Remove bitbake's knowledge of ${B}

index cce01fe..7cefee7 100644
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ def exec_func(func, d, dirs = None):
         adir = dirs[-1]
     else:
         adir = d.getVar('B', True)
-        bb.utils.mkdirhier(adir)
+        bb.note("NOT creating implicit %s (for %s)" % (adir, func))
+        #bb.utils.mkdirhier(adir)
+        adir = None
 
     ispython = flags.get('python')
 

index 7cefee7..fa297c3 100644
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ def exec_func(func, d, dirs = None):
     cleandirs = flags.get('cleandirs')
     if cleandirs:
         for cdir in d.expand(cleandirs).split():
+            bb.note("removing %s (for %s)" % (cdir, func))
             bb.utils.remove(cdir, True)
             bb.utils.mkdirhier(cdir)
 

@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ def exec_func(func, d, dirs = None):
 
     if dirs:
         for adir in dirs:
+            bb.note("creating explicit %s (for %s)" % (adir, func))
             bb.utils.mkdirhier(adir)
         adir = dirs[-1]
     else:

@@ -251,7 +253,13 @@ def exec_func_python(func, d, runfile, cwd=None):
             olddir = os.getcwd()
         except OSError:
             olddir = None
+        bb.note("chdir(%s) for %s" % (cwd, func))
         os.chdir(cwd)
+    else:
+        try:
+            bb.note("pwd(%s) for %s" % (os.getcwd(), func))
+        except:
+            bb.note("no chdir for %s" % func)
 
     bb.debug(2, "Executing python function %s" % func)
 

@@ -301,6 +309,13 @@ def exec_func_shell(func, d, runfile, cwd=None):
     # Don't let the emitted shell script override PWD
     d.delVarFlag('PWD', 'export')
 
+    if cwd:
+        bb.note("shell for %s cd %s" % (func, cwd))
+    else:
+        try:
+            bb.note("pwd(%s) for %s" % (os.getcwd(), func))
+        except:
+            bb.note("no cd for %s" % func)
     with open(runfile, 'w') as script:
         script.write(shell_trap_code())
 

index 101ab9d..2ac9143 100644
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ do_install_ptest_base() {
     fi
 }
 
+do_configure_ptest_base[dirs] = "${B}"
+do_compile_ptest_base[dirs] = "${B}"
+do_install_ptest_base[dirs] = "${B}"
 do_install_ptest_base[cleandirs] = "${D}${PTEST_PATH}"
 
 addtask configure_ptest_base after do_configure before do_compile

index cf4faca..27d489f 100644
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ do_boostconfig() {
 	sed -i '/^using python/d' project-config.jam
 }
 
+do_boostconfig[dirs] = "${S}"
 addtask do_boostconfig after do_patch before do_configure
 
 do_compile() {

index 3efa7de..dce778a 100644
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ PACKAGE_PREPROCESS_FUNCS += "py_package_preprocess"
 
 py_package_preprocess () {
 	# copy back the old Makefile to fix target package
-	install -m 0644 Makefile.orig ${PKGD}/${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/config/Makefile
+	install -m 0644 ${B}/Makefile.orig ${PKGD}/${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/config/Makefile
 	# Remove references to buildmachine paths in target Makefile
 	sed -i -e 's:--sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}::g' -e s:'--with-libtool-sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}'::g ${PKGD}/${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/config/Makefile
 }

index 19190c3..803a1fc 100644
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ PACKAGE_PREPROCESS_FUNCS += "py_package_preprocess"
 
 py_package_preprocess () {
 	# copy back the old Makefile to fix target package
-	install -m 0644 Makefile.orig ${PKGD}/${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/config/Makefile
+	install -m 0644 ${B}/Makefile.orig ${PKGD}/${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/config/Makefile
 
 	# Remove references to buildmachine paths in target Makefile
 	sed -i -e 's:--sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}::g' -e s:'--with-libtool-sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}'::g ${PKGD}/${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/config/Makefile

index 2076aa1..21c6b43 100644
@@ -363,10 +363,9 @@ python package_do_split_gconvs () {
             m.write(cmd + ":\n")
             m.write("\t" + commands[cmd] + "\n\n")
         m.close()
-        d.setVar("B", os.path.dirname(makefile))
         d.setVar("EXTRA_OEMAKE", "${PARALLEL_MAKE}")
         bb.note("Executing binary locale generation makefile")
-        bb.build.exec_func("oe_runmake", d)
+        bb.build.exec_func("oe_runmake", d, [os.path.dirname(makefile),])
         bb.note("collecting binary locales from locale tree")
         bb.build.exec_func("do_collect_bins_from_locale_tree", d)
         do_split_packages(d, binary_locales_dir, file_regex='(.*)', \

index 76d03dc..d06f6cf 100644
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ kernel_do_compile() {
 
 do_compile_kernelmodules() {
 	unset CFLAGS CPPFLAGS CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS MACHINE
-	if (grep -q -i -e '^CONFIG_MODULES=y$' .config); then
-		oe_runmake ${PARALLEL_MAKE} modules CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" ${KERNEL_EXTRA_ARGS}
+	if (grep -q -i -e '^CONFIG_MODULES=y$' ${B}/.config); then
+		oe_runmake -C ${B} ${PARALLEL_MAKE} modules CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" ${KERNEL_EXTRA_ARGS}
 	else
 		bbnote "no modules to compile"
 	fi

@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ emit_depmod_pkgdata() {
 	# Stash data for depmod
 	install -d ${PKGDESTWORK}/kernel-depmod/
 	echo "${KERNEL_VERSION}" > ${PKGDESTWORK}/kernel-depmod/kernel-abiversion
-	cp System.map ${PKGDESTWORK}/kernel-depmod/System.map-${KERNEL_VERSION}
+	cp ${B}/System.map ${PKGDESTWORK}/kernel-depmod/System.map-${KERNEL_VERSION}
 }
 
 PACKAGEFUNCS += "emit_depmod_pkgdata"

@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ kernel_do_configure() {
 }
 
 do_savedefconfig() {
-	oe_runmake savedefconfig
+	oe_runmake -C ${B} savedefconfig
 }
 do_savedefconfig[nostamp] = "1"
 addtask savedefconfig after do_configure