1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index 940e7ac7a4..8afd8e3cdb 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 BB_DEFAULT_TASK = "build"
-PATCHES_DIR="${S}"
+PATCHES_DIR = "${S}"
 
 def base_dep_prepend(d):
         import bb;
@@ -325,6 +325,16 @@ python base_do_clean() {
         os.system('rm -f '+ dir)
 }
 
+addtask rebuild
+do_rebuild[dirs] = "${TOPDIR}"
+do_rebuild[nostamp] = "1"
+do_rebuild[bbdepcmd] = ""
+python base_do_rebuild() {
+        """rebuild a package"""
+        bb.build.exec_task('do_clean', d)
+        bb.build.exec_task('do_' + bb.data.getVar('BB_DEFAULT_TASK', d, 1), d)
+}
+
 addtask mrproper
 do_mrproper[dirs] = "${TOPDIR}"
 do_mrproper[nostamp] = "1"
@@ -687,7 +697,7 @@ python () {
 # Patch handling
 inherit patch
 
-EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_clean do_mrproper do_fetch do_unpack do_configure do_compile do_install do_package do_populate_pkgs do_stage
+EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_clean do_mrproper do_fetch do_unpack do_configure do_compile do_install do_package do_populate_pkgs do_stage do_rebuild
 
 MIRRORS[func] = "0"
 MIRRORS () {