3 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass
index f56bca3542..aa1eb5e901 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ python package_convert_pr_autoinc() {
 }
 
 LOCALEBASEPN ??= "${PN}"
+LOCALE_PATHS ?= "${datadir}/locale"
 
 python package_do_split_locales() {
     oe.package.split_locales(d)
diff --git a/meta/conf/documentation.conf b/meta/conf/documentation.conf
index 486c62b6e8..90d8e82932 100644
--- a/meta/conf/documentation.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/documentation.conf
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ LICENSE_PATH[doc] = "Path to additional licenses used during the build."
 LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE[doc] = "Defines the kernel type to be used in assembling the configuration."
 LINUX_VERSION[doc] = "The Linux version from kernel.org on which the Linux kernel image being built using the OpenEmbedded build system is based. You define this variable in the kernel recipe."
 LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION[doc] = "A string extension compiled into the version string of the Linux kernel built with the OpenEmbedded build system. You define this variable in the kernel recipe."
+LOCALE_PATHS[doc] = "Whitespace separated list of paths that are scanned to construct locale packages. The list already contains ${datadir}/locale by default."
 LOCALE_UTF8_IS_DEFAULT[doc] = "If set, locale names are renamed such that those lacking an explicit encoding (e.g. en_US) will always be UTF-8, and non-UTF-8 encodings are renamed to, e.g., en_US.ISO-8859-1. Otherwise, the encoding is specified by glibc's SUPPORTED file. Not supported for precompiled locales."
 LOG_DIR[doc] = "Specifies the directory to which the OpenEmbedded build system writes overall log files. The default directory is ${TMPDIR}/log"
 
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package.py b/meta/lib/oe/package.py
index cb6893f3c2..d1738d3b61 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/package.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/package.py
@@ -639,11 +639,6 @@ def split_locales(d):
 
     packages = (d.getVar('PACKAGES') or "").split()
 
-    datadir = d.getVar('datadir')
-    if not datadir:
-        bb.note("datadir not defined")
-        return
-
     dvar = d.getVar('PKGD')
     pn = d.getVar('LOCALEBASEPN')
 
@@ -653,14 +648,20 @@ def split_locales(d):
     except ValueError:
         locale_index = len(packages)
 
-    localedir = os.path.join(dvar + datadir, 'locale')
+    localepaths = []
+    locales = set()
+    for localepath in (d.getVar('LOCALE_PATHS') or "").split():
+        localedir = dvar + localepath
+        if cpath.isdir(localedir):
+            locales.update(os.listdir(localedir))
+            localepaths.append(localepath)
+        else:
+            bb.debug(1, "No locale files in %s" % localepath)
 
-    if not cpath.isdir(localedir):
+    if len(locales) == 0:
         bb.debug(1, "No locale files in this package")
         return
 
-    locales = os.listdir(localedir)
-
     summary = d.getVar('SUMMARY') or pn
     description = d.getVar('DESCRIPTION') or ""
     locale_section = d.getVar('LOCALE_SECTION')
@@ -670,7 +671,10 @@ def split_locales(d):
         pkg = pn + '-locale-' + ln
         packages.insert(locale_index, pkg)
         locale_index += 1
-        d.setVar('FILES:' + pkg, os.path.join(datadir, 'locale', l))
+        files = []
+        for localepath in localepaths:
+            files.append(os.path.join(localepath, l))
+        d.setVar('FILES:' + pkg, " ".join(files))
         d.setVar('RRECOMMENDS:' + pkg, '%svirtual-locale-%s' % (mlprefix, ln))
         d.setVar('RPROVIDES:' + pkg, '%s-locale %s%s-translation' % (pn, mlprefix, ln))
         d.setVar('SUMMARY:' + pkg, '%s - %s translations' % (summary, l))