diff --git a/classes/archiver-dev.bbclass b/classes/archiver-dev.bbclass
index 3953f6e..2b55ead 100644
--- a/classes/archiver-dev.bbclass
+++ b/classes/archiver-dev.bbclass
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
 #11) Archives without .git/ repository
 #    ARCHIVER_GITREPO_EXCLUDE = "1"
 
-# Don't filter the license by default
-COPYLEFT_LICENSE_INCLUDE ?= ''
-COPYLEFT_LICENSE_EXCLUDE ?= ''
 # Create archive for all the recipe types
 COPYLEFT_RECIPE_TYPES ?= 'target native nativesdk cross crosssdk cross-canadian'
 inherit copyleft_filter
@@ -49,8 +46,11 @@ ARCHIVER_MASK[list] ?= ""
 DEPLOY_DIR_SRC ?= "${DEPLOY_DIR}/sources"
 ARCHIVER_TOPDIR ?= "${WORKDIR}/deploy-sources"
 ARCHIVER_OUTDIR = "${ARCHIVER_TOPDIR}/${TARGET_SYS}/${PF}/"
+ARCHIVER_RPMTOPDIR ?= "${WORKDIR}/deploy-sources-rpm"
+ARCHIVER_RPMOUTDIR = "${ARCHIVER_RPMTOPDIR}/${TARGET_SYS}/${PF}/"
 ARCHIVER_WORKDIR = "${WORKDIR}/archiver-work/"
 
+
 do_dumpdata[dirs] = "${ARCHIVER_OUTDIR}"
 do_ar_recipe[dirs] = "${ARCHIVER_OUTDIR}"
 do_ar_original[dirs] = "${ARCHIVER_OUTDIR} ${ARCHIVER_WORKDIR}"
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ do_deploy_archives[dirs] = "${WORKDIR}"
 
 # This is a convenience for the shell script to use it
 
+
 python () {
     pn = d.getVar('PN')
 
@@ -113,9 +114,12 @@ python () {
 
         # There is a corner case with "gcc-source-${PV}" recipes, they don't have
         # the "do_configure" task, so we need to use "do_preconfigure"
-        if pn.startswith("gcc-source-"):
+        def hasTask(task):
+            return bool(d.getVarFlag(task, "task", False)) and not bool(d.getVarFlag(task, "noexec", False))
+
+        if hasTask("do_preconfigure"):
             d.appendVarFlag('do_ar_configured', 'depends', ' %s:do_preconfigure' % pn)
-        else:
+        elif hasTask("do_configure"):
             d.appendVarFlag('do_ar_configured', 'depends', ' %s:do_configure' % pn)
         d.appendVarFlag('do_deploy_archives', 'depends', ' %s:do_ar_configured' % pn)
 
@@ -132,6 +136,9 @@ python () {
     if d.getVarFlag('ARCHIVER_MODE', 'srpm') == "1" and d.getVar('PACKAGES'):
         if "package_rpm" in d.getVar('PACKAGE_CLASSES'):
             d.appendVarFlag('do_deploy_archives', 'depends', ' %s:do_package_write_rpm' % pn)
+            d.appendVarFlag('do_package_write_rpm', 'dirs', ' ${ARCHIVER_RPMTOPDIR}')
+            d.appendVarFlag('do_package_write_rpm', 'sstate-inputdirs', ' ${ARCHIVER_RPMTOPDIR}')
+            d.appendVarFlag('do_package_write_rpm', 'sstate-outputdirs', ' ${DEPLOY_DIR_SRC}')
             if ar_dumpdata == "1":
                 d.appendVarFlag('do_package_write_rpm', 'depends', ' %s:do_dumpdata' % pn)
             if ar_recipe == "1":
@@ -258,21 +265,26 @@ python do_ar_configured() {
         # do_configure, we archive the already configured ${S} to
         # instead of.
         elif pn != 'libtool-native':
+            def runTask(task):
+                prefuncs = d.getVarFlag(task, 'prefuncs') or ''
+                for func in prefuncs.split():
+                    if func != "sysroot_cleansstate":
+                        bb.build.exec_func(func, d)
+                bb.build.exec_func(task, d)
+                postfuncs = d.getVarFlag(task, 'postfuncs') or ''
+                for func in postfuncs.split():
+                    if func != 'do_qa_configure':
+                        bb.build.exec_func(func, d)
+
             # Change the WORKDIR to make do_configure run in another dir.
             d.setVar('WORKDIR', d.getVar('ARCHIVER_WORKDIR'))
-            if bb.data.inherits_class('kernel-yocto', d):
-                bb.build.exec_func('do_kernel_configme', d)
-            if bb.data.inherits_class('cmake', d):
-                bb.build.exec_func('do_generate_toolchain_file', d)
-            prefuncs = d.getVarFlag('do_configure', 'prefuncs')
-            for func in (prefuncs or '').split():
-                if func != "sysroot_cleansstate":
-                    bb.build.exec_func(func, d)
-            bb.build.exec_func('do_configure', d)
-            postfuncs = d.getVarFlag('do_configure', 'postfuncs')
-            for func in (postfuncs or '').split():
-                if func != "do_qa_configure":
-                    bb.build.exec_func(func, d)
+
+            preceeds = bb.build.preceedtask('do_configure', False, d)
+            for task in preceeds:
+                if task != 'do_patch' and task != 'do_prepare_recipe_sysroot':
+                    runTask(task)
+            runTask('do_configure')
+
         srcdir = d.getVar('S')
         builddir = d.getVar('B')
         if srcdir != builddir:
@@ -282,6 +294,14 @@ python do_ar_configured() {
         create_tarball(d, srcdir, 'configured', ar_outdir)
 }
 
+def exclude_useless_paths(tarinfo):
+    if tarinfo.isdir():
+        if tarinfo.name.endswith('/temp') or tarinfo.name.endswith('/patches') or tarinfo.name.endswith('/.pc'):
+            return None
+        elif tarinfo.name == 'temp' or tarinfo.name == 'patches' or tarinfo.name == '.pc':
+            return None
+    return tarinfo
+
 def create_tarball(d, srcdir, suffix, ar_outdir):
     """
     create the tarball from srcdir
@@ -310,7 +330,7 @@ def create_tarball(d, srcdir, suffix, ar_outdir):
 
     bb.note('Creating %s' % tarname)
     tar = tarfile.open(tarname, 'w:gz')
-    tar.add(srcdir, arcname=os.path.basename(srcdir))
+    tar.add(srcdir, arcname=os.path.basename(srcdir), filter=exclude_useless_paths)
     tar.close()
 
 # creating .diff.gz between source.orig and source
@@ -498,7 +518,6 @@ addtask do_dumpdata
 addtask do_ar_recipe
 addtask do_deploy_archives before do_build
 
-
 python () {
     # Add tasks in the correct order, specifically for linux-yocto to avoid race condition.
     # sstatesig.py:sstate_rundepfilter has special support that excludes this dependency