bitbake/lib/event.bb:

	-make multiple providers inherit
	 Event directly. Save the kind (runtime vs. buildtime)
	 the item and the providers

bin/bitbake:
	-Fire multiple providers issue as Event

2 files changed, 27 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bin/bitbake b/bin/bitbake
index 65790b98c..84634177a 100755
--- a/bin/bitbake
+++ b/bin/bitbake
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ class BBCooker:
                     providers_list.append(self.status.pkg_fn[fn])
                 bb.note("multiple providers are available (%s);" % ", ".join(providers_list))
                 bb.note("consider defining PREFERRED_PROVIDER_%s" % item)
+                bb.event.fire(bb.event.MultipleProviders(item,providers_list,self.configuration.data))
             self.consider_msgs_cache.append(item)
 
 
@@ -592,6 +593,7 @@ class BBCooker:
                     providers_list.append(self.status.pkg_fn[fn])
                 bb.note("multiple providers are available (%s);" % ", ".join(providers_list))
                 bb.note("consider defining a PREFERRED_PROVIDER to match runtime %s" % item)
+                bb.event.fire(bb.event.MultipleProviders(item,providers_list,self.configuration.data,runtime=True))
             self.consider_msgs_cache.append(item)
 
         if len(preferred) > 1:
@@ -601,6 +603,7 @@ class BBCooker:
                     providers_list.append(self.status.pkg_fn[fn])
                 bb.note("multiple preferred providers are available (%s);" % ", ".join(providers_list))
                 bb.note("consider defining only one PREFERRED_PROVIDER to match runtime %s" % item)
+                bb.event.fire(bb.event.MultipleProviders(item,providers_list,self.configuration.data,runtime=True))
             self.consider_msgs_cache.append(item)
 
         # run through the list until we find one that we can build
diff --git a/lib/bb/event.py b/lib/bb/event.py
index 421bcd3fe..c8f2e8beb 100644
--- a/lib/bb/event.py
+++ b/lib/bb/event.py
@@ -212,6 +212,29 @@ class RecursiveDep(DepBase):
     """Recursive Dependency"""
 
 
-class MultipleProviders(PkgBase):
+class MultipleProviders(Event):
     """Multiple Providers"""
 
+    def  __init__(self, item, candidates, data, runtime = False):
+        Event.__init__(self, data)
+        self._item = item
+        self._candidates = candidates
+        self._is_runtime = runtime
+
+    def isRuntime(self):
+        """
+        Is this a runtime issue?
+        """
+        return self._is_runtime
+
+    def getItem(self):
+        """
+        The name for the to be build item
+        """
+        return self._item
+
+    def getCandidates(self):
+        """
+        Get the possible Candidates for a PROVIDER.
+        """
+        return self._candidates