1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/checksum.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/checksum.py
index 1d50a26426..fb8a77f6ab 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/checksum.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/checksum.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class FileChecksumCache(MultiProcessCache):
         MultiProcessCache.__init__(self)
 
     def get_checksum(self, f):
+        f = os.path.normpath(f)
         entry = self.cachedata[0].get(f)
         cmtime = self.mtime_cache.cached_mtime(f)
         if entry:
@@ -84,15 +85,24 @@ class FileChecksumCache(MultiProcessCache):
                 return None
             return checksum
 
+        #
+        # Changing the format of file-checksums is problematic as both OE and Bitbake have
+        # knowledge of them. We need to encode a new piece of data, the portion of the path
+        # we care about from a checksum perspective. This means that files that change subdirectory
+        # are tracked by the task hashes. To do this, we do something horrible and put a "/./" into
+        # the path. The filesystem handles it but it gives us a marker to know which subsection
+        # of the path to cache.
+        #
         def checksum_dir(pth):
             # Handle directories recursively
             if pth == "/":
                 bb.fatal("Refusing to checksum /")
+            pth = pth.rstrip("/")
             dirchecksums = []
             for root, dirs, files in os.walk(pth, topdown=True):
                 [dirs.remove(d) for d in list(dirs) if d in localdirsexclude]
                 for name in files:
-                    fullpth = os.path.join(root, name)
+                    fullpth = os.path.join(root, name).replace(pth, os.path.join(pth, "."))
                     checksum = checksum_file(fullpth)
                     if checksum:
                         dirchecksums.append((fullpth, checksum))