
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            bb.fatal("Cannot get the installed packages list. Command '%s' "
+                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (' '.join(cmd), e.returncode, e.output))
+
+        if format == "file":
+            tmp_output = ""
+            for line in tuple(output.split('\n')):
+                pkg, pkg_file, pkg_arch = line.split()
+                full_path = os.path.join(self.rootfs_dir, pkg_arch, pkg_file)
+                if os.path.exists(full_path):
+                    tmp_output += "%s %s %s\n" % (pkg, full_path, pkg_arch)
+                else:
+                    tmp_output += "%s %s %s\n" % (pkg, pkg_file, pkg_arch)
+
+            output = tmp_output
+        elif format == "deps":
+            opkg_query_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "opkg-query-helper.py")
+
+            try:
+                output = subprocess.check_output("echo -e '%s' | %s" %
+                                                 (output, opkg_query_cmd),
+                                                 stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+                                                 shell=True)
+            except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+                bb.fatal("Cannot compute packages dependencies. Command '%s' "
+                         "returned %d:\n%s" % (e.cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+        return output
+
+
+class PackageManager(object):
+    """
+    This is an abstract class. Do not instantiate this directly.
+    """
+    __metaclass__ = ABCMeta
+
+    def __init__(self, d):
+        self.d = d
+        self.deploy_dir = None
+        self.deploy_lock = None
+        self.feed_uris = self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_URIS', True) or ""
+
+    """
+    Update the package manager package database.
+    """
+    @abstractmethod
+    def update(self):
+        pass
+
+    """
+    Install a list of packages. 'pkgs' is a list object. If 'attempt_only' is
+    True, installation failures are ignored.
+    """
+    @abstractmethod
+    def install(self, pkgs, attempt_only=False):
+        pass
+
+    """
+    Remove a list of packages. 'pkgs' is a list object. If 'with_dependencies'
+    is False, the any dependencies are left in place.
+    """
+    @abstractmethod
+    def remove(self, pkgs, with_dependencies=True):
+        pass
+
+    """
+    This function creates the index files
+    """
+    @abstractmethod
+    def write_index(self):
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def remove_packaging_data(self):
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def list_installed(self, format=None):
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def insert_feeds_uris(self):
+        pass
+
+    """
+    Install complementary packages based upon the list of currently installed
+    packages e.g. locales, *-dev, *-dbg, etc. This will only attempt to install
+    these packages, if they don't exist then no error will occur.  Note: every
+    backend needs to call this function explicitly after the normal package
+    installation
+    """
+    def install_complementary(self, globs=None):
+        # we need to write the list of installed packages to a file because the
+        # oe-pkgdata-util reads it from a file
+        installed_pkgs_file = os.path.join(self.d.getVar('WORKDIR', True),
+                                           "installed_pkgs.txt")
+        with open(installed_pkgs_file, "w+") as installed_pkgs:
+            installed_pkgs.write(self.list_installed("arch"))
+
+        if globs is None:
+            globs = self.d.getVar('IMAGE_INSTALL_COMPLEMENTARY', True)
+            split_linguas = set()
+
+            for translation in self.d.getVar('IMAGE_LINGUAS', True).split():
+                split_linguas.add(translation)
+                split_linguas.add(translation.split('-')[0])
+
+            split_linguas = sorted(split_linguas)
+
+            for lang in split_linguas:
+                globs += " *-locale-%s" % lang
+
+        if globs is None:
+            return
+
+        cmd = [bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "oe-pkgdata-util"),
+               "glob", self.d.getVar('PKGDATA_DIR', True), installed_pkgs_file,
+               globs]
+        try:
+            bb.note("Installing complementary packages ...")
+            complementary_pkgs = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            bb.fatal("Could not compute complementary packages list. Command "
+                     "'%s' returned %d:\n%s" %
+                     (' '.join(cmd), e.returncode, e.output))
+
+        self.install(complementary_pkgs.split(), attempt_only=True)
+
+    def deploy_dir_lock(self):
+        if self.deploy_dir is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("deploy_dir is not set!")
+
+        lock_file_name = os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, "deploy.lock")
+
+        self.deploy_lock = bb.utils.lockfile(lock_file_name)
+
+    def deploy_dir_unlock(self):
+        if self.deploy_lock is None:
+            return
+
+        bb.utils.unlockfile(self.deploy_lock)
+
+        self.deploy_lock = None
+
+
+class RpmPM(PackageManager):
+    def __init__(self,
+                 d,
+                 target_rootfs,
+                 target_vendor,
+                 task_name='target',
+                 providename=None,
+                 arch_var=None,
+                 os_var=None):
+        super(RpmPM, self).__init__(d)
+        self.target_rootfs = target_rootfs
+        self.target_vendor = target_vendor
+        self.task_name = task_name
+        self.providename = providename
+        self.fullpkglist = list()
+        self.deploy_dir = self.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_RPM', True)
+        self.etcrpm_dir = os.path.join(self.target_rootfs, "etc/rpm")
+        self.install_dir = os.path.join(self.target_rootfs, "install")
+        self.rpm_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "rpm")
+        self.smart_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "smart")
+        self.smart_opt = "--data-dir=" + os.path.join(target_rootfs,
+                                                      'var/lib/smart')
+        self.scriptlet_wrapper = self.d.expand('${WORKDIR}/scriptlet_wrapper')
+        self.solution_manifest = self.d.expand('${T}/saved/%s_solution' %
+                                               self.task_name)
+        self.saved_rpmlib = self.d.expand('${T}/saved/%s' % self.task_name)
+        self.image_rpmlib = os.path.join(self.target_rootfs, 'var/lib/rpm')
+
+        if not os.path.exists(self.d.expand('${T}/saved')):
+            bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.d.expand('${T}/saved'))
+
+        self.indexer = RpmIndexer(self.d, self.deploy_dir)
+        self.pkgs_list = RpmPkgsList(self.d, self.target_rootfs, arch_var, os_var)
+
+        self.ml_prefix_list, self.ml_os_list = self.indexer.get_ml_prefix_and_os_list(arch_var, os_var)
+
+    def insert_feeds_uris(self):
+        if self.feed_uris == "":
+            return
+
+        # List must be prefered to least preferred order
+        default_platform_extra = set()
+        platform_extra = set()
+        bbextendvariant = self.d.getVar('BBEXTENDVARIANT', True) or ""
+        for mlib in self.ml_os_list:
+            for arch in self.ml_prefix_list[mlib]:
+                plt = arch.replace('-', '_') + '-.*-' + self.ml_os_list[mlib]
+                if mlib == bbextendvariant:
+                        default_platform_extra.add(plt)
+                else:
+                        platform_extra.add(plt)
+
+        platform_extra = platform_extra.union(default_platform_extra)
+
+        arch_list = []
+        for canonical_arch in platform_extra:
+            arch = canonical_arch.split('-')[0]
+            if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, arch)):
+                continue
+            arch_list.append(arch)
+
+        uri_iterator = 0
+        channel_priority = 10 + 5 * len(self.feed_uris.split()) * len(arch_list)
+
+        for uri in self.feed_uris.split():
+            for arch in arch_list:
+                bb.note('Note: adding Smart channel url%d%s (%s)' %
+                        (uri_iterator, arch, channel_priority))
+                self._invoke_smart('channel --add url%d-%s type=rpm-md baseurl=%s/rpm/%s -y'
+                                   % (uri_iterator, arch, uri, arch))
+                self._invoke_smart('channel --set url%d-%s priority=%d' %
+                                   (uri_iterator, arch, channel_priority))
+                channel_priority -= 5
+            uri_iterator += 1
+
+    '''
+    Create configs for rpm and smart, and multilib is supported
+    '''
+    def create_configs(self):
+        target_arch = self.d.getVar('TARGET_ARCH', True)
+        platform = '%s%s-%s' % (target_arch.replace('-', '_'),
+                                self.target_vendor,
+                                self.ml_os_list['default'])
+
+        # List must be prefered to least preferred order
+        default_platform_extra = list()
+        platform_extra = list()
+        bbextendvariant = self.d.getVar('BBEXTENDVARIANT', True) or ""
+        for mlib in self.ml_os_list:
+            for arch in self.ml_prefix_list[mlib]:
+                plt = arch.replace('-', '_') + '-.*-' + self.ml_os_list[mlib]
+                if mlib == bbextendvariant:
+                    if plt not in default_platform_extra:
+                        default_platform_extra.append(plt)
+                else:
+                    if plt not in platform_extra:
+                        platform_extra.append(plt)
+        platform_extra = default_platform_extra + platform_extra
+
+        self._create_configs(platform, platform_extra)
+
+    def _invoke_smart(self, args):
+        cmd = "%s %s %s" % (self.smart_cmd, self.smart_opt, args)
+        # bb.note(cmd)
+        try:
+            complementary_pkgs = subprocess.check_output(cmd,
+                                                         stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+                                                         shell=True)
+            # bb.note(complementary_pkgs)
+            return complementary_pkgs
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            bb.fatal("Could not invoke smart. Command "
+                     "'%s' returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+    def _search_pkg_name_in_feeds(self, pkg, feed_archs):
+        for arch in feed_archs:
+            arch = arch.replace('-', '_')
+            for p in self.fullpkglist:
+                regex_match = r"^%s-[^-]*-[^-]*@%s$" % \
+                    (re.escape(pkg), re.escape(arch))
+                if re.match(regex_match, p) is not None:
+                    # First found is best match
+                    # bb.note('%s -> %s' % (pkg, pkg + '@' + arch))
+                    return pkg + '@' + arch
+
+        return ""
+
+    '''
+    Translate the OE multilib format names to the RPM/Smart format names
+    It searched the RPM/Smart format names in probable multilib feeds first,
+    and then searched the default base feed.
+    '''
+    def _pkg_translate_oe_to_smart(self, pkgs, attempt_only=False):
+        new_pkgs = list()
+
+        for pkg in pkgs:
+            new_pkg = pkg
+            # Search new_pkg in probable multilibs first
+            for mlib in self.ml_prefix_list:
+                # Jump the default archs
+                if mlib == 'default':
+                    continue
+
+                subst = pkg.replace(mlib + '-', '')
+                # if the pkg in this multilib feed
+                if subst != pkg:
+                    feed_archs = self.ml_prefix_list[mlib]
+                    new_pkg = self._search_pkg_name_in_feeds(subst, feed_archs)
+                    if not new_pkg:
+                        # Failed to translate, package not found!
+                        err_msg = '%s not found in the %s feeds (%s).\n' % \
+                                  (pkg, mlib, " ".join(feed_archs))
+                        if not attempt_only:
+                            err_msg += " ".join(self.fullpkglist)
+                            bb.fatal(err_msg)
+                        bb.warn(err_msg)
+                    else:
+                        new_pkgs.append(new_pkg)
+
+                    break
+
+            # Apparently not a multilib package...
+            if pkg == new_pkg:
+                # Search new_pkg in default archs
+                default_archs = self.ml_prefix_list['default']
+                new_pkg = self._search_pkg_name_in_feeds(pkg, default_archs)
+                if not new_pkg:
+                    err_msg = '%s not found in the base feeds (%s).\n' % \
+                              (pkg, ' '.join(default_archs))
+                    if not attempt_only:
+                        err_msg += " ".join(self.fullpkglist)
+                        bb.fatal(err_msg)
+                    bb.warn(err_msg)
+                else:
+                    new_pkgs.append(new_pkg)
+
+        return new_pkgs
+
+    def _create_configs(self, platform, platform_extra):
+        # Setup base system configuration
+        bb.note("configuring RPM platform settings")
+
+        # Configure internal RPM environment when using Smart
+        os.environ['RPM_ETCRPM'] = self.etcrpm_dir
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.etcrpm_dir)
+
+        # Setup temporary directory -- install...
+        if os.path.exists(self.install_dir):
+            bb.utils.remove(self.install_dir, True)
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(os.path.join(self.install_dir, 'tmp'))
+
+        channel_priority = 5
+        platform_dir = os.path.join(self.etcrpm_dir, "platform")
+        with open(platform_dir, "w+") as platform_fd:
+            platform_fd.write(platform + '\n')
+            for pt in platform_extra:
+                channel_priority += 5
+                platform_fd.write(re.sub("-linux.*$", "-linux.*\n", pt))
+
+        # Tell RPM that the "/" directory exist and is available
+        bb.note("configuring RPM system provides")
+        sysinfo_dir = os.path.join(self.etcrpm_dir, "sysinfo")
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(sysinfo_dir)
+        with open(os.path.join(sysinfo_dir, "Dirnames"), "w+") as dirnames:
+            dirnames.write("/\n")
+
+        if self.providename:
+            providename_dir = os.path.join(sysinfo_dir, "Providename")
+            if not os.path.exists(providename_dir):
+                providename_content = '\n'.join(self.providename)
+                providename_content += '\n'
+                open(providename_dir, "w+").write(providename_content)
+
+        # Configure RPM... we enforce these settings!
+        bb.note("configuring RPM DB settings")
+        # After change the __db.* cache size, log file will not be
+        # generated automatically, that will raise some warnings,
+        # so touch a bare log for rpm write into it.
+        rpmlib_log = os.path.join(self.image_rpmlib, 'log', 'log.0000000001')
+        if not os.path.exists(rpmlib_log):
+            bb.utils.mkdirhier(os.path.join(self.image_rpmlib, 'log'))
+            open(rpmlib_log, 'w+').close()
+
+        DB_CONFIG_CONTENT = "# ================ Environment\n" \
+            "set_data_dir .\n" \
+            "set_create_dir .\n" \
+            "set_lg_dir ./log\n" \
+            "set_tmp_dir ./tmp\n" \
+            "set_flags db_log_autoremove on\n" \
+            "\n" \
+            "# -- thread_count must be >= 8\n" \
+            "set_thread_count 64\n" \
+            "\n" \
+            "# ================ Logging\n" \
+            "\n" \
+            "# ================ Memory Pool\n" \
+            "set_cachesize 0 1048576 0\n" \
+            "set_mp_mmapsize 268435456\n" \
+            "\n" \
+            "# ================ Locking\n" \
+            "set_lk_max_locks 16384\n" \
+            "set_lk_max_lockers 16384\n" \
+            "set_lk_max_objects 16384\n" \
+            "mutex_set_max 163840\n" \
+            "\n" \
+            "# ================ Replication\n"
+
+        db_config_dir = os.path.join(self.image_rpmlib, 'DB_CONFIG')
+        if not os.path.exists(db_config_dir):
+            open(db_config_dir, 'w+').write(DB_CONFIG_CONTENT)
+
+        # Create database so that smart doesn't complain (lazy init)
+        cmd = "%s --root %s --dbpath /var/lib/rpm -qa > /dev/null" % (
+              self.rpm_cmd,
+              self.target_rootfs)
+        try:
+            subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            bb.fatal("Create rpm database failed. Command '%s' "
+                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+        # Configure smart
+        bb.note("configuring Smart settings")
+        bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(self.target_rootfs, 'var/lib/smart'),
+                        True)
+        self._invoke_smart('config --set rpm-root=%s' % self.target_rootfs)
+        self._invoke_smart('config --set rpm-dbpath=/var/lib/rpm')
+        self._invoke_smart('config --set rpm-extra-macros._var=%s' %
+                           self.d.getVar('localstatedir', True))
+        cmd = 'config --set rpm-extra-macros._tmppath=/install/tmp'
+        self._invoke_smart(cmd)
+
+        # Write common configuration for host and target usage
+        self._invoke_smart('config --set rpm-nolinktos=1')
+        self._invoke_smart('config --set rpm-noparentdirs=1')
+        for i in self.d.getVar('BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS', True).split():
+            self._invoke_smart('flag --set ignore-recommends %s' % i)
+
+        # Do the following configurations here, to avoid them being
+        # saved for field upgrade
+        if self.d.getVar('NO_RECOMMENDATIONS', True).strip() == "1":
+            self._invoke_smart('config --set ignore-all-recommends=1')
+        pkg_exclude = self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_EXCLUDE', True) or ""
+        for i in pkg_exclude.split():
+            self._invoke_smart('flag --set exclude-packages %s' % i)
+
+        # Optional debugging
+        # self._invoke_smart('config --set rpm-log-level=debug')
+        # cmd = 'config --set rpm-log-file=/tmp/smart-debug-logfile'
+        # self._invoke_smart(cmd)
+        ch_already_added = []
+        for canonical_arch in platform_extra:
+            arch = canonical_arch.split('-')[0]
+            arch_channel = os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, arch)
+            if os.path.exists(arch_channel) and not arch in ch_already_added:
+                bb.note('Note: adding Smart channel %s (%s)' %
+                        (arch, channel_priority))
+                self._invoke_smart('channel --add %s type=rpm-md baseurl=%s -y'
+                                   % (arch, arch_channel))
+                self._invoke_smart('channel --set %s priority=%d' %
+                                   (arch, channel_priority))
+                channel_priority -= 5
+
+                ch_already_added.append(arch)
+
+        bb.note('adding Smart RPM DB channel')
+        self._invoke_smart('channel --add rpmsys type=rpm-sys -y')
+
+        # Construct install scriptlet wrapper.
+        # Scripts need to be ordered when executed, this ensures numeric order.
+        # If we ever run into needing more the 899 scripts, we'll have to.
+        # change num to start with 1000.
+        #
+        SCRIPTLET_FORMAT = "#!/bin/bash\n" \
+            "\n" \
+            "export PATH=%s\n" \
+            "export D=%s\n" \
+            'export OFFLINE_ROOT="$D"\n' \
+            'export IPKG_OFFLINE_ROOT="$D"\n' \
+            'export OPKG_OFFLINE_ROOT="$D"\n' \
+            "export INTERCEPT_DIR=%s\n" \
+            "export NATIVE_ROOT=%s\n" \
+            "\n" \
+            "$2 $1/$3 $4\n" \
+            "if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then\n" \
+            "  if [ $4 -eq 1 ]; then\n" \
+            "    mkdir -p $1/etc/rpm-postinsts\n" \
+            "    num=100\n" \
+            "    while [ -e $1/etc/rpm-postinsts/${num}-* ]; do num=$((num + 1)); done\n" \
+            "    name=`head -1 $1/$3 | cut -d\' \' -f 2`\n" \
+            '    echo "#!$2" > $1/etc/rpm-postinsts/${num}-${name}\n' \
+            '    echo "# Arg: $4" >> $1/etc/rpm-postinsts/${num}-${name}\n' \
+            "    cat $1/$3 >> $1/etc/rpm-postinsts/${num}-${name}\n" \
+            "    chmod +x $1/etc/rpm-postinsts/${num}-${name}\n" \
+            "  else\n" \
+            '    echo "Error: pre/post remove scriptlet failed"\n' \
+            "  fi\n" \
+            "fi\n"
+
+        intercept_dir = self.d.expand('${WORKDIR}/intercept_scripts')
+        native_root = self.d.getVar('STAGING_DIR_NATIVE', True)
+        scriptlet_content = SCRIPTLET_FORMAT % (os.environ['PATH'],
+                                                self.target_rootfs,
+                                                intercept_dir,
+                                                native_root)
+        open(self.scriptlet_wrapper, 'w+').write(scriptlet_content)
+
+        bb.note("Note: configuring RPM cross-install scriptlet_wrapper")
+        os.chmod(self.scriptlet_wrapper, 0755)
+        cmd = 'config --set rpm-extra-macros._cross_scriptlet_wrapper=%s' % \
+              self.scriptlet_wrapper
+        self._invoke_smart(cmd)
+
+        # Debug to show smart config info
+        # bb.note(self._invoke_smart('config --show'))
+
+    def update(self):
+        self._invoke_smart('update rpmsys')
+
+    '''
+    Install pkgs with smart, the pkg name is oe format
+    '''
+    def install(self, pkgs, attempt_only=False):
+
+        bb.note("Installing the following packages: %s" % ' '.join(pkgs))
+        if attempt_only and len(pkgs) == 0:
+            return
+        pkgs = self._pkg_translate_oe_to_smart(pkgs, attempt_only)
+
+        if not attempt_only:
+            bb.note('to be installed: %s' % ' '.join(pkgs))
+            cmd = "%s %s install -y %s" % \
+                  (self.smart_cmd, self.smart_opt, ' '.join(pkgs))
+            bb.note(cmd)
+        else:
+            bb.note('installing attempt only packages...')
+            bb.note('Attempting %s' % ' '.join(pkgs))
+            cmd = "%s %s install --attempt -y %s" % \
+                  (self.smart_cmd, self.smart_opt, ' '.join(pkgs))
+        try:
+            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd.split(), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+            bb.note(output)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            bb.fatal("Unable to install packages. Command '%s' "
+                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+    '''
+    Remove pkgs with smart, the pkg name is smart/rpm format
+    '''
+    def remove(self, pkgs, with_dependencies=True):
+        bb.note('to be removed: ' + ' '.join(pkgs))
+
+        if not with_dependencies:
+            cmd = "%s -e --nodeps " % self.rpm_cmd
+            cmd += "--root=%s " % self.target_rootfs
+            cmd += "--dbpath=/var/lib/rpm "
+            cmd += "--define='_cross_scriptlet_wrapper %s' " % \
+                   self.scriptlet_wrapper
+            cmd += "--define='_tmppath /install/tmp' %s" % ' '.join(pkgs)
+        else:
+            # for pkg in pkgs:
+            #   bb.note('Debug: What required: %s' % pkg)
+            #   bb.note(self._invoke_smart('query %s --show-requiredby' % pkg))
+
+            cmd = "%s %s remove -y %s" % (self.smart_cmd,
+                                          self.smart_opt,
+                                          ' '.join(pkgs))
+
+        try:
+            bb.note(cmd)
+            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
+            bb.note(output)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            bb.note("Unable to remove packages. Command '%s' "
+                    "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+    def upgrade(self):
+        bb.note('smart upgrade')
+        self._invoke_smart('upgrade')
+
+    def write_index(self):
+        result = self.indexer.write_index()
+
+        if result is not None:
+            bb.fatal(result)
+
+    def remove_packaging_data(self):
+        bb.utils.remove(self.image_rpmlib, True)
+        bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(self.target_rootfs, 'var/lib/smart'),
+                        True)
+        bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(self.target_rootfs, 'var/lib/opkg'), True)
+
+        # remove temp directory
+        bb.utils.remove(self.d.expand('${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/install'), True)
+
+    def backup_packaging_data(self):
+        # Save the rpmlib for increment rpm image generation
+        if os.path.exists(self.saved_rpmlib):
+            bb.utils.remove(self.saved_rpmlib, True)
+        shutil.copytree(self.image_rpmlib,
+                        self.saved_rpmlib,
+                        symlinks=True)
+
+    def recovery_packaging_data(self):
+        # Move the rpmlib back
+        if os.path.exists(self.saved_rpmlib):
+            if os.path.exists(self.image_rpmlib):
+                bb.utils.remove(self.image_rpmlib, True)
+
+            bb.note('Recovery packaging data')
+            shutil.copytree(self.saved_rpmlib,
+                            self.image_rpmlib,
+                            symlinks=True)
+
+    def list_installed(self, format=None):
+        return self.pkgs_list.list(format)
+
+    '''
+    If incremental install, we need to determine what we've got,
+    what we need to add, and what to remove...
+    The dump_install_solution will dump and save the new install
+    solution.
+    '''
+    def dump_install_solution(self, pkgs):
+        bb.note('creating new install solution for incremental install')
+        if len(pkgs) == 0:
+            return
+
+        pkgs = self._pkg_translate_oe_to_smart(pkgs, False)
+        install_pkgs = list()
+
+        cmd = "%s %s install -y --dump %s 2>%s" %  \
+              (self.smart_cmd,
+               self.smart_opt,
+               ' '.join(pkgs),
+               self.solution_manifest)
+        try:
+            # Disable rpmsys channel for the fake install
+            self._invoke_smart('channel --disable rpmsys')
+
+            subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
+            with open(self.solution_manifest, 'r') as manifest:
+                for pkg in manifest.read().split('\n'):
+                    if '@' in pkg:
+                        install_pkgs.append(pkg)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            bb.note("Unable to dump install packages. Command '%s' "
+                    "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+        # Recovery rpmsys channel
+        self._invoke_smart('channel --enable rpmsys')
+        return install_pkgs
+
+    '''
+    If incremental install, we need to determine what we've got,
+    what we need to add, and what to remove...
+    The load_old_install_solution will load the previous install
+    solution
+    '''
+    def load_old_install_solution(self):
+        bb.note('load old install solution for incremental install')
+        installed_pkgs = list()
+        if not os.path.exists(self.solution_manifest):
+            bb.note('old install solution not exist')
+            return installed_pkgs
+
+        with open(self.solution_manifest, 'r') as manifest:
+            for pkg in manifest.read().split('\n'):
+                if '@' in pkg:
+                    installed_pkgs.append(pkg.strip())
+
+        return installed_pkgs
+
+    '''
+    Dump all available packages in feeds, it should be invoked after the
+    newest rpm index was created
+    '''
+    def dump_all_available_pkgs(self):
+        available_manifest = self.d.expand('${T}/saved/available_pkgs.txt')
+        available_pkgs = list()
+        cmd = "%s %s query --output %s" %  \
+              (self.smart_cmd, self.smart_opt, available_manifest)
+        try:
+            subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
+            with open(available_manifest, 'r') as manifest:
+                for pkg in manifest.read().split('\n'):
+                    if '@' in pkg:
+                        available_pkgs.append(pkg.strip())
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            bb.note("Unable to list all available packages. Command '%s' "
+                    "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+        self.fullpkglist = available_pkgs
+
+        return
+
+    def save_rpmpostinst(self, pkg):
+        mlibs = (self.d.getVar('MULTILIB_GLOBAL_VARIANTS') or "").split()
+
+        new_pkg = pkg
+        # Remove any multilib prefix from the package name
+        for mlib in mlibs:
+            if mlib in pkg:
+                new_pkg = pkg.replace(mlib + '-', '')
+                break
+
+        bb.note('  * postponing %s' % new_pkg)
+        saved_dir = self.target_rootfs + self.d.expand('${sysconfdir}/rpm-postinsts/') + new_pkg
+
+        cmd = self.rpm_cmd + ' -q --scripts --root ' + self.target_rootfs
+        cmd += ' --dbpath=/var/lib/rpm ' + new_pkg
+        cmd += ' | sed -n -e "/^postinstall scriptlet (using .*):$/,/^.* scriptlet (using .*):$/ {/.*/p}"'
+        cmd += ' | sed -e "/postinstall scriptlet (using \(.*\)):$/d"'
+        cmd += ' -e "/^.* scriptlet (using .*):$/d" > %s' % saved_dir
+
+        try:
+            bb.note(cmd)
+            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True).strip()
+            bb.note(output)
+            os.chmod(saved_dir, 0755)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            bb.fatal("Invoke save_rpmpostinst failed. Command '%s' "
+                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+    '''Write common configuration for target usage'''
+    def rpm_setup_smart_target_config(self):
+        bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(self.target_rootfs, 'var/lib/smart'),
+                        True)
+
+        self._invoke_smart('config --set rpm-nolinktos=1')
+        self._invoke_smart('config --set rpm-noparentdirs=1')
+        for i in self.d.getVar('BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS', True).split():
+            self._invoke_smart('flag --set ignore-recommends %s' % i)
+        self._invoke_smart('channel --add rpmsys type=rpm-sys -y')
+
+    '''
+    The rpm db lock files were produced after invoking rpm to query on
+    build system, and they caused the rpm on target didn't work, so we
+    need to unlock the rpm db by removing the lock files.
+    '''
+    def unlock_rpm_db(self):
+        # Remove rpm db lock files
+        rpm_db_locks = glob.glob('%s/var/lib/rpm/__db.*' % self.target_rootfs)
+        for f in rpm_db_locks:
+            bb.utils.remove(f, True)
+
+
+class OpkgPM(PackageManager):
+    def __init__(self, d, target_rootfs, config_file, archs, task_name='target'):
+        super(OpkgPM, self).__init__(d)
+
+        self.target_rootfs = target_rootfs
+        self.config_file = config_file
+        self.pkg_archs = archs
+        self.task_name = task_name
+
+        self.deploy_dir = self.d.getVar("DEPLOY_DIR_IPK", True)
+        self.deploy_lock_file = os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, "deploy.lock")
+        self.opkg_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "opkg-cl")
+        self.opkg_args = "-f %s -o %s " % (self.config_file, target_rootfs)
+        self.opkg_args += self.d.getVar("OPKG_ARGS", True)
+
+        opkg_lib_dir = self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR', True)
+        if opkg_lib_dir[0] == "/":
+            opkg_lib_dir = opkg_lib_dir[1:]
+
+        self.opkg_dir = os.path.join(target_rootfs, opkg_lib_dir, "opkg")
+
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.opkg_dir)
+
+        self.saved_opkg_dir = self.d.expand('${T}/saved/%s' % self.task_name)
+        if not os.path.exists(self.d.expand('${T}/saved')):
+            bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.d.expand('${T}/saved'))
+
+        if (self.d.getVar('BUILD_IMAGES_FROM_FEEDS', True) or "") != "1":
+            self._create_config()
+        else:
+            self._create_custom_config()
+
+        self.indexer = OpkgIndexer(self.d, self.deploy_dir)
+
+    """
+    This function will change a package's status in /var/lib/opkg/status file.
+    If 'packages' is None then the new_status will be applied to all
+    packages
+    """
+    def mark_packages(self, status_tag, packages=None):
+        status_file = os.path.join(self.opkg_dir, "status")
+
+        with open(status_file, "r") as sf:
+            with open(status_file + ".tmp", "w+") as tmp_sf:
+                if packages is None:
+                    tmp_sf.write(re.sub(r"Package: (.*?)\n((?:[^\n]+\n)*?)Status: (.*)(?:unpacked|installed)",
+                                        r"Package: \1\n\2Status: \3%s" % status_tag,
+                                        sf.read()))
+                else:
+                    if type(packages).__name__ != "list":
+                        raise TypeError("'packages' should be a list object")
+
+                    status = sf.read()
+                    for pkg in packages:
+                        status = re.sub(r"Package: %s\n((?:[^\n]+\n)*?)Status: (.*)(?:unpacked|installed)" % pkg,
+                                        r"Package: %s\n\1Status: \2%s" % (pkg, status_tag),
+                                        status)
+
+                    tmp_sf.write(status)
+
+        os.rename(status_file + ".tmp", status_file)
+
+    def _create_custom_config(self):
+        bb.note("Building from feeds activated!")
+
+        with open(self.config_file, "w+") as config_file:
+            priority = 1
+            for arch in self.pkg_archs.split():
+                config_file.write("arch %s %d\n" % (arch, priority))
+                priority += 5
+
+            for line in (self.d.getVar('IPK_FEED_URIS', True) or "").split():
+                feed_match = re.match("^[ \t]*(.*)##([^ \t]*)[ \t]*$", line)
+
+                if feed_match is not None:
+                    feed_name = feed_match.group(1)
+                    feed_uri = feed_match.group(2)
+
+                    bb.note("Add %s feed with URL %s" % (feed_name, feed_uri))
+
+                    config_file.write("src/gz %s %s\n" % (feed_name, feed_uri))
+
+            """
+            Allow to use package deploy directory contents as quick devel-testing
+            feed. This creates individual feed configs for each arch subdir of those
+            specified as compatible for the current machine.
+            NOTE: Development-helper feature, NOT a full-fledged feed.
+            """
+            if (self.d.getVar('FEED_DEPLOYDIR_BASE_URI', True) or "") != "":
+                for arch in self.pkg_archs.split():
+                    cfg_file_name = os.path.join(self.target_rootfs,
+                                                 self.d.getVar("sysconfdir", True),
+                                                 "opkg",
+                                                 "local-%s-feed.conf" % arch)
+
+                    with open(cfg_file_name, "w+") as cfg_file:
+                        cfg_file.write("src/gz local-%s %s/%s" %
+                                       arch,
+                                       self.d.getVar('FEED_DEPLOYDIR_BASE_URI', True),
+                                       arch)
+
+    def _create_config(self):
+        with open(self.config_file, "w+") as config_file:
+            priority = 1
+            for arch in self.pkg_archs.split():
+                config_file.write("arch %s %d\n" % (arch, priority))
+                priority += 5
+
+            config_file.write("src oe file:%s\n" % self.deploy_dir)
+
+            for arch in self.pkg_archs.split():
+                pkgs_dir = os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, arch)
+                if os.path.isdir(pkgs_dir):
+                    config_file.write("src oe-%s file:%s\n" %
+                                      (arch, pkgs_dir))
+
+    def insert_feeds_uris(self):
+        if self.feed_uris == "":
+            return
+
+        rootfs_config = os.path.join('%s/etc/opkg/base-feeds.conf'
+                                  % self.target_rootfs)
+
+        with open(rootfs_config, "w+") as config_file:
+            uri_iterator = 0
+            for uri in self.feed_uris.split():
+                config_file.write("src/gz url-%d %s/ipk\n" %
+                                  (uri_iterator, uri))
+
+                for arch in self.pkg_archs.split():
+                    if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, arch)):
+                        continue
+                    bb.note('Note: adding opkg channel url-%s-%d (%s)' %
+                        (arch, uri_iterator, uri))
+
+                    config_file.write("src/gz uri-%s-%d %s/ipk/%s\n" %
+                                      (arch, uri_iterator, uri, arch))
+                uri_iterator += 1
+
+    def update(self):
+        self.deploy_dir_lock()
+
+        cmd = "%s %s update" % (self.opkg_cmd, self.opkg_args)
+
+        try:
+            subprocess.check_output(cmd.split(), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            self.deploy_dir_unlock()
+            bb.fatal("Unable to update the package index files. Command '%s' "
+                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+        self.deploy_dir_unlock()
+
+    def install(self, pkgs, attempt_only=False):
+        if attempt_only and len(pkgs) == 0:
+            return
+
+        cmd = "%s %s install %s" % (self.opkg_cmd, self.opkg_args, ' '.join(pkgs))
+
+        os.environ['D'] = self.target_rootfs
+        os.environ['OFFLINE_ROOT'] = self.target_rootfs
+        os.environ['IPKG_OFFLINE_ROOT'] = self.target_rootfs
+        os.environ['OPKG_OFFLINE_ROOT'] = self.target_rootfs
+        os.environ['INTERCEPT_DIR'] = os.path.join(self.d.getVar('WORKDIR', True),
+                                                   "intercept_scripts")
+        os.environ['NATIVE_ROOT'] = self.d.getVar('STAGING_DIR_NATIVE', True)
+
+        try:
+            bb.note("Installing the following packages: %s" % ' '.join(pkgs))
+            bb.note(cmd)
+            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd.split(), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+            bb.note(output)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            (bb.fatal, bb.note)[attempt_only]("Unable to install packages. "
+                                              "Command '%s' returned %d:\n%s" %
+                                              (cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+    def remove(self, pkgs, with_dependencies=True):
+        if with_dependencies:
+            cmd = "%s %s --force-depends --force-remove --force-removal-of-dependent-packages remove %s" % \
+                (self.opkg_cmd, self.opkg_args, ' '.join(pkgs))
+        else:
+            cmd = "%s %s --force-depends remove %s" % \
+                (self.opkg_cmd, self.opkg_args, ' '.join(pkgs))
+
+        try:
+            bb.note(cmd)
+            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd.split(), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+            bb.note(output)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            bb.fatal("Unable to remove packages. Command '%s' "
+                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (e.cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+    def write_index(self):
+        self.deploy_dir_lock()
+
+        result = self.indexer.write_index()
+
+        self.deploy_dir_unlock()
+
+        if result is not None:
+            bb.fatal(result)
+
+    def remove_packaging_data(self):
+        bb.utils.remove(self.opkg_dir, True)
+        # create the directory back, it's needed by PM lock
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.opkg_dir)
+
+    def list_installed(self, format=None):
+        return OpkgPkgsList(self.d, self.target_rootfs, self.config_file).list(format)
+
+    def handle_bad_recommendations(self):
+        bad_recommendations = self.d.getVar("BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS", True) or ""
+        if bad_recommendations.strip() == "":
+            return
+
+        status_file = os.path.join(self.opkg_dir, "status")
+
+        # If status file existed, it means the bad recommendations has already
+        # been handled
+        if os.path.exists(status_file):
+            return
+
+        cmd = "%s %s info " % (self.opkg_cmd, self.opkg_args)
+
+        with open(status_file, "w+") as status:
+            for pkg in bad_recommendations.split():
+                pkg_info = cmd + pkg
+
+                try:
+                    output = subprocess.check_output(pkg_info.split(), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).strip()
+                except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+                    bb.fatal("Cannot get package info. Command '%s' "
+                             "returned %d:\n%s" % (pkg_info, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+                if output == "":
+                    bb.note("Ignored bad recommendation: '%s' is "
+                            "not a package" % pkg)
+                    continue
+
+                for line in output.split('\n'):
+                    if line.startswith("Status:"):
+                        status.write("Status: deinstall hold not-installed\n")
+                    else:
+                        status.write(line + "\n")
+
+    '''
+    The following function dummy installs pkgs and returns the log of output.
+    '''
+    def dummy_install(self, pkgs):
+        if len(pkgs) == 0:
+            return
+
+        # Create an temp dir as opkg root for dummy installation
+        temp_rootfs = self.d.expand('${T}/opkg')
+        temp_opkg_dir = os.path.join(temp_rootfs, 'var/lib/opkg')
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(temp_opkg_dir)
+
+        opkg_args = "-f %s -o %s " % (self.config_file, temp_rootfs)
+        opkg_args += self.d.getVar("OPKG_ARGS", True)
+
+        cmd = "%s %s update" % (self.opkg_cmd, opkg_args)
+        try:
+            subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            bb.fatal("Unable to update. Command '%s' "
+                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+        # Dummy installation
+        cmd = "%s %s --noaction install %s " % (self.opkg_cmd,
+                                                opkg_args,
+                                                ' '.join(pkgs))
+        try:
+            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            bb.fatal("Unable to dummy install packages. Command '%s' "
+                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+        bb.utils.remove(temp_rootfs, True)
+
+        return output
+
+    def backup_packaging_data(self):
+        # Save the opkglib for increment ipk image generation
+        if os.path.exists(self.saved_opkg_dir):
+            bb.utils.remove(self.saved_opkg_dir, True)
+        shutil.copytree(self.opkg_dir,
+                        self.saved_opkg_dir,
+                        symlinks=True)
+
+    def recover_packaging_data(self):
+        # Move the opkglib back
+        if os.path.exists(self.saved_opkg_dir):
+            if os.path.exists(self.opkg_dir):
+                bb.utils.remove(self.opkg_dir, True)
+
+            bb.note('Recover packaging data')
+            shutil.copytree(self.saved_opkg_dir,
+                            self.opkg_dir,
+                            symlinks=True)
+
+
+class DpkgPM(PackageManager):
+    def __init__(self, d, target_rootfs, archs, base_archs, apt_conf_dir=None):
+        super(DpkgPM, self).__init__(d)
+        self.target_rootfs = target_rootfs
+        self.deploy_dir = self.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_DEB', True)
+        if apt_conf_dir is None:
+            self.apt_conf_dir = self.d.expand("${APTCONF_TARGET}/apt")
+        else:
+            self.apt_conf_dir = apt_conf_dir
+        self.apt_conf_file = os.path.join(self.apt_conf_dir, "apt.conf")
+        self.apt_get_cmd = bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "apt-get")
+
+        self.apt_args = d.getVar("APT_ARGS", True)
+
+        self._create_configs(archs, base_archs)
+
+        self.indexer = DpkgIndexer(self.d, self.deploy_dir)
+
+    """
+    This function will change a package's status in /var/lib/dpkg/status file.
+    If 'packages' is None then the new_status will be applied to all
+    packages
+    """
+    def mark_packages(self, status_tag, packages=None):
+        status_file = self.target_rootfs + "/var/lib/dpkg/status"
+
+        with open(status_file, "r") as sf:
+            with open(status_file + ".tmp", "w+") as tmp_sf:
+                if packages is None:
+                    tmp_sf.write(re.sub(r"Package: (.*?)\n((?:[^\n]+\n)*?)Status: (.*)(?:unpacked|installed)",
+                                        r"Package: \1\n\2Status: \3%s" % status_tag,
+                                        sf.read()))
+                else:
+                    if type(packages).__name__ != "list":
+                        raise TypeError("'packages' should be a list object")
+
+                    status = sf.read()
+                    for pkg in packages:
+                        status = re.sub(r"Package: %s\n((?:[^\n]+\n)*?)Status: (.*)(?:unpacked|installed)" % pkg,
+                                        r"Package: %s\n\1Status: \2%s" % (pkg, status_tag),
+                                        status)
+
+                    tmp_sf.write(status)
+
+        os.rename(status_file + ".tmp", status_file)
+
+    """
+    Run the pre/post installs for package "package_name". If package_name is
+    None, then run all pre/post install scriptlets.
+    """
+    def run_pre_post_installs(self, package_name=None):
+        info_dir = self.target_rootfs + "/var/lib/dpkg/info"
+        suffixes = [(".preinst", "Preinstall"), (".postinst", "Postinstall")]
+        status_file = self.target_rootfs + "/var/lib/dpkg/status"
+        installed_pkgs = []
+
+        with open(status_file, "r") as status:
+            for line in status.read().split('\n'):
+                m = re.match("^Package: (.*)", line)
+                if m is not None:
+                    installed_pkgs.append(m.group(1))
+
+        if package_name is not None and not package_name in installed_pkgs:
+            return
+
+        os.environ['D'] = self.target_rootfs
+        os.environ['OFFLINE_ROOT'] = self.target_rootfs
+        os.environ['IPKG_OFFLINE_ROOT'] = self.target_rootfs
+        os.environ['OPKG_OFFLINE_ROOT'] = self.target_rootfs
+        os.environ['INTERCEPT_DIR'] = os.path.join(self.d.getVar('WORKDIR', True),
+                                                   "intercept_scripts")
+        os.environ['NATIVE_ROOT'] = self.d.getVar('STAGING_DIR_NATIVE', True)
+
+        failed_pkgs = []
+        for pkg_name in installed_pkgs:
+            for suffix in suffixes:
+                p_full = os.path.join(info_dir, pkg_name + suffix[0])
+                if os.path.exists(p_full):
+                    try:
+                        bb.note("Executing %s for package: %s ..." %
+                                 (suffix[1].lower(), pkg_name))
+                        subprocess.check_output(p_full, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+                    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+                        bb.note("%s for package %s failed with %d:\n%s" %
+                                (suffix[1], pkg_name, e.returncode, e.output))
+                        failed_pkgs.append(pkg_name)
+                        break
+
+        if len(failed_pkgs):
+            self.mark_packages("unpacked", failed_pkgs)
+
+    def update(self):
+        os.environ['APT_CONFIG'] = self.apt_conf_file
+
+        self.deploy_dir_lock()
+
+        cmd = "%s update" % self.apt_get_cmd
+
+        try:
+            subprocess.check_output(cmd.split(), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            bb.fatal("Unable to update the package index files. Command '%s' "
+                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (e.cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+        self.deploy_dir_unlock()
+
+    def install(self, pkgs, attempt_only=False):
+        if attempt_only and len(pkgs) == 0:
+            return
+
+        os.environ['APT_CONFIG'] = self.apt_conf_file
+
+        cmd = "%s %s install --force-yes --allow-unauthenticated %s" % \
+              (self.apt_get_cmd, self.apt_args, ' '.join(pkgs))
+
+        try:
+            bb.note("Installing the following packages: %s" % ' '.join(pkgs))
+            subprocess.check_output(cmd.split(), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            (bb.fatal, bb.note)[attempt_only]("Unable to install packages. "
+                                              "Command '%s' returned %d:\n%s" %
+                                              (cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+        # rename *.dpkg-new files/dirs
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(self.target_rootfs):
+            for dir in dirs:
+                new_dir = re.sub("\.dpkg-new", "", dir)
+                if dir != new_dir:
+                    os.rename(os.path.join(root, dir),
+                              os.path.join(root, new_dir))
+
+            for file in files:
+                new_file = re.sub("\.dpkg-new", "", file)
+                if file != new_file:
+                    os.rename(os.path.join(root, file),
+                              os.path.join(root, new_file))
+
+
+    def remove(self, pkgs, with_dependencies=True):
+        if with_dependencies:
+            os.environ['APT_CONFIG'] = self.apt_conf_file
+            cmd = "%s remove %s" % (self.apt_get_cmd, ' '.join(pkgs))
+        else:
+            cmd = "%s --admindir=%s/var/lib/dpkg --instdir=%s" \
+                  " -r --force-depends %s" % \
+                  (bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), "dpkg"),
+                   self.target_rootfs, self.target_rootfs, ' '.join(pkgs))
+
+        try:
+            subprocess.check_output(cmd.split(), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            bb.fatal("Unable to remove packages. Command '%s' "
+                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (e.cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+    def write_index(self):
+        self.deploy_dir_lock()
+
+        result = self.indexer.write_index()
+
+        self.deploy_dir_unlock()
+
+        if result is not None:
+            bb.fatal(result)
+
+    def insert_feeds_uris(self):
+        if self.feed_uris == "":
+            return
+
+        sources_conf = os.path.join("%s/etc/apt/sources.list"
+                                    % self.target_rootfs)
+        arch_list = []
+        archs = self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_ARCHS', True)
+        for arch in archs.split():
+            if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, arch)):
+                continue
+            arch_list.append(arch)
+
+        with open(sources_conf, "w+") as sources_file:
+            for uri in self.feed_uris.split():
+                for arch in arch_list:
+                    bb.note('Note: adding dpkg channel at (%s)' % uri)
+                    sources_file.write("deb %s/deb/%s ./\n" %
+                                       (uri, arch))
+
+    def _create_configs(self, archs, base_archs):
+        base_archs = re.sub("_", "-", base_archs)
+
+        if os.path.exists(self.apt_conf_dir):
+            bb.utils.remove(self.apt_conf_dir, True)
+
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.apt_conf_dir)
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.apt_conf_dir + "/lists/partial/")
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.apt_conf_dir + "/apt.conf.d/")
+
+        arch_list = []
+        for arch in archs.split():
+            if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, arch)):
+                continue
+            arch_list.append(arch)
+
+        with open(os.path.join(self.apt_conf_dir, "preferences"), "w+") as prefs_file:
+            priority = 801
+            for arch in arch_list:
+                prefs_file.write(
+                    "Package: *\n"
+                    "Pin: release l=%s\n"
+                    "Pin-Priority: %d\n\n" % (arch, priority))
+
+                priority += 5
+
+            for pkg in self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_EXCLUDE', True).split():
+                prefs_file.write(
+                    "Package: %s\n"
+                    "Pin: release *\n"
+                    "Pin-Priority: -1\n\n" % pkg)
+
+        arch_list.reverse()
+
+        with open(os.path.join(self.apt_conf_dir, "sources.list"), "w+") as sources_file:
+            for arch in arch_list:
+                sources_file.write("deb file:%s/ ./\n" %
+                                   os.path.join(self.deploy_dir, arch))
+
+        with open(self.apt_conf_file, "w+") as apt_conf:
+            with open(self.d.expand("${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE}/apt/apt.conf.sample")) as apt_conf_sample:
+                for line in apt_conf_sample.read().split("\n"):
+                    line = re.sub("Architecture \".*\";",
+                                  "Architecture \"%s\";" % base_archs, line)
+                    line = re.sub("#ROOTFS#", self.target_rootfs, line)
+                    line = re.sub("#APTCONF#", self.apt_conf_dir, line)
+
+                    apt_conf.write(line + "\n")
+
+        target_dpkg_dir = "%s/var/lib/dpkg" % self.target_rootfs
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(os.path.join(target_dpkg_dir, "info"))
+
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(os.path.join(target_dpkg_dir, "updates"))
+
+        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(target_dpkg_dir, "status")):
+            open(os.path.join(target_dpkg_dir, "status"), "w+").close()
+        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(target_dpkg_dir, "available")):
+            open(os.path.join(target_dpkg_dir, "available"), "w+").close()
+
+    def remove_packaging_data(self):
+        bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(self.target_rootfs,
+                                     self.d.getVar('opkglibdir', True)), True)
+        bb.utils.remove(self.target_rootfs + "/var/lib/dpkg/", True)
+
+    def fix_broken_dependencies(self):
+        os.environ['APT_CONFIG'] = self.apt_conf_file
+
+        cmd = "%s %s -f install" % (self.apt_get_cmd, self.apt_args)
+
+        try:
+            subprocess.check_output(cmd.split(), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            bb.fatal("Cannot fix broken dependencies. Command '%s' "
+                     "returned %d:\n%s" % (cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+    def list_installed(self, format=None):
+        return DpkgPkgsList(self.d, self.target_rootfs).list()
+
+
+def generate_index_files(d):
+    classes = d.getVar('PACKAGE_CLASSES', True).replace("package_", "").split()
+
+    indexer_map = {
+        "rpm": (RpmIndexer, d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_RPM', True)),
+        "ipk": (OpkgIndexer, d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_IPK', True)),
+        "deb": (DpkgIndexer, d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_DEB', True))
+    }
+
+    result = None
+
+    for pkg_class in classes:
+        if not pkg_class in indexer_map:
+            continue
+
+        if os.path.exists(indexer_map[pkg_class][1]):
+            result = indexer_map[pkg_class][0](d, indexer_map[pkg_class][1]).write_index()
+
+            if result is not None:
+                bb.fatal(result)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    """
+    We should be able to run this as a standalone script, from outside bitbake
+    environment.
+    """
+    """
+    TBD
+    """
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/packagedata.py b/meta/lib/oe/packagedata.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd5f0445f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/packagedata.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import codecs
+
+def packaged(pkg, d):
+    return os.access(get_subpkgedata_fn(pkg, d) + '.packaged', os.R_OK)
+
+def read_pkgdatafile(fn):
+    pkgdata = {}
+
+    def decode(str):
+        c = codecs.getdecoder("string_escape")
+        return c(str)[0]
+
+    if os.access(fn, os.R_OK):
+        import re
+        f = open(fn, 'r')
+        lines = f.readlines()
+        f.close()
+        r = re.compile("([^:]+):\s*(.*)")
+        for l in lines:
+            m = r.match(l)
+            if m:
+                pkgdata[m.group(1)] = decode(m.group(2))
+
+    return pkgdata
+
+def get_subpkgedata_fn(pkg, d):
+    return d.expand('${PKGDATA_DIR}/runtime/%s' % pkg)
+
+def has_subpkgdata(pkg, d):
+    return os.access(get_subpkgedata_fn(pkg, d), os.R_OK)
+
+def read_subpkgdata(pkg, d):
+    return read_pkgdatafile(get_subpkgedata_fn(pkg, d))
+
+def has_pkgdata(pn, d):
+    fn = d.expand('${PKGDATA_DIR}/%s' % pn)
+    return os.access(fn, os.R_OK)
+
+def read_pkgdata(pn, d):
+    fn = d.expand('${PKGDATA_DIR}/%s' % pn)
+    return read_pkgdatafile(fn)
+
+#
+# Collapse FOO_pkg variables into FOO
+#
+def read_subpkgdata_dict(pkg, d):
+    ret = {}
+    subd = read_pkgdatafile(get_subpkgedata_fn(pkg, d))
+    for var in subd:
+        newvar = var.replace("_" + pkg, "")
+        if newvar == var and var + "_" + pkg in subd:
+            continue
+        ret[newvar] = subd[var]
+    return ret
+
+def _pkgmap(d):
+    """Return a dictionary mapping package to recipe name."""
+
+    pkgdatadir = d.getVar("PKGDATA_DIR", True)
+
+    pkgmap = {}
+    try:
+        files = os.listdir(pkgdatadir)
+    except OSError:
+        bb.warn("No files in %s?" % pkgdatadir)
+        files = []
+
+    for pn in filter(lambda f: not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(pkgdatadir, f)), files):
+        try:
+            pkgdata = read_pkgdatafile(os.path.join(pkgdatadir, pn))
+        except OSError:
+            continue
+
+        packages = pkgdata.get("PACKAGES") or ""
+        for pkg in packages.split():
+            pkgmap[pkg] = pn
+
+    return pkgmap
+
+def pkgmap(d):
+    """Return a dictionary mapping package to recipe name.
+    Cache the mapping in the metadata"""
+
+    pkgmap_data = d.getVar("__pkgmap_data", False)
+    if pkgmap_data is None:
+        pkgmap_data = _pkgmap(d)
+        d.setVar("__pkgmap_data", pkgmap_data)
+
+    return pkgmap_data
+
+def recipename(pkg, d):
+    """Return the recipe name for the given binary package name."""
+
+    return pkgmap(d).get(pkg)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/packagegroup.py b/meta/lib/oe/packagegroup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12eb4212ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/packagegroup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import itertools
+
+def is_optional(feature, d):
+    packages = d.getVar("FEATURE_PACKAGES_%s" % feature, True)
+    if packages:
+        return bool(d.getVarFlag("FEATURE_PACKAGES_%s" % feature, "optional"))
+    else:
+        return bool(d.getVarFlag("PACKAGE_GROUP_%s" % feature, "optional"))
+
+def packages(features, d):
+    for feature in features:
+        packages = d.getVar("FEATURE_PACKAGES_%s" % feature, True)
+        if not packages:
+            packages = d.getVar("PACKAGE_GROUP_%s" % feature, True)
+        for pkg in (packages or "").split():
+            yield pkg
+
+def required_packages(features, d):
+    req = filter(lambda feature: not is_optional(feature, d), features)
+    return packages(req, d)
+
+def optional_packages(features, d):
+    opt = filter(lambda feature: is_optional(feature, d), features)
+    return packages(opt, d)
+
+def active_packages(features, d):
+    return itertools.chain(required_packages(features, d),
+                           optional_packages(features, d))
+
+def active_recipes(features, d):
+    import oe.packagedata
+
+    for pkg in active_packages(features, d):
+        recipe = oe.packagedata.recipename(pkg, d)
+        if recipe:
+            yield recipe
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/patch.py b/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b085c9d6b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
@@ -0,0 +1,447 @@
+import oe.path
+
+class NotFoundError(bb.BBHandledException):
+    def __init__(self, path):
+        self.path = path
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "Error: %s not found." % self.path
+
+class CmdError(bb.BBHandledException):
+    def __init__(self, exitstatus, output):
+        self.status = exitstatus
+        self.output = output
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "Command Error: exit status: %d  Output:\n%s" % (self.status, self.output)
+
+
+def runcmd(args, dir = None):
+    import pipes
+
+    if dir:
+        olddir = os.path.abspath(os.curdir)
+        if not os.path.exists(dir):
+            raise NotFoundError(dir)
+        os.chdir(dir)
+        # print("cwd: %s -> %s" % (olddir, dir))
+
+    try:
+        args = [ pipes.quote(str(arg)) for arg in args ]
+        cmd = " ".join(args)
+        # print("cmd: %s" % cmd)
+        (exitstatus, output) = oe.utils.getstatusoutput(cmd)
+        if exitstatus != 0:
+            raise CmdError(exitstatus >> 8, output)
+        return output
+
+    finally:
+        if dir:
+            os.chdir(olddir)
+
+class PatchError(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, msg):
+        self.msg = msg
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "Patch Error: %s" % self.msg
+
+class PatchSet(object):
+    defaults = {
+        "strippath": 1
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self, dir, d):
+        self.dir = dir
+        self.d = d
+        self.patches = []
+        self._current = None
+
+    def current(self):
+        return self._current
+
+    def Clean(self):
+        """
+        Clean out the patch set.  Generally includes unapplying all
+        patches and wiping out all associated metadata.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def Import(self, patch, force):
+        if not patch.get("file"):
+            if not patch.get("remote"):
+                raise PatchError("Patch file must be specified in patch import.")
+            else:
+                patch["file"] = bb.fetch2.localpath(patch["remote"], self.d)
+
+        for param in PatchSet.defaults:
+            if not patch.get(param):
+                patch[param] = PatchSet.defaults[param]
+
+        if patch.get("remote"):
+            patch["file"] = bb.data.expand(bb.fetch2.localpath(patch["remote"], self.d), self.d)
+
+        patch["filemd5"] = bb.utils.md5_file(patch["file"])
+
+    def Push(self, force):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def Pop(self, force):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def Refresh(self, remote = None, all = None):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class PatchTree(PatchSet):
+    def __init__(self, dir, d):
+        PatchSet.__init__(self, dir, d)
+        self.patchdir = os.path.join(self.dir, 'patches')
+        self.seriespath = os.path.join(self.dir, 'patches', 'series')
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.patchdir)
+
+    def _appendPatchFile(self, patch, strippath):
+        with open(self.seriespath, 'a') as f:
+            f.write(os.path.basename(patch) + "," + strippath + "\n")
+        shellcmd = ["cat", patch, ">" , self.patchdir + "/" + os.path.basename(patch)]
+        runcmd(["sh", "-c", " ".join(shellcmd)], self.dir)
+
+    def _removePatch(self, p):
+        patch = {}
+        patch['file'] = p.split(",")[0]
+        patch['strippath'] = p.split(",")[1]
+        self._applypatch(patch, False, True)
+
+    def _removePatchFile(self, all = False):
+        if not os.path.exists(self.seriespath):
+            return
+        patches = open(self.seriespath, 'r+').readlines()
+        if all:
+            for p in reversed(patches):
+                self._removePatch(os.path.join(self.patchdir, p.strip()))
+            patches = []
+        else:
+            self._removePatch(os.path.join(self.patchdir, patches[-1].strip()))
+            patches.pop()
+        with open(self.seriespath, 'w') as f:
+            for p in patches:
+                f.write(p)
+         
+    def Import(self, patch, force = None):
+        """"""
+        PatchSet.Import(self, patch, force)
+
+        if self._current is not None:
+            i = self._current + 1
+        else:
+            i = 0
+        self.patches.insert(i, patch)
+
+    def _applypatch(self, patch, force = False, reverse = False, run = True):
+        shellcmd = ["cat", patch['file'], "|", "patch", "-p", patch['strippath']]
+        if reverse:
+            shellcmd.append('-R')
+
+        if not run:
+            return "sh" + "-c" + " ".join(shellcmd)
+
+        if not force:
+            shellcmd.append('--dry-run')
+
+        output = runcmd(["sh", "-c", " ".join(shellcmd)], self.dir)
+
+        if force:
+            return
+
+        shellcmd.pop(len(shellcmd) - 1)
+        output = runcmd(["sh", "-c", " ".join(shellcmd)], self.dir)
+
+        if not reverse:
+            self._appendPatchFile(patch['file'], patch['strippath'])
+
+        return output
+
+    def Push(self, force = False, all = False, run = True):
+        bb.note("self._current is %s" % self._current)
+        bb.note("patches is %s" % self.patches)
+        if all:
+            for i in self.patches:
+                bb.note("applying patch %s" % i)
+                self._applypatch(i, force)
+                self._current = i
+        else:
+            if self._current is not None:
+                next = self._current + 1
+            else:
+                next = 0
+
+            bb.note("applying patch %s" % self.patches[next])
+            ret = self._applypatch(self.patches[next], force)
+
+            self._current = next
+            return ret
+
+    def Pop(self, force = None, all = None):
+        if all:
+            self._removePatchFile(True)
+            self._current = None
+        else:
+            self._removePatchFile(False)
+
+        if self._current == 0:
+            self._current = None
+
+        if self._current is not None:
+            self._current = self._current - 1
+
+    def Clean(self):
+        """"""
+        self.Pop(all=True)
+
+class GitApplyTree(PatchTree):
+    def __init__(self, dir, d):
+        PatchTree.__init__(self, dir, d)
+
+    def _applypatch(self, patch, force = False, reverse = False, run = True):
+        def _applypatchhelper(shellcmd, patch, force = False, reverse = False, run = True):
+            if reverse:
+                shellcmd.append('-R')
+
+            shellcmd.append(patch['file'])
+
+            if not run:
+                return "sh" + "-c" + " ".join(shellcmd)
+
+            return runcmd(["sh", "-c", " ".join(shellcmd)], self.dir)
+
+        try:
+            shellcmd = ["git", "--work-tree=.", "am", "-3", "-p%s" % patch['strippath']]
+            return _applypatchhelper(shellcmd, patch, force, reverse, run)
+        except CmdError:
+            shellcmd = ["git", "--git-dir=.", "apply", "-p%s" % patch['strippath']]
+            return _applypatchhelper(shellcmd, patch, force, reverse, run)
+
+
+class QuiltTree(PatchSet):
+    def _runcmd(self, args, run = True):
+        quiltrc = self.d.getVar('QUILTRCFILE', True)
+        if not run:
+            return ["quilt"] + ["--quiltrc"] + [quiltrc] + args
+        runcmd(["quilt"] + ["--quiltrc"] + [quiltrc] + args, self.dir)
+
+    def _quiltpatchpath(self, file):
+        return os.path.join(self.dir, "patches", os.path.basename(file))
+
+
+    def __init__(self, dir, d):
+        PatchSet.__init__(self, dir, d)
+        self.initialized = False
+        p = os.path.join(self.dir, 'patches')
+        if not os.path.exists(p):
+            os.makedirs(p)
+
+    def Clean(self):
+        try:
+            self._runcmd(["pop", "-a", "-f"])
+            oe.path.remove(os.path.join(self.dir, "patches","series"))
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        self.initialized = True
+
+    def InitFromDir(self):
+        # read series -> self.patches
+        seriespath = os.path.join(self.dir, 'patches', 'series')
+        if not os.path.exists(self.dir):
+            raise NotFoundError(self.dir)
+        if os.path.exists(seriespath):
+            series = file(seriespath, 'r')
+            for line in series.readlines():
+                patch = {}
+                parts = line.strip().split()
+                patch["quiltfile"] = self._quiltpatchpath(parts[0])
+                patch["quiltfilemd5"] = bb.utils.md5_file(patch["quiltfile"])
+                if len(parts) > 1:
+                    patch["strippath"] = parts[1][2:]
+                self.patches.append(patch)
+            series.close()
+
+            # determine which patches are applied -> self._current
+            try:
+                output = runcmd(["quilt", "applied"], self.dir)
+            except CmdError:
+                import sys
+                if sys.exc_value.output.strip() == "No patches applied":
+                    return
+                else:
+                    raise
+            output = [val for val in output.split('\n') if not val.startswith('#')]
+            for patch in self.patches:
+                if os.path.basename(patch["quiltfile"]) == output[-1]:
+                    self._current = self.patches.index(patch)
+        self.initialized = True
+
+    def Import(self, patch, force = None):
+        if not self.initialized:
+            self.InitFromDir()
+        PatchSet.Import(self, patch, force)
+        oe.path.symlink(patch["file"], self._quiltpatchpath(patch["file"]), force=True)
+        f = open(os.path.join(self.dir, "patches","series"), "a");
+        f.write(os.path.basename(patch["file"]) + " -p" + patch["strippath"]+"\n")
+        f.close()
+        patch["quiltfile"] = self._quiltpatchpath(patch["file"])
+        patch["quiltfilemd5"] = bb.utils.md5_file(patch["quiltfile"])
+
+        # TODO: determine if the file being imported:
+        #      1) is already imported, and is the same
+        #      2) is already imported, but differs
+
+        self.patches.insert(self._current or 0, patch)
+
+
+    def Push(self, force = False, all = False, run = True):
+        # quilt push [-f]
+
+        args = ["push"]
+        if force:
+            args.append("-f")
+        if all:
+            args.append("-a")
+        if not run:
+            return self._runcmd(args, run)
+
+        self._runcmd(args)
+
+        if self._current is not None:
+            self._current = self._current + 1
+        else:
+            self._current = 0
+
+    def Pop(self, force = None, all = None):
+        # quilt pop [-f]
+        args = ["pop"]
+        if force:
+            args.append("-f")
+        if all:
+            args.append("-a")
+
+        self._runcmd(args)
+
+        if self._current == 0:
+            self._current = None
+
+        if self._current is not None:
+            self._current = self._current - 1
+
+    def Refresh(self, **kwargs):
+        if kwargs.get("remote"):
+            patch = self.patches[kwargs["patch"]]
+            if not patch:
+                raise PatchError("No patch found at index %s in patchset." % kwargs["patch"])
+            (type, host, path, user, pswd, parm) = bb.fetch.decodeurl(patch["remote"])
+            if type == "file":
+                import shutil
+                if not patch.get("file") and patch.get("remote"):
+                    patch["file"] = bb.fetch2.localpath(patch["remote"], self.d)
+
+                shutil.copyfile(patch["quiltfile"], patch["file"])
+            else:
+                raise PatchError("Unable to do a remote refresh of %s, unsupported remote url scheme %s." % (os.path.basename(patch["quiltfile"]), type))
+        else:
+            # quilt refresh
+            args = ["refresh"]
+            if kwargs.get("quiltfile"):
+                args.append(os.path.basename(kwargs["quiltfile"]))
+            elif kwargs.get("patch"):
+                args.append(os.path.basename(self.patches[kwargs["patch"]]["quiltfile"]))
+            self._runcmd(args)
+
+class Resolver(object):
+    def __init__(self, patchset, terminal):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def Resolve(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def Revert(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def Finalize(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+class NOOPResolver(Resolver):
+    def __init__(self, patchset, terminal):
+        self.patchset = patchset
+        self.terminal = terminal
+
+    def Resolve(self):
+        olddir = os.path.abspath(os.curdir)
+        os.chdir(self.patchset.dir)
+        try:
+            self.patchset.Push()
+        except Exception:
+            import sys
+            os.chdir(olddir)
+            raise
+
+# Patch resolver which relies on the user doing all the work involved in the
+# resolution, with the exception of refreshing the remote copy of the patch
+# files (the urls).
+class UserResolver(Resolver):
+    def __init__(self, patchset, terminal):
+        self.patchset = patchset
+        self.terminal = terminal
+
+    # Force a push in the patchset, then drop to a shell for the user to
+    # resolve any rejected hunks
+    def Resolve(self):
+        olddir = os.path.abspath(os.curdir)
+        os.chdir(self.patchset.dir)
+        try:
+            self.patchset.Push(False)
+        except CmdError as v:
+            # Patch application failed
+            patchcmd = self.patchset.Push(True, False, False)
+
+            t = self.patchset.d.getVar('T', True)
+            if not t:
+                bb.msg.fatal("Build", "T not set")
+            bb.utils.mkdirhier(t)
+            import random
+            rcfile = "%s/bashrc.%s.%s" % (t, str(os.getpid()), random.random())
+            f = open(rcfile, "w")
+            f.write("echo '*** Manual patch resolution mode ***'\n")
+            f.write("echo 'Dropping to a shell, so patch rejects can be fixed manually.'\n")
+            f.write("echo 'Run \"quilt refresh\" when patch is corrected, press CTRL+D to exit.'\n")
+            f.write("echo ''\n")
+            f.write(" ".join(patchcmd) + "\n")
+            f.close()
+            os.chmod(rcfile, 0775)
+
+            self.terminal("bash --rcfile " + rcfile, 'Patch Rejects: Please fix patch rejects manually', self.patchset.d)
+
+            # Construct a new PatchSet after the user's changes, compare the
+            # sets, checking patches for modifications, and doing a remote
+            # refresh on each.
+            oldpatchset = self.patchset
+            self.patchset = oldpatchset.__class__(self.patchset.dir, self.patchset.d)
+
+            for patch in self.patchset.patches:
+                oldpatch = None
+                for opatch in oldpatchset.patches:
+                    if opatch["quiltfile"] == patch["quiltfile"]:
+                        oldpatch = opatch
+
+                if oldpatch:
+                    patch["remote"] = oldpatch["remote"]
+                    if patch["quiltfile"] == oldpatch["quiltfile"]:
+                        if patch["quiltfilemd5"] != oldpatch["quiltfilemd5"]:
+                            bb.note("Patch %s has changed, updating remote url %s" % (os.path.basename(patch["quiltfile"]), patch["remote"]))
+                            # user change?  remote refresh
+                            self.patchset.Refresh(remote=True, patch=self.patchset.patches.index(patch))
+                        else:
+                            # User did not fix the problem.  Abort.
+                            raise PatchError("Patch application failed, and user did not fix and refresh the patch.")
+        except Exception:
+            os.chdir(olddir)
+            raise
+        os.chdir(olddir)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/path.py b/meta/lib/oe/path.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..413ebfb395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/path.py
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+import errno
+import glob
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import os.path
+
+def join(*paths):
+    """Like os.path.join but doesn't treat absolute RHS specially"""
+    return os.path.normpath("/".join(paths))
+
+def relative(src, dest):
+    """ Return a relative path from src to dest.
+
+    >>> relative("/usr/bin", "/tmp/foo/bar")
+    ../../tmp/foo/bar
+
+    >>> relative("/usr/bin", "/usr/lib")
+    ../lib
+
+    >>> relative("/tmp", "/tmp/foo/bar")
+    foo/bar
+    """
+
+    return os.path.relpath(dest, src)
+
+def make_relative_symlink(path):
+    """ Convert an absolute symlink to a relative one """
+    if not os.path.islink(path):
+        return
+    link = os.readlink(path)
+    if not os.path.isabs(link):
+        return
+
+    # find the common ancestor directory
+    ancestor = path
+    depth = 0
+    while ancestor and not link.startswith(ancestor):
+        ancestor = ancestor.rpartition('/')[0]
+        depth += 1
+
+    if not ancestor:
+        print("make_relative_symlink() Error: unable to find the common ancestor of %s and its target" % path)
+        return
+
+    base = link.partition(ancestor)[2].strip('/')
+    while depth > 1:
+        base = "../" + base
+        depth -= 1
+
+    os.remove(path)
+    os.symlink(base, path)
+
+def format_display(path, metadata):
+    """ Prepare a path for display to the user. """
+    rel = relative(metadata.getVar("TOPDIR", True), path)
+    if len(rel) > len(path):
+        return path
+    else:
+        return rel
+
+def copytree(src, dst):
+    # We could use something like shutil.copytree here but it turns out to
+    # to be slow. It takes twice as long copying to an empty directory. 
+    # If dst already has contents performance can be 15 time slower
+    # This way we also preserve hardlinks between files in the tree.
+
+    bb.utils.mkdirhier(dst)
+    cmd = 'tar -cf - -C %s -p . | tar -xf - -C %s' % (src, dst)
+    check_output(cmd, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+
+def copyhardlinktree(src, dst):
+    """ Make the hard link when possible, otherwise copy. """
+    bb.utils.mkdirhier(dst)
+    if os.path.isdir(src) and not len(os.listdir(src)):
+        return  
+
+    if (os.stat(src).st_dev ==  os.stat(dst).st_dev):
+        # Need to copy directories only with tar first since cp will error if two 
+        # writers try and create a directory at the same time
+        cmd = 'cd %s; find . -type d -print | tar -cf - -C %s -p --files-from - --no-recursion | tar -xf - -C %s' % (src, src, dst)
+        check_output(cmd, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        cmd = 'cd %s; find . -print0 | cpio --null -pdlu %s' % (src, dst)
+        check_output(cmd, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+    else:
+        copytree(src, dst)
+
+def remove(path, recurse=True):
+    """Equivalent to rm -f or rm -rf"""
+    for name in glob.glob(path):
+        try:
+            os.unlink(name)
+        except OSError as exc:
+            if recurse and exc.errno == errno.EISDIR:
+                shutil.rmtree(name)
+            elif exc.errno != errno.ENOENT:
+                raise
+
+def symlink(source, destination, force=False):
+    """Create a symbolic link"""
+    try:
+        if force:
+            remove(destination)
+        os.symlink(source, destination)
+    except OSError as e:
+        if e.errno != errno.EEXIST or os.readlink(destination) != source:
+            raise
+
+class CalledProcessError(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, retcode, cmd, output = None):
+        self.retcode = retcode
+        self.cmd = cmd
+        self.output = output
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "Command '%s' returned non-zero exit status %d with output %s" % (self.cmd, self.retcode, self.output)
+
+# Not needed when we move to python 2.7
+def check_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
+    r"""Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string.
+
+    If the exit code was non-zero it raises a CalledProcessError.  The
+    CalledProcessError object will have the return code in the returncode
+    attribute and output in the output attribute.
+
+    The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor.  Example:
+
+    >>> check_output(["ls", "-l", "/dev/null"])
+    'crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Oct 18  2007 /dev/null\n'
+
+    The stdout argument is not allowed as it is used internally.
+    To capture standard error in the result, use stderr=STDOUT.
+
+    >>> check_output(["/bin/sh", "-c",
+    ...               "ls -l non_existent_file ; exit 0"],
+    ...              stderr=STDOUT)
+    'ls: non_existent_file: No such file or directory\n'
+    """
+    if 'stdout' in kwargs:
+        raise ValueError('stdout argument not allowed, it will be overridden.')
+    process = subprocess.Popen(stdout=subprocess.PIPE, *popenargs, **kwargs)
+    output, unused_err = process.communicate()
+    retcode = process.poll()
+    if retcode:
+        cmd = kwargs.get("args")
+        if cmd is None:
+            cmd = popenargs[0]
+        raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd, output=output)
+    return output
+
+def find(dir, **walkoptions):
+    """ Given a directory, recurses into that directory,
+    returning all files as absolute paths. """
+
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(dir, **walkoptions):
+        for file in files:
+            yield os.path.join(root, file)
+
+
+## realpath() related functions
+def __is_path_below(file, root):
+    return (file + os.path.sep).startswith(root)
+
+def __realpath_rel(start, rel_path, root, loop_cnt, assume_dir):
+    """Calculates real path of symlink 'start' + 'rel_path' below
+    'root'; no part of 'start' below 'root' must contain symlinks. """
+    have_dir = True
+
+    for d in rel_path.split(os.path.sep):
+        if not have_dir and not assume_dir:
+            raise OSError(errno.ENOENT, "no such directory %s" % start)
+
+        if d == os.path.pardir: # '..'
+            if len(start) >= len(root):
+                # do not follow '..' before root
+                start = os.path.dirname(start)
+            else:
+                # emit warning?
+                pass
+        else:
+            (start, have_dir) = __realpath(os.path.join(start, d),
+                                           root, loop_cnt, assume_dir)
+
+        assert(__is_path_below(start, root))
+
+    return start
+
+def __realpath(file, root, loop_cnt, assume_dir):
+    while os.path.islink(file) and len(file) >= len(root):
+        if loop_cnt == 0:
+            raise OSError(errno.ELOOP, file)
+
+        loop_cnt -= 1
+        target = os.path.normpath(os.readlink(file))
+
+        if not os.path.isabs(target):
+            tdir = os.path.dirname(file)
+            assert(__is_path_below(tdir, root))
+        else:
+            tdir = root
+
+        file = __realpath_rel(tdir, target, root, loop_cnt, assume_dir)
+
+    try:
+        is_dir = os.path.isdir(file)
+    except:
+        is_dir = false
+
+    return (file, is_dir)
+
+def realpath(file, root, use_physdir = True, loop_cnt = 100, assume_dir = False):
+    """ Returns the canonical path of 'file' with assuming a
+    toplevel 'root' directory. When 'use_physdir' is set, all
+    preceding path components of 'file' will be resolved first;
+    this flag should be set unless it is guaranteed that there is
+    no symlink in the path. When 'assume_dir' is not set, missing
+    path components will raise an ENOENT error"""
+
+    root = os.path.normpath(root)
+    file = os.path.normpath(file)
+
+    if not root.endswith(os.path.sep):
+        # letting root end with '/' makes some things easier
+        root = root + os.path.sep
+
+    if not __is_path_below(file, root):
+        raise OSError(errno.EINVAL, "file '%s' is not below root" % file)
+
+    try:
+        if use_physdir:
+            file = __realpath_rel(root, file[(len(root) - 1):], root, loop_cnt, assume_dir)
+        else:
+            file = __realpath(file, root, loop_cnt, assume_dir)[0]
+    except OSError as e:
+        if e.errno == errno.ELOOP:
+            # make ELOOP more readable; without catching it, there will
+            # be printed a backtrace with 100s of OSError exceptions
+            # else
+            raise OSError(errno.ELOOP,
+                          "too much recursions while resolving '%s'; loop in '%s'" %
+                          (file, e.strerror))
+
+        raise
+
+    return file
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/prservice.py b/meta/lib/oe/prservice.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0cbcb1fbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/prservice.py
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+
+def prserv_make_conn(d, check = False):
+    import prserv.serv
+    host_params = filter(None, (d.getVar("PRSERV_HOST", True) or '').split(':'))
+    try:
+        conn = None
+        conn = prserv.serv.PRServerConnection(host_params[0], int(host_params[1]))
+        if check:
+            if not conn.ping():
+                raise Exception('service not available')
+        d.setVar("__PRSERV_CONN",conn)
+    except Exception, exc:
+        bb.fatal("Connecting to PR service %s:%s failed: %s" % (host_params[0], host_params[1], str(exc)))
+
+    return conn
+
+def prserv_dump_db(d):
+    if not d.getVar('PRSERV_HOST', True):
+        bb.error("Not using network based PR service")
+        return None
+
+    conn = d.getVar("__PRSERV_CONN", True)
+    if conn is None:
+        conn = prserv_make_conn(d)
+        if conn is None:
+            bb.error("Making connection failed to remote PR service")
+            return None
+
+    #dump db
+    opt_version = d.getVar('PRSERV_DUMPOPT_VERSION', True)
+    opt_pkgarch = d.getVar('PRSERV_DUMPOPT_PKGARCH', True)
+    opt_checksum = d.getVar('PRSERV_DUMPOPT_CHECKSUM', True)
+    opt_col = ("1" == d.getVar('PRSERV_DUMPOPT_COL', True))
+    return conn.export(opt_version, opt_pkgarch, opt_checksum, opt_col)
+
+def prserv_import_db(d, filter_version=None, filter_pkgarch=None, filter_checksum=None):
+    if not d.getVar('PRSERV_HOST', True):
+        bb.error("Not using network based PR service")
+        return None
+
+    conn = d.getVar("__PRSERV_CONN", True)
+    if conn is None:
+        conn = prserv_make_conn(d)
+        if conn is None:
+            bb.error("Making connection failed to remote PR service")
+            return None
+    #get the entry values
+    imported = []
+    prefix = "PRAUTO$"
+    for v in d.keys():
+        if v.startswith(prefix):
+            (remain, sep, checksum) = v.rpartition('$')
+            (remain, sep, pkgarch) = remain.rpartition('$')
+            (remain, sep, version) = remain.rpartition('$')
+            if (remain + '$' != prefix) or \
+               (filter_version and filter_version != version) or \
+               (filter_pkgarch and filter_pkgarch != pkgarch) or \
+               (filter_checksum and filter_checksum != checksum):
+               continue
+            try:
+                value = int(d.getVar(remain + '$' + version + '$' + pkgarch + '$' + checksum, True))
+            except BaseException as exc:
+                bb.debug("Not valid value of %s:%s" % (v,str(exc)))
+                continue
+            ret = conn.importone(version,pkgarch,checksum,value)
+            if ret != value:
+                bb.error("importing(%s,%s,%s,%d) failed. DB may have larger value %d" % (version,pkgarch,checksum,value,ret))
+            else:
+               imported.append((version,pkgarch,checksum,value))
+    return imported
+
+def prserv_export_tofile(d, metainfo, datainfo, lockdown, nomax=False):
+    import bb.utils
+    #initilize the output file
+    bb.utils.mkdirhier(d.getVar('PRSERV_DUMPDIR', True))
+    df = d.getVar('PRSERV_DUMPFILE', True)
+    #write data
+    lf = bb.utils.lockfile("%s.lock" % df)
+    f = open(df, "a")
+    if metainfo:
+        #dump column info 
+        f.write("#PR_core_ver = \"%s\"\n\n" % metainfo['core_ver']);
+        f.write("#Table: %s\n" % metainfo['tbl_name'])
+        f.write("#Columns:\n")
+        f.write("#name      \t type    \t notn    \t dflt    \t pk\n")
+        f.write("#----------\t --------\t --------\t --------\t ----\n")
+        for i in range(len(metainfo['col_info'])):
+            f.write("#%10s\t %8s\t %8s\t %8s\t %4s\n" % 
+                    (metainfo['col_info'][i]['name'], 
+                     metainfo['col_info'][i]['type'], 
+                     metainfo['col_info'][i]['notnull'], 
+                     metainfo['col_info'][i]['dflt_value'], 
+                     metainfo['col_info'][i]['pk']))
+        f.write("\n")
+
+    if lockdown:
+        f.write("PRSERV_LOCKDOWN = \"1\"\n\n")
+
+    if datainfo:
+        idx = {}
+        for i in range(len(datainfo)):
+            pkgarch = datainfo[i]['pkgarch']
+            value = datainfo[i]['value']
+            if pkgarch not in idx:
+                idx[pkgarch] = i
+            elif value > datainfo[idx[pkgarch]]['value']:
+                idx[pkgarch] = i
+            f.write("PRAUTO$%s$%s$%s = \"%s\"\n" % 
+                (str(datainfo[i]['version']), pkgarch, str(datainfo[i]['checksum']), str(value)))
+        if not nomax:
+            for i in idx:
+                f.write("PRAUTO_%s_%s = \"%s\"\n" % (str(datainfo[idx[i]]['version']),str(datainfo[idx[i]]['pkgarch']),str(datainfo[idx[i]]['value'])))
+    f.close()
+    bb.utils.unlockfile(lf)
+
+def prserv_check_avail(d):
+    host_params = filter(None, (d.getVar("PRSERV_HOST", True) or '').split(':'))
+    try:
+        if len(host_params) != 2:
+            raise TypeError
+        else:
+            int(host_params[1])
+    except TypeError:
+        bb.fatal('Undefined/incorrect PRSERV_HOST value. Format: "host:port"')
+    else:
+        prserv_make_conn(d, True)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/qa.py b/meta/lib/oe/qa.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5cdaa0fcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/qa.py
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+class ELFFile:
+    EI_NIDENT = 16
+
+    EI_CLASS      = 4
+    EI_DATA       = 5
+    EI_VERSION    = 6
+    EI_OSABI      = 7
+    EI_ABIVERSION = 8
+
+    # possible values for EI_CLASS
+    ELFCLASSNONE = 0
+    ELFCLASS32   = 1
+    ELFCLASS64   = 2
+
+    # possible value for EI_VERSION
+    EV_CURRENT   = 1
+
+    # possible values for EI_DATA
+    ELFDATANONE  = 0
+    ELFDATA2LSB  = 1
+    ELFDATA2MSB  = 2
+
+    def my_assert(self, expectation, result):
+        if not expectation == result:
+            #print "'%x','%x' %s" % (ord(expectation), ord(result), self.name)
+            raise Exception("This does not work as expected")
+
+    def __init__(self, name, bits = 0):
+        self.name = name
+        self.bits = bits
+        self.objdump_output = {}
+
+    def open(self):
+        self.file = file(self.name, "r")
+        self.data = self.file.read(ELFFile.EI_NIDENT+4)
+
+        self.my_assert(len(self.data), ELFFile.EI_NIDENT+4)
+        self.my_assert(self.data[0], chr(0x7f) )
+        self.my_assert(self.data[1], 'E')
+        self.my_assert(self.data[2], 'L')
+        self.my_assert(self.data[3], 'F')
+        if self.bits == 0:
+            if self.data[ELFFile.EI_CLASS] == chr(ELFFile.ELFCLASS32):
+                self.bits = 32
+            elif self.data[ELFFile.EI_CLASS] == chr(ELFFile.ELFCLASS64):
+                self.bits = 64
+            else:
+                # Not 32-bit or 64.. lets assert
+                raise Exception("ELF but not 32 or 64 bit.")
+        elif self.bits == 32:
+            self.my_assert(self.data[ELFFile.EI_CLASS], chr(ELFFile.ELFCLASS32))
+        elif self.bits == 64:
+            self.my_assert(self.data[ELFFile.EI_CLASS], chr(ELFFile.ELFCLASS64))
+        else:
+            raise Exception("Must specify unknown, 32 or 64 bit size.")
+        self.my_assert(self.data[ELFFile.EI_VERSION], chr(ELFFile.EV_CURRENT) )
+
+        self.sex = self.data[ELFFile.EI_DATA]
+        if self.sex == chr(ELFFile.ELFDATANONE):
+            raise Exception("self.sex == ELFDATANONE")
+        elif self.sex == chr(ELFFile.ELFDATA2LSB):
+            self.sex = "<"
+        elif self.sex == chr(ELFFile.ELFDATA2MSB):
+            self.sex = ">"
+        else:
+            raise Exception("Unknown self.sex")
+
+    def osAbi(self):
+        return ord(self.data[ELFFile.EI_OSABI])
+
+    def abiVersion(self):
+        return ord(self.data[ELFFile.EI_ABIVERSION])
+
+    def abiSize(self):
+        return self.bits
+
+    def isLittleEndian(self):
+        return self.sex == "<"
+
+    def isBigEngian(self):
+        return self.sex == ">"
+
+    def machine(self):
+        """
+        We know the sex stored in self.sex and we
+        know the position
+        """
+        import struct
+        (a,) = struct.unpack(self.sex+"H", self.data[18:20])
+        return a
+
+    def run_objdump(self, cmd, d):
+        import bb.process
+        import sys
+
+        if cmd in self.objdump_output:
+            return self.objdump_output[cmd]
+
+        objdump = d.getVar('OBJDUMP', True)
+
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        env["LC_ALL"] = "C"
+        env["PATH"] = d.getVar('PATH', True)
+
+        try:
+            bb.note("%s %s %s" % (objdump, cmd, self.name))
+            self.objdump_output[cmd] = bb.process.run([objdump, cmd, self.name], env=env, shell=False)[0]
+            return self.objdump_output[cmd]
+        except Exception as e:
+            bb.note("%s %s %s failed: %s" % (objdump, cmd, self.name, e))
+            return ""
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py b/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dddbef4d64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,757 @@
+from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
+from oe.utils import execute_pre_post_process
+from oe.utils import contains as base_contains
+from oe.package_manager import *
+from oe.manifest import *
+import oe.path
+import filecmp
+import shutil
+import os
+import subprocess
+import re
+
+
+class Rootfs(object):
+    """
+    This is an abstract class. Do not instantiate this directly.
+    """
+    __metaclass__ = ABCMeta
+
+    def __init__(self, d):
+        self.d = d
+        self.pm = None
+        self.image_rootfs = self.d.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS', True)
+        self.deploy_dir_image = self.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE', True)
+
+        self.install_order = Manifest.INSTALL_ORDER
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _create(self):
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _get_delayed_postinsts(self):
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _save_postinsts(self):
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _log_check(self):
+        pass
+
+    def _insert_feed_uris(self):
+        if base_contains("IMAGE_FEATURES", "package-management",
+                         True, False, self.d):
+            self.pm.insert_feeds_uris()
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _handle_intercept_failure(self, failed_script):
+        pass
+
+    """
+    The _cleanup() method should be used to clean-up stuff that we don't really
+    want to end up on target. For example, in the case of RPM, the DB locks.
+    The method is called, once, at the end of create() method.
+    """
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _cleanup(self):
+        pass
+
+    def _exec_shell_cmd(self, cmd):
+        fakerootcmd = self.d.getVar('FAKEROOT', True)
+        if fakerootcmd is not None:
+            exec_cmd = [fakerootcmd, cmd]
+        else:
+            exec_cmd = cmd
+
+        try:
+            subprocess.check_output(exec_cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            return("Command '%s' returned %d:\n%s" % (e.cmd, e.returncode, e.output))
+
+        return None
+
+    def create(self):
+        bb.note("###### Generate rootfs #######")
+        pre_process_cmds = self.d.getVar("ROOTFS_PREPROCESS_COMMAND", True)
+        post_process_cmds = self.d.getVar("ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND", True)
+
+        intercepts_dir = os.path.join(self.d.getVar('WORKDIR', True),
+                                      "intercept_scripts")
+
+        bb.utils.remove(intercepts_dir, True)
+
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.image_rootfs)
+
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.deploy_dir_image)
+
+        shutil.copytree(self.d.expand("${COREBASE}/scripts/postinst-intercepts"),
+                        intercepts_dir)
+
+        shutil.copy(self.d.expand("${COREBASE}/meta/files/deploydir_readme.txt"),
+                    self.deploy_dir_image +
+                    "/README_-_DO_NOT_DELETE_FILES_IN_THIS_DIRECTORY.txt")
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, pre_process_cmds)
+
+        # call the package manager dependent create method
+        self._create()
+
+        sysconfdir = self.image_rootfs + self.d.getVar('sysconfdir', True)
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(sysconfdir)
+        with open(sysconfdir + "/version", "w+") as ver:
+            ver.write(self.d.getVar('BUILDNAME', True) + "\n")
+
+        self._run_intercepts()
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, post_process_cmds)
+
+        if base_contains("IMAGE_FEATURES", "read-only-rootfs",
+                         True, False, self.d):
+            delayed_postinsts = self._get_delayed_postinsts()
+            if delayed_postinsts is not None:
+                bb.fatal("The following packages could not be configured"
+                         "offline and rootfs is read-only: %s" %
+                         delayed_postinsts)
+
+        if self.d.getVar('USE_DEVFS', True) != "1":
+            self._create_devfs()
+
+        self._uninstall_uneeded()
+
+        self._insert_feed_uris()
+
+        self._run_ldconfig()
+
+        self._generate_kernel_module_deps()
+
+        self._cleanup()
+
+    def _uninstall_uneeded(self):
+        if base_contains("IMAGE_FEATURES", "package-management",
+                         True, False, self.d):
+            return
+
+        delayed_postinsts = self._get_delayed_postinsts()
+        if delayed_postinsts is None:
+            installed_pkgs_dir = self.d.expand('${WORKDIR}/installed_pkgs.txt')
+            pkgs_to_remove = list()
+            with open(installed_pkgs_dir, "r+") as installed_pkgs:
+                pkgs_installed = installed_pkgs.read().split('\n')
+                for pkg_installed in pkgs_installed[:]:
+                    pkg = pkg_installed.split()[0]
+                    if pkg in ["update-rc.d",
+                               "base-passwd",
+                               self.d.getVar("ROOTFS_BOOTSTRAP_INSTALL", True)
+                               ]:
+                        pkgs_to_remove.append(pkg)
+                        pkgs_installed.remove(pkg_installed)
+
+            if len(pkgs_to_remove) > 0:
+                self.pm.remove(pkgs_to_remove, False)
+                # Update installed_pkgs.txt
+                open(installed_pkgs_dir, "w+").write('\n'.join(pkgs_installed))
+
+            if os.path.exists(self.d.expand("${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/init.d/run-postinsts")):
+                self._exec_shell_cmd(["update-rc.d", "-f", "-r",
+                                      self.d.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS', True),
+                                      "run-postinsts", "remove"])
+        else:
+            self._save_postinsts()
+
+        self.pm.remove_packaging_data()
+
+    def _run_intercepts(self):
+        intercepts_dir = os.path.join(self.d.getVar('WORKDIR', True),
+                                      "intercept_scripts")
+
+        bb.note("Running intercept scripts:")
+        os.environ['D'] = self.image_rootfs
+        for script in os.listdir(intercepts_dir):
+            script_full = os.path.join(intercepts_dir, script)
+
+            if script == "postinst_intercept" or not os.access(script_full, os.X_OK):
+                continue
+
+            bb.note("> Executing %s intercept ..." % script)
+
+            try:
+                subprocess.check_output(script_full)
+            except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+                bb.warn("The postinstall intercept hook '%s' failed (exit code: %d)! See log for details!" %
+                        (script, e.returncode))
+
+                with open(script_full) as intercept:
+                    registered_pkgs = None
+                    for line in intercept.read().split("\n"):
+                        m = re.match("^##PKGS:(.*)", line)
+                        if m is not None:
+                            registered_pkgs = m.group(1).strip()
+                            break
+
+                    if registered_pkgs is not None:
+                        bb.warn("The postinstalls for the following packages "
+                                "will be postponed for first boot: %s" %
+                                registered_pkgs)
+
+                        # call the backend dependent handler
+                        self._handle_intercept_failure(registered_pkgs)
+
+    def _run_ldconfig(self):
+        if self.d.getVar('LDCONFIGDEPEND', True):
+            bb.note("Executing: ldconfig -r" + self.image_rootfs + "-c new -v")
+            self._exec_shell_cmd(['ldconfig', '-r', self.image_rootfs, '-c',
+                                  'new', '-v'])
+
+    def _generate_kernel_module_deps(self):
+        kernel_abi_ver_file = os.path.join(self.d.getVar('STAGING_KERNEL_DIR', True),
+                                           'kernel-abiversion')
+        if os.path.exists(kernel_abi_ver_file):
+            kernel_ver = open(kernel_abi_ver_file).read().strip(' \n')
+            modules_dir = os.path.join(self.image_rootfs, 'lib', 'modules', kernel_ver)
+
+            bb.utils.mkdirhier(modules_dir)
+
+            self._exec_shell_cmd(['depmodwrapper', '-a', '-b', self.image_rootfs,
+                                  kernel_ver])
+
+    """
+    Create devfs:
+    * IMAGE_DEVICE_TABLE is the old name to an absolute path to a device table file
+    * IMAGE_DEVICE_TABLES is a new name for a file, or list of files, seached
+      for in the BBPATH
+    If neither are specified then the default name of files/device_table-minimal.txt
+    is searched for in the BBPATH (same as the old version.)
+    """
+    def _create_devfs(self):
+        devtable_list = []
+        devtable = self.d.getVar('IMAGE_DEVICE_TABLE', True)
+        if devtable is not None:
+            devtable_list.append(devtable)
+        else:
+            devtables = self.d.getVar('IMAGE_DEVICE_TABLES', True)
+            if devtables is None:
+                devtables = 'files/device_table-minimal.txt'
+            for devtable in devtables.split():
+                devtable_list.append("%s" % bb.utils.which(self.d.getVar('BBPATH', True), devtable))
+
+        for devtable in devtable_list:
+            self._exec_shell_cmd(["makedevs", "-r",
+                                  self.image_rootfs, "-D", devtable])
+
+
+class RpmRootfs(Rootfs):
+    def __init__(self, d, manifest_dir):
+        super(RpmRootfs, self).__init__(d)
+
+        self.manifest = RpmManifest(d, manifest_dir)
+
+        self.pm = RpmPM(d,
+                        d.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS', True),
+                        self.d.getVar('TARGET_VENDOR', True)
+                        )
+
+        self.inc_rpm_image_gen = self.d.getVar('INC_RPM_IMAGE_GEN', True)
+        if self.inc_rpm_image_gen != "1":
+            bb.utils.remove(self.image_rootfs, True)
+        else:
+            self.pm.recovery_packaging_data()
+        bb.utils.remove(self.d.getVar('MULTILIB_TEMP_ROOTFS', True), True)
+
+        self.pm.create_configs()
+
+    '''
+    While rpm incremental image generation is enabled, it will remove the
+    unneeded pkgs by comparing the new install solution manifest and the
+    old installed manifest.
+    '''
+    def _create_incremental(self, pkgs_initial_install):
+        if self.inc_rpm_image_gen == "1":
+
+            pkgs_to_install = list()
+            for pkg_type in pkgs_initial_install:
+                pkgs_to_install += pkgs_initial_install[pkg_type]
+
+            installed_manifest = self.pm.load_old_install_solution()
+            solution_manifest = self.pm.dump_install_solution(pkgs_to_install)
+
+            pkg_to_remove = list()
+            for pkg in installed_manifest:
+                if pkg not in solution_manifest:
+                    pkg_to_remove.append(pkg)
+
+            self.pm.update()
+
+            bb.note('incremental update -- upgrade packages in place ')
+            self.pm.upgrade()
+            if pkg_to_remove != []:
+                bb.note('incremental removed: %s' % ' '.join(pkg_to_remove))
+                self.pm.remove(pkg_to_remove)
+
+    def _create(self):
+        pkgs_to_install = self.manifest.parse_initial_manifest()
+
+        # update PM index files
+        self.pm.write_index()
+
+        self.pm.dump_all_available_pkgs()
+
+        if self.inc_rpm_image_gen == "1":
+            self._create_incremental(pkgs_to_install)
+
+        self.pm.update()
+
+        pkgs = []
+        pkgs_attempt = []
+        for pkg_type in pkgs_to_install:
+            if pkg_type == Manifest.PKG_TYPE_ATTEMPT_ONLY:
+                pkgs_attempt += pkgs_to_install[pkg_type]
+            else:
+                pkgs += pkgs_to_install[pkg_type]
+
+        self.pm.install(pkgs)
+
+        self.pm.install(pkgs_attempt, True)
+
+        self.pm.install_complementary()
+
+        self._log_check()
+
+        if self.inc_rpm_image_gen == "1":
+            self.pm.backup_packaging_data()
+
+        self.pm.rpm_setup_smart_target_config()
+
+    def _get_delayed_postinsts(self):
+        postinst_dir = self.d.expand("${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/rpm-postinsts")
+        if os.path.isdir(postinst_dir):
+            files = os.listdir(postinst_dir)
+            for f in files:
+                bb.note('Delayed package scriptlet: %s' % f)
+            return files
+
+        return None
+
+    def _save_postinsts(self):
+        # this is just a stub. For RPM, the failed postinstalls are
+        # already saved in /etc/rpm-postinsts
+        pass
+
+    def _log_check(self):
+        r = re.compile('(unpacking of archive failed|Cannot find package|exit 1|ERR|Fail)')
+        log_path = self.d.expand("${T}/log.do_rootfs")
+        with open(log_path, 'r') as log:
+            found_error = 0
+            message = "\n"
+            for line in log.read().split('\n'):
+                if 'log_check' in line:
+                    continue
+
+                m = r.search(line)
+                if m:
+                    found_error = 1
+                    bb.warn('log_check: There were error messages in the logfile')
+                    bb.warn('log_check: Matched keyword: [%s]\n\n' % m.group())
+
+                if found_error >= 1 and found_error <= 5:
+                    message += line + '\n'
+                    found_error += 1
+
+                if found_error == 6:
+                    bb.fatal(message)
+
+    def _handle_intercept_failure(self, registered_pkgs):
+        rpm_postinsts_dir = self.image_rootfs + self.d.expand('${sysconfdir}/rpm-postinsts/')
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(rpm_postinsts_dir)
+
+        # Save the package postinstalls in /etc/rpm-postinsts
+        for pkg in registered_pkgs.split():
+            self.pm.save_rpmpostinst(pkg)
+
+    def _cleanup(self):
+        # during the execution of postprocess commands, rpm is called several
+        # times to get the files installed, dependencies, etc. This creates the
+        # __db.00* (Berkeley DB files that hold locks, rpm specific environment
+        # settings, etc.), that should not get into the final rootfs
+        self.pm.unlock_rpm_db()
+
+
+class DpkgRootfs(Rootfs):
+    def __init__(self, d, manifest_dir):
+        super(DpkgRootfs, self).__init__(d)
+
+        bb.utils.remove(self.image_rootfs, True)
+        bb.utils.remove(self.d.getVar('MULTILIB_TEMP_ROOTFS', True), True)
+        self.manifest = DpkgManifest(d, manifest_dir)
+        self.pm = DpkgPM(d, d.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS', True),
+                         d.getVar('PACKAGE_ARCHS', True),
+                         d.getVar('DPKG_ARCH', True))
+
+
+    def _create(self):
+        pkgs_to_install = self.manifest.parse_initial_manifest()
+
+        alt_dir = self.d.expand("${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives")
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(alt_dir)
+
+        # update PM index files
+        self.pm.write_index()
+
+        self.pm.update()
+
+        for pkg_type in self.install_order:
+            if pkg_type in pkgs_to_install:
+                self.pm.install(pkgs_to_install[pkg_type],
+                                [False, True][pkg_type == Manifest.PKG_TYPE_ATTEMPT_ONLY])
+
+        self.pm.install_complementary()
+
+        self.pm.fix_broken_dependencies()
+
+        self.pm.mark_packages("installed")
+
+        self.pm.run_pre_post_installs()
+
+    def _get_delayed_postinsts(self):
+        pkg_list = []
+        with open(self.image_rootfs + "/var/lib/dpkg/status") as status:
+            for line in status:
+                m_pkg = re.match("^Package: (.*)", line)
+                m_status = re.match("^Status:.*unpacked", line)
+                if m_pkg is not None:
+                    pkg_name = m_pkg.group(1)
+                elif m_status is not None:
+                    pkg_list.append(pkg_name)
+
+        if len(pkg_list) == 0:
+            return None
+
+        return pkg_list
+
+    def _save_postinsts(self):
+        num = 0
+        for p in self._get_delayed_postinsts():
+            dst_postinst_dir = self.d.expand("${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/deb-postinsts")
+            src_postinst_dir = self.d.expand("${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/var/lib/dpkg/info")
+
+            bb.utils.mkdirhier(dst_postinst_dir)
+
+            if os.path.exists(os.path.join(src_postinst_dir, p + ".postinst")):
+                shutil.copy(os.path.join(src_postinst_dir, p + ".postinst"),
+                            os.path.join(dst_postinst_dir, "%03d-%s" % (num, p)))
+
+            num += 1
+
+    def _handle_intercept_failure(self, registered_pkgs):
+        self.pm.mark_packages("unpacked", registered_pkgs.split())
+
+    def _log_check(self):
+        pass
+
+    def _cleanup(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class OpkgRootfs(Rootfs):
+    def __init__(self, d, manifest_dir):
+        super(OpkgRootfs, self).__init__(d)
+
+        self.manifest = OpkgManifest(d, manifest_dir)
+        self.opkg_conf = self.d.getVar("IPKGCONF_TARGET", True)
+        self.pkg_archs = self.d.getVar("ALL_MULTILIB_PACKAGE_ARCHS", True)
+
+        self.inc_opkg_image_gen = self.d.getVar('INC_IPK_IMAGE_GEN', True) or ""
+        if self._remove_old_rootfs():
+            bb.utils.remove(self.image_rootfs, True)
+            self.pm = OpkgPM(d,
+                             self.image_rootfs,
+                             self.opkg_conf,
+                             self.pkg_archs)
+        else:
+            self.pm = OpkgPM(d,
+                             self.image_rootfs,
+                             self.opkg_conf,
+                             self.pkg_archs)
+            self.pm.recover_packaging_data()
+
+        bb.utils.remove(self.d.getVar('MULTILIB_TEMP_ROOTFS', True), True)
+
+    def _prelink_file(self, root_dir, filename):
+        bb.note('prelink %s in %s' % (filename, root_dir))
+        prelink_cfg = oe.path.join(root_dir,
+                                   self.d.expand('${sysconfdir}/prelink.conf'))
+        if not os.path.exists(prelink_cfg):
+            shutil.copy(self.d.expand('${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${sysconfdir_native}/prelink.conf'),
+                        prelink_cfg)
+
+        cmd_prelink = self.d.expand('${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${sbindir_native}/prelink')
+        self._exec_shell_cmd([cmd_prelink,
+                              '--root',
+                              root_dir,
+                              '-amR',
+                              '-N',
+                              '-c',
+                              self.d.expand('${sysconfdir}/prelink.conf')])
+
+    '''
+    Compare two files with the same key twice to see if they are equal.
+    If they are not equal, it means they are duplicated and come from
+    different packages.
+    1st: Comapre them directly;
+    2nd: While incremental image creation is enabled, one of the
+         files could be probaly prelinked in the previous image
+         creation and the file has been changed, so we need to
+         prelink the other one and compare them.
+    '''
+    def _file_equal(self, key, f1, f2):
+
+        # Both of them are not prelinked
+        if filecmp.cmp(f1, f2):
+            return True
+
+        if self.image_rootfs not in f1:
+            self._prelink_file(f1.replace(key, ''), f1)
+
+        if self.image_rootfs not in f2:
+            self._prelink_file(f2.replace(key, ''), f2)
+
+        # Both of them are prelinked
+        if filecmp.cmp(f1, f2):
+            return True
+
+        # Not equal
+        return False
+
+    """
+    This function was reused from the old implementation.
+    See commit: "image.bbclass: Added variables for multilib support." by
+    Lianhao Lu.
+    """
+    def _multilib_sanity_test(self, dirs):
+
+        allow_replace = self.d.getVar("MULTILIBRE_ALLOW_REP", True)
+        if allow_replace is None:
+            allow_replace = ""
+
+        allow_rep = re.compile(re.sub("\|$", "", allow_replace))
+        error_prompt = "Multilib check error:"
+
+        files = {}
+        for dir in dirs:
+            for root, subfolders, subfiles in os.walk(dir):
+                for file in subfiles:
+                    item = os.path.join(root, file)
+                    key = str(os.path.join("/", os.path.relpath(item, dir)))
+
+                    valid = True
+                    if key in files:
+                        #check whether the file is allow to replace
+                        if allow_rep.match(key):
+                            valid = True
+                        else:
+                            if os.path.exists(files[key]) and \
+                               os.path.exists(item) and \
+                               not self._file_equal(key, files[key], item):
+                                valid = False
+                                bb.fatal("%s duplicate files %s %s is not the same\n" %
+                                         (error_prompt, item, files[key]))
+
+                    #pass the check, add to list
+                    if valid:
+                        files[key] = item
+
+    def _multilib_test_install(self, pkgs):
+        ml_temp = self.d.getVar("MULTILIB_TEMP_ROOTFS", True)
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(ml_temp)
+
+        dirs = [self.image_rootfs]
+
+        for variant in self.d.getVar("MULTILIB_VARIANTS", True).split():
+            ml_target_rootfs = os.path.join(ml_temp, variant)
+
+            bb.utils.remove(ml_target_rootfs, True)
+
+            ml_opkg_conf = os.path.join(ml_temp,
+                                        variant + "-" + os.path.basename(self.opkg_conf))
+
+            ml_pm = OpkgPM(self.d, ml_target_rootfs, ml_opkg_conf, self.pkg_archs)
+
+            ml_pm.update()
+            ml_pm.install(pkgs)
+
+            dirs.append(ml_target_rootfs)
+
+        self._multilib_sanity_test(dirs)
+
+    '''
+    While ipk incremental image generation is enabled, it will remove the
+    unneeded pkgs by comparing the old full manifest in previous existing
+    image and the new full manifest in the current image.
+    '''
+    def _remove_extra_packages(self, pkgs_initial_install):
+        if self.inc_opkg_image_gen == "1":
+            # Parse full manifest in previous existing image creation session
+            old_full_manifest = self.manifest.parse_full_manifest()
+
+            # Create full manifest for the current image session, the old one
+            # will be replaced by the new one.
+            self.manifest.create_full(self.pm)
+
+            # Parse full manifest in current image creation session
+            new_full_manifest = self.manifest.parse_full_manifest()
+
+            pkg_to_remove = list()
+            for pkg in old_full_manifest:
+                if pkg not in new_full_manifest:
+                    pkg_to_remove.append(pkg)
+
+            if pkg_to_remove != []:
+                bb.note('decremental removed: %s' % ' '.join(pkg_to_remove))
+                self.pm.remove(pkg_to_remove)
+
+    '''
+    Compare with previous existing image creation, if some conditions
+    triggered, the previous old image should be removed.
+    The conditions include any of 'PACKAGE_EXCLUDE, NO_RECOMMENDATIONS
+    and BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS' has been changed.
+    '''
+    def _remove_old_rootfs(self):
+        if self.inc_opkg_image_gen != "1":
+            return True
+
+        vars_list_file = self.d.expand('${T}/vars_list')
+
+        old_vars_list = ""
+        if os.path.exists(vars_list_file):
+            old_vars_list = open(vars_list_file, 'r+').read()
+
+        new_vars_list = '%s:%s:%s\n' % \
+                ((self.d.getVar('BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS', True) or '').strip(),
+                 (self.d.getVar('NO_RECOMMENDATIONS', True) or '').strip(),
+                 (self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_EXCLUDE', True) or '').strip())
+        open(vars_list_file, 'w+').write(new_vars_list)
+
+        if old_vars_list != new_vars_list:
+            return True
+
+        return False
+
+    def _create(self):
+        pkgs_to_install = self.manifest.parse_initial_manifest()
+        opkg_pre_process_cmds = self.d.getVar('OPKG_PREPROCESS_COMMANDS', True)
+        opkg_post_process_cmds = self.d.getVar('OPKG_POSTPROCESS_COMMANDS', True)
+        rootfs_post_install_cmds = self.d.getVar('ROOTFS_POSTINSTALL_COMMAND', True)
+
+        # update PM index files, unless users provide their own feeds
+        if (self.d.getVar('BUILD_IMAGES_FROM_FEEDS', True) or "") != "1":
+            self.pm.write_index()
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, opkg_pre_process_cmds)
+
+        self.pm.update()
+
+        self.pm.handle_bad_recommendations()
+
+        if self.inc_opkg_image_gen == "1":
+            self._remove_extra_packages(pkgs_to_install)
+
+        for pkg_type in self.install_order:
+            if pkg_type in pkgs_to_install:
+                # For multilib, we perform a sanity test before final install
+                # If sanity test fails, it will automatically do a bb.fatal()
+                # and the installation will stop
+                if pkg_type == Manifest.PKG_TYPE_MULTILIB:
+                    self._multilib_test_install(pkgs_to_install[pkg_type])
+
+                self.pm.install(pkgs_to_install[pkg_type],
+                                [False, True][pkg_type == Manifest.PKG_TYPE_ATTEMPT_ONLY])
+
+        self.pm.install_complementary()
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, opkg_post_process_cmds)
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, rootfs_post_install_cmds)
+
+        if self.inc_opkg_image_gen == "1":
+            self.pm.backup_packaging_data()
+
+    def _get_delayed_postinsts(self):
+        pkg_list = []
+        status_file = os.path.join(self.image_rootfs,
+                                   self.d.getVar('OPKGLIBDIR', True).strip('/'),
+                                   "opkg", "status")
+
+        with open(status_file) as status:
+            for line in status:
+                m_pkg = re.match("^Package: (.*)", line)
+                m_status = re.match("^Status:.*unpacked", line)
+                if m_pkg is not None:
+                    pkg_name = m_pkg.group(1)
+                elif m_status is not None:
+                    pkg_list.append(pkg_name)
+
+        if len(pkg_list) == 0:
+            return None
+
+        return pkg_list
+
+    def _save_postinsts(self):
+        num = 0
+        for p in self._get_delayed_postinsts():
+            dst_postinst_dir = self.d.expand("${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/ipk-postinsts")
+            src_postinst_dir = self.d.expand("${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${OPKGLIBDIR}/opkg/info")
+
+            bb.utils.mkdirhier(dst_postinst_dir)
+
+            if os.path.exists(os.path.join(src_postinst_dir, p + ".postinst")):
+                shutil.copy(os.path.join(src_postinst_dir, p + ".postinst"),
+                            os.path.join(dst_postinst_dir, "%03d-%s" % (num, p)))
+
+            num += 1
+
+    def _handle_intercept_failure(self, registered_pkgs):
+        self.pm.mark_packages("unpacked", registered_pkgs.split())
+
+    def _log_check(self):
+        pass
+
+    def _cleanup(self):
+        pass
+
+
+def create_rootfs(d, manifest_dir=None):
+    env_bkp = os.environ.copy()
+
+    img_type = d.getVar('IMAGE_PKGTYPE', True)
+    if img_type == "rpm":
+        RpmRootfs(d, manifest_dir).create()
+    elif img_type == "ipk":
+        OpkgRootfs(d, manifest_dir).create()
+    elif img_type == "deb":
+        DpkgRootfs(d, manifest_dir).create()
+
+    os.environ.clear()
+    os.environ.update(env_bkp)
+
+
+def image_list_installed_packages(d, format=None, rootfs_dir=None):
+    if not rootfs_dir:
+        rootfs_dir = d.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS', True)
+
+    img_type = d.getVar('IMAGE_PKGTYPE', True)
+    if img_type == "rpm":
+        return RpmPkgsList(d, rootfs_dir).list(format)
+    elif img_type == "ipk":
+        return OpkgPkgsList(d, rootfs_dir, d.getVar("IPKGCONF_TARGET", True)).list(format)
+    elif img_type == "deb":
+        return DpkgPkgsList(d, rootfs_dir).list(format)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    """
+    We should be able to run this as a standalone script, from outside bitbake
+    environment.
+    """
+    """
+    TBD
+    """
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/sdk.py b/meta/lib/oe/sdk.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..564319965d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/sdk.py
@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
+from oe.utils import execute_pre_post_process
+from oe.manifest import *
+from oe.package_manager import *
+import os
+import shutil
+import glob
+
+
+class Sdk(object):
+    __metaclass__ = ABCMeta
+
+    def __init__(self, d, manifest_dir):
+        self.d = d
+        self.sdk_output = self.d.getVar('SDK_OUTPUT', True)
+        self.sdk_native_path = self.d.getVar('SDKPATHNATIVE', True).strip('/')
+        self.target_path = self.d.getVar('SDKTARGETSYSROOT', True).strip('/')
+        self.sysconfdir = self.d.getVar('sysconfdir', True).strip('/')
+
+        self.sdk_target_sysroot = os.path.join(self.sdk_output, self.target_path)
+        self.sdk_host_sysroot = self.sdk_output
+
+        if manifest_dir is None:
+            self.manifest_dir = self.d.getVar("SDK_DIR", True)
+        else:
+            self.manifest_dir = manifest_dir
+
+        bb.utils.remove(self.sdk_output, True)
+
+        self.install_order = Manifest.INSTALL_ORDER
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _populate(self):
+        pass
+
+    def populate(self):
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.sdk_output)
+
+        # call backend dependent implementation
+        self._populate()
+
+        # Don't ship any libGL in the SDK
+        bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(self.sdk_output, self.sdk_native_path,
+                                     self.d.getVar('libdir_nativesdk', True).strip('/'),
+                                     "libGL*"))
+
+        # Fix or remove broken .la files
+        bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(self.sdk_output, self.sdk_native_path,
+                                     self.d.getVar('libdir_nativesdk', True).strip('/'),
+                                     "*.la"))
+
+        # Link the ld.so.cache file into the hosts filesystem
+        link_name = os.path.join(self.sdk_output, self.sdk_native_path,
+                                 self.sysconfdir, "ld.so.cache")
+        os.symlink("/etc/ld.so.cache", link_name)
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, self.d.getVar('SDK_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND', True))
+
+
+class RpmSdk(Sdk):
+    def __init__(self, d, manifest_dir=None):
+        super(RpmSdk, self).__init__(d, manifest_dir)
+
+        self.target_manifest = RpmManifest(d, self.manifest_dir,
+                                           Manifest.MANIFEST_TYPE_SDK_TARGET)
+        self.host_manifest = RpmManifest(d, self.manifest_dir,
+                                         Manifest.MANIFEST_TYPE_SDK_HOST)
+
+        target_providename = ['/bin/sh',
+                              '/bin/bash',
+                              '/usr/bin/env',
+                              '/usr/bin/perl',
+                              'pkgconfig'
+                              ]
+
+        self.target_pm = RpmPM(d,
+                               self.sdk_target_sysroot,
+                               self.d.getVar('TARGET_VENDOR', True),
+                               'target',
+                               target_providename
+                               )
+
+        sdk_providename = ['/bin/sh',
+                           '/bin/bash',
+                           '/usr/bin/env',
+                           '/usr/bin/perl',
+                           'pkgconfig',
+                           'libGL.so()(64bit)',
+                           'libGL.so'
+                           ]
+
+        self.host_pm = RpmPM(d,
+                             self.sdk_host_sysroot,
+                             self.d.getVar('SDK_VENDOR', True),
+                             'host',
+                             sdk_providename,
+                             "SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS",
+                             "SDK_OS"
+                             )
+
+    def _populate_sysroot(self, pm, manifest):
+        pkgs_to_install = manifest.parse_initial_manifest()
+
+        pm.create_configs()
+        pm.write_index()
+        pm.dump_all_available_pkgs()
+        pm.update()
+
+        for pkg_type in self.install_order:
+            if pkg_type in pkgs_to_install:
+                pm.install(pkgs_to_install[pkg_type],
+                           [False, True][pkg_type == Manifest.PKG_TYPE_ATTEMPT_ONLY])
+
+    def _populate(self):
+        bb.note("Installing TARGET packages")
+        self._populate_sysroot(self.target_pm, self.target_manifest)
+
+        self.target_pm.install_complementary(self.d.getVar('SDKIMAGE_INSTALL_COMPLEMENTARY', True))
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, self.d.getVar("POPULATE_SDK_POST_TARGET_COMMAND", True))
+
+        self.target_pm.remove_packaging_data()
+
+        bb.note("Installing NATIVESDK packages")
+        self._populate_sysroot(self.host_pm, self.host_manifest)
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, self.d.getVar("POPULATE_SDK_POST_HOST_COMMAND", True))
+
+        self.host_pm.remove_packaging_data()
+
+        # Move host RPM library data
+        native_rpm_state_dir = os.path.join(self.sdk_output,
+                                            self.sdk_native_path,
+                                            self.d.getVar('localstatedir_nativesdk', True).strip('/'),
+                                            "lib",
+                                            "rpm"
+                                            )
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(native_rpm_state_dir)
+        for f in glob.glob(os.path.join(self.sdk_output,
+                                        "var",
+                                        "lib",
+                                        "rpm",
+                                        "*")):
+            bb.utils.movefile(f, native_rpm_state_dir)
+
+        bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(self.sdk_output, "var"), True)
+
+        # Move host sysconfig data
+        native_sysconf_dir = os.path.join(self.sdk_output,
+                                          self.sdk_native_path,
+                                          self.d.getVar('sysconfdir',
+                                                        True).strip('/'),
+                                          )
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(native_sysconf_dir)
+        for f in glob.glob(os.path.join(self.sdk_output, "etc", "*")):
+            bb.utils.movefile(f, native_sysconf_dir)
+        bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(self.sdk_output, "etc"), True)
+
+
+class OpkgSdk(Sdk):
+    def __init__(self, d, manifest_dir=None):
+        super(OpkgSdk, self).__init__(d, manifest_dir)
+
+        self.target_conf = self.d.getVar("IPKGCONF_TARGET", True)
+        self.host_conf = self.d.getVar("IPKGCONF_SDK", True)
+
+        self.target_manifest = OpkgManifest(d, self.manifest_dir,
+                                            Manifest.MANIFEST_TYPE_SDK_TARGET)
+        self.host_manifest = OpkgManifest(d, self.manifest_dir,
+                                          Manifest.MANIFEST_TYPE_SDK_HOST)
+
+        self.target_pm = OpkgPM(d, self.sdk_target_sysroot, self.target_conf,
+                                self.d.getVar("ALL_MULTILIB_PACKAGE_ARCHS", True))
+
+        self.host_pm = OpkgPM(d, self.sdk_host_sysroot, self.host_conf,
+                              self.d.getVar("SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS", True))
+
+    def _populate_sysroot(self, pm, manifest):
+        pkgs_to_install = manifest.parse_initial_manifest()
+
+        if (self.d.getVar('BUILD_IMAGES_FROM_FEEDS', True) or "") != "1":
+            pm.write_index()
+
+        pm.update()
+
+        for pkg_type in self.install_order:
+            if pkg_type in pkgs_to_install:
+                pm.install(pkgs_to_install[pkg_type],
+                           [False, True][pkg_type == Manifest.PKG_TYPE_ATTEMPT_ONLY])
+
+    def _populate(self):
+        bb.note("Installing TARGET packages")
+        self._populate_sysroot(self.target_pm, self.target_manifest)
+
+        self.target_pm.install_complementary(self.d.getVar('SDKIMAGE_INSTALL_COMPLEMENTARY', True))
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, self.d.getVar("POPULATE_SDK_POST_TARGET_COMMAND", True))
+
+        bb.note("Installing NATIVESDK packages")
+        self._populate_sysroot(self.host_pm, self.host_manifest)
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, self.d.getVar("POPULATE_SDK_POST_HOST_COMMAND", True))
+
+        target_sysconfdir = os.path.join(self.sdk_target_sysroot, self.sysconfdir)
+        host_sysconfdir = os.path.join(self.sdk_host_sysroot, self.sysconfdir)
+
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(target_sysconfdir)
+        shutil.copy(self.target_conf, target_sysconfdir)
+        os.chmod(os.path.join(target_sysconfdir,
+                              os.path.basename(self.target_conf)), 0644)
+
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(host_sysconfdir)
+        shutil.copy(self.host_conf, host_sysconfdir)
+        os.chmod(os.path.join(host_sysconfdir,
+                              os.path.basename(self.host_conf)), 0644)
+
+        native_opkg_state_dir = os.path.join(self.sdk_output, self.sdk_native_path,
+                                             self.d.getVar('localstatedir_nativesdk', True).strip('/'),
+                                             "lib", "opkg")
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(native_opkg_state_dir)
+        for f in glob.glob(os.path.join(self.sdk_output, "var", "lib", "opkg", "*")):
+            bb.utils.movefile(f, native_opkg_state_dir)
+
+        bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(self.sdk_output, "var"), True)
+
+
+class DpkgSdk(Sdk):
+    def __init__(self, d, manifest_dir=None):
+        super(DpkgSdk, self).__init__(d, manifest_dir)
+
+        self.target_conf_dir = os.path.join(self.d.getVar("APTCONF_TARGET", True), "apt")
+        self.host_conf_dir = os.path.join(self.d.getVar("APTCONF_TARGET", True), "apt-sdk")
+
+        self.target_manifest = DpkgManifest(d, self.manifest_dir,
+                                            Manifest.MANIFEST_TYPE_SDK_TARGET)
+        self.host_manifest = DpkgManifest(d, self.manifest_dir,
+                                          Manifest.MANIFEST_TYPE_SDK_HOST)
+
+        self.target_pm = DpkgPM(d, self.sdk_target_sysroot,
+                                self.d.getVar("PACKAGE_ARCHS", True),
+                                self.d.getVar("DPKG_ARCH", True),
+                                self.target_conf_dir)
+
+        self.host_pm = DpkgPM(d, self.sdk_host_sysroot,
+                              self.d.getVar("SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS", True),
+                              self.d.getVar("DEB_SDK_ARCH", True),
+                              self.host_conf_dir)
+
+    def _copy_apt_dir_to(self, dst_dir):
+        staging_etcdir_native = self.d.getVar("STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE", True)
+
+        bb.utils.remove(dst_dir, True)
+
+        shutil.copytree(os.path.join(staging_etcdir_native, "apt"), dst_dir)
+
+    def _populate_sysroot(self, pm, manifest):
+        pkgs_to_install = manifest.parse_initial_manifest()
+
+        pm.write_index()
+        pm.update()
+
+        for pkg_type in self.install_order:
+            if pkg_type in pkgs_to_install:
+                pm.install(pkgs_to_install[pkg_type],
+                           [False, True][pkg_type == Manifest.PKG_TYPE_ATTEMPT_ONLY])
+
+    def _populate(self):
+        bb.note("Installing TARGET packages")
+        self._populate_sysroot(self.target_pm, self.target_manifest)
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, self.d.getVar("POPULATE_SDK_POST_TARGET_COMMAND", True))
+
+        self._copy_apt_dir_to(os.path.join(self.sdk_target_sysroot, "etc", "apt"))
+
+        bb.note("Installing NATIVESDK packages")
+        self._populate_sysroot(self.host_pm, self.host_manifest)
+
+        execute_pre_post_process(self.d, self.d.getVar("POPULATE_SDK_POST_HOST_COMMAND", True))
+
+        self._copy_apt_dir_to(os.path.join(self.sdk_output, self.sdk_native_path,
+                                           "etc", "apt"))
+
+        native_dpkg_state_dir = os.path.join(self.sdk_output, self.sdk_native_path,
+                                             "var", "lib", "dpkg")
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(native_dpkg_state_dir)
+        for f in glob.glob(os.path.join(self.sdk_output, "var", "lib", "dpkg", "*")):
+            bb.utils.movefile(f, native_dpkg_state_dir)
+
+        bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(self.sdk_output, "var"), True)
+
+
+def sdk_list_installed_packages(d, target, format=None, rootfs_dir=None):
+    if rootfs_dir is None:
+        sdk_output = d.getVar('SDK_OUTPUT', True)
+        target_path = d.getVar('SDKTARGETSYSROOT', True).strip('/')
+
+        rootfs_dir = [sdk_output, os.path.join(sdk_output, target_path)][target is True]
+
+    img_type = d.getVar('IMAGE_PKGTYPE', True)
+    if img_type == "rpm":
+        arch_var = ["SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS", None][target is True]
+        os_var = ["SDK_OS", None][target is True]
+        return RpmPkgsList(d, rootfs_dir, arch_var, os_var).list(format)
+    elif img_type == "ipk":
+        conf_file_var = ["IPKGCONF_SDK", "IPKGCONF_Target"][target is True]
+        return OpkgPkgsList(d, rootfs_dir, d.getVar(conf_file_var, True)).list(format)
+    elif img_type == "deb":
+        return DpkgPkgsList(d, rootfs_dir).list(format)
+
+def populate_sdk(d, manifest_dir=None):
+    env_bkp = os.environ.copy()
+
+    img_type = d.getVar('IMAGE_PKGTYPE', True)
+    if img_type == "rpm":
+        RpmSdk(d, manifest_dir).populate()
+    elif img_type == "ipk":
+        OpkgSdk(d, manifest_dir).populate()
+    elif img_type == "deb":
+        DpkgSdk(d, manifest_dir).populate()
+
+    os.environ.clear()
+    os.environ.update(env_bkp)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    pass
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py b/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa25c3a10e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+import bb.siggen
+
+def sstate_rundepfilter(siggen, fn, recipename, task, dep, depname, dataCache):
+    # Return True if we should keep the dependency, False to drop it
+    def isNative(x):
+        return x.endswith("-native")
+    def isCross(x):
+        return x.endswith("-cross") or x.endswith("-cross-initial") or x.endswith("-cross-intermediate")
+    def isNativeSDK(x):
+        return x.startswith("nativesdk-")
+    def isKernel(fn):
+        inherits = " ".join(dataCache.inherits[fn])
+        return inherits.find("/module-base.bbclass") != -1 or inherits.find("/linux-kernel-base.bbclass") != -1
+    def isPackageGroup(fn):
+        inherits = " ".join(dataCache.inherits[fn])
+        return "/packagegroup.bbclass" in inherits
+    def isImage(fn):
+        return "/image.bbclass" in " ".join(dataCache.inherits[fn])
+
+    # Always include our own inter-task dependencies
+    if recipename == depname:
+        return True
+
+    # Quilt (patch application) changing isn't likely to affect anything
+    excludelist = ['quilt-native', 'subversion-native', 'git-native']
+    if depname in excludelist and recipename != depname:
+        return False
+
+    # Don't change native/cross/nativesdk recipe dependencies any further
+    if isNative(recipename) or isCross(recipename) or isNativeSDK(recipename):
+        return True
+
+    # Only target packages beyond here
+
+    # packagegroups are assumed to have well behaved names which don't change between architecures/tunes
+    if isPackageGroup(fn):
+        return False  
+
+    # Exclude well defined machine specific configurations which don't change ABI
+    if depname in siggen.abisaferecipes and not isImage(fn):
+        return False
+
+    # Exclude well defined recipe->dependency
+    if "%s->%s" % (recipename, depname) in siggen.saferecipedeps:
+        return False
+
+    # Kernel modules are well namespaced. We don't want to depend on the kernel's checksum
+    # if we're just doing an RRECOMMENDS_xxx = "kernel-module-*", not least because the checksum
+    # is machine specific.
+    # Therefore if we're not a kernel or a module recipe (inheriting the kernel classes)
+    # and we reccomend a kernel-module, we exclude the dependency.
+    depfn = dep.rsplit(".", 1)[0]
+    if dataCache and isKernel(depfn) and not isKernel(fn):
+        for pkg in dataCache.runrecs[fn]:
+            if " ".join(dataCache.runrecs[fn][pkg]).find("kernel-module-") != -1:
+                return False
+
+    # Default to keep dependencies
+    return True
+
+class SignatureGeneratorOEBasic(bb.siggen.SignatureGeneratorBasic):
+    name = "OEBasic"
+    def init_rundepcheck(self, data):
+        self.abisaferecipes = (data.getVar("SIGGEN_EXCLUDERECIPES_ABISAFE", True) or "").split()
+        self.saferecipedeps = (data.getVar("SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS", True) or "").split()
+        pass
+    def rundep_check(self, fn, recipename, task, dep, depname, dataCache = None):
+        return sstate_rundepfilter(self, fn, recipename, task, dep, depname, dataCache)
+
+class SignatureGeneratorOEBasicHash(bb.siggen.SignatureGeneratorBasicHash):
+    name = "OEBasicHash"
+    def init_rundepcheck(self, data):
+        self.abisaferecipes = (data.getVar("SIGGEN_EXCLUDERECIPES_ABISAFE", True) or "").split()
+        self.saferecipedeps = (data.getVar("SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS", True) or "").split()
+        pass
+    def rundep_check(self, fn, recipename, task, dep, depname, dataCache = None):
+        return sstate_rundepfilter(self, fn, recipename, task, dep, depname, dataCache)
+
+# Insert these classes into siggen's namespace so it can see and select them
+bb.siggen.SignatureGeneratorOEBasic = SignatureGeneratorOEBasic
+bb.siggen.SignatureGeneratorOEBasicHash = SignatureGeneratorOEBasicHash
+
+
+def find_siginfo(pn, taskname, taskhashlist, d):
+    """ Find signature data files for comparison purposes """
+
+    import fnmatch
+    import glob
+
+    if taskhashlist:
+        hashfiles = {}
+
+    if not taskname:
+        # We have to derive pn and taskname
+        key = pn
+        splitit = key.split('.bb.')
+        taskname = splitit[1]
+        pn = os.path.basename(splitit[0]).split('_')[0]
+        if key.startswith('virtual:native:'):
+            pn = pn + '-native'
+
+    if taskname in ['do_fetch', 'do_unpack', 'do_patch', 'do_populate_lic']:
+        pn.replace("-native", "")
+
+    filedates = {}
+
+    # First search in stamps dir
+    localdata = d.createCopy()
+    localdata.setVar('MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS', '*')
+    localdata.setVar('PN', pn)
+    localdata.setVar('PV', '*')
+    localdata.setVar('PR', '*')
+    localdata.setVar('EXTENDPE', '')
+    stamp = localdata.getVar('STAMP', True)
+    filespec = '%s.%s.sigdata.*' % (stamp, taskname)
+    foundall = False
+    import glob
+    for fullpath in glob.glob(filespec):
+        match = False
+        if taskhashlist:
+            for taskhash in taskhashlist:
+                if fullpath.endswith('.%s' % taskhash):
+                    hashfiles[taskhash] = fullpath
+                    if len(hashfiles) == len(taskhashlist):
+                        foundall = True
+                        break
+        else:
+            filedates[fullpath] = os.stat(fullpath).st_mtime
+
+    if not taskhashlist or (len(filedates) < 2 and not foundall):
+        # That didn't work, look in sstate-cache
+        hashes = taskhashlist or ['*']
+        localdata = bb.data.createCopy(d)
+        for hashval in hashes:
+            localdata.setVar('PACKAGE_ARCH', '*')
+            localdata.setVar('TARGET_VENDOR', '*')
+            localdata.setVar('TARGET_OS', '*')
+            localdata.setVar('PN', pn)
+            localdata.setVar('PV', '*')
+            localdata.setVar('PR', '*')
+            localdata.setVar('BB_TASKHASH', hashval)
+            if pn.endswith('-native') or pn.endswith('-crosssdk') or pn.endswith('-cross'):
+                localdata.setVar('SSTATE_EXTRAPATH', "${NATIVELSBSTRING}/")
+            sstatename = taskname[3:]
+            filespec = '%s_%s.*.siginfo' % (localdata.getVar('SSTATE_PKG', True), sstatename)
+
+            if hashval != '*':
+                sstatedir = "%s/%s" % (d.getVar('SSTATE_DIR', True), hashval[:2])
+            else:
+                sstatedir = d.getVar('SSTATE_DIR', True)
+
+            for root, dirs, files in os.walk(sstatedir):
+                for fn in files:
+                    fullpath = os.path.join(root, fn)
+                    if fnmatch.fnmatch(fullpath, filespec):
+                        if taskhashlist:
+                            hashfiles[hashval] = fullpath
+                        else:
+                            filedates[fullpath] = os.stat(fullpath).st_mtime
+
+    if taskhashlist:
+        return hashfiles
+    else:
+        return filedates
+
+bb.siggen.find_siginfo = find_siginfo
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/terminal.py b/meta/lib/oe/terminal.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a33abd733d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/terminal.py
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+import logging
+import oe.classutils
+import shlex
+from bb.process import Popen, ExecutionError
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('BitBake.OE.Terminal')
+
+
+class UnsupportedTerminal(Exception):
+    pass
+
+class NoSupportedTerminals(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class Registry(oe.classutils.ClassRegistry):
+    command = None
+
+    def __init__(cls, name, bases, attrs):
+        super(Registry, cls).__init__(name.lower(), bases, attrs)
+
+    @property
+    def implemented(cls):
+        return bool(cls.command)
+
+
+class Terminal(Popen):
+    __metaclass__ = Registry
+
+    def __init__(self, sh_cmd, title=None, env=None, d=None):
+        fmt_sh_cmd = self.format_command(sh_cmd, title)
+        try:
+            Popen.__init__(self, fmt_sh_cmd, env=env)
+        except OSError as exc:
+            import errno
+            if exc.errno == errno.ENOENT:
+                raise UnsupportedTerminal(self.name)
+            else:
+                raise
+
+    def format_command(self, sh_cmd, title):
+        fmt = {'title': title or 'Terminal', 'command': sh_cmd}
+        if isinstance(self.command, basestring):
+            return shlex.split(self.command.format(**fmt))
+        else:
+            return [element.format(**fmt) for element in self.command]
+
+class XTerminal(Terminal):
+    def __init__(self, sh_cmd, title=None, env=None, d=None):
+        Terminal.__init__(self, sh_cmd, title, env, d)
+        if not os.environ.get('DISPLAY'):
+            raise UnsupportedTerminal(self.name)
+
+class Gnome(XTerminal):
+    command = 'gnome-terminal -t "{title}" -x {command}'
+    priority = 2
+
+class Mate(XTerminal):
+    command = 'mate-terminal -t "{title}" -x {command}'
+    priority = 2
+
+class Xfce(XTerminal):
+    command = 'Terminal -T "{title}" -e "{command}"'
+    priority = 2
+
+    def __init__(self, command, title=None, env=None, d=None):
+        # Upstream binary name is Terminal but Debian/Ubuntu use
+        # xfce4-terminal to avoid possible(?) conflicts
+        distro = distro_name()
+        if distro == 'ubuntu' or distro == 'debian':
+            cmd = 'xfce4-terminal -T "{title}" -e "{command}"'
+        else:
+            cmd = command
+        XTerminal.__init__(self, cmd, title, env, d)
+
+class Konsole(XTerminal):
+    command = 'konsole -T "{title}" -e {command}'
+    priority = 2
+
+    def __init__(self, sh_cmd, title=None, env=None, d=None):
+        # Check version
+        vernum = check_konsole_version("konsole")
+        if vernum:
+            if vernum.split('.')[0] == "2":
+                logger.debug(1, 'Konsole from KDE 4.x will not work as devshell, skipping')
+                raise UnsupportedTerminal(self.name)
+        XTerminal.__init__(self, sh_cmd, title, env, d)
+
+class XTerm(XTerminal):
+    command = 'xterm -T "{title}" -e {command}'
+    priority = 1
+
+class Rxvt(XTerminal):
+    command = 'rxvt -T "{title}" -e {command}'
+    priority = 1
+
+class Screen(Terminal):
+    command = 'screen -D -m -t "{title}" -S devshell {command}'
+
+    def __init__(self, sh_cmd, title=None, env=None, d=None):
+        s_id = "devshell_%i" % os.getpid()
+        self.command = "screen -D -m -t \"{title}\" -S %s {command}" % s_id
+        Terminal.__init__(self, sh_cmd, title, env, d)
+        msg = 'Screen started. Please connect in another terminal with ' \
+            '"screen -r %s"' % s_id
+        if (d):
+            bb.event.fire(bb.event.LogExecTTY(msg, "screen -r %s" % s_id,
+                                              0.5, 10), d)
+        else:
+            logger.warn(msg)
+
+class TmuxRunning(Terminal):
+    """Open a new pane in the current running tmux window"""
+    name = 'tmux-running'
+    command = 'tmux split-window "{command}"'
+    priority = 2.75
+
+    def __init__(self, sh_cmd, title=None, env=None, d=None):
+        if not bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), 'tmux'):
+            raise UnsupportedTerminal('tmux is not installed')
+
+        if not os.getenv('TMUX'):
+            raise UnsupportedTerminal('tmux is not running')
+
+        Terminal.__init__(self, sh_cmd, title, env, d)
+
+class Tmux(Terminal):
+    """Start a new tmux session and window"""
+    command = 'tmux new -d -s devshell -n devshell "{command}"'
+    priority = 0.75
+
+    def __init__(self, sh_cmd, title=None, env=None, d=None):
+        if not bb.utils.which(os.getenv('PATH'), 'tmux'):
+            raise UnsupportedTerminal('tmux is not installed')
+
+        # TODO: consider using a 'devshell' session shared amongst all
+        # devshells, if it's already there, add a new window to it.
+        window_name = 'devshell-%i' % os.getpid()
+
+        self.command = 'tmux new -d -s {0} -n {0} "{{command}}"'.format(window_name)
+        Terminal.__init__(self, sh_cmd, title, env, d)
+
+        attach_cmd = 'tmux att -t {0}'.format(window_name)
+        msg = 'Tmux started. Please connect in another terminal with `tmux att -t {0}`'.format(window_name)
+        if d:
+            bb.event.fire(bb.event.LogExecTTY(msg, attach_cmd, 0.5, 10), d)
+        else:
+            logger.warn(msg)
+
+class Custom(Terminal):
+    command = 'false' # This is a placeholder
+    priority = 3
+
+    def __init__(self, sh_cmd, title=None, env=None, d=None):
+        self.command = d and d.getVar('OE_TERMINAL_CUSTOMCMD', True)
+        if self.command:
+            if not '{command}' in self.command:
+                self.command += ' {command}'
+            Terminal.__init__(self, sh_cmd, title, env, d)
+            logger.warn('Custom terminal was started.')
+        else:
+            logger.debug(1, 'No custom terminal (OE_TERMINAL_CUSTOMCMD) set')
+            raise UnsupportedTerminal('OE_TERMINAL_CUSTOMCMD not set')
+
+
+def prioritized():
+    return Registry.prioritized()
+
+def spawn_preferred(sh_cmd, title=None, env=None, d=None):
+    """Spawn the first supported terminal, by priority"""
+    for terminal in prioritized():
+        try:
+            spawn(terminal.name, sh_cmd, title, env, d)
+            break
+        except UnsupportedTerminal:
+            continue
+    else:
+        raise NoSupportedTerminals()
+
+def spawn(name, sh_cmd, title=None, env=None, d=None):
+    """Spawn the specified terminal, by name"""
+    logger.debug(1, 'Attempting to spawn terminal "%s"', name)
+    try:
+        terminal = Registry.registry[name]
+    except KeyError:
+        raise UnsupportedTerminal(name)
+
+    pipe = terminal(sh_cmd, title, env, d)
+    output = pipe.communicate()[0]
+    if pipe.returncode != 0:
+        raise ExecutionError(sh_cmd, pipe.returncode, output)
+
+def check_konsole_version(konsole):
+    import subprocess as sub
+    try:
+        p = sub.Popen(['sh', '-c', '%s --version' % konsole],stdout=sub.PIPE,stderr=sub.PIPE)
+        out, err = p.communicate()
+        ver_info = out.rstrip().split('\n')
+    except OSError as exc:
+        import errno
+        if exc.errno == errno.ENOENT:
+            return None
+        else:
+            raise
+    vernum = None
+    for ver in ver_info:
+        if ver.startswith('Konsole'):
+            vernum = ver.split(' ')[-1]
+    return vernum
+
+def distro_name():
+    try:
+        p = Popen(['lsb_release', '-i'])
+        out, err = p.communicate()
+        distro = out.split(':')[1].strip().lower()
+    except:
+        distro = "unknown"
+    return distro
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/tests/__init__.py b/meta/lib/oe/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/tests/__init__.py
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/tests/test_license.py b/meta/lib/oe/tests/test_license.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c388886184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/tests/test_license.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import unittest
+import oe.license
+
+class SeenVisitor(oe.license.LicenseVisitor):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.seen = []
+        oe.license.LicenseVisitor.__init__(self)
+
+    def visit_Str(self, node):
+        self.seen.append(node.s)
+
+class TestSingleLicense(unittest.TestCase):
+    licenses = [
+        "GPLv2",
+        "LGPL-2.0",
+        "Artistic",
+        "MIT",
+        "GPLv3+",
+        "FOO_BAR",
+    ]
+    invalid_licenses = ["GPL/BSD"]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def parse(licensestr):
+        visitor = SeenVisitor()
+        visitor.visit_string(licensestr)
+        return visitor.seen
+
+    def test_single_licenses(self):
+        for license in self.licenses:
+            licenses = self.parse(license)
+            self.assertListEqual(licenses, [license])
+
+    def test_invalid_licenses(self):
+        for license in self.invalid_licenses:
+            with self.assertRaises(oe.license.InvalidLicense) as cm:
+                self.parse(license)
+            self.assertEqual(cm.exception.license, license)
+
+class TestSimpleCombinations(unittest.TestCase):
+    tests = {
+        "FOO&BAR": ["FOO", "BAR"],
+        "BAZ & MOO": ["BAZ", "MOO"],
+        "ALPHA|BETA": ["ALPHA"],
+        "BAZ&MOO|FOO": ["FOO"],
+        "FOO&BAR|BAZ": ["FOO", "BAR"],
+    }
+    preferred = ["ALPHA", "FOO", "BAR"]
+
+    def test_tests(self):
+        def choose(a, b):
+            if all(lic in self.preferred for lic in b):
+                return b
+            else:
+                return a
+
+        for license, expected in self.tests.items():
+            licenses = oe.license.flattened_licenses(license, choose)
+            self.assertListEqual(licenses, expected)
+
+class TestComplexCombinations(TestSimpleCombinations):
+    tests = {
+        "FOO & (BAR | BAZ)&MOO": ["FOO", "BAR", "MOO"],
+        "(ALPHA|(BETA&THETA)|OMEGA)&DELTA": ["OMEGA", "DELTA"],
+        "((ALPHA|BETA)&FOO)|BAZ": ["BETA", "FOO"],
+        "(GPL-2.0|Proprietary)&BSD-4-clause&MIT": ["GPL-2.0", "BSD-4-clause", "MIT"],
+    }
+    preferred = ["BAR", "OMEGA", "BETA", "GPL-2.0"]
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/tests/test_path.py b/meta/lib/oe/tests/test_path.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d41ce157a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/tests/test_path.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import unittest
+import oe, oe.path
+import tempfile
+import os
+import errno
+import shutil
+
+class TestRealPath(unittest.TestCase):
+    DIRS = [ "a", "b", "etc", "sbin", "usr", "usr/bin", "usr/binX", "usr/sbin", "usr/include", "usr/include/gdbm" ]
+    FILES = [ "etc/passwd", "b/file" ]
+    LINKS = [
+        ( "bin",             "/usr/bin",             "/usr/bin" ),
+        ( "binX",            "usr/binX",             "/usr/binX" ),
+        ( "c",               "broken",               "/broken" ),
+        ( "etc/passwd-1",    "passwd",               "/etc/passwd" ),
+        ( "etc/passwd-2",    "passwd-1",             "/etc/passwd" ),
+        ( "etc/passwd-3",    "/etc/passwd-1",        "/etc/passwd" ),
+        ( "etc/shadow-1",    "/etc/shadow",          "/etc/shadow" ),
+        ( "etc/shadow-2",    "/etc/shadow-1",        "/etc/shadow" ),
+        ( "prog-A",          "bin/prog-A",           "/usr/bin/prog-A" ),
+        ( "prog-B",          "/bin/prog-B",          "/usr/bin/prog-B" ),
+        ( "usr/bin/prog-C",  "../../sbin/prog-C",    "/sbin/prog-C" ),
+        ( "usr/bin/prog-D",  "/sbin/prog-D",         "/sbin/prog-D" ),
+        ( "usr/binX/prog-E", "../sbin/prog-E",       None ),
+        ( "usr/bin/prog-F",  "../../../sbin/prog-F", "/sbin/prog-F" ),
+        ( "loop",            "a/loop",               None ),
+        ( "a/loop",          "../loop",              None ),
+        ( "b/test",          "file/foo",             "/b/file/foo" ),
+    ]
+
+    LINKS_PHYS = [
+        ( "./",          "/",                "" ),
+        ( "binX/prog-E", "/usr/sbin/prog-E", "/sbin/prog-E" ),
+    ]
+
+    EXCEPTIONS = [
+        ( "loop",   errno.ELOOP ),
+        ( "b/test", errno.ENOENT ),
+    ]
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        try:
+            #os.system("tree -F %s" % self.tmpdir)
+            shutil.rmtree(self.tmpdir)
+        except:
+            pass
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix = "oe-test_path")
+        self.root = os.path.join(self.tmpdir, "R")
+
+        os.mkdir(os.path.join(self.tmpdir, "_real"))
+        os.symlink("_real", self.root)
+
+        for d in self.DIRS:
+            os.mkdir(os.path.join(self.root, d))
+        for f in self.FILES:
+            file(os.path.join(self.root, f), "w")
+        for l in self.LINKS:
+            os.symlink(l[1], os.path.join(self.root, l[0]))
+
+    def __realpath(self, file, use_physdir, assume_dir = True):
+        return oe.path.realpath(os.path.join(self.root, file), self.root,
+                                use_physdir, assume_dir = assume_dir)
+
+    def test_norm(self):
+        for l in self.LINKS:
+            if l[2] == None:
+                continue
+
+            target_p = self.__realpath(l[0], True)
+            target_l = self.__realpath(l[0], False)
+
+            if l[2] != False:
+                self.assertEqual(target_p, target_l)
+                self.assertEqual(l[2], target_p[len(self.root):])
+
+    def test_phys(self):
+        for l in self.LINKS_PHYS:
+            target_p = self.__realpath(l[0], True)
+            target_l = self.__realpath(l[0], False)
+
+            self.assertEqual(l[1], target_p[len(self.root):])
+            self.assertEqual(l[2], target_l[len(self.root):])
+
+    def test_loop(self):
+        for e in self.EXCEPTIONS:
+            self.assertRaisesRegexp(OSError, r'\[Errno %u\]' % e[1],
+                                    self.__realpath, e[0], False, False)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/tests/test_types.py b/meta/lib/oe/tests/test_types.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..367cc30e45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/tests/test_types.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import unittest
+from oe.maketype import create, factory
+
+class TestTypes(unittest.TestCase):
+    def assertIsInstance(self, obj, cls):
+        return self.assertTrue(isinstance(obj, cls))
+
+    def assertIsNot(self, obj, other):
+        return self.assertFalse(obj is other)
+
+    def assertFactoryCreated(self, value, type, **flags):
+        cls = factory(type)
+        self.assertIsNot(cls, None)
+        self.assertIsInstance(create(value, type, **flags), cls)
+
+class TestBooleanType(TestTypes):
+    def test_invalid(self):
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, create, '', 'boolean')
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, create, 'foo', 'boolean')
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, create, object(), 'boolean')
+
+    def test_true(self):
+        self.assertTrue(create('y', 'boolean'))
+        self.assertTrue(create('yes', 'boolean'))
+        self.assertTrue(create('1', 'boolean'))
+        self.assertTrue(create('t', 'boolean'))
+        self.assertTrue(create('true', 'boolean'))
+        self.assertTrue(create('TRUE', 'boolean'))
+        self.assertTrue(create('truE', 'boolean'))
+
+    def test_false(self):
+        self.assertFalse(create('n', 'boolean'))
+        self.assertFalse(create('no', 'boolean'))
+        self.assertFalse(create('0', 'boolean'))
+        self.assertFalse(create('f', 'boolean'))
+        self.assertFalse(create('false', 'boolean'))
+        self.assertFalse(create('FALSE', 'boolean'))
+        self.assertFalse(create('faLse', 'boolean'))
+
+    def test_bool_equality(self):
+        self.assertEqual(create('n', 'boolean'), False)
+        self.assertNotEqual(create('n', 'boolean'), True)
+        self.assertEqual(create('y', 'boolean'), True)
+        self.assertNotEqual(create('y', 'boolean'), False)
+
+class TestList(TestTypes):
+    def assertListEqual(self, value, valid, sep=None):
+        obj = create(value, 'list', separator=sep)
+        self.assertEqual(obj, valid)
+        if sep is not None:
+            self.assertEqual(obj.separator, sep)
+        self.assertEqual(str(obj), obj.separator.join(obj))
+
+    def test_list_nosep(self):
+        testlist = ['alpha', 'beta', 'theta']
+        self.assertListEqual('alpha beta theta', testlist)
+        self.assertListEqual('alpha  beta\ttheta', testlist)
+        self.assertListEqual('alpha', ['alpha'])
+
+    def test_list_usersep(self):
+        self.assertListEqual('foo:bar', ['foo', 'bar'], ':')
+        self.assertListEqual('foo:bar:baz', ['foo', 'bar', 'baz'], ':')
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/tests/test_utils.py b/meta/lib/oe/tests/test_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d9ac52e7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import unittest
+from oe.utils import packages_filter_out_system
+
+class TestPackagesFilterOutSystem(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_filter(self):
+        """
+        Test that oe.utils.packages_filter_out_system works.
+        """
+        try:
+            import bb
+        except ImportError:
+            self.skipTest("Cannot import bb")
+
+        d = bb.data_smart.DataSmart()
+        d.setVar("PN", "foo")
+
+        d.setVar("PACKAGES", "foo foo-doc foo-dev")
+        pkgs = packages_filter_out_system(d)
+        self.assertEqual(pkgs, [])
+
+        d.setVar("PACKAGES", "foo foo-doc foo-data foo-dev")
+        pkgs = packages_filter_out_system(d)
+        self.assertEqual(pkgs, ["foo-data"])
+
+        d.setVar("PACKAGES", "foo foo-locale-en-gb")
+        pkgs = packages_filter_out_system(d)
+        self.assertEqual(pkgs, [])
+
+        d.setVar("PACKAGES", "foo foo-data foo-locale-en-gb")
+        pkgs = packages_filter_out_system(d)
+        self.assertEqual(pkgs, ["foo-data"])
+
+
+class TestTrimVersion(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_version_exception(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            trim_version(None, 2)
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            trim_version((1, 2, 3), 2)
+
+    def test_num_exception(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            trim_version("1.2.3", 0)
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            trim_version("1.2.3", -1)
+
+    def test_valid(self):
+        self.assertEqual(trim_version("1.2.3", 1), "1")
+        self.assertEqual(trim_version("1.2.3", 2), "1.2")
+        self.assertEqual(trim_version("1.2.3", 3), "1.2.3")
+        self.assertEqual(trim_version("1.2.3", 4), "1.2.3")
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/types.py b/meta/lib/oe/types.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f47c17d0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/types.py
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+import errno
+import re
+import os
+
+
+class OEList(list):
+    """OpenEmbedded 'list' type
+
+    Acts as an ordinary list, but is constructed from a string value and a
+    separator (optional), and re-joins itself when converted to a string with
+    str().  Set the variable type flag to 'list' to use this type, and the
+    'separator' flag may be specified (defaulting to whitespace)."""
+
+    name = "list"
+
+    def __init__(self, value, separator = None):
+        if value is not None:
+            list.__init__(self, value.split(separator))
+        else:
+            list.__init__(self)
+
+        if separator is None:
+            self.separator = " "
+        else:
+            self.separator = separator
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.separator.join(self)
+
+def choice(value, choices):
+    """OpenEmbedded 'choice' type
+
+    Acts as a multiple choice for the user.  To use this, set the variable
+    type flag to 'choice', and set the 'choices' flag to a space separated
+    list of valid values."""
+    if not isinstance(value, basestring):
+        raise TypeError("choice accepts a string, not '%s'" % type(value))
+
+    value = value.lower()
+    choices = choices.lower()
+    if value not in choices.split():
+        raise ValueError("Invalid choice '%s'.  Valid choices: %s" %
+                         (value, choices))
+    return value
+
+class NoMatch(object):
+    """Stub python regex pattern object which never matches anything"""
+    def findall(self, string, flags=0):
+        return None
+
+    def finditer(self, string, flags=0):
+        return None
+
+    def match(self, flags=0):
+        return None
+
+    def search(self, string, flags=0):
+        return None
+
+    def split(self, string, maxsplit=0):
+        return None
+
+    def sub(pattern, repl, string, count=0):
+        return None
+
+    def subn(pattern, repl, string, count=0):
+        return None
+
+NoMatch = NoMatch()
+
+def regex(value, regexflags=None):
+    """OpenEmbedded 'regex' type
+
+    Acts as a regular expression, returning the pre-compiled regular
+    expression pattern object.  To use this type, set the variable type flag
+    to 'regex', and optionally, set the 'regexflags' type to a space separated
+    list of the flags to control the regular expression matching (e.g.
+    FOO[regexflags] += 'ignorecase').  See the python documentation on the
+    're' module for a list of valid flags."""
+
+    flagval = 0
+    if regexflags:
+        for flag in regexflags.split():
+            flag = flag.upper()
+            try:
+                flagval |= getattr(re, flag)
+            except AttributeError:
+                raise ValueError("Invalid regex flag '%s'" % flag)
+
+    if not value:
+        # Let's ensure that the default behavior for an undefined or empty
+        # variable is to match nothing. If the user explicitly wants to match
+        # anything, they can match '.*' instead.
+        return NoMatch
+
+    try:
+        return re.compile(value, flagval)
+    except re.error as exc:
+        raise ValueError("Invalid regex value '%s': %s" %
+                         (value, exc.args[0]))
+
+def boolean(value):
+    """OpenEmbedded 'boolean' type
+
+    Valid values for true: 'yes', 'y', 'true', 't', '1'
+    Valid values for false: 'no', 'n', 'false', 'f', '0'
+    """
+
+    if not isinstance(value, basestring):
+        raise TypeError("boolean accepts a string, not '%s'" % type(value))
+
+    value = value.lower()
+    if value in ('yes', 'y', 'true', 't', '1'):
+        return True
+    elif value in ('no', 'n', 'false', 'f', '0'):
+        return False
+    raise ValueError("Invalid boolean value '%s'" % value)
+
+def integer(value, numberbase=10):
+    """OpenEmbedded 'integer' type
+
+    Defaults to base 10, but this can be specified using the optional
+    'numberbase' flag."""
+
+    return int(value, int(numberbase))
+
+_float = float
+def float(value, fromhex='false'):
+    """OpenEmbedded floating point type
+
+    To use this type, set the type flag to 'float', and optionally set the
+    'fromhex' flag to a true value (obeying the same rules as for the
+    'boolean' type) if the value is in base 16 rather than base 10."""
+
+    if boolean(fromhex):
+        return _float.fromhex(value)
+    else:
+        return _float(value)
+
+def path(value, relativeto='', normalize='true', mustexist='false'):
+    value = os.path.join(relativeto, value)
+
+    if boolean(normalize):
+        value = os.path.normpath(value)
+
+    if boolean(mustexist):
+        try:
+            open(value, 'r')
+        except IOError as exc:
+            if exc.errno == errno.ENOENT:
+                raise ValueError("{0}: {1}".format(value, os.strerror(errno.ENOENT)))
+
+    return value
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/utils.py b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..defa53679b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+try:
+    # Python 2
+    import commands as cmdstatus
+except ImportError:
+    # Python 3
+    import subprocess as cmdstatus
+
+def read_file(filename):
+    try:
+        f = open( filename, "r" )
+    except IOError as reason:
+        return "" # WARNING: can't raise an error now because of the new RDEPENDS handling. This is a bit ugly. :M:
+    else:
+        data = f.read().strip()
+        f.close()
+        return data
+    return None
+
+def ifelse(condition, iftrue = True, iffalse = False):
+    if condition:
+        return iftrue
+    else:
+        return iffalse
+
+def conditional(variable, checkvalue, truevalue, falsevalue, d):
+    if d.getVar(variable,1) == checkvalue:
+        return truevalue
+    else:
+        return falsevalue
+
+def less_or_equal(variable, checkvalue, truevalue, falsevalue, d):
+    if float(d.getVar(variable,1)) <= float(checkvalue):
+        return truevalue
+    else:
+        return falsevalue
+
+def version_less_or_equal(variable, checkvalue, truevalue, falsevalue, d):
+    result = bb.utils.vercmp_string(d.getVar(variable,True), checkvalue)
+    if result <= 0:
+        return truevalue
+    else:
+        return falsevalue
+
+def contains(variable, checkvalues, truevalue, falsevalue, d):
+    val = d.getVar(variable, True)
+    if not val:
+        return falsevalue
+    val = set(val.split())
+    if isinstance(checkvalues, basestring):
+        checkvalues = set(checkvalues.split())
+    else:
+        checkvalues = set(checkvalues)
+    if checkvalues.issubset(val):
+        return truevalue
+    return falsevalue
+
+def both_contain(variable1, variable2, checkvalue, d):
+    if d.getVar(variable1,1).find(checkvalue) != -1 and d.getVar(variable2,1).find(checkvalue) != -1:
+        return checkvalue
+    else:
+        return ""
+
+def prune_suffix(var, suffixes, d):
+    # See if var ends with any of the suffixes listed and
+    # remove it if found
+    for suffix in suffixes:
+        if var.endswith(suffix):
+            var = var.replace(suffix, "")
+
+    prefix = d.getVar("MLPREFIX", True)
+    if prefix and var.startswith(prefix):
+        var = var.replace(prefix, "")
+
+    return var
+
+def str_filter(f, str, d):
+    from re import match
+    return " ".join(filter(lambda x: match(f, x, 0), str.split()))
+
+def str_filter_out(f, str, d):
+    from re import match
+    return " ".join(filter(lambda x: not match(f, x, 0), str.split()))
+
+def param_bool(cfg, field, dflt = None):
+    """Lookup <field> in <cfg> map and convert it to a boolean; take
+    <dflt> when this <field> does not exist"""
+    value = cfg.get(field, dflt)
+    strvalue = str(value).lower()
+    if strvalue in ('yes', 'y', 'true', 't', '1'):
+        return True
+    elif strvalue in ('no', 'n', 'false', 'f', '0'):
+        return False
+    raise ValueError("invalid value for boolean parameter '%s': '%s'" % (field, value))
+
+def inherits(d, *classes):
+    """Return True if the metadata inherits any of the specified classes"""
+    return any(bb.data.inherits_class(cls, d) for cls in classes)
+
+def features_backfill(var,d):
+    # This construct allows the addition of new features to variable specified
+    # as var
+    # Example for var = "DISTRO_FEATURES"
+    # This construct allows the addition of new features to DISTRO_FEATURES
+    # that if not present would disable existing functionality, without
+    # disturbing distributions that have already set DISTRO_FEATURES.
+    # Distributions wanting to elide a value in DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL should
+    # add the feature to DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED
+    features = (d.getVar(var, True) or "").split()
+    backfill = (d.getVar(var+"_BACKFILL", True) or "").split()
+    considered = (d.getVar(var+"_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED", True) or "").split()
+
+    addfeatures = []
+    for feature in backfill:
+        if feature not in features and feature not in considered:
+            addfeatures.append(feature)
+
+    if addfeatures:
+        d.appendVar(var, " " + " ".join(addfeatures))
+
+
+def packages_filter_out_system(d):
+    """
+    Return a list of packages from PACKAGES with the "system" packages such as
+    PN-dbg PN-doc PN-locale-eb-gb removed.
+    """
+    pn = d.getVar('PN', True)
+    blacklist = map(lambda suffix: pn + suffix, ('', '-dbg', '-dev', '-doc', '-locale', '-staticdev'))
+    localepkg = pn + "-locale-"
+    pkgs = []
+
+    for pkg in d.getVar('PACKAGES', True).split():
+        if pkg not in blacklist and localepkg not in pkg:
+            pkgs.append(pkg)
+    return pkgs
+
+def getstatusoutput(cmd):
+    return cmdstatus.getstatusoutput(cmd)
+
+
+def trim_version(version, num_parts=2):
+    """
+    Return just the first <num_parts> of <version>, split by periods.  For
+    example, trim_version("1.2.3", 2) will return "1.2".
+    """
+    if type(version) is not str:
+        raise TypeError("Version should be a string")
+    if num_parts < 1:
+        raise ValueError("Cannot split to parts < 1")
+
+    parts = version.split(".")
+    trimmed = ".".join(parts[:num_parts])
+    return trimmed
+
+def cpu_count():
+    import multiprocessing
+    return multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+
+def execute_pre_post_process(d, cmds):
+    if cmds is None:
+        return
+
+    for cmd in cmds.strip().split(';'):
+        cmd = cmd.strip()
+        if cmd != '':
+            bb.note("Executing %s ..." % cmd)
+            bb.build.exec_func(cmd, d)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/__init__.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/__init__.py
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/controllers/__init__.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/controllers/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8eda92763c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/controllers/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Enable other layers to have modules in the same named directory
+from pkgutil import extend_path
+__path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/controllers/masterimage.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/controllers/masterimage.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..188c630bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/controllers/masterimage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+import os
+import bb
+import traceback
+import time
+
+import oeqa.targetcontrol
+import oeqa.utils.sshcontrol as sshcontrol
+import oeqa.utils.commands as commands
+
+class GummibootTarget(oeqa.targetcontrol.SimpleRemoteTarget):
+
+    def __init__(self, d):
+        # let our base class do the ip thing
+        super(GummibootTarget, self).__init__(d)
+
+        # test rootfs + kernel
+        self.rootfs = os.path.join(d.getVar("DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE", True), d.getVar("IMAGE_LINK_NAME", True) + '.tar.gz')
+        self.kernel = os.path.join(d.getVar("DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE", True), d.getVar("KERNEL_IMAGETYPE"))
+        if not os.path.isfile(self.rootfs):
+            # we could've checked that IMAGE_FSTYPES contains tar.gz but the config for running testimage might not be
+            # the same as the config with which the image was build, ie
+            # you bitbake core-image-sato with IMAGE_FSTYPES += "tar.gz"
+            # and your autobuilder overwrites the config, adds the test bits and runs bitbake core-image-sato -c testimage
+            bb.fatal("No rootfs found. Did you build the image ?\nIf yes, did you build it with IMAGE_FSTYPES += \"tar.gz\" ? \
+                      \nExpected path: %s" % self.rootfs)
+        if not os.path.isfile(self.kernel):
+            bb.fatal("No kernel found. Expected path: %s" % self.kernel)
+
+        # if the user knows what he's doing, then by all means...
+        # test-rootfs.tar.gz and test-kernel are hardcoded names in other places
+        # they really have to be used like that in commands though
+        cmds = d.getVar("TEST_DEPLOY_CMDS", True)
+
+        # this the value we need to set in the LoaderEntryOneShot EFI variable
+        # so the system boots the 'test' bootloader label and not the default
+        # The first four bytes are EFI bits, and the rest is an utf-16le string
+        # (EFI vars values need to be utf-16)
+        # $ echo -en "test\0" | iconv -f ascii -t utf-16le | hexdump -C
+        # 00000000  74 00 65 00 73 00 74 00  00 00                    |t.e.s.t...|
+        self.efivarvalue = r'\x07\x00\x00\x00\x74\x00\x65\x00\x73\x00\x74\x00\x00\x00'
+
+        if cmds:
+            self.deploy_cmds = cmds.split("\n")
+        else:
+            self.deploy_cmds = [
+                'mount -L boot /boot',
+                'mkdir -p /mnt/testrootfs',
+                'mount -L testrootfs /mnt/testrootfs',
+                'modprobe efivarfs',
+                'mount -t efivarfs efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars',
+                'cp ~/test-kernel /boot',
+                'rm -rf /mnt/testrootfs/*',
+                'tar xzvf ~/test-rootfs.tar.gz -C /mnt/testrootfs',
+                'printf "%s" > /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/LoaderEntryOneShot-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f' % self.efivarvalue
+                ]
+
+        # master ssh connection
+        self.master = None
+
+        # this is the name of the command that controls the power for a board
+        # e.g: TEST_POWERCONTROL_CMD = "/home/user/myscripts/powercontrol.py ${MACHINE} what-ever-other-args-the-script-wants"
+        # the command should take as the last argument "off" and "on" and "cycle" (off, on)
+        self.powercontrol_cmd = d.getVar("TEST_POWERCONTROL_CMD", True) or None
+        self.powercontrol_args = d.getVar("TEST_POWERCONTROL_EXTRA_ARGS") or ""
+        self.origenv = os.environ
+        if self.powercontrol_cmd:
+            if self.powercontrol_args:
+                self.powercontrol_cmd = "%s %s" % (self.powercontrol_cmd, self.powercontrol_args)
+            # the external script for controlling power might use ssh
+            # ssh + keys means we need the original user env
+            bborigenv = d.getVar("BB_ORIGENV", False) or {}
+            for key in bborigenv:
+                val = bborigenv.getVar(key, True)
+                if val is not None:
+                    self.origenv[key] = str(val)
+            self.power_ctl("on")
+
+    def power_ctl(self, msg):
+        if self.powercontrol_cmd:
+            cmd = "%s %s" % (self.powercontrol_cmd, msg)
+            commands.runCmd(cmd, preexec_fn=os.setsid, env=self.origenv)
+
+    def power_cycle(self, conn):
+        if self.powercontrol_cmd:
+            # be nice, don't just cut power
+            conn.run("shutdown -h now")
+            time.sleep(10)
+            self.power_ctl("cycle")
+        else:
+            status, output = conn.run("reboot")
+            if status != 0:
+                bb.error("Failed rebooting target and no power control command defined. You need to manually reset the device.\n%s" % output)
+
+    def deploy(self):
+        bb.plain("%s - deploying image on target" % self.pn)
+        # base class just sets the ssh log file for us
+        super(GummibootTarget, self).deploy()
+        self.master = sshcontrol.SSHControl(ip=self.ip, logfile=self.sshlog, timeout=600, port=self.port)
+        try:
+            self._deploy()
+        except Exception as e:
+            bb.fatal("Failed deploying test image: %s" % e)
+
+    def _deploy(self):
+        # make sure we are in the right image
+        status, output = self.master.run("cat /etc/masterimage")
+        if status != 0:
+            raise Exception("No ssh connectivity or target isn't running a master image.\n%s" % output)
+
+        # make sure these aren't mounted
+        self.master.run("umount /boot; umount /mnt/testrootfs; umount /sys/firmware/efi/efivars;")
+
+        # from now on, every deploy cmd should return 0
+        # else an exception will be thrown by sshcontrol
+        self.master.ignore_status = False
+        self.master.copy_to(self.rootfs, "~/test-rootfs.tar.gz")
+        self.master.copy_to(self.kernel, "~/test-kernel")
+        for cmd in self.deploy_cmds:
+            self.master.run(cmd)
+
+
+    def start(self, params=None):
+        bb.plain("%s - boot test image on target" % self.pn)
+        self.power_cycle(self.master)
+        # there are better ways than a timeout but this should work for now
+        time.sleep(120)
+        # set the ssh object for the target/test image
+        self.connection = sshcontrol.SSHControl(self.ip, logfile=self.sshlog, port=self.port)
+        bb.plain("%s - start running tests" % self.pn)
+
+    def stop(self):
+        bb.plain("%s - reboot/powercycle target" % self.pn)
+        self.power_cycle(self.connection)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/controllers/testtargetloader.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/controllers/testtargetloader.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..019bbfd840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/controllers/testtargetloader.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import types
+import bb
+
+# This class is responsible for loading a test target controller
+class TestTargetLoader:
+
+    # Search oeqa.controllers module directory for and return a controller  
+    # corresponding to the given target name. 
+    # AttributeError raised if not found.
+    # ImportError raised if a provided module can not be imported.
+    def get_controller_module(self, target, bbpath):
+        controllerslist = self.get_controller_modulenames(bbpath)
+        bb.note("Available controller modules: %s" % str(controllerslist))
+        controller = self.load_controller_from_name(target, controllerslist)
+        return controller
+
+    # Return a list of all python modules in lib/oeqa/controllers for each
+    # layer in bbpath
+    def get_controller_modulenames(self, bbpath):
+
+        controllerslist = []
+
+        def add_controller_list(path):
+            if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, '__init__.py')):
+                bb.fatal('Controllers directory %s exists but is missing __init__.py' % path)
+            files = sorted([f for f in os.listdir(path) if f.endswith('.py') and not f.startswith('_')])
+            for f in files:
+                module = 'oeqa.controllers.' + f[:-3]
+                if module not in controllerslist:
+                    controllerslist.append(module)
+                else:
+                    bb.warn("Duplicate controller module found for %s, only one added. Layers should create unique controller module names" % module)
+
+        for p in bbpath:
+            controllerpath = os.path.join(p, 'lib', 'oeqa', 'controllers')
+            bb.debug(2, 'Searching for target controllers in %s' % controllerpath)
+            if os.path.exists(controllerpath):
+                add_controller_list(controllerpath)
+        return controllerslist
+
+    # Search for and return a controller from given target name and
+    # set of module names. 
+    # Raise AttributeError if not found.
+    # Raise ImportError if a provided module can not be imported
+    def load_controller_from_name(self, target, modulenames):
+        for name in modulenames:
+            obj = self.load_controller_from_module(target, name)
+            if obj:
+                return obj
+        raise AttributeError("Unable to load {0} from available modules: {1}".format(target, str(modulenames)))
+
+    # Search for and return a controller or None from given module name
+    def load_controller_from_module(self, target, modulename):
+        obj = None
+        # import module, allowing it to raise import exception
+        module = __import__(modulename, globals(), locals(), [target])
+        # look for target class in the module, catching any exceptions as it
+        # is valid that a module may not have the target class.
+        try:
+            obj = getattr(module, target)
+            if obj: 
+                from oeqa.targetcontrol import BaseTarget
+                if (not isinstance(obj, (type, types.ClassType))):
+                    bb.warn("Target {0} found, but not of type Class".format(target))
+                if( not issubclass(obj, BaseTarget)):
+                    bb.warn("Target {0} found, but subclass is not BaseTarget".format(target))
+        except:
+            obj = None
+        return obj
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/oetest.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/oetest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0db6cb80a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/oetest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
+
+# Main unittest module used by testimage.bbclass
+# This provides the oeRuntimeTest base class which is inherited by all tests in meta/lib/oeqa/runtime.
+
+# It also has some helper functions and it's responsible for actually starting the tests
+
+import os, re, mmap
+import unittest
+import inspect
+
+
+def loadTests(tc):
+
+    # set the context object passed from the test class
+    setattr(oeTest, "tc", tc)
+    # set ps command to use
+    setattr(oeRuntimeTest, "pscmd", "ps -ef" if oeTest.hasPackage("procps") else "ps")
+    # prepare test suite, loader and runner
+    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
+    testloader = unittest.TestLoader()
+    testloader.sortTestMethodsUsing = None
+    suite = testloader.loadTestsFromNames(tc.testslist)
+
+    return suite
+
+def runTests(tc):
+
+    suite = loadTests(tc)
+    print("Test modules  %s" % tc.testslist)
+    print("Found %s tests" % suite.countTestCases())
+    runner = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2)
+    result = runner.run(suite)
+
+    return result
+
+
+class oeTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    longMessage = True
+    testFailures = []
+    testSkipped = []
+    testErrors = []
+
+    def run(self, result=None):
+        super(oeTest, self).run(result)
+
+        # we add to our own lists the results, we use those for decorators
+        if len(result.failures) > len(oeTest.testFailures):
+            oeTest.testFailures.append(str(result.failures[-1][0]).split()[0])
+        if len(result.skipped) > len(oeTest.testSkipped):
+            oeTest.testSkipped.append(str(result.skipped[-1][0]).split()[0])
+        if len(result.errors) > len(oeTest.testErrors):
+            oeTest.testErrors.append(str(result.errors[-1][0]).split()[0])
+
+    @classmethod
+    def hasPackage(self, pkg):
+
+        if re.search(pkg, oeTest.tc.pkgmanifest):
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    @classmethod
+    def hasFeature(self,feature):
+
+        if feature in oeTest.tc.imagefeatures or \
+                feature in oeTest.tc.distrofeatures:
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+
+class oeRuntimeTest(oeTest):
+
+    def __init__(self, methodName='runTest'):
+        self.target = oeRuntimeTest.tc.target
+        super(oeRuntimeTest, self).__init__(methodName)
+
+
+def getmodule(pos=2):
+    # stack returns a list of tuples containg frame information
+    # First element of the list the is current frame, caller is 1
+    frameinfo = inspect.stack()[pos]
+    modname = inspect.getmodulename(frameinfo[1])
+    #modname = inspect.getmodule(frameinfo[0]).__name__
+    return modname
+
+def skipModule(reason, pos=2):
+    modname = getmodule(pos)
+    if modname not in oeTest.tc.testsrequired:
+        raise unittest.SkipTest("%s: %s" % (modname, reason))
+    else:
+        raise Exception("\nTest %s wants to be skipped.\nReason is: %s" \
+                "\nTest was required in TEST_SUITES, so either the condition for skipping is wrong" \
+                "\nor the image really doesn't have the required feature/package when it should." % (modname, reason))
+
+def skipModuleIf(cond, reason):
+
+    if cond:
+        skipModule(reason, 3)
+
+def skipModuleUnless(cond, reason):
+
+    if not cond:
+        skipModule(reason, 3)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runexported.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runexported.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e1b6642ec2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runexported.py
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
+
+# This script should be used outside of the build system to run image tests.
+# It needs a json file as input as exported by the build.
+# E.g for an already built image:
+#- export the tests:
+#   TEST_EXPORT_ONLY = "1"
+#   TEST_TARGET  = "simpleremote"
+#   TEST_TARGET_IP = "192.168.7.2"
+#   TEST_SERVER_IP = "192.168.7.1"
+# bitbake core-image-sato -c testimage
+# Setup your target, e.g for qemu: runqemu core-image-sato
+# cd build/tmp/testimage/core-image-sato
+# ./runexported.py testdata.json
+
+import sys
+import os
+import time
+from optparse import OptionParser
+
+try:
+    import simplejson as json
+except ImportError:
+    import json
+
+sys.path.append(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "oeqa")))
+
+from oeqa.oetest import runTests
+from oeqa.utils.sshcontrol import SSHControl
+
+# this isn't pretty but we need a fake target object
+# for running the tests externally as we don't care
+# about deploy/start we only care about the connection methods (run, copy)
+class FakeTarget(object):
+    def __init__(self, d):
+        self.connection = None
+        self.ip = None
+        self.server_ip = None
+        self.datetime = time.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S',time.gmtime())
+        self.testdir = d.getVar("TEST_LOG_DIR", True)
+        self.pn = d.getVar("PN", True)
+
+    def exportStart(self):
+        self.sshlog = os.path.join(self.testdir, "ssh_target_log.%s" % self.datetime)
+        sshloglink = os.path.join(self.testdir, "ssh_target_log")
+        if os.path.islink(sshloglink):
+            os.unlink(sshloglink)
+        os.symlink(self.sshlog, sshloglink)
+        print("SSH log file: %s" %  self.sshlog)
+        self.connection = SSHControl(self.ip, logfile=self.sshlog)
+
+    def run(self, cmd, timeout=None):
+        return self.connection.run(cmd, timeout)
+
+    def copy_to(self, localpath, remotepath):
+        return self.connection.copy_to(localpath, remotepath)
+
+    def copy_from(self, remotepath, localpath):
+        return self.connection.copy_from(remotepath, localpath)
+
+
+class MyDataDict(dict):
+    def getVar(self, key, unused = None):
+        return self.get(key, "")
+
+class TestContext(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.d = None
+        self.target = None
+
+def main():
+
+    usage = "usage: %prog [options] <json file>"
+    parser = OptionParser(usage=usage)
+    parser.add_option("-t", "--target-ip", dest="ip", help="The IP address of the target machine. Use this to \
+            overwrite the value determined from TEST_TARGET_IP at build time")
+    parser.add_option("-s", "--server-ip", dest="server_ip", help="The IP address of this machine. Use this to \
+            overwrite the value determined from TEST_SERVER_IP at build time.")
+    parser.add_option("-d", "--deploy-dir", dest="deploy_dir", help="Full path to the package feeds, that this \
+            the contents of what used to be DEPLOY_DIR on the build machine. If not specified it will use the value \
+            specified in the json if that directory actually exists or it will error out.")
+    parser.add_option("-l", "--log-dir", dest="log_dir", help="This sets the path for TEST_LOG_DIR. If not specified \
+            the current dir is used. This is used for usually creating a ssh log file and a scp test file.")
+
+    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+    if len(args) != 1:
+        parser.error("Incorrect number of arguments. The one and only argument should be a json file exported by the build system")
+
+    with open(args[0], "r") as f:
+        loaded = json.load(f)
+
+    if options.ip:
+        loaded["target"]["ip"] = options.ip
+    if options.server_ip:
+        loaded["target"]["server_ip"] = options.server_ip
+
+    d = MyDataDict()
+    for key in loaded["d"].keys():
+        d[key] = loaded["d"][key]
+
+    if options.log_dir:
+        d["TEST_LOG_DIR"] = options.log_dir
+    else:
+        d["TEST_LOG_DIR"] = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+    if options.deploy_dir:
+        d["DEPLOY_DIR"] = options.deploy_dir
+    else:
+        if not os.path.isdir(d["DEPLOY_DIR"]):
+            raise Exception("The path to DEPLOY_DIR does not exists: %s" % d["DEPLOY_DIR"])
+
+
+    target = FakeTarget(d)
+    for key in loaded["target"].keys():
+        setattr(target, key, loaded["target"][key])
+
+    tc = TestContext()
+    setattr(tc, "d", d)
+    setattr(tc, "target", target)
+    for key in loaded.keys():
+        if key != "d" and key != "target":
+            setattr(tc, key, loaded[key])
+
+    target.exportStart()
+    runTests(tc)
+
+    return 0
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        ret = main()
+    except Exception:
+        ret = 1
+        import traceback
+        traceback.print_exc(5)
+    sys.exit(ret)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/__init__.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4cf3fa76b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Enable other layers to have tests in the same named directory
+from pkgutil import extend_path
+__path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/buildcvs.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/buildcvs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1fbf19c1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/buildcvs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+from oeqa.utils.targetbuild import TargetBuildProject
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("tools-sdk"):
+        skipModule("Image doesn't have tools-sdk in IMAGE_FEATURES")
+
+class BuildCvsTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        self.project = TargetBuildProject(oeRuntimeTest.tc.target, oeRuntimeTest.tc.d,
+                        "http://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/cvs/source/feature/1.12.13/cvs-1.12.13.tar.bz2")
+        self.project.download_archive()
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_ssh")
+    def test_cvs(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_configure(), 0,
+                        msg="Running configure failed")
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_make(), 0,
+                        msg="Running make failed")
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_install(), 0,
+                        msg="Running make install failed")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(self):
+        self.project.clean()
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/buildiptables.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/buildiptables.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6061a7f98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/buildiptables.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+from oeqa.utils.targetbuild import TargetBuildProject
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("tools-sdk"):
+        skipModule("Image doesn't have tools-sdk in IMAGE_FEATURES")
+
+class BuildIptablesTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        self.project = TargetBuildProject(oeRuntimeTest.tc.target, oeRuntimeTest.tc.d,
+                        "http://netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files/iptables-1.4.13.tar.bz2")
+        self.project.download_archive()
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_ssh")
+    def test_iptables(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_configure(), 0,
+                        msg="Running configure failed")
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_make(), 0,
+                        msg="Running make failed")
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_install(), 0,
+                        msg="Running make install failed")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(self):
+        self.project.clean()
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/buildsudoku.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/buildsudoku.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a754f1d9ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/buildsudoku.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+from oeqa.utils.targetbuild import TargetBuildProject
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("tools-sdk"):
+        skipModule("Image doesn't have tools-sdk in IMAGE_FEATURES")
+
+class SudokuTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        self.project = TargetBuildProject(oeRuntimeTest.tc.target, oeRuntimeTest.tc.d,
+                        "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/sudoku-savant/sudoku-savant/sudoku-savant-1.3/sudoku-savant-1.3.tar.bz2")
+        self.project.download_archive()
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_ssh")
+    def test_sudoku(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_configure(), 0,
+                        msg="Running configure failed")
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_make(), 0,
+                        msg="Running make failed")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(self):
+        self.project.clean()
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/connman.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/connman.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c03688206f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/connman.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import unittest
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("connman"):
+        skipModule("No connman package in image")
+
+
+class ConnmanTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    def service_status(self, service):
+        if oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("systemd"):
+            (status, output) = self.target.run('systemctl status -l %s' % service)
+            return output
+        else:
+            return "Unable to get status or logs for %s" % service
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_connmand_help(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('/usr/sbin/connmand --help')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="status and output: %s and %s" % (status,output))
+
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_connmand_help')
+    def test_connmand_running(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run(oeRuntimeTest.pscmd + ' | grep [c]onnmand')
+        if status != 0:
+            print self.service_status("connman")
+            self.fail("No connmand process running")
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/date.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/date.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a208e29ada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/date.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+import re
+
+class DateTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_ssh")
+    def test_date(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Failed to get initial date, output: %s" % output)
+        oldDate = output
+
+        sampleDate = '"2016-08-09 10:00:00"'
+        (status, output) = self.target.run("date -s %s" % sampleDate)
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Date set failed, output: %s" % output)
+
+        (status, output) = self.target.run("date -R")
+        p = re.match('Tue, 09 Aug 2016 10:00:.. \+0000', output)
+        self.assertTrue(p, msg="The date was not set correctly, output: %s" % output)
+
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('date -s "%s"' % oldDate)
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Failed to reset date, output: %s" % output)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/df.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/df.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6da35027c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/df.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import unittest
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+
+class DfTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_ssh")
+    def test_df(self):
+        (status,output) = self.target.run("df / | sed -n '2p' | awk '{print $4}'")
+        self.assertTrue(int(output)>5120, msg="Not enough space on image. Current size is %s" % output)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/dmesg.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/dmesg.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64247ea704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/dmesg.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import unittest
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+
+class DmesgTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_dmesg(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('dmesg | grep -v mmci-pl18x | grep -v "error changing net interface name" | grep -iv "dma timeout" | grep -i error')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 1, msg = "Error messages in dmesg log: %s" % output)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/files/hellomod.c b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/files/hellomod.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a383397e93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/files/hellomod.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+
+static int __init hello_init(void)
+{
+        printk(KERN_INFO "Hello world!\n");
+        return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit hello_cleanup(void)
+{
+        printk(KERN_INFO "Cleaning up hellomod.\n");
+}
+
+module_init(hello_init);
+module_exit(hello_cleanup);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/files/hellomod_makefile b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/files/hellomod_makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b92d5c8fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/files/hellomod_makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+obj-m := hellomod.o
+KDIR := /usr/src/kernel
+
+all:
+        $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
+
+clean:
+        $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) clean
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/files/test.c b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/files/test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d8389c92e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/files/test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+double convert(long long l)
+{
+  return (double)l;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
+
+  long long l = 10;
+  double f;
+  double check = 10.0;
+
+  f = convert(l);
+  printf("convert: %lld => %f\n", l, f);
+  if ( f != check ) exit(1);
+
+  f = 1234.67;
+  check = 1234.0;
+  printf("floorf(%f) = %f\n", f, floorf(f));
+  if ( floorf(f) != check) exit(1);
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/files/test.pl b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/files/test.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..689c8f1635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/files/test.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+$a = 9.01e+21 - 9.01e+21 + 0.01;
+print ("the value of a is ", $a, "\n");
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/files/test.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/files/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3a2273c52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/files/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import os
+
+os.system('touch /tmp/testfile.python')
+
+a = 9.01e+21 - 9.01e+21 + 0.01
+print "the value of a is %s" % a
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/files/testmakefile b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/files/testmakefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca1844e930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/files/testmakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+test: test.o
+        gcc -o test test.o -lm
+test.o: test.c
+        gcc -c test.c
+
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/gcc.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/gcc.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b63badd3e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/gcc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import unittest
+import os
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("tools-sdk"):
+        skipModule("Image doesn't have tools-sdk in IMAGE_FEATURES")
+
+
+class GccCompileTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.copy_to(os.path.join(oeRuntimeTest.tc.filesdir, "test.c"), "/tmp/test.c")
+        oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.copy_to(os.path.join(oeRuntimeTest.tc.filesdir, "testmakefile"), "/tmp/testmakefile")
+
+    def test_gcc_compile(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('gcc /tmp/test.c -o /tmp/test -lm')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="gcc compile failed, output: %s" % output)
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('/tmp/test')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="running compiled file failed, output %s" % output)
+
+    def test_gpp_compile(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('g++ /tmp/test.c -o /tmp/test -lm')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="g++ compile failed, output: %s" % output)
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('/tmp/test')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="running compiled file failed, output %s" % output)
+
+    def test_make(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('cd /tmp; make -f testmakefile')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="running make failed, output %s" % output)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(self):
+        oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.run("rm /tmp/test.c /tmp/test.o /tmp/test /tmp/testmakefile")
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/kernelmodule.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/kernelmodule.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbc5742eff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/kernelmodule.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import unittest
+import os
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("tools-sdk"):
+        skipModule("Image doesn't have tools-sdk in IMAGE_FEATURES")
+
+
+class KernelModuleTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.target.copy_to(os.path.join(oeRuntimeTest.tc.filesdir, "hellomod.c"), "/tmp/hellomod.c")
+        self.target.copy_to(os.path.join(oeRuntimeTest.tc.filesdir, "hellomod_makefile"), "/tmp/Makefile")
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_gcc_compile')
+    def test_kernel_module(self):
+        cmds = [
+            'cd /usr/src/kernel && make scripts',
+            'cd /tmp && make',
+            'cd /tmp && insmod hellomod.ko',
+            'lsmod | grep hellomod',
+            'dmesg | grep Hello',
+            'rmmod hellomod', 'dmesg | grep "Cleaning up hellomod"'
+            ]
+        for cmd in cmds:
+            (status, output) = self.target.run(cmd, 900)
+            self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="\n".join([cmd, output]))
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.target.run('rm -f /tmp/Makefile /tmp/hellomod.c')
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/ldd.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/ldd.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4374530fc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/ldd.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import unittest
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("tools-sdk"):
+        skipModule("Image doesn't have tools-sdk in IMAGE_FEATURES")
+
+class LddTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_ldd_exists(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('which ldd')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "ldd does not exist in PATH: which ldd: %s" % output)
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ldd_exists')
+    def test_ldd_rtldlist_check(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('for i in $(which ldd | xargs cat | grep "^RTLDLIST"|cut -d\'=\' -f2|tr -d \'"\'); do test -f $i && echo $i && break; done')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "ldd path not correct or RTLDLIST files don't exist. ")
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/logrotate.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/logrotate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80489a3267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/logrotate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# This test should cover https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/tr_show_case.cgi?case_id=289 testcase
+# Note that the image under test must have logrotate installed
+
+import unittest
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("logrotate"):
+        skipModule("No logrotate package in image")
+
+
+class LogrotateTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_ssh")
+    def test_1_logrotate_setup(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('mkdir /home/root/logrotate_dir')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "Could not create logrotate_dir. Output: %s" % output)
+        (status, output) = self.target.run("sed -i 's#wtmp {#wtmp {\\n    olddir /home/root/logrotate_dir#' /etc/logrotate.conf")
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "Could not write to logrotate.conf file. Status and output: %s and %s)" % (status, output))
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_1_logrotate_setup")
+    def test_2_logrotate(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.conf')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "logrotate service could not be reloaded. Status and output: %s and %s" % (status, output))
+        output = self.target.run('ls -la /home/root/logrotate_dir/ | wc -l')[1]
+        self.assertTrue(int(output)>=3, msg = "new logfile could not be created. List of files within log directory: %s" %(self.target.run('ls -la /home/root/logrotate_dir')[1]))
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/multilib.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/multilib.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13a3b54b18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/multilib.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import unittest
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    multilibs = oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("MULTILIBS", True) or ""
+    if "multilib:lib32" not in multilibs:
+        skipModule("this isn't a multilib:lib32 image")
+
+
+class MultilibTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_file_connman(self):
+        self.assertTrue(oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage('connman-gnome'), msg="This test assumes connman-gnome is installed")
+        (status, output) = self.target.run("readelf -h /usr/bin/connman-applet | sed -n '3p' | awk '{print $2}'")
+        self.assertEqual(output, "ELF32", msg="connman-applet isn't an ELF32 binary. readelf says: %s" % self.target.run("readelf -h /usr/bin/connman-applet")[1])
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/pam.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/pam.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52e1eb88e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/pam.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# This test should cover https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/tr_show_case.cgi?case_id=287 testcase
+# Note that the image under test must have "pam" in DISTRO_FEATURES
+
+import unittest
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("pam"):
+        skipModule("target doesn't have 'pam' in DISTRO_FEATURES")
+
+
+class PamBasicTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_pam(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('login --help')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 1, msg = "login command does not work as expected. Status and output:%s and %s" %(status, output))
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('passwd --help')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 6, msg = "passwd command does not work as expected. Status and output:%s and %s" %(status, output))
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('su --help')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 2, msg = "su command does not work as expected. Status and output:%s and %s" %(status, output))
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('useradd --help')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 2, msg = "useradd command does not work as expected. Status and output:%s and %s" %(status, output))
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/perl.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/perl.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9bb684c11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/perl.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import unittest
+import os
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("perl"):
+        skipModule("No perl package in the image")
+
+
+class PerlTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.copy_to(os.path.join(oeRuntimeTest.tc.filesdir, "test.pl"), "/tmp/test.pl")
+
+    def test_perl_exists(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('which perl')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Perl binary not in PATH or not on target.")
+
+    def test_perl_works(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('perl /tmp/test.pl')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Exit status was not 0. Output: %s" % output)
+        self.assertEqual(output, "the value of a is 0.01", msg="Incorrect output: %s" % output)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(self):
+        oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.run("rm /tmp/test.pl")
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/ping.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/ping.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a73c72402a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/ping.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import subprocess
+import unittest
+import sys
+import time
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+
+class PingTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    def test_ping(self):
+        output = ''
+        count = 0
+        endtime = time.time() + 60
+        while count < 5 and time.time() < endtime:
+            proc = subprocess.Popen("ping -c 1 %s" % self.target.ip, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+            output += proc.communicate()[0]
+            if proc.poll() == 0:
+                count += 1
+            else:
+                count = 0
+        self.assertEqual(count, 5, msg = "Expected 5 consecutive replies, got %d.\nping output is:\n%s" % (count,output))
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/python.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/python.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c037ab2c18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/python.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import unittest
+import os
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("python"):
+        skipModule("No python package in the image")
+
+
+class PythonTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.copy_to(os.path.join(oeRuntimeTest.tc.filesdir, "test.py"), "/tmp/test.py")
+
+    def test_python_exists(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('which python')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Python binary not in PATH or not on target.")
+
+    def test_python_stdout(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('python /tmp/test.py')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Exit status was not 0. Output: %s" % output)
+        self.assertEqual(output, "the value of a is 0.01", msg="Incorrect output: %s" % output)
+
+    def test_python_testfile(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('ls /tmp/testfile.python')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Python test file generate failed.")
+        
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(self):
+        oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.run("rm /tmp/test.py /tmp/testfile.python")
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/rpm.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/rpm.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..084d22f96b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/rpm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import unittest
+import os
+import fnmatch
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("package-management"):
+            skipModule("rpm module skipped: target doesn't have package-management in IMAGE_FEATURES")
+    if "package_rpm" != oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("PACKAGE_CLASSES", True).split()[0]:
+            skipModule("rpm module skipped: target doesn't have rpm as primary package manager")
+
+
+class RpmBasicTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_rpm_help(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('rpm --help')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="status and output: %s and %s" % (status,output))
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_rpm_help')
+    def test_rpm_query(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('rpm -q rpm')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="status and output: %s and %s" % (status,output))
+
+class RpmInstallRemoveTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        pkgarch = oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar('TUNE_PKGARCH', True).replace("-", "_")
+        rpmdir = os.path.join(oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR', True), "rpm", pkgarch)
+        # pick rpm-doc as a test file to get installed, because it's small and it will always be built for standard targets
+        for f in fnmatch.filter(os.listdir(rpmdir), "rpm-doc-*.%s.rpm" % pkgarch):
+            testrpmfile = f
+        oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.copy_to(os.path.join(rpmdir,testrpmfile), "/tmp/rpm-doc.rpm")
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_rpm_help')
+    def test_rpm_install(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('rpm -ivh /tmp/rpm-doc.rpm')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Failed to install rpm-doc package: %s" % output)
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_rpm_install')
+    def test_rpm_remove(self):
+        (status,output) = self.target.run('rpm -e rpm-doc')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Failed to remove rpm-doc package: %s" % output)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(self):
+        oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.run('rm -f /tmp/rpm-doc.rpm')
+
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/scanelf.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/scanelf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9abf24640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/scanelf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import unittest
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("pax-utils"):
+        skipModule("pax-utils package not installed")
+
+class ScanelfTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.scancmd = 'scanelf --quiet --recursive --mount --ldpath --path'
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_scanelf_textrel(self):
+        # print TEXTREL information
+        self.scancmd += " --textrel"
+        (status, output) = self.target.run(self.scancmd)
+        self.assertEqual(output.strip(), "", "\n".join([self.scancmd, output]))
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_scanelf_rpath(self):
+        # print RPATH information
+        self.scancmd += " --rpath"
+        (status, output) = self.target.run(self.scancmd)
+        self.assertEqual(output.strip(), "", "\n".join([self.scancmd, output]))
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/scp.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/scp.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03095bf966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/scp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import os
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import skipUnlessPassed
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not (oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("dropbear") or oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("openssh-sshd")):
+        skipModule("No ssh package in image")
+
+class ScpTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_scp_file(self):
+        test_log_dir = oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("TEST_LOG_DIR", True)
+        test_file_path = os.path.join(test_log_dir, 'test_scp_file')
+        with open(test_file_path, 'w') as test_scp_file:
+            test_scp_file.seek(2 ** 22 - 1)
+            test_scp_file.write(os.linesep)
+        (status, output) = self.target.copy_to(test_file_path, '/tmp/test_scp_file')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "File could not be copied. Output: %s" % output)
+        (status, output) = self.target.run("ls -la /tmp/test_scp_file")
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "SCP test failed")
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/skeletoninit.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/skeletoninit.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..557e715a3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/skeletoninit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# This test should cover https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/tr_show_case.cgi?case_id=284 testcase
+# Note that the image under test must have meta-skeleton layer in bblayers and IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " service" in local.conf
+
+import unittest
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("service"):
+        skipModule("No service package in image")
+
+
+class SkeletonBasicTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    @unittest.skipIf("systemd" == oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager"), "Not appropiate for systemd image")
+    def test_skeleton_availability(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('ls /etc/init.d/skeleton')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "skeleton init script not found. Output:\n%s " % output)
+        (status, output) =  self.target.run('ls /usr/sbin/skeleton-test')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "skeleton-test not found. Output:\n%s" % output)
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_skeleton_availability')
+    @unittest.skipIf("systemd" == oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager"), "Not appropiate for systemd image")
+    def test_skeleton_script(self):
+        output1 = self.target.run("/etc/init.d/skeleton start")[1]
+        (status, output2) = self.target.run(oeRuntimeTest.pscmd + ' | grep [s]keleton-test')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "Skeleton script could not be started:\n%s\n%s" % (output1, output2))
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/smart.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/smart.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..195f1170c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/smart.py
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import unittest
+import re
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+from oeqa.utils.httpserver import HTTPService
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("package-management"):
+        skipModule("Image doesn't have package management feature")
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("smart"):
+        skipModule("Image doesn't have smart installed")
+    if "package_rpm" != oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("PACKAGE_CLASSES", True).split()[0]:
+        skipModule("Rpm is not the primary package manager")
+
+class SmartTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_smart_help')
+    def smart(self, command, expected = 0):
+        command = 'smart %s' % command
+        status, output = self.target.run(command, 1500)
+        message = os.linesep.join([command, output])
+        self.assertEqual(status, expected, message)
+        self.assertFalse("Cannot allocate memory" in output, message)
+        return output
+
+class SmartBasicTest(SmartTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_smart_help(self):
+        self.smart('--help')
+
+    def test_smart_version(self):
+        self.smart('--version')
+
+    def test_smart_info(self):
+        self.smart('info python-smartpm')
+
+    def test_smart_query(self):
+        self.smart('query python-smartpm')
+
+    def test_smart_search(self):
+        self.smart('search python-smartpm')
+
+    def test_smart_stats(self):
+        self.smart('stats')
+
+class SmartRepoTest(SmartTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        self.repo_server = HTTPService(oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR', True), oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.server_ip)
+        self.repo_server.start()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(self):
+        self.repo_server.stop()
+
+    def test_smart_channel(self):
+        self.smart('channel', 1)
+
+    def test_smart_channel_add(self):
+        image_pkgtype = self.tc.d.getVar('IMAGE_PKGTYPE', True)
+        deploy_url = 'http://%s:%s/%s' %(self.target.server_ip, self.repo_server.port, image_pkgtype)
+        pkgarchs = self.tc.d.getVar('PACKAGE_ARCHS', True).replace("-","_").split()
+        for arch in os.listdir('%s/%s' % (self.repo_server.root_dir, image_pkgtype)):
+            if arch in pkgarchs:
+                self.smart('channel -y --add {a} type=rpm-md baseurl={u}/{a}'.format(a=arch, u=deploy_url))
+        self.smart('update')
+
+    def test_smart_channel_help(self):
+        self.smart('channel --help')
+
+    def test_smart_channel_list(self):
+        self.smart('channel --list')
+
+    def test_smart_channel_show(self):
+        self.smart('channel --show')
+
+    def test_smart_channel_rpmsys(self):
+        self.smart('channel --show rpmsys')
+        self.smart('channel --disable rpmsys')
+        self.smart('channel --enable rpmsys')
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_smart_channel_add')
+    def test_smart_install(self):
+        self.smart('remove -y psplash-default')
+        self.smart('install -y psplash-default')
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_smart_install')
+    def test_smart_install_dependency(self):
+        self.smart('remove -y psplash')
+        self.smart('install -y psplash-default')
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_smart_channel_add')
+    def test_smart_install_from_disk(self):
+        self.smart('remove -y psplash-default')
+        self.smart('download psplash-default')
+        self.smart('install -y ./psplash-default*')
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_smart_channel_add')
+    def test_smart_install_from_http(self):
+        output = self.smart('download --urls psplash-default')
+        url = re.search('(http://.*/psplash-default.*\.rpm)', output)
+        self.assertTrue(url, msg="Couln't find download url in %s" % output)
+        self.smart('remove -y psplash-default')
+        self.smart('install -y %s' % url.group(0))
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_smart_install')
+    def test_smart_reinstall(self):
+        self.smart('reinstall -y psplash-default')
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/ssh.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/ssh.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e64866019f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/ssh.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import subprocess
+import unittest
+import sys
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not (oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("dropbear") or oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("openssh")):
+        skipModule("No ssh package in image")
+
+class SshTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ping')
+    def test_ssh(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('uname -a')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="SSH Test failed: %s" % output)
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('cat /etc/masterimage')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 1, msg="This isn't the right image  - /etc/masterimage shouldn't be here %s" % output)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/syslog.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/syslog.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b95b36175a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/syslog.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import unittest
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("syslog"):
+        skipModule("No syslog package in image")
+
+class SyslogTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_ssh")
+    def test_syslog_help(self):
+        (status,output) = self.target.run('/sbin/syslogd --help')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="status and output: %s and %s" % (status,output))
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_syslog_help")
+    def test_syslog_running(self):
+        (status,output) = self.target.run(oeRuntimeTest.pscmd + ' | grep -i [s]yslogd')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="no syslogd process, ps output: %s" % self.target.run(oeRuntimeTest.pscmd)[1])
+
+
+class SyslogTestConfig(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_syslog_running")
+    def test_syslog_logger(self):
+        (status,output) = self.target.run('logger foobar && test -e /var/log/messages && grep foobar /var/log/messages || logread | grep foobar')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Test log string not found in /var/log/messages. Output: %s " % output)
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_syslog_running")
+    def test_syslog_restart(self):
+        if "systemd" != oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager"):
+            (status,output) = self.target.run('/etc/init.d/syslog restart')
+        else:
+            (status,output) = self.target.run('systemctl restart syslog.service')
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_syslog_restart")
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_syslog_logger")
+    @unittest.skipIf("systemd" == oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager"), "Not appropiate for systemd image")
+    def test_syslog_startup_config(self):
+        self.target.run('echo "LOGFILE=/var/log/test" >> /etc/syslog-startup.conf')
+        (status,output) = self.target.run('/etc/init.d/syslog restart')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Could not restart syslog service. Status and output: %s and %s" % (status,output))
+        (status,output) = self.target.run('logger foobar && grep foobar /var/log/test')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Test log string not found. Output: %s " % output)
+        self.target.run("sed -i 's#LOGFILE=/var/log/test##' /etc/syslog-startup.conf")
+        self.target.run('/etc/init.d/syslog restart')
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/systemd.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/systemd.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6de84f891b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/systemd.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import unittest
+import re
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("systemd"):
+            skipModule("target doesn't have systemd in DISTRO_FEATURES")
+    if "systemd" != oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager", True):
+            skipModule("systemd is not the init manager for this image")
+
+
+class SystemdTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    def systemctl(self, action = '', target = '', expected = 0, verbose = False):
+        command = 'systemctl %s %s' % (action, target)
+        status, output = self.target.run(command)
+        message = '\n'.join([command, output])
+        if status != expected and verbose:
+            message += self.target.run('systemctl status --full %s' % target)[1]
+        self.assertEqual(status, expected, message)
+        return output
+
+
+class SystemdBasicTests(SystemdTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_systemd_basic(self):
+        self.systemctl('--version')
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_system_basic')
+    def test_systemd_list(self):
+        self.systemctl('list-unit-files')
+
+    def settle(self):
+        """
+        Block until systemd has finished activating any units being activated,
+        or until two minutes has elapsed.
+
+        Returns a tuple, either (True, '') if all units have finished
+        activating, or (False, message string) if there are still units
+        activating (generally, failing units that restart).
+        """
+        import time
+        endtime = time.time() + (60 * 2)
+        while True:
+            status, output = self.target.run('systemctl --state=activating')
+            if "0 loaded units listed" in output:
+                return (True, '')
+            if time.time() >= endtime:
+                return (False, output)
+            time.sleep(10)
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_systemd_basic')
+    def test_systemd_failed(self):
+        settled, output = self.settle()
+        self.assertTrue(settled, msg="Timed out waiting for systemd to settle:\n" + output)
+
+        output = self.systemctl('list-units', '--failed')
+        match = re.search("0 loaded units listed", output)
+        if not match:
+            output += self.systemctl('status --full --failed')
+        self.assertTrue(match, msg="Some systemd units failed:\n%s" % output)
+
+
+class SystemdServiceTests(SystemdTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_systemd_basic')
+    def test_systemd_status(self):
+        self.systemctl('status --full', 'avahi-daemon.service')
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_systemd_status')
+    def test_systemd_stop_start(self):
+        self.systemctl('stop', 'avahi-daemon.service')
+        self.systemctl('is-active', 'avahi-daemon.service', expected=3, verbose=True)
+        self.systemctl('start','avahi-daemon.service')
+        self.systemctl('is-active', 'avahi-daemon.service', verbose=True)
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_systemd_basic')
+    def test_systemd_disable_enable(self):
+        self.systemctl('disable', 'avahi-daemon.service')
+        self.systemctl('is-enabled', 'avahi-daemon.service', expected=1)
+        self.systemctl('enable', 'avahi-daemon.service')
+        self.systemctl('is-enabled', 'avahi-daemon.service')
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/vnc.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/vnc.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ed10727bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/vnc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+import re
+
+def setUpModule():
+    skipModuleUnless(oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage('x11vnc'), "No x11vnc package in image")
+
+class VNCTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_vnc(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('x11vnc -display :0 -bg -o x11vnc.log')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="x11vnc server failed to start: %s" % output)
+        port = re.search('PORT=[0-9]*', output)
+        self.assertTrue(port, msg="Listening port not specified in command output: %s" %output)
+
+        vncport = port.group(0).split('=')[1]
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('netstat -ntl | grep ":%s"' % vncport)
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="x11vnc server not running on port %s\n\n%s" % (vncport, self.target.run('netstat -ntl; cat x11vnc.log')[1]))
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/x32lib.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/x32lib.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6bad201b12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/x32lib.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import unittest
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+        #check if DEFAULTTUNE is set and it's value is: x86-64-x32
+        defaulttune = oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("DEFAULTTUNE", True)
+        if "x86-64-x32" not in defaulttune:
+            skipModule("DEFAULTTUNE is not set to x86-64-x32")
+
+class X32libTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_ssh")
+    def test_x32_file(self):
+        status1 = self.target.run("readelf -h /bin/ls | grep Class | grep ELF32")[0]
+        status2 = self.target.run("readelf -h /bin/ls | grep Machine | grep X86-64")[0]
+        self.assertTrue(status1 == 0 and status2 == 0, msg="/bin/ls isn't an X86-64 ELF32 binary. readelf says: %s" % self.target.run("readelf -h /bin/ls")[1])
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/xorg.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/xorg.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12dccd8198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/xorg.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import unittest
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("x11-base"):
+            skipModule("target doesn't have x11 in IMAGE_FEATURES")
+
+
+class XorgTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_xorg_running(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run(oeRuntimeTest.pscmd + ' |  grep -v xinit | grep [X]org')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Xorg does not appear to be running %s" % self.target.run(oeRuntimeTest.pscmd)[1])
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_xorg_error(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -v "(EE) error," | grep -v "PreInit" | grep -v "evdev:" | grep -v "glx" | grep "(EE)"')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 1, msg="Errors in Xorg log: %s" % output)
+
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/__init__.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ad9513f40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+from pkgutil import extend_path
+__path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/_sstatetests_noauto.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/_sstatetests_noauto.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc9ae7efb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/_sstatetests_noauto.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import datetime
+import unittest
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+
+import oeqa.utils.ftools as ftools
+from oeqa.selftest.base import oeSelfTest
+from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, bitbake, get_bb_var, get_test_layer
+from oeqa.selftest.sstate import SStateBase
+
+
+class RebuildFromSState(SStateBase):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        self.builddir = os.path.join(os.environ.get('BUILDDIR'))
+
+    def get_dep_targets(self, primary_targets):
+        found_targets = []
+        bitbake("-g " + ' '.join(map(str, primary_targets)))
+        with open(os.path.join(self.builddir, 'pn-buildlist'), 'r') as pnfile:
+            found_targets = pnfile.read().splitlines()
+        return found_targets
+
+    def configure_builddir(self, builddir):
+        os.mkdir(builddir)
+        self.track_for_cleanup(builddir)
+        os.mkdir(os.path.join(builddir, 'conf'))
+        shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(os.environ.get('BUILDDIR'), 'conf/local.conf'), os.path.join(builddir, 'conf/local.conf'))
+        config = {}
+        config['default_sstate_dir'] = "SSTATE_DIR ?= \"${TOPDIR}/sstate-cache\""
+        config['null_sstate_mirrors'] = "SSTATE_MIRRORS = \"\""
+        config['default_tmp_dir'] = "TMPDIR = \"${TOPDIR}/tmp\""
+        for key in config:
+            ftools.append_file(os.path.join(builddir, 'conf/selftest.inc'), config[key])
+        shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(os.environ.get('BUILDDIR'), 'conf/bblayers.conf'), os.path.join(builddir, 'conf/bblayers.conf'))
+        try:
+            shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(os.environ.get('BUILDDIR'), 'conf/auto.conf'), os.path.join(builddir, 'conf/auto.conf'))
+        except:
+            pass
+
+    def hardlink_tree(self, src, dst):
+        os.mkdir(dst)
+        self.track_for_cleanup(dst)
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(src):
+            if root == src:
+                continue
+            os.mkdir(os.path.join(dst, root.split(src)[1][1:]))
+            for sstate_file in files:
+                os.link(os.path.join(root, sstate_file), os.path.join(dst, root.split(src)[1][1:], sstate_file))
+
+    def run_test_sstate_rebuild(self, primary_targets, relocate=False, rebuild_dependencies=False):
+        buildA = os.path.join(self.builddir, 'buildA')
+        if relocate:
+            buildB = os.path.join(self.builddir, 'buildB')
+        else:
+            buildB = buildA
+
+        if rebuild_dependencies:
+            rebuild_targets = self.get_dep_targets(primary_targets)
+        else:
+            rebuild_targets = primary_targets
+
+        self.configure_builddir(buildA)
+        runCmd((". %s/oe-init-build-env %s && " % (get_bb_var('COREBASE'), buildA)) + 'bitbake  ' + ' '.join(map(str, primary_targets)), shell=True, executable='/bin/bash')
+        self.hardlink_tree(os.path.join(buildA, 'sstate-cache'), os.path.join(self.builddir, 'sstate-cache-buildA'))
+        shutil.rmtree(buildA)
+
+        failed_rebuild = []
+        failed_cleansstate = []
+        for target in rebuild_targets:
+            self.configure_builddir(buildB)
+            self.hardlink_tree(os.path.join(self.builddir, 'sstate-cache-buildA'), os.path.join(buildB, 'sstate-cache'))
+
+            result_cleansstate = runCmd((". %s/oe-init-build-env %s && " % (get_bb_var('COREBASE'), buildB)) + 'bitbake -ccleansstate ' + target, ignore_status=True, shell=True, executable='/bin/bash')
+            if not result_cleansstate.status == 0:
+                failed_cleansstate.append(target)
+                shutil.rmtree(buildB)
+                continue
+
+            result_build = runCmd((". %s/oe-init-build-env %s && " % (get_bb_var('COREBASE'), buildB)) + 'bitbake ' + target, ignore_status=True, shell=True, executable='/bin/bash')
+            if not result_build.status == 0:
+                failed_rebuild.append(target)
+
+            shutil.rmtree(buildB)
+
+        self.assertFalse(failed_rebuild, msg="The following recipes have failed to rebuild: %s" % ' '.join(map(str, failed_rebuild)))
+        self.assertFalse(failed_cleansstate, msg="The following recipes have failed cleansstate(all others have passed both cleansstate and rebuild from sstate tests): %s" % ' '.join(map(str, failed_cleansstate)))
+
+    def test_sstate_relocation(self):
+        self.run_test_sstate_rebuild(['core-image-sato-sdk'], relocate=True, rebuild_dependencies=True)
+
+    def test_sstate_rebuild(self):
+        self.run_test_sstate_rebuild(['core-image-sato-sdk'], relocate=False, rebuild_dependencies=True)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/base.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc880e9d26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
+
+
+# DESCRIPTION
+# Base class inherited by test classes in meta/lib/selftest
+
+import unittest
+import os
+import sys
+import shutil
+import logging
+import errno
+
+import oeqa.utils.ftools as ftools
+from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, bitbake, get_bb_var, get_test_layer
+
+class oeSelfTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    log = logging.getLogger("selftest.base")
+    longMessage = True
+
+    def __init__(self, methodName="runTest"):
+        self.builddir = os.environ.get("BUILDDIR")
+        self.localconf_path = os.path.join(self.builddir, "conf/local.conf")
+        self.testinc_path = os.path.join(self.builddir, "conf/selftest.inc")
+        self.testlayer_path = oeSelfTest.testlayer_path
+        self._extra_tear_down_commands = []
+        self._track_for_cleanup = []
+        super(oeSelfTest, self).__init__(methodName)
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        os.chdir(self.builddir)
+        # we don't know what the previous test left around in config or inc files
+        # if it failed so we need a fresh start
+        try:
+            os.remove(self.testinc_path)
+        except OSError as e:
+            if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
+                raise
+        for root, _, files in os.walk(self.testlayer_path):
+            for f in files:
+                if f == 'test_recipe.inc':
+                    os.remove(os.path.join(root, f))
+        # tests might need their own setup
+        # but if they overwrite this one they have to call
+        # super each time, so let's give them an alternative
+        self.setUpLocal()
+
+    def setUpLocal(self):
+        pass
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        if self._extra_tear_down_commands:
+            failed_extra_commands = []
+            for command in self._extra_tear_down_commands:
+                result = runCmd(command, ignore_status=True)
+                if not result.status ==  0:
+                    failed_extra_commands.append(command)
+            if failed_extra_commands:
+                self.log.warning("tearDown commands have failed: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, failed_extra_commands)))
+                self.log.debug("Trying to move on.")
+            self._extra_tear_down_commands = []
+
+        if self._track_for_cleanup:
+            for path in self._track_for_cleanup:
+                if os.path.isdir(path):
+                    shutil.rmtree(path)
+                if os.path.isfile(path):
+                    os.remove(path)
+            self._track_for_cleanup = []
+
+        self.tearDownLocal()
+
+    def tearDownLocal(self):
+        pass
+
+    # add test specific commands to the tearDown method.
+    def add_command_to_tearDown(self, command):
+        self.log.debug("Adding command '%s' to tearDown for this test." % command)
+        self._extra_tear_down_commands.append(command)
+    # add test specific files or directories to be removed in the tearDown method
+    def track_for_cleanup(self, path):
+        self.log.debug("Adding path '%s' to be cleaned up when test is over" % path)
+        self._track_for_cleanup.append(path)
+
+    # write to <builddir>/conf/selftest.inc
+    def write_config(self, data):
+        self.log.debug("Writing to: %s\n%s\n" % (self.testinc_path, data))
+        ftools.write_file(self.testinc_path, data)
+
+    # append to <builddir>/conf/selftest.inc
+    def append_config(self, data):
+        self.log.debug("Appending to: %s\n%s\n" % (self.testinc_path, data))
+        ftools.append_file(self.testinc_path, data)
+
+    # remove data from <builddir>/conf/selftest.inc
+    def remove_config(self, data):
+        self.log.debug("Removing from: %s\n\%s\n" % (self.testinc_path, data))
+        ftools.remove_from_file(self.testinc_path, data)
+
+    # write to meta-sefltest/recipes-test/<recipe>/test_recipe.inc
+    def write_recipeinc(self, recipe, data):
+        inc_file = os.path.join(self.testlayer_path, 'recipes-test', recipe, 'test_recipe.inc')
+        self.log.debug("Writing to: %s\n%s\n" % (inc_file, data))
+        ftools.write_file(inc_file, data)
+
+    # append data to meta-sefltest/recipes-test/<recipe>/test_recipe.inc
+    def append_recipeinc(self, recipe, data):
+        inc_file = os.path.join(self.testlayer_path, 'recipes-test', recipe, 'test_recipe.inc')
+        self.log.debug("Appending to: %s\n%s\n" % (inc_file, data))
+        ftools.append_file(inc_file, data)
+
+    # remove data from meta-sefltest/recipes-test/<recipe>/test_recipe.inc
+    def remove_recipeinc(self, recipe, data):
+        inc_file = os.path.join(self.testlayer_path, 'recipes-test', recipe, 'test_recipe.inc')
+        self.log.debug("Removing from: %s\n%s\n" % (inc_file, data))
+        ftools.remove_from_file(inc_file, data)
+
+    # delete meta-sefltest/recipes-test/<recipe>/test_recipe.inc file
+    def delete_recipeinc(self, recipe):
+        inc_file = os.path.join(self.testlayer_path, 'recipes-test', recipe, 'test_recipe.inc')
+        self.log.debug("Deleting file: %s" % inc_file)
+        try:
+            os.remove(inc_file)
+        except OSError as e:
+            if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
+                raise
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/bblayers.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/bblayers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52aa4f8112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/bblayers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import unittest
+import os
+import logging
+import re
+import shutil
+
+import oeqa.utils.ftools as ftools
+from oeqa.selftest.base import oeSelfTest
+from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd
+
+class BitbakeLayers(oeSelfTest):
+
+    def test_bitbakelayers_showcrossdepends(self):
+        result = runCmd('bitbake-layers show-cross-depends')
+        self.assertTrue('aspell' in result.output)
+
+    def test_bitbakelayers_showlayers(self):
+        result = runCmd('bitbake-layers show_layers')
+        self.assertTrue('meta-selftest' in result.output)
+
+    def test_bitbakelayers_showappends(self):
+        result = runCmd('bitbake-layers show_appends')
+        self.assertTrue('xcursor-transparent-theme_0.1.1.bbappend' in result.output, msg='xcursor-transparent-theme_0.1.1.bbappend file was not recognised')
+
+    def test_bitbakelayers_showoverlayed(self):
+        result = runCmd('bitbake-layers show_overlayed')
+        self.assertTrue('aspell' in result.output, msg='xcursor-transparent-theme_0.1.1.bbappend file was not recognised')
+
+    def test_bitbakelayers_flatten(self):
+        self.assertFalse(os.path.isdir(os.path.join(self.builddir, 'test')))
+        result = runCmd('bitbake-layers flatten test')
+        bb_file = os.path.join(self.builddir, 'test/recipes-graphics/xcursor-transparent-theme/xcursor-transparent-theme_0.1.1.bb')
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(bb_file))
+        contents = ftools.read_file(bb_file)
+        find_in_contents = re.search("##### bbappended from meta-selftest #####\n(.*\n)*include test_recipe.inc", contents)
+        shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(self.builddir, 'test'))
+        self.assertTrue(find_in_contents)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/bbtests.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/bbtests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6815ecfe0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/bbtests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import unittest
+import os
+import logging
+import re
+import shutil
+
+import oeqa.utils.ftools as ftools
+from oeqa.selftest.base import oeSelfTest
+from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, bitbake, get_bb_var
+
+class BitbakeTests(oeSelfTest):
+
+    def test_run_bitbake_from_dir_1(self):
+        os.chdir(os.path.join(self.builddir, 'conf'))
+        bitbake('-e')
+
+    def test_run_bitbake_from_dir_2(self):
+        my_env = os.environ.copy()
+        my_env['BBPATH'] = my_env['BUILDDIR']
+        os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.environ['BUILDDIR']))
+        bitbake('-e', env=my_env)
+
+    def test_event_handler(self):
+        self.write_config("INHERIT += \"test_events\"")
+        result = bitbake('m4-native')
+        find_build_started = re.search("NOTE: Test for bb\.event\.BuildStarted(\n.*)*NOTE: Preparing runqueue", result.output)
+        find_build_completed = re.search("Tasks Summary:.*(\n.*)*NOTE: Test for bb\.event\.BuildCompleted", result.output)
+        self.assertTrue(find_build_started, msg = "Match failed in:\n%s"  % result.output)
+        self.assertTrue(find_build_completed, msg = "Match failed in:\n%s" % result.output)
+        self.assertFalse('Test for bb.event.InvalidEvent' in result.output)
+
+    def test_local_sstate(self):
+        bitbake('m4-native -ccleansstate')
+        bitbake('m4-native')
+        bitbake('m4-native -cclean')
+        result = bitbake('m4-native')
+        find_setscene = re.search("m4-native.*do_.*_setscene", result.output)
+        self.assertTrue(find_setscene)
+
+    def test_bitbake_invalid_recipe(self):
+        result = bitbake('-b asdf', ignore_status=True)
+        self.assertTrue("ERROR: Unable to find any recipe file matching 'asdf'" in result.output)
+
+    def test_bitbake_invalid_target(self):
+        result = bitbake('asdf', ignore_status=True)
+        self.assertTrue("ERROR: Nothing PROVIDES 'asdf'" in result.output)
+
+    def test_warnings_errors(self):
+        result = bitbake('-b asdf', ignore_status=True)
+        find_warnings = re.search("Summary: There w.{2,3}? [1-9][0-9]* WARNING messages* shown", result.output)
+        find_errors = re.search("Summary: There w.{2,3}? [1-9][0-9]* ERROR messages* shown", result.output)
+        self.assertTrue(find_warnings, msg="Did not find the mumber of warnings at the end of the build:\n" + result.output)
+        self.assertTrue(find_errors, msg="Did not find the mumber of errors at the end of the build:\n" + result.output)
+
+    def test_invalid_patch(self):
+        self.write_recipeinc('man', 'SRC_URI += "file://man-1.5h1-make.patch"')
+        result = bitbake('man -c patch', ignore_status=True)
+        self.delete_recipeinc('man')
+        bitbake('-cclean man')
+        self.assertTrue("ERROR: Function failed: patch_do_patch" in result.output)
+
+    def test_force_task(self):
+        bitbake('m4-native')
+        result = bitbake('-C compile m4-native')
+        look_for_tasks = ['do_compile', 'do_install', 'do_populate_sysroot']
+        for task in look_for_tasks:
+            find_task = re.search("m4-native.*%s" % task, result.output)
+            self.assertTrue(find_task)
+
+    def test_bitbake_g(self):
+        result = bitbake('-g core-image-full-cmdline')
+        self.assertTrue('NOTE: PN build list saved to \'pn-buildlist\'' in result.output)
+        self.assertTrue('openssh' in ftools.read_file(os.path.join(self.builddir, 'pn-buildlist')))
+        for f in ['pn-buildlist', 'pn-depends.dot', 'package-depends.dot', 'task-depends.dot']:
+            os.remove(f)
+
+    def test_image_manifest(self):
+        bitbake('core-image-minimal')
+        deploydir = get_bb_var("DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE", target="core-image-minimal")
+        imagename = get_bb_var("IMAGE_LINK_NAME", target="core-image-minimal")
+        manifest = os.path.join(deploydir, imagename + ".manifest")
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.islink(manifest), msg="No manifest file created for image")
+
+    def test_invalid_recipe_src_uri(self):
+        data = 'SRC_URI = "file://invalid"'
+        self.write_recipeinc('man', data)
+        bitbake('-ccleanall man')
+        result = bitbake('-c fetch man', ignore_status=True)
+        bitbake('-ccleanall man')
+        self.delete_recipeinc('man')
+        self.assertEqual(result.status, 1, msg='Command succeded when it should have failed')
+        self.assertTrue('ERROR: Fetcher failure: Unable to find file file://invalid anywhere. The paths that were searched were:' in result.output)
+        self.assertTrue('ERROR: Function failed: Fetcher failure for URL: \'file://invalid\'. Unable to fetch URL from any source.' in result.output)
+
+    def test_rename_downloaded_file(self):
+        data = 'SRC_URI_append = ";downloadfilename=test-aspell.tar.gz"'
+        self.write_recipeinc('aspell', data)
+        bitbake('-ccleanall aspell')
+        result = bitbake('-c fetch aspell', ignore_status=True)
+        self.delete_recipeinc('aspell')
+        self.assertEqual(result.status, 0)
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(os.path.join(get_bb_var("DL_DIR"), 'test-aspell.tar.gz')))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(os.path.join(get_bb_var("DL_DIR"), 'test-aspell.tar.gz.done')))
+        bitbake('-ccleanall aspell')
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/buildhistory.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/buildhistory.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8cae4664b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/buildhistory.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import unittest
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+import datetime
+
+import oeqa.utils.ftools as ftools
+from oeqa.selftest.base import oeSelfTest
+from oeqa.utils.commands import Command, runCmd, bitbake, get_bb_var, get_test_layer
+
+
+class BuildhistoryBase(oeSelfTest):
+
+    def config_buildhistory(self, tmp_bh_location=False):
+        if (not 'buildhistory' in get_bb_var('USER_CLASSES')) and (not 'buildhistory' in get_bb_var('INHERIT')):
+            add_buildhistory_config = 'INHERIT += "buildhistory"\nBUILDHISTORY_COMMIT = "1"'
+            self.append_config(add_buildhistory_config)
+
+        if tmp_bh_location:
+            # Using a temporary buildhistory location for testing
+            tmp_bh_dir = os.path.join(self.builddir, "tmp_buildhistory_%s" % datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S'))
+            buildhistory_dir_config = "BUILDHISTORY_DIR = \"%s\"" % tmp_bh_dir
+            self.append_config(buildhistory_dir_config)
+            self.track_for_cleanup(tmp_bh_dir)
+
+    def run_buildhistory_operation(self, target, global_config='', target_config='', change_bh_location=False, expect_error=False, error_regex=''):
+        if change_bh_location:
+            tmp_bh_location = True
+        else:
+            tmp_bh_location = False
+        self.config_buildhistory(tmp_bh_location)
+
+        self.append_config(global_config)
+        self.append_recipeinc(target, target_config)
+        bitbake("-cclean %s" % target)
+        result = bitbake(target, ignore_status=True)
+        self.remove_config(global_config)
+        self.remove_recipeinc(target, target_config)
+
+        if expect_error:
+            self.assertEqual(result.status, 1, msg="Error expected for global config '%s' and target config '%s'" % (global_config, target_config))
+            search_for_error = re.search(error_regex, result.output)
+            self.assertTrue(search_for_error, msg="Could not find desired error in output: %s" % error_regex)
+        else:
+            self.assertEqual(result.status, 0, msg="Command 'bitbake %s' has failed unexpectedly: %s" % (target, result.output))
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/buildoptions.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/buildoptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ff40baddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/buildoptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+import unittest
+import os
+import logging
+import re
+
+from oeqa.selftest.base import oeSelfTest
+from oeqa.selftest.buildhistory import BuildhistoryBase
+from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, bitbake, get_bb_var
+import oeqa.utils.ftools as ftools
+
+class ImageOptionsTests(oeSelfTest):
+
+    def test_incremental_image_generation(self):
+        bitbake("-c cleanall core-image-minimal")
+        self.write_config('INC_RPM_IMAGE_GEN = "1"')
+        self.append_config('IMAGE_FEATURES += "ssh-server-openssh"')
+        bitbake("core-image-minimal")
+        res = runCmd("grep 'Installing openssh-sshd' %s" % (os.path.join(get_bb_var("WORKDIR", "core-image-minimal"), "temp/log.do_rootfs")), ignore_status=True)
+        self.remove_config('IMAGE_FEATURES += "ssh-server-openssh"')
+        self.assertEqual(0, res.status, msg="No match for openssh-sshd in log.do_rootfs")
+        bitbake("core-image-minimal")
+        res = runCmd("grep 'Removing openssh-sshd' %s" %(os.path.join(get_bb_var("WORKDIR", "core-image-minimal"), "temp/log.do_rootfs")),ignore_status=True)
+        self.assertEqual(0, res.status, msg="openssh-sshd was not removed from image")
+
+    def test_rm_old_image(self):
+        bitbake("core-image-minimal")
+        deploydir = get_bb_var("DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE", target="core-image-minimal")
+        imagename = get_bb_var("IMAGE_LINK_NAME", target="core-image-minimal")
+        deploydir_files = os.listdir(deploydir)
+        track_original_files = []
+        for image_file in deploydir_files:
+            if imagename in image_file and os.path.islink(os.path.join(deploydir, image_file)):
+                track_original_files.append(os.path.realpath(os.path.join(deploydir, image_file)))
+        self.append_config("RM_OLD_IMAGE = \"1\"")
+        bitbake("-C rootfs core-image-minimal")
+        deploydir_files = os.listdir(deploydir)
+        remaining_not_expected = [path for path in track_original_files if os.path.basename(path) in deploydir_files]
+        self.assertFalse(remaining_not_expected, msg="\nThe following image files ware not removed: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, remaining_not_expected)))
+
+    def test_ccache_tool(self):
+        bitbake("ccache-native")
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(os.path.join(get_bb_var('STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE', 'ccache-native'), "ccache")))
+        self.write_config('INHERIT += "ccache"')
+        bitbake("m4 -c cleansstate")
+        bitbake("m4 -c compile")
+        res = runCmd("grep ccache %s" % (os.path.join(get_bb_var("WORKDIR","m4"),"temp/log.do_compile")), ignore_status=True)
+        self.assertEqual(0, res.status, msg="No match for ccache in m4 log.do_compile")
+        bitbake("ccache-native -ccleansstate")
+
+
+class DiskMonTest(oeSelfTest):
+
+    def test_stoptask_behavior(self):
+        result = runCmd("df -Pk %s" % os.getcwd())
+        size = result.output.split("\n")[1].split()[3]
+        self.write_config('BB_DISKMON_DIRS = "STOPTASKS,${TMPDIR},%sK,4510K"' % size)
+        res = bitbake("m4", ignore_status = True)
+        self.assertTrue('ERROR: No new tasks can be executed since the disk space monitor action is "STOPTASKS"!' in res.output)
+        self.assertEqual(res.status, 1)
+        self.write_config('BB_DISKMON_DIRS = "ABORT,${TMPDIR},%sK,4510K"' % size)
+        res = bitbake("m4", ignore_status = True)
+        self.assertTrue('ERROR: Immediately abort since the disk space monitor action is "ABORT"!' in res.output)
+        self.assertEqual(res.status, 1)
+        self.write_config('BB_DISKMON_DIRS = "WARN,${TMPDIR},%sK,4510K"' % size)
+        res = bitbake("m4")
+        self.assertTrue('WARNING: The free space' in res.output)
+
+class SanityOptionsTest(oeSelfTest):
+
+    def test_options_warnqa_errorqa_switch(self):
+        bitbake("xcursor-transparent-theme -ccleansstate")
+
+        if "packages-list" not in get_bb_var("ERROR_QA"):
+            self.write_config("ERROR_QA_append = \" packages-list\"")
+
+        self.write_recipeinc('xcursor-transparent-theme', 'PACKAGES += \"${PN}-dbg\"')
+        res = bitbake("xcursor-transparent-theme", ignore_status=True)
+        self.delete_recipeinc('xcursor-transparent-theme')
+        self.assertTrue("ERROR: QA Issue: xcursor-transparent-theme-dbg is listed in PACKAGES multiple times, this leads to packaging errors." in res.output)
+        self.assertEqual(res.status, 1)
+        self.write_recipeinc('xcursor-transparent-theme', 'PACKAGES += \"${PN}-dbg\"')
+        self.append_config('ERROR_QA_remove = "packages-list"')
+        self.append_config('WARN_QA_append = " packages-list"')
+        res = bitbake("xcursor-transparent-theme")
+        bitbake("xcursor-transparent-theme -ccleansstate")
+        self.delete_recipeinc('xcursor-transparent-theme')
+        self.assertTrue("WARNING: QA Issue: xcursor-transparent-theme-dbg is listed in PACKAGES multiple times, this leads to packaging errors." in res.output)
+
+    def test_sanity_userspace_dependency(self):
+        self.append_config('WARN_QA_append = " unsafe-references-in-binaries unsafe-references-in-scripts"')
+        bitbake("-ccleansstate gzip nfs-utils")
+        res = bitbake("gzip nfs-utils")
+        self.assertTrue("WARNING: QA Issue: gzip" in res.output)
+        self.assertTrue("WARNING: QA Issue: nfs-utils" in res.output)
+
+class BuildhistoryTests(BuildhistoryBase):
+
+    def test_buildhistory_basic(self):
+        self.run_buildhistory_operation('xcursor-transparent-theme')
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(get_bb_var('BUILDHISTORY_DIR')))
+
+    def test_buildhistory_buildtime_pr_backwards(self):
+        self.add_command_to_tearDown('cleanup-workdir')
+        target = 'xcursor-transparent-theme'
+        error = "ERROR: QA Issue: Package version for package %s went backwards which would break package feeds from (.*-r1 to .*-r0)" % target
+        self.run_buildhistory_operation(target, target_config="PR = \"r1\"", change_bh_location=True)
+        self.run_buildhistory_operation(target, target_config="PR = \"r0\"", change_bh_location=False, expect_error=True, error_regex=error)
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/oescripts.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/oescripts.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4aab2ed095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/oescripts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import datetime
+import unittest
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+
+import oeqa.utils.ftools as ftools
+from oeqa.selftest.base import oeSelfTest
+from oeqa.selftest.buildhistory import BuildhistoryBase
+from oeqa.utils.commands import Command, runCmd, bitbake, get_bb_var, get_test_layer
+
+class TestScripts(oeSelfTest):
+
+    def test_cleanup_workdir(self):
+        path = os.path.dirname(get_bb_var('WORKDIR', 'gzip'))
+        old_version_recipe = os.path.join(get_bb_var('COREBASE'), 'meta/recipes-extended/gzip/gzip_1.3.12.bb')
+        old_version = '1.3.12'
+        bitbake("-ccleansstate gzip")
+        bitbake("-ccleansstate -b %s" % old_version_recipe)
+        if os.path.exists(get_bb_var('WORKDIR', "-b %s" % old_version_recipe)):
+            shutil.rmtree(get_bb_var('WORKDIR', "-b %s" % old_version_recipe))
+        if os.path.exists(get_bb_var('WORKDIR', 'gzip')):
+            shutil.rmtree(get_bb_var('WORKDIR', 'gzip'))
+
+        if os.path.exists(path):
+            initial_contents = os.listdir(path)
+        else:
+            initial_contents = []
+
+        bitbake('gzip')
+        intermediary_contents = os.listdir(path)
+        bitbake("-b %s" % old_version_recipe)
+        runCmd('cleanup-workdir')
+        remaining_contents = os.listdir(path)
+
+        expected_contents = [x for x in intermediary_contents if x not in initial_contents]
+        remaining_not_expected = [x for x in remaining_contents if x not in expected_contents]
+        self.assertFalse(remaining_not_expected, msg="Not all necessary content has been deleted from %s: %s" % (path, ', '.join(map(str, remaining_not_expected))))
+        expected_not_remaining = [x for x in expected_contents if x not in remaining_contents]
+        self.assertFalse(expected_not_remaining, msg="The script removed extra contents from %s: %s" % (path, ', '.join(map(str, expected_not_remaining))))
+
+class BuildhistoryDiffTests(BuildhistoryBase):
+
+    def test_buildhistory_diff(self):
+        self.add_command_to_tearDown('cleanup-workdir')
+        target = 'xcursor-transparent-theme'
+        self.run_buildhistory_operation(target, target_config="PR = \"r1\"", change_bh_location=True)
+        self.run_buildhistory_operation(target, target_config="PR = \"r0\"", change_bh_location=False, expect_error=True)
+        result = runCmd("buildhistory-diff -p %s" % get_bb_var('BUILDHISTORY_DIR'))
+        expected_output = 'PR changed from "r1" to "r0"'
+        self.assertTrue(expected_output in result.output, msg="Did not find expected output: %s" % result.output)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/prservice.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/prservice.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..789c05f1e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/prservice.py
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+import unittest
+import os
+import logging
+import re
+import shutil
+import datetime
+
+import oeqa.utils.ftools as ftools
+from oeqa.selftest.base import oeSelfTest
+from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, bitbake, get_bb_var
+
+class BitbakePrTests(oeSelfTest):
+
+    def get_pr_version(self, package_name):
+        pkgdata_dir = get_bb_var('PKGDATA_DIR')
+        package_data_file = os.path.join(pkgdata_dir, 'runtime', package_name)
+        package_data = ftools.read_file(package_data_file)
+        find_pr = re.search("PKGR: r[0-9]+\.([0-9]+)", package_data)
+        self.assertTrue(find_pr)
+        return int(find_pr.group(1))
+
+    def get_task_stamp(self, package_name, recipe_task):
+        stampdata = get_bb_var('STAMP', target=package_name).split('/')
+        prefix = stampdata[-1]
+        package_stamps_path = "/".join(stampdata[:-1])
+        stamps = []
+        for stamp in os.listdir(package_stamps_path):
+            find_stamp = re.match("%s\.%s\.([a-z0-9]{32})" % (prefix, recipe_task), stamp)
+            if find_stamp:
+                stamps.append(find_stamp.group(1))
+        self.assertFalse(len(stamps) == 0, msg="Cound not find stamp for task %s for recipe %s" % (recipe_task, package_name))
+        self.assertFalse(len(stamps) > 1, msg="Found multiple %s stamps for the %s recipe in the %s directory." % (recipe_task, package_name, package_stamps_path))
+        return str(stamps[0])
+
+    def increment_package_pr(self, package_name):
+        inc_data = "do_package_append() {\nbb.build.exec_func('do_test_prserv', d)\n}\ndo_test_prserv() {\necho \"The current date is: %s\"\n}" % datetime.datetime.now()
+        self.write_recipeinc(package_name, inc_data)
+        bitbake("-ccleansstate %s" % package_name)
+        res = bitbake(package_name, ignore_status=True)
+        self.delete_recipeinc(package_name)
+        self.assertEqual(res.status, 0, msg=res.output)
+        self.assertTrue("NOTE: Started PRServer with DBfile" in res.output, msg=res.output)
+
+    def config_pr_tests(self, package_name, package_type='rpm', pr_socket='localhost:0'):
+        config_package_data = 'PACKAGE_CLASSES = "package_%s"' % package_type
+        self.write_config(config_package_data)
+        config_server_data = 'PRSERV_HOST = "%s"' % pr_socket
+        self.append_config(config_server_data)
+
+    def run_test_pr_service(self, package_name, package_type='rpm', track_task='do_package', pr_socket='localhost:0'):
+        self.config_pr_tests(package_name, package_type, pr_socket)
+
+        self.increment_package_pr(package_name)
+        pr_1 = self.get_pr_version(package_name)
+        stamp_1 = self.get_task_stamp(package_name, track_task)
+
+        self.increment_package_pr(package_name)
+        pr_2 = self.get_pr_version(package_name)
+        stamp_2 = self.get_task_stamp(package_name, track_task)
+
+        bitbake("-ccleansstate %s" % package_name)
+        self.assertTrue(pr_2 - pr_1 == 1)
+        self.assertTrue(stamp_1 != stamp_2)
+
+    def run_test_pr_export_import(self, package_name, replace_current_db=True):
+        self.config_pr_tests(package_name)
+
+        self.increment_package_pr(package_name)
+        pr_1 = self.get_pr_version(package_name)
+
+        exported_db_path = os.path.join(self.builddir, 'export.inc')
+        export_result = runCmd("bitbake-prserv-tool export %s" % exported_db_path, ignore_status=True)
+        self.assertEqual(export_result.status, 0, msg="PR Service database export failed: %s" % export_result.output)
+
+        if replace_current_db:
+            current_db_path = os.path.join(get_bb_var('PERSISTENT_DIR'), 'prserv.sqlite3')
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(current_db_path), msg="Path to current PR Service database is invalid: %s" % current_db_path)
+            os.remove(current_db_path)
+
+        import_result = runCmd("bitbake-prserv-tool import %s" % exported_db_path, ignore_status=True)
+        os.remove(exported_db_path)
+        self.assertEqual(import_result.status, 0, msg="PR Service database import failed: %s" % import_result.output)
+
+        self.increment_package_pr(package_name)
+        pr_2 = self.get_pr_version(package_name)
+
+        bitbake("-ccleansstate %s" % package_name)
+        self.assertTrue(pr_2 - pr_1 == 1)
+
+
+    def test_import_export_replace_db(self):
+        self.run_test_pr_export_import('m4')
+
+    def test_import_export_override_db(self):
+        self.run_test_pr_export_import('m4', replace_current_db=False)
+
+    def test_pr_service_rpm_arch_dep(self):
+        self.run_test_pr_service('m4', 'rpm', 'do_package')
+
+    def test_pr_service_deb_arch_dep(self):
+        self.run_test_pr_service('m4', 'deb', 'do_package')
+
+    def test_pr_service_ipk_arch_dep(self):
+        self.run_test_pr_service('m4', 'ipk', 'do_package')
+
+    def test_pr_service_rpm_arch_indep(self):
+        self.run_test_pr_service('xcursor-transparent-theme', 'rpm', 'do_package')
+
+    def test_pr_service_deb_arch_indep(self):
+        self.run_test_pr_service('xcursor-transparent-theme', 'deb', 'do_package')
+
+    def test_pr_service_ipk_arch_indep(self):
+        self.run_test_pr_service('xcursor-transparent-theme', 'ipk', 'do_package')
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/sstate.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/sstate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5989724432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/sstate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import datetime
+import unittest
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+
+import oeqa.utils.ftools as ftools
+from oeqa.selftest.base import oeSelfTest
+from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, bitbake, get_bb_var, get_test_layer
+
+
+class SStateBase(oeSelfTest):
+
+    def setUpLocal(self):
+        self.temp_sstate_location = None
+        self.sstate_path = get_bb_var('SSTATE_DIR')
+        self.distro = get_bb_var('NATIVELSBSTRING')
+        self.distro_specific_sstate = os.path.join(self.sstate_path, self.distro)
+
+    # Creates a special sstate configuration with the option to add sstate mirrors
+    def config_sstate(self, temp_sstate_location=False, add_local_mirrors=[]):
+        self.temp_sstate_location = temp_sstate_location
+
+        if self.temp_sstate_location:
+            temp_sstate_path = os.path.join(self.builddir, "temp_sstate_%s" % datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S'))
+            config_temp_sstate = "SSTATE_DIR = \"%s\"" % temp_sstate_path
+            self.append_config(config_temp_sstate)
+            self.track_for_cleanup(temp_sstate_path)
+        self.sstate_path = get_bb_var('SSTATE_DIR')
+        self.distro = get_bb_var('NATIVELSBSTRING')
+        self.distro_specific_sstate = os.path.join(self.sstate_path, self.distro)
+
+        if add_local_mirrors:
+            config_set_sstate_if_not_set = 'SSTATE_MIRRORS ?= ""'
+            self.append_config(config_set_sstate_if_not_set)
+            for local_mirror in add_local_mirrors:
+                self.assertFalse(os.path.join(local_mirror) == os.path.join(self.sstate_path), msg='Cannot add the current sstate path as a sstate mirror')
+                config_sstate_mirror = "SSTATE_MIRRORS += \"file://.* file:///%s/PATH\"" % local_mirror
+                self.append_config(config_sstate_mirror)
+
+    # Returns a list containing sstate files
+    def search_sstate(self, filename_regex, distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=True):
+        result = []
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(self.sstate_path):
+            if distro_specific and re.search("%s/[a-z0-9]{2}$" % self.distro, root):
+                for f in files:
+                    if re.search(filename_regex, f):
+                        result.append(f)
+            if distro_nonspecific and re.search("%s/[a-z0-9]{2}$" % self.sstate_path, root):
+                for f in files:
+                    if re.search(filename_regex, f):
+                        result.append(f)
+        return result
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/sstatetests.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/sstatetests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35ff28b04a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/sstatetests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+import datetime
+import unittest
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+
+import oeqa.utils.ftools as ftools
+from oeqa.selftest.base import oeSelfTest
+from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, bitbake, get_bb_var, get_test_layer
+from oeqa.selftest.sstate import SStateBase
+
+
+class SStateTests(SStateBase):
+
+    # Test sstate files creation and their location
+    def run_test_sstate_creation(self, targets, distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=True, temp_sstate_location=True, should_pass=True):
+        self.config_sstate(temp_sstate_location)
+
+        if  self.temp_sstate_location:
+            bitbake(['-cclean'] + targets)
+        else:
+            bitbake(['-ccleansstate'] + targets)
+
+        bitbake(targets)
+        file_tracker = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, targets)), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
+        if should_pass:
+            self.assertTrue(file_tracker , msg="Could not find sstate files for: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, targets)))
+        else:
+            self.assertTrue(not file_tracker , msg="Found sstate files in the wrong place for: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, targets)))
+
+    def test_sstate_creation_distro_specific_pass(self):
+        self.run_test_sstate_creation(['binutils-cross', 'binutils-native'], distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=False, temp_sstate_location=True)
+
+    def test_sstate_creation_distro_specific_fail(self):
+        self.run_test_sstate_creation(['binutils-cross', 'binutils-native'], distro_specific=False, distro_nonspecific=True, temp_sstate_location=True, should_pass=False)
+
+    def test_sstate_creation_distro_nonspecific_pass(self):
+        self.run_test_sstate_creation(['eglibc-initial'], distro_specific=False, distro_nonspecific=True, temp_sstate_location=True)
+
+    def test_sstate_creation_distro_nonspecific_fail(self):
+        self.run_test_sstate_creation(['eglibc-initial'], distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=False, temp_sstate_location=True, should_pass=False)
+
+
+    # Test the sstate files deletion part of the do_cleansstate task
+    def run_test_cleansstate_task(self, targets, distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=True, temp_sstate_location=True):
+        self.config_sstate(temp_sstate_location)
+
+        bitbake(['-ccleansstate'] + targets)
+
+        bitbake(targets)
+        tgz_created = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + '.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
+        self.assertTrue(tgz_created, msg="Could not find sstate .tgz files for: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, targets)))
+
+        siginfo_created = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + '.*?\.siginfo$' for s in targets])), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
+        self.assertTrue(siginfo_created, msg="Could not find sstate .siginfo files for: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, targets)))
+
+        bitbake(['-ccleansstate'] + targets)
+        tgz_removed = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + '.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
+        self.assertTrue(not tgz_removed, msg="do_cleansstate didn't remove .tgz sstate files for: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, targets)))
+
+    def test_cleansstate_task_distro_specific_nonspecific(self):
+        self.run_test_cleansstate_task(['binutils-cross', 'binutils-native', 'eglibc-initial'], distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=True, temp_sstate_location=True)
+
+    def test_cleansstate_task_distro_nonspecific(self):
+        self.run_test_cleansstate_task(['eglibc-initial'], distro_specific=False, distro_nonspecific=True, temp_sstate_location=True)
+
+    def test_cleansstate_task_distro_specific(self):
+        self.run_test_cleansstate_task(['binutils-cross', 'binutils-native', 'eglibc-initial'], distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=False, temp_sstate_location=True)
+
+
+    # Test rebuilding of distro-specific sstate files
+    def run_test_rebuild_distro_specific_sstate(self, targets, temp_sstate_location=True):
+        self.config_sstate(temp_sstate_location)
+
+        bitbake(['-ccleansstate'] + targets)
+
+        bitbake(targets)
+        self.assertTrue(self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + '.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific=False, distro_nonspecific=True) == [], msg="Found distro non-specific sstate for: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, targets)))
+        file_tracker_1 = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + '.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=False)
+        self.assertTrue(len(file_tracker_1) >= len(targets), msg = "Not all sstate files ware created for: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, targets)))
+
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.distro_specific_sstate + "_old")
+        shutil.copytree(self.distro_specific_sstate, self.distro_specific_sstate + "_old")
+        shutil.rmtree(self.distro_specific_sstate)
+
+        bitbake(['-cclean'] + targets)
+        bitbake(targets)
+        file_tracker_2 = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + '.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=False)
+        self.assertTrue(len(file_tracker_2) >= len(targets), msg = "Not all sstate files ware created for: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, targets)))
+
+        not_recreated = [x for x in file_tracker_1 if x not in file_tracker_2]
+        self.assertTrue(not_recreated == [], msg="The following sstate files ware not recreated: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, not_recreated)))
+
+        created_once = [x for x in file_tracker_2 if x not in file_tracker_1]
+        self.assertTrue(created_once == [], msg="The following sstate files ware created only in the second run: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, created_once)))
+
+    def test_rebuild_distro_specific_sstate_cross_native_targets(self):
+        self.run_test_rebuild_distro_specific_sstate(['binutils-cross', 'binutils-native'], temp_sstate_location=True)
+
+    def test_rebuild_distro_specific_sstate_cross_target(self):
+        self.run_test_rebuild_distro_specific_sstate(['binutils-cross'], temp_sstate_location=True)
+
+    def test_rebuild_distro_specific_sstate_native_target(self):
+        self.run_test_rebuild_distro_specific_sstate(['binutils-native'], temp_sstate_location=True)
+
+
+    # Test the sstate-cache-management script. Each element in the global_config list is used with the corresponding element in the target_config list
+    # global_config elements are expected to not generate any sstate files that would be removed by sstate-cache-management.sh (such as changing the value of MACHINE)
+    def run_test_sstate_cache_management_script(self, target, global_config=[''], target_config=[''], ignore_patterns=[]):
+        self.assertTrue(global_config)
+        self.assertTrue(target_config)
+        self.assertTrue(len(global_config) == len(target_config), msg='Lists global_config and target_config should have the same number of elements')
+        self.config_sstate(temp_sstate_location=True, add_local_mirrors=[self.sstate_path])
+
+        # If buildhistory is enabled, we need to disable version-going-backwards QA checks for this test. It may report errors otherwise.
+        if ('buildhistory' in get_bb_var('USER_CLASSES')) or ('buildhistory' in get_bb_var('INHERIT')):
+            remove_errors_config = 'ERROR_QA_remove = "version-going-backwards"'
+            self.append_config(remove_errors_config)
+
+        # For not this only checks if random sstate tasks are handled correctly as a group.
+        # In the future we should add control over what tasks we check for.
+
+        sstate_archs_list = []
+        expected_remaining_sstate = []
+        for idx in range(len(target_config)):
+            self.append_config(global_config[idx])
+            self.append_recipeinc(target, target_config[idx])
+            sstate_arch = get_bb_var('SSTATE_PKGARCH', target)
+            if not sstate_arch in sstate_archs_list:
+                sstate_archs_list.append(sstate_arch)
+            if target_config[idx] == target_config[-1]:
+                target_sstate_before_build = self.search_sstate(target + '.*?\.tgz$')
+            bitbake("-cclean %s" % target)
+            result = bitbake(target, ignore_status=True)
+            if target_config[idx] == target_config[-1]:
+                target_sstate_after_build = self.search_sstate(target + '.*?\.tgz$')
+                expected_remaining_sstate += [x for x in target_sstate_after_build if x not in target_sstate_before_build if not any(pattern in x for pattern in ignore_patterns)]
+            self.remove_config(global_config[idx])
+            self.remove_recipeinc(target, target_config[idx])
+            self.assertEqual(result.status, 0)
+
+        runCmd("sstate-cache-management.sh -y --cache-dir=%s --remove-duplicated --extra-archs=%s" % (self.sstate_path, ','.join(map(str, sstate_archs_list))))
+        actual_remaining_sstate = [x for x in self.search_sstate(target + '.*?\.tgz$') if not any(pattern in x for pattern in ignore_patterns)]
+
+        actual_not_expected = [x for x in actual_remaining_sstate if x not in expected_remaining_sstate]
+        self.assertFalse(actual_not_expected, msg="Files should have been removed but ware not: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, actual_not_expected)))
+        expected_not_actual = [x for x in expected_remaining_sstate if x not in actual_remaining_sstate]
+        self.assertFalse(expected_not_actual, msg="Extra files ware removed: %s" ', '.join(map(str, expected_not_actual)))
+
+
+    def test_sstate_cache_management_script_using_pr_1(self):
+        global_config = []
+        target_config = []
+        global_config.append('')
+        target_config.append('PR = "0"')
+        self.run_test_sstate_cache_management_script('m4', global_config,  target_config, ignore_patterns=['populate_lic'])
+
+    def test_sstate_cache_management_script_using_pr_2(self):
+        global_config = []
+        target_config = []
+        global_config.append('')
+        target_config.append('PR = "0"')
+        global_config.append('')
+        target_config.append('PR = "1"')
+        self.run_test_sstate_cache_management_script('m4', global_config,  target_config, ignore_patterns=['populate_lic'])
+
+    def test_sstate_cache_management_script_using_pr_3(self):
+        global_config = []
+        target_config = []
+        global_config.append('MACHINE = "qemux86-64"')
+        target_config.append('PR = "0"')
+        global_config.append(global_config[0])
+        target_config.append('PR = "1"')
+        global_config.append('MACHINE = "qemux86"')
+        target_config.append('PR = "1"')
+        self.run_test_sstate_cache_management_script('m4', global_config,  target_config, ignore_patterns=['populate_lic'])
+
+    def test_sstate_cache_management_script_using_machine(self):
+        global_config = []
+        target_config = []
+        global_config.append('MACHINE = "qemux86-64"')
+        target_config.append('')
+        global_config.append('MACHINE = "qemux86"')
+        target_config.append('')
+        self.run_test_sstate_cache_management_script('m4', global_config,  target_config, ignore_patterns=['populate_lic'])
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..873a66457a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
+
+# This module is used by testimage.bbclass for setting up and controlling a target machine.
+
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import bb
+import traceback
+import sys
+from oeqa.utils.sshcontrol import SSHControl
+from oeqa.utils.qemurunner import QemuRunner
+from oeqa.controllers.testtargetloader import TestTargetLoader
+from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
+
+def get_target_controller(d):
+    testtarget = d.getVar("TEST_TARGET", True)
+    # old, simple names
+    if testtarget == "qemu":
+        return QemuTarget(d)
+    elif testtarget == "simpleremote":
+        return SimpleRemoteTarget(d)
+    else:
+        # use the class name
+        try:
+            # is it a core class defined here?
+            controller = getattr(sys.modules[__name__], testtarget)
+        except AttributeError:
+            # nope, perhaps a layer defined one
+            try:
+                bbpath = d.getVar("BBPATH", True).split(':')
+                testtargetloader = TestTargetLoader()
+                controller = testtargetloader.get_controller_module(testtarget, bbpath)
+            except ImportError as e:
+                bb.fatal("Failed to import {0} from available controller modules:\n{1}".format(testtarget,traceback.format_exc()))
+            except AttributeError as e:
+                bb.fatal("Invalid TEST_TARGET - " + str(e))
+        return controller(d)
+
+
+class BaseTarget(object):
+
+    __metaclass__ = ABCMeta
+
+    def __init__(self, d):
+        self.connection = None
+        self.ip = None
+        self.server_ip = None
+        self.datetime = d.getVar('DATETIME', True)
+        self.testdir = d.getVar("TEST_LOG_DIR", True)
+        self.pn = d.getVar("PN", True)
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def deploy(self):
+
+        self.sshlog = os.path.join(self.testdir, "ssh_target_log.%s" % self.datetime)
+        sshloglink = os.path.join(self.testdir, "ssh_target_log")
+        if os.path.islink(sshloglink):
+            os.unlink(sshloglink)
+        os.symlink(self.sshlog, sshloglink)
+        bb.note("SSH log file: %s" %  self.sshlog)
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def start(self, params=None):
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def stop(self):
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def restart(self, params=None):
+        pass
+
+    def run(self, cmd, timeout=None):
+        return self.connection.run(cmd, timeout)
+
+    def copy_to(self, localpath, remotepath):
+        return self.connection.copy_to(localpath, remotepath)
+
+    def copy_from(self, remotepath, localpath):
+        return self.connection.copy_from(remotepath, localpath)
+
+
+
+class QemuTarget(BaseTarget):
+
+    def __init__(self, d):
+
+        super(QemuTarget, self).__init__(d)
+
+        self.qemulog = os.path.join(self.testdir, "qemu_boot_log.%s" % self.datetime)
+        self.origrootfs = os.path.join(d.getVar("DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE", True),  d.getVar("IMAGE_LINK_NAME", True) + '.ext3')
+        self.rootfs = os.path.join(self.testdir, d.getVar("IMAGE_LINK_NAME", True) + '-testimage.ext3')
+
+        self.runner = QemuRunner(machine=d.getVar("MACHINE", True),
+                        rootfs=self.rootfs,
+                        tmpdir = d.getVar("TMPDIR", True),
+                        deploy_dir_image = d.getVar("DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE", True),
+                        display = d.getVar("BB_ORIGENV", False).getVar("DISPLAY", True),
+                        logfile = self.qemulog,
+                        boottime = int(d.getVar("TEST_QEMUBOOT_TIMEOUT", True)))
+
+    def deploy(self):
+        try:
+            shutil.copyfile(self.origrootfs, self.rootfs)
+        except Exception as e:
+            bb.fatal("Error copying rootfs: %s" % e)
+
+        qemuloglink = os.path.join(self.testdir, "qemu_boot_log")
+        if os.path.islink(qemuloglink):
+            os.unlink(qemuloglink)
+        os.symlink(self.qemulog, qemuloglink)
+
+        bb.note("rootfs file: %s" %  self.rootfs)
+        bb.note("Qemu log file: %s" % self.qemulog)
+        super(QemuTarget, self).deploy()
+
+    def start(self, params=None):
+        if self.runner.start(params):
+            self.ip = self.runner.ip
+            self.server_ip = self.runner.server_ip
+            self.connection = SSHControl(ip=self.ip, logfile=self.sshlog)
+        else:
+            raise bb.build.FuncFailed("%s - FAILED to start qemu - check the task log and the boot log" % self.pn)
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self.runner.stop()
+        self.connection = None
+        self.ip = None
+        self.server_ip = None
+
+    def restart(self, params=None):
+        if self.runner.restart(params):
+            self.ip = self.runner.ip
+            self.server_ip = self.runner.server_ip
+            self.connection = SSHControl(ip=self.ip, logfile=self.sshlog)
+        else:
+            raise bb.build.FuncFailed("%s - FAILED to re-start qemu - check the task log and the boot log" % self.pn)
+
+
+class SimpleRemoteTarget(BaseTarget):
+
+    def __init__(self, d):
+        super(SimpleRemoteTarget, self).__init__(d)
+        addr = d.getVar("TEST_TARGET_IP", True) or bb.fatal('Please set TEST_TARGET_IP with the IP address of the machine you want to run the tests on.')
+        self.ip = addr.split(":")[0]
+        try:
+            self.port = addr.split(":")[1]
+        except IndexError:
+            self.port = None
+        bb.note("Target IP: %s" % self.ip)
+        self.server_ip = d.getVar("TEST_SERVER_IP", True)
+        if not self.server_ip:
+            try:
+                self.server_ip = subprocess.check_output(['ip', 'route', 'get', self.ip ]).split("\n")[0].split()[-1]
+            except Exception as e:
+                bb.fatal("Failed to determine the host IP address (alternatively you can set TEST_SERVER_IP with the IP address of this machine): %s" % e)
+        bb.note("Server IP: %s" % self.server_ip)
+
+    def deploy(self):
+        super(SimpleRemoteTarget, self).deploy()
+
+    def start(self, params=None):
+        self.connection = SSHControl(self.ip, logfile=self.sshlog, port=self.port)
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self.connection = None
+        self.ip = None
+        self.server_ip = None
+
+    def restart(self, params=None):
+        pass
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/__init__.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8eda92763c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Enable other layers to have modules in the same named directory
+from pkgutil import extend_path
+__path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b42620610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
+
+# DESCRIPTION
+# This module is mainly used by scripts/oe-selftest and modules under meta/oeqa/selftest
+# It provides a class and methods for running commands on the host in a convienent way for tests.
+
+
+
+import os
+import sys
+import signal
+import subprocess
+import threading
+import logging
+
+class Command(object):
+    def __init__(self, command, bg=False, timeout=None, data=None, **options):
+
+        self.defaultopts = {
+            "stdout": subprocess.PIPE,
+            "stderr": subprocess.STDOUT,
+            "stdin": None,
+            "shell": False,
+            "bufsize": -1,
+        }
+
+        self.cmd = command
+        self.bg = bg
+        self.timeout = timeout
+        self.data = data
+
+        self.options = dict(self.defaultopts)
+        if isinstance(self.cmd, basestring):
+            self.options["shell"] = True
+        if self.data:
+            self.options['stdin'] = subprocess.PIPE
+        self.options.update(options)
+
+        self.status = None
+        self.output = None
+        self.error = None
+        self.thread = None
+
+        self.log = logging.getLogger("utils.commands")
+
+    def run(self):
+        self.process = subprocess.Popen(self.cmd, **self.options)
+
+        def commThread():
+            self.output, self.error = self.process.communicate(self.data)
+
+        self.thread = threading.Thread(target=commThread)
+        self.thread.start()
+
+        self.log.debug("Running command '%s'" % self.cmd)
+
+        if not self.bg:
+            self.thread.join(self.timeout)
+            self.stop()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        if self.thread.isAlive():
+            self.process.terminate()
+            # let's give it more time to terminate gracefully before killing it
+            self.thread.join(5)
+            if self.thread.isAlive():
+                self.process.kill()
+                self.thread.join()
+
+        self.output = self.output.rstrip()
+        self.status = self.process.poll()
+
+        self.log.debug("Command '%s' returned %d as exit code." % (self.cmd, self.status))
+        # logging the complete output is insane
+        # bitbake -e output is really big
+        # and makes the log file useless
+        if self.status:
+            lout = "\n".join(self.output.splitlines()[-20:])
+            self.log.debug("Last 20 lines:\n%s" % lout)
+
+
+class Result(object):
+    pass
+
+def runCmd(command, ignore_status=False, timeout=None, **options):
+
+    result = Result()
+
+    cmd = Command(command, timeout=timeout, **options)
+    cmd.run()
+
+    result.command = command
+    result.status = cmd.status
+    result.output = cmd.output
+    result.pid = cmd.process.pid
+
+    if result.status and not ignore_status:
+        raise AssertionError("Command '%s' returned non-zero exit status %d:\n%s" % (command, result.status, result.output))
+
+    return result
+
+
+def bitbake(command, ignore_status=False, timeout=None, **options):
+    if isinstance(command, basestring):
+        cmd = "bitbake " + command
+    else:
+        cmd = [ "bitbake" ] + command
+
+    return runCmd(cmd, ignore_status, timeout, **options)
+
+
+def get_bb_env(target=None):
+    if target:
+        return runCmd("bitbake -e %s" % target).output
+    else:
+        return runCmd("bitbake -e").output
+
+def get_bb_var(var, target=None):
+    val = None
+    bbenv = get_bb_env(target)
+    for line in bbenv.splitlines():
+        if line.startswith(var + "="):
+            val = line.split('=')[1]
+            val = val.replace('\"','')
+            break
+    return val
+
+def get_test_layer():
+    layers = get_bb_var("BBLAYERS").split()
+    testlayer = None
+    for l in layers:
+        if "/meta-selftest" in l and os.path.isdir(l):
+            testlayer = l
+            break
+    return testlayer
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/decorators.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/decorators.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b99da8d76d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/decorators.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
+
+# Some custom decorators that can be used by unittests
+# Most useful is skipUnlessPassed which can be used for
+# creating dependecies between two test methods.
+
+from oeqa.oetest import *
+
+class skipIfFailure(object):
+
+    def __init__(self,testcase):
+        self.testcase = testcase
+
+    def __call__(self,f):
+        def wrapped_f(*args):
+            if self.testcase in (oeTest.testFailures or oeTest.testErrors):
+                raise unittest.SkipTest("Testcase dependency not met: %s" % self.testcase)
+            return f(*args)
+        wrapped_f.__name__ = f.__name__
+        return wrapped_f
+
+class skipIfSkipped(object):
+
+    def __init__(self,testcase):
+        self.testcase = testcase
+
+    def __call__(self,f):
+        def wrapped_f(*args):
+            if self.testcase in oeTest.testSkipped:
+                raise unittest.SkipTest("Testcase dependency not met: %s" % self.testcase)
+            return f(*args)
+        wrapped_f.__name__ = f.__name__
+        return wrapped_f
+
+class skipUnlessPassed(object):
+
+    def __init__(self,testcase):
+        self.testcase = testcase
+
+    def __call__(self,f):
+        def wrapped_f(*args):
+            if self.testcase in oeTest.testSkipped or \
+                    self.testcase in  oeTest.testFailures or \
+                    self.testcase in oeTest.testErrors:
+                raise unittest.SkipTest("Testcase dependency not met: %s" % self.testcase)
+            return f(*args)
+        wrapped_f.__name__ = f.__name__
+        return wrapped_f
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/ftools.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/ftools.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64ebe3d217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/ftools.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import os
+import re
+
+def write_file(path, data):
+    wdata = data.rstrip() + "\n"
+    with open(path, "w") as f:
+        f.write(wdata)
+
+def append_file(path, data):
+    wdata = data.rstrip() + "\n"
+    with open(path, "a") as f:
+            f.write(wdata)
+
+def read_file(path):
+    data = None
+    with open(path) as f:
+        data = f.read()
+    return data
+
+def remove_from_file(path, data):
+    lines = read_file(path).splitlines()
+    rmdata = data.strip().splitlines()
+    for l in rmdata:
+        for c in range(0, lines.count(l)):
+            i = lines.index(l)
+            del(lines[i])
+    write_file(path, "\n".join(lines))
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/httpserver.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/httpserver.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f161a1bddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/httpserver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import SimpleHTTPServer
+import multiprocessing
+import os
+
+class HTTPServer(SimpleHTTPServer.BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer):
+
+    def server_start(self, root_dir):
+        os.chdir(root_dir)
+        self.serve_forever()
+
+class HTTPRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
+
+    def log_message(self, format_str, *args):
+        pass
+
+class HTTPService(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, root_dir, host=''):
+        self.root_dir = root_dir
+        self.host = host
+        self.port = 0
+
+    def start(self):
+        self.server = HTTPServer((self.host, self.port), HTTPRequestHandler)
+        if self.port == 0:
+            self.port = self.server.server_port
+        self.process = multiprocessing.Process(target=self.server.server_start, args=[self.root_dir])
+        self.process.start()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self.server.server_close()
+        self.process.terminate()
+        self.process.join()
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1a7e24ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
+
+# This module provides a class for starting qemu images using runqemu.
+# It's used by testimage.bbclass.
+
+import subprocess
+import os
+import time
+import signal
+import re
+import socket
+import select
+import bb
+
+class QemuRunner:
+
+    def __init__(self, machine, rootfs, display, tmpdir, deploy_dir_image, logfile, boottime):
+
+        # Popen object for runqemu
+        self.runqemu = None
+        # pid of the qemu process that runqemu will start
+        self.qemupid = None
+        # target ip - from the command line
+        self.ip = None
+        # host ip - where qemu is running
+        self.server_ip = None
+
+        self.machine = machine
+        self.rootfs = rootfs
+        self.display = display
+        self.tmpdir = tmpdir
+        self.deploy_dir_image = deploy_dir_image
+        self.logfile = logfile
+        self.boottime = boottime
+
+        self.runqemutime = 60
+
+        self.create_socket()
+
+
+    def create_socket(self):
+
+        self.bootlog = ''
+        self.qemusock = None
+
+        try:
+            self.server_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+            self.server_socket.setblocking(0)
+            self.server_socket.bind(("127.0.0.1",0))
+            self.server_socket.listen(2)
+            self.serverport = self.server_socket.getsockname()[1]
+            bb.note("Created listening socket for qemu serial console on: 127.0.0.1:%s" % self.serverport)
+        except socket.error, msg:
+            self.server_socket.close()
+            bb.fatal("Failed to create listening socket: %s" %msg[1])
+
+
+    def log(self, msg):
+        if self.logfile:
+            with open(self.logfile, "a") as f:
+                f.write("%s" % msg)
+
+    def start(self, qemuparams = None):
+
+        if self.display:
+            os.environ["DISPLAY"] = self.display
+        else:
+            bb.error("To start qemu I need a X desktop, please set DISPLAY correctly (e.g. DISPLAY=:1)")
+            return False
+        if not os.path.exists(self.rootfs):
+            bb.error("Invalid rootfs %s" % self.rootfs)
+            return False
+        if not os.path.exists(self.tmpdir):
+            bb.error("Invalid TMPDIR path %s" % self.tmpdir)
+            return False
+        else:
+            os.environ["OE_TMPDIR"] = self.tmpdir
+        if not os.path.exists(self.deploy_dir_image):
+            bb.error("Invalid DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE path %s" % self.deploy_dir_image)
+            return False
+        else:
+            os.environ["DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE"] = self.deploy_dir_image
+
+        # Set this flag so that Qemu doesn't do any grabs as SDL grabs interact
+        # badly with screensavers.
+        os.environ["QEMU_DONT_GRAB"] = "1"
+        self.qemuparams = 'bootparams="console=tty1 console=ttyS0,115200n8" qemuparams="-serial tcp:127.0.0.1:%s"' % self.serverport
+        if qemuparams:
+            self.qemuparams = self.qemuparams[:-1] + " " + qemuparams + " " + '\"'
+
+        launch_cmd = 'runqemu %s %s %s' % (self.machine, self.rootfs, self.qemuparams)
+        self.runqemu = subprocess.Popen(launch_cmd,shell=True,stdout=subprocess.PIPE,stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,preexec_fn=os.setpgrp)
+
+        bb.note("runqemu started, pid is %s" % self.runqemu.pid)
+        bb.note("waiting at most %s seconds for qemu pid" % self.runqemutime)
+        endtime = time.time() + self.runqemutime
+        while not self.is_alive() and time.time() < endtime:
+            time.sleep(1)
+
+        if self.is_alive():
+            bb.note("qemu started - qemu procces pid is %s" % self.qemupid)
+            cmdline = ''
+            with open('/proc/%s/cmdline' % self.qemupid) as p:
+                cmdline = p.read()
+            ips = re.findall("((?:[0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3})", cmdline.split("ip=")[1])
+            if not ips or len(ips) != 3:
+                bb.note("Couldn't get ip from qemu process arguments! Here is the qemu command line used: %s" % cmdline)
+                self.stop()
+                return False
+            else:
+                self.ip = ips[0]
+                self.server_ip = ips[1]
+            bb.note("Target IP: %s" % self.ip)
+            bb.note("Server IP: %s" % self.server_ip)
+            bb.note("Waiting at most %d seconds for login banner" % self.boottime )
+            endtime = time.time() + self.boottime
+            socklist = [self.server_socket]
+            reachedlogin = False
+            stopread = False
+            while time.time() < endtime and not stopread:
+                sread, swrite, serror = select.select(socklist, [], [], 5)
+                for sock in sread:
+                    if sock is self.server_socket:
+                        self.qemusock, addr = self.server_socket.accept()
+                        self.qemusock.setblocking(0)
+                        socklist.append(self.qemusock)
+                        socklist.remove(self.server_socket)
+                        bb.note("Connection from %s:%s" % addr)
+                    else:
+                        data = sock.recv(1024)
+                        if data:
+                            self.log(data)
+                            self.bootlog += data
+                            if re.search("qemu.* login:", self.bootlog):
+                                stopread = True
+                                reachedlogin = True
+                                bb.note("Reached login banner")
+                        else:
+                            socklist.remove(sock)
+                            sock.close()
+                            stopread = True
+
+            if not reachedlogin:
+                bb.note("Target didn't reached login boot in %d seconds" % self.boottime)
+                lines = "\n".join(self.bootlog.splitlines()[-5:])
+                bb.note("Last 5 lines of text:\n%s" % lines)
+                bb.note("Check full boot log: %s" % self.logfile)
+                self.stop()
+                return False
+        else:
+            bb.note("Qemu pid didn't appeared in %s seconds" % self.runqemutime)
+            output = self.runqemu.stdout
+            self.stop()
+            bb.note("Output from runqemu:\n%s" % output.read())
+            return False
+
+        return self.is_alive()
+
+    def stop(self):
+
+        if self.runqemu:
+            bb.note("Sending SIGTERM to runqemu")
+            os.killpg(self.runqemu.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
+            endtime = time.time() + self.runqemutime
+            while self.runqemu.poll() is None and time.time() < endtime:
+                time.sleep(1)
+            if self.runqemu.poll() is None:
+                bb.note("Sending SIGKILL to runqemu")
+                os.killpg(self.runqemu.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
+            self.runqemu = None
+        if self.server_socket:
+            self.server_socket.close()
+            self.server_socket = None
+        self.qemupid = None
+        self.ip = None
+
+    def restart(self, qemuparams = None):
+        bb.note("Restarting qemu process")
+        if self.runqemu.poll() is None:
+            self.stop()
+        self.create_socket()
+        if self.start(qemuparams):
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    def is_alive(self):
+        qemu_child = self.find_child(str(self.runqemu.pid))
+        if qemu_child:
+            self.qemupid = qemu_child[0]
+            if os.path.exists("/proc/" + str(self.qemupid)):
+                return True
+        return False
+
+    def find_child(self,parent_pid):
+        #
+        # Walk the process tree from the process specified looking for a qemu-system. Return its [pid'cmd]
+        #
+        ps = subprocess.Popen(['ps', 'axww', '-o', 'pid,ppid,command'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+        processes = ps.split('\n')
+        nfields = len(processes[0].split()) - 1
+        pids = {}
+        commands = {}
+        for row in processes[1:]:
+            data = row.split(None, nfields)
+            if len(data) != 3:
+                continue
+            if data[1] not in pids:
+                pids[data[1]] = []
+
+            pids[data[1]].append(data[0])
+            commands[data[0]] = data[2]
+
+        if parent_pid not in pids:
+            return []
+
+        parents = []
+        newparents = pids[parent_pid]
+        while newparents:
+            next = []
+            for p in newparents:
+                if p in pids:
+                    for n in pids[p]:
+                        if n not in parents and n not in next:
+                            next.append(n)
+                if p not in parents:
+                    parents.append(p)
+                    newparents = next
+        #print "Children matching %s:" % str(parents)
+        for p in parents:
+            # Need to be careful here since runqemu-internal runs "ldd qemu-system-xxxx"
+            # Also, old versions of ldd (2.11) run "LD_XXXX qemu-system-xxxx"
+            basecmd = commands[p].split()[0]
+            basecmd = os.path.basename(basecmd)
+            if "qemu-system" in basecmd and "-serial tcp" in commands[p]:
+                return [int(p),commands[p]]
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/sshcontrol.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/sshcontrol.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d355d5e8e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/sshcontrol.py
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
+
+# Provides a class for setting up ssh connections,
+# running commands and copying files to/from a target.
+# It's used by testimage.bbclass and tests in lib/oeqa/runtime.
+
+import subprocess
+import time
+import os
+import select
+
+
+class SSHProcess(object):
+    def __init__(self, **options):
+
+        self.defaultopts = {
+            "stdout": subprocess.PIPE,
+            "stderr": subprocess.STDOUT,
+            "stdin": None,
+            "shell": False,
+            "bufsize": -1,
+            "preexec_fn": os.setsid,
+        }
+        self.options = dict(self.defaultopts)
+        self.options.update(options)
+        self.status = None
+        self.output = None
+        self.process = None
+        self.starttime = None
+
+    def run(self, command, timeout=None):
+        self.starttime = time.time()
+        output = ''
+        self.process = subprocess.Popen(command, **self.options)
+        if timeout:
+            endtime = self.starttime + timeout
+            eof = False
+            while time.time() < endtime and not eof:
+                if select.select([self.process.stdout], [], [], 5)[0] != []:
+                    data = os.read(self.process.stdout.fileno(), 1024)
+                    if not data:
+                        self.process.stdout.close()
+                        eof = True
+                    else:
+                        output += data
+                        endtime = time.time() + timeout
+
+            # process hasn't returned yet
+            if not eof:
+                self.process.terminate()
+                time.sleep(5)
+                try:
+                    self.process.kill()
+                except OSError:
+                    pass
+                output += "\nProcess killed - no output for %d seconds. Total running time: %d seconds." % (timeout, time.time() - self.starttime)
+        else:
+            output = self.process.communicate()[0]
+
+        self.status = self.process.wait()
+        self.output = output.rstrip()
+        return (self.status, self.output)
+
+
+class SSHControl(object):
+    def __init__(self, ip, logfile=None, timeout=300, user='root', port=None):
+        self.ip = ip
+        self.defaulttimeout = timeout
+        self.ignore_status = True
+        self.logfile = logfile
+        self.user = user
+        self.ssh_options = [
+                '-o', 'UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null',
+                '-o', 'StrictHostKeyChecking=no',
+                '-o', 'LogLevel=ERROR'
+                ]
+        self.ssh = ['ssh', '-l', self.user ] + self.ssh_options
+        self.scp = ['scp'] + self.ssh_options
+        if port:
+            self.ssh = self.ssh + [ '-p', port ]
+            self.scp = self.scp + [ '-P', port ]
+
+    def log(self, msg):
+        if self.logfile:
+            with open(self.logfile, "a") as f:
+                f.write("%s\n" % msg)
+
+    def _internal_run(self, command, timeout=None, ignore_status = True):
+        self.log("[Running]$ %s" % " ".join(command))
+
+        proc = SSHProcess()
+        status, output = proc.run(command, timeout)
+
+        self.log("%s" % output)
+        self.log("[Command returned '%d' after %.2f seconds]" % (status, time.time() - proc.starttime))
+
+        if status and not ignore_status:
+            raise AssertionError("Command '%s' returned non-zero exit status %d:\n%s" % (command, status, output))
+
+        return (status, output)
+
+    def run(self, command, timeout=None):
+        """
+        command - ssh command to run
+        timeout=<val> - kill command if there is no output after <val> seconds
+        timeout=None - kill command if there is no output after a default value seconds
+        timeout=0 - no timeout, let command run until it returns
+        """
+
+        # We need to source /etc/profile for a proper PATH on the target
+        command = self.ssh + [self.ip, ' . /etc/profile; ' + command]
+
+        if timeout is None:
+            return self._internal_run(command, self.defaulttimeout, self.ignore_status)
+        if timeout == 0:
+            return self._internal_run(command, None, self.ignore_status)
+        return self._internal_run(command, timeout, self.ignore_status)
+
+    def copy_to(self, localpath, remotepath):
+        command = self.scp + [localpath, '%s@%s:%s' % (self.user, self.ip, remotepath)]
+        return self._internal_run(command, ignore_status=False)
+
+    def copy_from(self, remotepath, localpath):
+        command = self.scp + ['%s@%s:%s' % (self.user, self.ip, remotepath), localpath]
+        return self._internal_run(command, ignore_status=False)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/targetbuild.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/targetbuild.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32296762c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/targetbuild.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
+
+# Provides a class for automating build tests for projects
+
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+
+
+class TargetBuildProject():
+
+    def __init__(self, target, d, uri, foldername=None):
+        self.target = target
+        self.d = d
+        self.uri = uri
+        self.targetdir = "~/"
+        self.archive = os.path.basename(uri)
+        self.localarchive = "/tmp/" + self.archive
+        self.fname = re.sub(r'.tar.bz2|tar.gz$', '', self.archive)
+        if foldername:
+            self.fname = foldername
+
+    def download_archive(self):
+
+        exportvars = ['HTTP_PROXY', 'http_proxy',
+                      'HTTPS_PROXY', 'https_proxy',
+                      'FTP_PROXY', 'ftp_proxy',
+                      'FTPS_PROXY', 'ftps_proxy',
+                      'NO_PROXY', 'no_proxy',
+                      'ALL_PROXY', 'all_proxy',
+                      'SOCKS5_USER', 'SOCKS5_PASSWD']
+
+        cmd = ''
+        for var in exportvars:
+            val = self.d.getVar(var, True)
+            if val:
+                cmd = 'export ' + var + '=\"%s\"; %s' % (val, cmd)
+
+        cmd = cmd + "wget -O %s %s" % (self.localarchive, self.uri)
+        subprocess.check_call(cmd, shell=True)
+
+        (status, output) = self.target.copy_to(self.localarchive, self.targetdir)
+        if status != 0:
+            raise Exception("Failed to copy archive to target, output: %s" % output)
+
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('tar xf %s%s -C %s' % (self.targetdir, self.archive, self.targetdir))
+        if status != 0:
+            raise Exception("Failed to extract archive, output: %s" % output)
+
+        #Change targetdir to project folder
+        self.targetdir = self.targetdir + self.fname
+
+    # The timeout parameter of target.run is set to 0 to make the ssh command
+    # run with no timeout.
+    def run_configure(self):
+        return self.target.run('cd %s; ./configure' % self.targetdir, 0)[0]
+
+    def run_make(self):
+        return self.target.run('cd %s; make' % self.targetdir, 0)[0]
+
+    def run_install(self):
+        return self.target.run('cd %s; make install' % self.targetdir, 0)[0]
+
+    def clean(self):
+        self.target.run('rm -rf %s' % self.targetdir)
+        subprocess.call('rm -f %s' % self.localarchive, shell=True)