2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/runqueue.py b/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/runqueue.py
index 1c911ef0c8..01452d2f33 100644
--- a/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/runqueue.py
+++ b/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/runqueue.py
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ class RunQueue:
             self.finish_runqueue()
 
         if self.state is runQueueFailed:
-            if self.taskData.abort:
+            if not self.taskData.tryaltconfigs:
                 raise bb.runqueue.TaskFailure(self.failed_fnids)
             for fnid in self.failed_fnids:
                 self.taskData.fail_fnid(fnid)
diff --git a/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/taskdata.py b/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/taskdata.py
index 566614ee63..782dfb0b78 100644
--- a/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/taskdata.py
+++ b/bitbake-dev/lib/bb/taskdata.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class TaskData:
     """
     BitBake Task Data implementation
     """
-    def __init__(self, abort = True):
+    def __init__(self, abort = True, tryaltconfigs = False):
         self.build_names_index = []
         self.run_names_index = []
         self.fn_index = []
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class TaskData:
         self.failed_fnids = []
 
         self.abort = abort
+        self.tryaltconfigs = tryaltconfigs
 
     def getbuild_id(self, name):
         """