diff --git a/android/apex.go b/android/apex.go
index 81f8c86..a014592 100644
--- a/android/apex.go
+++ b/android/apex.go
@@ -849,8 +849,12 @@
 		if err := to.ShouldSupportSdkVersion(ctx, minSdkVersion); err != nil {
 			toName := ctx.OtherModuleName(to)
 			if ver, ok := minSdkVersionAllowlist[toName]; !ok || ver.GreaterThan(minSdkVersion) {
-				ctx.OtherModuleErrorf(to, "should support min_sdk_version(%v) for %q: %v. Dependency path: %s",
-					minSdkVersion, ctx.ModuleName(), err.Error(), ctx.GetPathString(false))
+				ctx.OtherModuleErrorf(to, "should support min_sdk_version(%v) for %q: %v."+
+					"\n\nDependency path: %s\n\n"+
+					"Consider adding 'min_sdk_version: %q' to %q",
+					minSdkVersion, ctx.ModuleName(), err.Error(),
+					ctx.GetPathString(false),
+					minSdkVersion, ctx.ModuleName())
 				return false
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index ef5eadf..c10ad09 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 
 	// Copy the real PATH value to the test environment, it's needed by
 	// NonHermeticHostSystemTool() used in x86_darwin_host.go
-	envCopy["PATH"] = originalEnv["PATH"]
+	envCopy["PATH"] = os.Getenv("PATH")
 
 	config := &config{
 		productVariables: productVariables{
diff --git a/android/env.go b/android/env.go
index a8c7777..58ad0b6 100644
--- a/android/env.go
+++ b/android/env.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
@@ -34,37 +33,27 @@
 var originalEnv map[string]string
 var soongDelveListen string
 var soongDelvePath string
-var soongDelveEnv []string
+var isDebugging bool
 
-func init() {
-	// Delve support needs to read this environment variable very early, before NewConfig has created a way to
-	// access originalEnv with dependencies.  Store the value where soong_build can find it, it will manually
-	// ensure the dependencies are created.
-	soongDelveListen = os.Getenv("SOONG_DELVE")
-	soongDelvePath = os.Getenv("SOONG_DELVE_PATH")
-	if soongDelvePath == "" {
-		soongDelvePath, _ = exec.LookPath("dlv")
+func InitEnvironment(envFile string) {
+	var err error
+	originalEnv, err = shared.EnvFromFile(envFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	originalEnv = make(map[string]string)
-	soongDelveEnv = []string{}
-	for _, env := range os.Environ() {
-		idx := strings.IndexRune(env, '=')
-		if idx != -1 {
-			originalEnv[env[:idx]] = env[idx+1:]
-			if env[:idx] != "SOONG_DELVE" && env[:idx] != "SOONG_DELVE_PATH" {
-				soongDelveEnv = append(soongDelveEnv, env)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Clear the environment to prevent use of os.Getenv(), which would not provide dependencies on environment
-	// variable values.  The environment is available through ctx.Config().Getenv, ctx.Config().IsEnvTrue, etc.
-	os.Clearenv()
+	soongDelveListen = originalEnv["SOONG_DELVE"]
+	soongDelvePath = originalEnv["SOONG_DELVE_PATH"]
 }
 
+// Returns whether the current process is running under Delve due to
+// ReexecWithDelveMaybe().
+func IsDebugging() bool {
+	return isDebugging
+}
 func ReexecWithDelveMaybe() {
-	if soongDelveListen == "" {
+	isDebugging = os.Getenv("SOONG_DELVE_REEXECUTED") == "true"
+	if isDebugging || soongDelveListen == "" {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -72,6 +61,17 @@
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "SOONG_DELVE is set but failed to find dlv")
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
+
+	soongDelveEnv := []string{}
+	for _, env := range os.Environ() {
+		idx := strings.IndexRune(env, '=')
+		if idx != -1 {
+			soongDelveEnv = append(soongDelveEnv, env)
+		}
+	}
+
+	soongDelveEnv = append(soongDelveEnv, "SOONG_DELVE_REEXECUTED=true")
+
 	dlvArgv := []string{
 		soongDelvePath,
 		"--listen=:" + soongDelveListen,
@@ -88,17 +88,6 @@
 	os.Exit(1)
 }
 
-// getenv checks either os.Getenv or originalEnv so that it works before or after the init()
-// function above.  It doesn't add any dependencies on the environment variable, so it should
-// only be used for values that won't change.  For values that might change use ctx.Config().Getenv.
-func getenv(key string) string {
-	if originalEnv == nil {
-		return os.Getenv(key)
-	} else {
-		return originalEnv[key]
-	}
-}
-
 func EnvSingleton() Singleton {
 	return &envSingleton{}
 }
@@ -108,7 +97,7 @@
 func (c *envSingleton) GenerateBuildActions(ctx SingletonContext) {
 	envDeps := ctx.Config().EnvDeps()
 
-	envFile := PathForOutput(ctx, ".soong.environment")
+	envFile := PathForOutput(ctx, "soong.environment.used")
 	if ctx.Failed() {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/android/license.go b/android/license.go
index b140b55..3bc6199 100644
--- a/android/license.go
+++ b/android/license.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 )
 
 type licenseKindDependencyTag struct {
-        blueprint.BaseDependencyTag
+	blueprint.BaseDependencyTag
 }
 
 var (
diff --git a/android/license_test.go b/android/license_test.go
index 552bbae..9f68713 100644
--- a/android/license_test.go
+++ b/android/license_test.go
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
 				}`),
 		},
 		expectedErrors: []string{
-			`other/Blueprints:2:5: module "arule": depends on //top:top_allowed_as_notice `+
+			`other/Blueprints:2:5: module "arule": depends on //top:top_allowed_as_notice ` +
 				`which is not visible to this module`,
-			`yetmore/Blueprints:2:5: module "//yetmore": depends on //top:top_allowed_as_notice `+
+			`yetmore/Blueprints:2:5: module "//yetmore": depends on //top:top_allowed_as_notice ` +
 				`which is not visible to this module`,
 		},
 	},
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 				}`),
 		},
 		expectedErrors: []string{
-			`top/Blueprints:6:5: module "top_proprietary": license_kinds property `+
+			`top/Blueprints:6:5: module "top_proprietary": license_kinds property ` +
 				`"top_by_exception_only" is not a license_kind module`,
 		},
 	},
diff --git a/android/licenses.go b/android/licenses.go
index 1000429..2838f5d 100644
--- a/android/licenses.go
+++ b/android/licenses.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 func newApplicableLicensesProperty(name string, licensesProperty *[]string) applicableLicensesProperty {
 	return applicableLicensesPropertyImpl{
-		name: name,
+		name:             name,
 		licensesProperty: licensesProperty,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/android/licenses_test.go b/android/licenses_test.go
index b94add7..c043791 100644
--- a/android/licenses_test.go
+++ b/android/licenses_test.go
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@
 )
 
 var licensesTests = []struct {
-	name                         string
-	fs                           map[string][]byte
-	expectedErrors               []string
-	effectiveLicenses            map[string][]string
-	effectiveInheritedLicenses   map[string][]string
-	effectivePackage             map[string]string
-	effectiveNotices             map[string][]string
-	effectiveKinds               map[string][]string
-	effectiveConditions          map[string][]string
+	name                       string
+	fs                         map[string][]byte
+	expectedErrors             []string
+	effectiveLicenses          map[string][]string
+	effectiveInheritedLicenses map[string][]string
+	effectivePackage           map[string]string
+	effectiveNotices           map[string][]string
+	effectiveKinds             map[string][]string
+	effectiveConditions        map[string][]string
 }{
 	{
 		name: "invalid module type without licenses property",
@@ -71,28 +71,28 @@
 		},
 		effectiveLicenses: map[string][]string{
 			"libexample1": []string{"top_Apache2"},
-			"libnested": []string{"top_Apache2"},
-			"libother": []string{"top_Apache2"},
+			"libnested":   []string{"top_Apache2"},
+			"libother":    []string{"top_Apache2"},
 		},
 		effectiveKinds: map[string][]string{
 			"libexample1": []string{"notice"},
-			"libnested": []string{"notice"},
-			"libother": []string{"notice"},
+			"libnested":   []string{"notice"},
+			"libother":    []string{"notice"},
 		},
 		effectivePackage: map[string]string{
 			"libexample1": "topDog",
-			"libnested": "topDog",
-			"libother": "topDog",
+			"libnested":   "topDog",
+			"libother":    "topDog",
 		},
 		effectiveConditions: map[string][]string{
 			"libexample1": []string{"shownotice"},
-			"libnested": []string{"shownotice"},
-			"libother": []string{"shownotice"},
+			"libnested":   []string{"shownotice"},
+			"libother":    []string{"shownotice"},
 		},
 		effectiveNotices: map[string][]string{
 			"libexample1": []string{"top/LICENSE", "top/NOTICE"},
-			"libnested": []string{"top/LICENSE", "top/NOTICE"},
-			"libother": []string{"top/LICENSE", "top/NOTICE"},
+			"libnested":   []string{"top/LICENSE", "top/NOTICE"},
+			"libother":    []string{"top/LICENSE", "top/NOTICE"},
 		},
 	},
 
@@ -147,28 +147,28 @@
 				}`),
 		},
 		effectiveLicenses: map[string][]string{
-			"libexample": []string{"nested_other", "top_other"},
+			"libexample":     []string{"nested_other", "top_other"},
 			"libsamepackage": []string{},
-			"libnested": []string{},
-			"libother": []string{},
+			"libnested":      []string{},
+			"libother":       []string{},
 		},
 		effectiveInheritedLicenses: map[string][]string{
-			"libexample": []string{"nested_other", "top_other"},
+			"libexample":     []string{"nested_other", "top_other"},
 			"libsamepackage": []string{"nested_other", "top_other"},
-			"libnested": []string{"nested_other", "top_other"},
-			"libother": []string{"nested_other", "top_other"},
+			"libnested":      []string{"nested_other", "top_other"},
+			"libother":       []string{"nested_other", "top_other"},
 		},
 		effectiveKinds: map[string][]string{
-			"libexample": []string{"nested_notice", "top_notice"},
+			"libexample":     []string{"nested_notice", "top_notice"},
 			"libsamepackage": []string{},
-			"libnested": []string{},
-			"libother": []string{},
+			"libnested":      []string{},
+			"libother":       []string{},
 		},
 		effectiveConditions: map[string][]string{
-			"libexample": []string{"notice"},
+			"libexample":     []string{"notice"},
 			"libsamepackage": []string{},
-			"libnested": []string{},
-			"libother": []string{},
+			"libnested":      []string{},
+			"libother":       []string{},
 		},
 	},
 	{
@@ -218,32 +218,32 @@
 				}`),
 		},
 		effectiveLicenses: map[string][]string{
-			"libexample": []string{"other", "top_nested"},
+			"libexample":     []string{"other", "top_nested"},
 			"libsamepackage": []string{},
-			"libnested": []string{},
-			"libother": []string{},
-			"liboutsider": []string{},
+			"libnested":      []string{},
+			"libother":       []string{},
+			"liboutsider":    []string{},
 		},
 		effectiveInheritedLicenses: map[string][]string{
-			"libexample": []string{"other", "top_nested"},
+			"libexample":     []string{"other", "top_nested"},
 			"libsamepackage": []string{"other", "top_nested"},
-			"libnested": []string{"other", "top_nested"},
-			"libother": []string{"other", "top_nested"},
-			"liboutsider": []string{"other", "top_nested"},
+			"libnested":      []string{"other", "top_nested"},
+			"libother":       []string{"other", "top_nested"},
+			"liboutsider":    []string{"other", "top_nested"},
 		},
 		effectiveKinds: map[string][]string{
-			"libexample": []string{},
+			"libexample":     []string{},
 			"libsamepackage": []string{},
-			"libnested": []string{},
-			"libother": []string{},
-			"liboutsider": []string{},
+			"libnested":      []string{},
+			"libother":       []string{},
+			"liboutsider":    []string{},
 		},
 		effectiveNotices: map[string][]string{
-			"libexample": []string{"top/nested/LICENSE.txt"},
+			"libexample":     []string{"top/nested/LICENSE.txt"},
 			"libsamepackage": []string{},
-			"libnested": []string{},
-			"libother": []string{},
-			"liboutsider": []string{},
+			"libnested":      []string{},
+			"libother":       []string{},
+			"liboutsider":    []string{},
 		},
 	},
 
@@ -285,11 +285,11 @@
 				}`),
 		},
 		effectiveLicenses: map[string][]string{
-			"libexample": []string{"by_exception_only"},
+			"libexample":  []string{"by_exception_only"},
 			"libdefaults": []string{"notice"},
 		},
 		effectiveInheritedLicenses: map[string][]string{
-			"libexample": []string{"by_exception_only"},
+			"libexample":  []string{"by_exception_only"},
 			"libdefaults": []string{"notice"},
 		},
 	},
@@ -327,11 +327,11 @@
 				}`),
 		},
 		effectiveLicenses: map[string][]string{
-			"libexample": []string{"top_notice"},
+			"libexample":  []string{"top_notice"},
 			"liboutsider": []string{},
 		},
 		effectiveInheritedLicenses: map[string][]string{
-			"libexample": []string{"top_notice"},
+			"libexample":  []string{"top_notice"},
 			"liboutsider": []string{"top_notice"},
 		},
 	},
@@ -370,15 +370,15 @@
 				}`),
 		},
 		effectiveLicenses: map[string][]string{
-			"libexample": []string{"top_notice"},
-			"libnested": []string{"outsider"},
-			"libother": []string{},
+			"libexample":  []string{"top_notice"},
+			"libnested":   []string{"outsider"},
+			"libother":    []string{},
 			"liboutsider": []string{},
 		},
 		effectiveInheritedLicenses: map[string][]string{
-			"libexample": []string{"top_notice"},
-			"libnested": []string{"outsider"},
-			"libother": []string{},
+			"libexample":  []string{"top_notice"},
+			"libnested":   []string{"outsider"},
+			"libother":    []string{},
 			"liboutsider": []string{"top_notice", "outsider"},
 		},
 	},
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
 		},
 		effectiveInheritedLicenses: map[string][]string{
 			"module": []string{"prebuilt", "top_sources"},
-			"other": []string{"prebuilt", "top_sources"},
+			"other":  []string{"prebuilt", "top_sources"},
 		},
 	},
 }
diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index e8fb749..9f923e2 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -1832,6 +1832,18 @@
 			return
 		}
 
+		m.initRcPaths = PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, m.commonProperties.Init_rc)
+		rcDir := PathForModuleInstall(ctx, "etc", "init")
+		for _, src := range m.initRcPaths {
+			ctx.PackageFile(rcDir, filepath.Base(src.String()), src)
+		}
+
+		m.vintfFragmentsPaths = PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, m.commonProperties.Vintf_fragments)
+		vintfDir := PathForModuleInstall(ctx, "etc", "vintf", "manifest")
+		for _, src := range m.vintfFragmentsPaths {
+			ctx.PackageFile(vintfDir, filepath.Base(src.String()), src)
+		}
+
 		// Create the set of tagged dist files after calling GenerateAndroidBuildActions
 		// as GenerateTaggedDistFiles() calls OutputFiles(tag) and so relies on the
 		// output paths being set which must be done before or during
@@ -1844,8 +1856,6 @@
 		m.installFiles = append(m.installFiles, ctx.installFiles...)
 		m.checkbuildFiles = append(m.checkbuildFiles, ctx.checkbuildFiles...)
 		m.packagingSpecs = append(m.packagingSpecs, ctx.packagingSpecs...)
-		m.initRcPaths = PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, m.commonProperties.Init_rc)
-		m.vintfFragmentsPaths = PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, m.commonProperties.Vintf_fragments)
 		for k, v := range ctx.phonies {
 			m.phonies[k] = append(m.phonies[k], v...)
 		}
diff --git a/android/paths.go b/android/paths.go
index ada4da6..3f4d3f2 100644
--- a/android/paths.go
+++ b/android/paths.go
@@ -1662,9 +1662,9 @@
 			// on a device without a dedicated recovery partition, install the
 			// recovery variant.
 			if ctx.DeviceConfig().BoardMoveRecoveryResourcesToVendorBoot() {
-				partition = "vendor-ramdisk/first_stage_ramdisk"
+				partition = "vendor_ramdisk/first_stage_ramdisk"
 			} else {
-				partition = "vendor-ramdisk"
+				partition = "vendor_ramdisk"
 			}
 			if !ctx.InstallInRoot() {
 				partition += "/system"
diff --git a/android/sandbox.go b/android/sandbox.go
index ed022fb..28e903a 100644
--- a/android/sandbox.go
+++ b/android/sandbox.go
@@ -14,29 +14,8 @@
 
 package android
 
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-)
-
-func init() {
-	// Stash the working directory in a private variable and then change the working directory
-	// to "/", which will prevent untracked accesses to files by Go Soong plugins. The
-	// SOONG_SANDBOX_SOONG_BUILD environment variable is set by soong_ui, and is not
-	// overrideable on the command line.
-
-	orig, err := os.Getwd()
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Errorf("failed to get working directory: %s", err))
-	}
-	absSrcDir = orig
-
-	if getenv("SOONG_SANDBOX_SOONG_BUILD") == "true" {
-		err = os.Chdir("/")
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(fmt.Errorf("failed to change working directory to '/': %s", err))
-		}
-	}
+func InitSandbox(topDir string) {
+	absSrcDir = topDir
 }
 
 // DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION IN NEW CODE.
diff --git a/android/writedocs.go b/android/writedocs.go
index 91c2318..6417690 100644
--- a/android/writedocs.go
+++ b/android/writedocs.go
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
 type docsSingleton struct{}
 
 func primaryBuilderPath(ctx SingletonContext) Path {
-	primaryBuilder, err := filepath.Rel(ctx.Config().BuildDir(), os.Args[0])
+	buildDir := absolutePath(ctx.Config().BuildDir())
+	primaryBuilder, err := filepath.Rel(buildDir, os.Args[0])
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.Errorf("path to primary builder %q is not in build dir %q",
 			os.Args[0], ctx.Config().BuildDir())
diff --git a/apex/OWNERS b/apex/OWNERS
index 793f3ed..fee739b 100644
--- a/apex/OWNERS
+++ b/apex/OWNERS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 per-file * = jiyong@google.com
 
 per-file allowed_deps.txt = set noparent
-per-file allowed_deps.txt = dariofreni@google.com,hansson@google.com,harpin@google.com,jiyong@google.com,narayan@google.com,omakoto@google.com,jham@google.com
+per-file allowed_deps.txt = dariofreni@google.com,hansson@google.com,harpin@google.com,jiyong@google.com,narayan@google.com,jham@google.com
diff --git a/apex/allowed_deps.txt b/apex/allowed_deps.txt
index 78b84f0..476ac4a 100644
--- a/apex/allowed_deps.txt
+++ b/apex/allowed_deps.txt
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@
 libmedia_headers(minSdkVersion:29)
 libmedia_helper_headers(minSdkVersion:29)
 libmedia_midiiowrapper(minSdkVersion:29)
+libmediaparser-jni(minSdkVersion:29)
 libmidiextractor(minSdkVersion:29)
 libminijail(minSdkVersion:29)
 libminijail_gen_constants(minSdkVersion:(no version))
@@ -635,6 +636,7 @@
 Tethering(minSdkVersion:current)
 TetheringApiCurrentLib(minSdkVersion:30)
 TetheringApiCurrentLib(minSdkVersion:current)
+TetheringGoogle(minSdkVersion:30)
 TetheringGoogle(minSdkVersion:current)
 textclassifier-statsd(minSdkVersion:current)
 TextClassifierNotificationLibNoManifest(minSdkVersion:29)
diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 8f388c4..efd1736 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -2244,8 +2244,10 @@
 		if to.AvailableFor(apexName) || baselineApexAvailable(apexName, toName) {
 			return true
 		}
-		ctx.ModuleErrorf("%q requires %q that doesn't list the APEX under 'apex_available'. Dependency path:%s",
-			fromName, toName, ctx.GetPathString(true))
+		ctx.ModuleErrorf("%q requires %q that doesn't list the APEX under 'apex_available'."+
+			"\n\nDependency path:%s\n\n"+
+			"Consider adding %q to 'apex_available' property of %q",
+			fromName, toName, ctx.GetPathString(true), apexName, toName)
 		// Visit this module's dependencies to check and report any issues with their availability.
 		return true
 	})
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 8ae6634..fcf2343 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -2534,7 +2534,8 @@
 	var builder strings.Builder
 	data.Custom(&builder, name, prefix, "", data)
 	androidMk := builder.String()
-	ensureContains(t, androidMk, `LOCAL_MODULE_PATH := /tmp/target/product/test_device/vendor/apex`)
+	installPath := path.Join(buildDir, "../target/product/test_device/vendor/apex")
+	ensureContains(t, androidMk, "LOCAL_MODULE_PATH := "+installPath)
 
 	apexManifestRule := ctx.ModuleForTests("myapex", "android_common_myapex_image").Rule("apexManifestRule")
 	requireNativeLibs := names(apexManifestRule.Args["requireNativeLibs"])
@@ -5314,7 +5315,7 @@
 
 func TestApexAvailable_IndirectDep(t *testing.T) {
 	// libbbaz is an indirect dep
-	testApexError(t, `requires "libbaz" that doesn't list the APEX under 'apex_available'. Dependency path:
+	testApexError(t, `requires "libbaz" that doesn't list the APEX under 'apex_available'.\n\nDependency path:
 .*via tag apex\.dependencyTag.*name:sharedLib.*
 .*-> libfoo.*link:shared.*
 .*via tag cc\.libraryDependencyTag.*Kind:sharedLibraryDependency.*
diff --git a/cmd/soong_build/main.go b/cmd/soong_build/main.go
index 3a6feca..e7f995f 100644
--- a/cmd/soong_build/main.go
+++ b/cmd/soong_build/main.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
+	"android/soong/shared"
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/bootstrap"
 
 	"android/soong/android"
@@ -28,11 +29,15 @@
 )
 
 var (
+	topDir            string
+	outDir            string
 	docFile           string
 	bazelQueryViewDir string
 )
 
 func init() {
+	flag.StringVar(&topDir, "top", "", "Top directory of the Android source tree")
+	flag.StringVar(&outDir, "out", "", "Soong output directory (usually $TOP/out/soong)")
 	flag.StringVar(&docFile, "soong_docs", "", "build documentation file to output")
 	flag.StringVar(&bazelQueryViewDir, "bazel_queryview_dir", "", "path to the bazel queryview directory")
 }
@@ -80,15 +85,22 @@
 }
 
 func main() {
-	android.ReexecWithDelveMaybe()
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	android.InitSandbox(topDir)
+	android.InitEnvironment(shared.JoinPath(topDir, outDir, "soong.environment.available"))
+	android.ReexecWithDelveMaybe()
+
 	// The top-level Blueprints file is passed as the first argument.
 	srcDir := filepath.Dir(flag.Arg(0))
 	var ctx *android.Context
 	configuration := newConfig(srcDir)
 	extraNinjaDeps := []string{configuration.ProductVariablesFileName}
 
+	// These two are here so that we restart a non-debugged soong_build when the
+	// user sets SOONG_DELVE the first time.
+	configuration.Getenv("SOONG_DELVE")
+	configuration.Getenv("SOONG_DELVE_PATH")
 	// Read the SOONG_DELVE again through configuration so that there is a dependency on the environment variable
 	// and soong_build will rerun when it is set for the first time.
 	if listen := configuration.Getenv("SOONG_DELVE"); listen != "" {
diff --git a/java/rro_test.go b/java/rro_test.go
index edbf170..061d9d3 100644
--- a/java/rro_test.go
+++ b/java/rro_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 	"testing"
 
 	"android/soong/android"
+	"android/soong/shared"
 )
 
 func TestRuntimeResourceOverlay(t *testing.T) {
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@
 
 	// Check device location.
 	path = androidMkEntries.EntryMap["LOCAL_MODULE_PATH"]
-	expectedPath = []string{"/tmp/target/product/test_device/product/overlay"}
+	expectedPath = []string{shared.JoinPath(buildDir, "../target/product/test_device/product/overlay")}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(path, expectedPath) {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected LOCAL_MODULE_PATH value: %v, expected: %v", path, expectedPath)
 	}
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@
 	m = ctx.ModuleForTests("foo_themed", "android_common")
 	androidMkEntries = android.AndroidMkEntriesForTest(t, ctx, m.Module())[0]
 	path = androidMkEntries.EntryMap["LOCAL_MODULE_PATH"]
-	expectedPath = []string{"/tmp/target/product/test_device/product/overlay/faza"}
+	expectedPath = []string{shared.JoinPath(buildDir, "../target/product/test_device/product/overlay/faza")}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(path, expectedPath) {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected LOCAL_MODULE_PATH value: %v, expected: %v", path, expectedPath)
 	}
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@
 
 	// Check device location.
 	path := android.AndroidMkEntriesForTest(t, ctx, m.Module())[0].EntryMap["LOCAL_MODULE_PATH"]
-	expectedPath := []string{"/tmp/target/product/test_device/product/overlay/default_theme"}
+	expectedPath := []string{shared.JoinPath(buildDir, "../target/product/test_device/product/overlay/default_theme")}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(path, expectedPath) {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected LOCAL_MODULE_PATH value: %q, expected: %q", path, expectedPath)
 	}
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@
 
 	// Check device location.
 	path = android.AndroidMkEntriesForTest(t, ctx, m.Module())[0].EntryMap["LOCAL_MODULE_PATH"]
-	expectedPath = []string{"/tmp/target/product/test_device/system/overlay"}
+	expectedPath = []string{shared.JoinPath(buildDir, "../target/product/test_device/system/overlay")}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(path, expectedPath) {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected LOCAL_MODULE_PATH value: %v, expected: %v", path, expectedPath)
 	}
diff --git a/sh/sh_binary_test.go b/sh/sh_binary_test.go
index fb7ab13..f48f7fb 100644
--- a/sh/sh_binary_test.go
+++ b/sh/sh_binary_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
@@ -73,7 +74,8 @@
 
 	entries := android.AndroidMkEntriesForTest(t, ctx, mod)[0]
 
-	expectedPath := "/tmp/target/product/test_device/data/nativetest64/foo_test"
+	expectedPath := path.Join(buildDir,
+		"../target/product/test_device/data/nativetest64/foo_test")
 	actualPath := entries.EntryMap["LOCAL_MODULE_PATH"][0]
 	if expectedPath != actualPath {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected LOCAL_MODULE_PATH expected: %q, actual: %q", expectedPath, actualPath)
@@ -97,7 +99,8 @@
 
 	entries := android.AndroidMkEntriesForTest(t, ctx, mod)[0]
 
-	expectedPath := "/tmp/target/product/test_device/data/nativetest64/foo"
+	expectedPath := path.Join(buildDir,
+		"../target/product/test_device/data/nativetest64/foo")
 	actualPath := entries.EntryMap["LOCAL_MODULE_PATH"][0]
 	if expectedPath != actualPath {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected LOCAL_MODULE_PATH expected: %q, actual: %q", expectedPath, actualPath)
diff --git a/shared/Android.bp b/shared/Android.bp
index c79bc2b..deb17f8 100644
--- a/shared/Android.bp
+++ b/shared/Android.bp
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
     srcs: [
         "env.go",
         "paths.go",
+        "debug.go",
+    ],
+    testSrcs: [
+        "paths_test.go",
     ],
     deps: [
         "soong-bazel",
diff --git a/shared/debug.go b/shared/debug.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c9ba4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/debug.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package shared
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+// Finds the Delve binary to use. Either uses the SOONG_DELVE_PATH environment
+// variable or if that is unset, looks at $PATH.
+func ResolveDelveBinary() string {
+	result := os.Getenv("SOONG_DELVE_PATH")
+	if result == "" {
+		result, _ = exec.LookPath("dlv")
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
diff --git a/shared/env.go b/shared/env.go
index 7900daa..152729b 100644
--- a/shared/env.go
+++ b/shared/env.go
@@ -91,6 +91,28 @@
 	return false, nil
 }
 
+// Deserializes and environment serialized by EnvFileContents() and returns it
+// as a map[string]string.
+func EnvFromFile(envFile string) (map[string]string, error) {
+	result := make(map[string]string)
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(envFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+
+	var contents envFileData
+	err = json.Unmarshal(data, &contents)
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+
+	for _, entry := range contents {
+		result[entry.Key] = entry.Value
+	}
+
+	return result, nil
+}
+
 // Implements sort.Interface so that we can use sort.Sort on envFileData arrays.
 func (e envFileData) Len() int {
 	return len(e)
diff --git a/shared/paths.go b/shared/paths.go
index 1b9ff60..fca8b4c 100644
--- a/shared/paths.go
+++ b/shared/paths.go
@@ -30,6 +30,21 @@
 	BazelMetricsDir() string
 }
 
+// Joins the path strings in the argument list, taking absolute paths into
+// account. That is, if one of the strings is an absolute path, the ones before
+// are ignored.
+func JoinPath(base string, rest ...string) string {
+	result := base
+	for _, next := range rest {
+		if filepath.IsAbs(next) {
+			result = next
+		} else {
+			result = filepath.Join(result, next)
+		}
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
 // Given the out directory, returns the root of the temp directory (to be cleared at the start of each execution of Soong)
 func TempDirForOutDir(outDir string) (tempPath string) {
 	return filepath.Join(outDir, ".temp")
diff --git a/shared/paths_test.go b/shared/paths_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..018d55f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/paths_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright 2021 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package shared
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func assertEqual(t *testing.T, expected, actual string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if expected != actual {
+		t.Errorf("expected %q != got %q", expected, actual)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJoinPath(t *testing.T) {
+	assertEqual(t, "/a/b", JoinPath("c/d", "/a/b"))
+	assertEqual(t, "a/b", JoinPath("a", "b"))
+	assertEqual(t, "/a/b", JoinPath("x", "/a", "b"))
+}
diff --git a/ui/build/cleanbuild.go b/ui/build/cleanbuild.go
index b1f8551..6ba497c 100644
--- a/ui/build/cleanbuild.go
+++ b/ui/build/cleanbuild.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 		productOut("obj/PACKAGING"),
 		productOut("ramdisk"),
 		productOut("debug_ramdisk"),
-		productOut("vendor-ramdisk"),
+		productOut("vendor_ramdisk"),
 		productOut("vendor_debug_ramdisk"),
 		productOut("test_harness_ramdisk"),
 		productOut("recovery"),
diff --git a/ui/build/environment.go b/ui/build/environment.go
index 6d8a28f..50d059f 100644
--- a/ui/build/environment.go
+++ b/ui/build/environment.go
@@ -33,6 +33,19 @@
 	return &env
 }
 
+// Returns a copy of the environment as a map[string]string.
+func (e *Environment) AsMap() map[string]string {
+	result := make(map[string]string)
+
+	for _, envVar := range *e {
+		if k, v, ok := decodeKeyValue(envVar); ok {
+			result[k] = v
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
 // Get returns the value associated with the key, and whether it exists.
 // It's equivalent to the os.LookupEnv function, but with this copy of the
 // Environment.
diff --git a/ui/build/soong.go b/ui/build/soong.go
index 125dbcc..fc43663 100644
--- a/ui/build/soong.go
+++ b/ui/build/soong.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 	"strconv"
 
 	"android/soong/shared"
+
 	soong_metrics_proto "android/soong/ui/metrics/metrics_proto"
 
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
@@ -30,6 +31,15 @@
 	"android/soong/ui/status"
 )
 
+func writeEnvironmentFile(ctx Context, envFile string, envDeps map[string]string) error {
+	data, err := shared.EnvFileContents(envDeps)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return ioutil.WriteFile(envFile, data, 0644)
+}
+
 // This uses Android.bp files and various tools to generate <builddir>/build.ninja.
 //
 // However, the execution of <builddir>/build.ninja happens later in build/soong/ui/build/build.go#Build()
@@ -47,6 +57,12 @@
 	ctx.BeginTrace(metrics.RunSoong, "soong")
 	defer ctx.EndTrace()
 
+	// We have two environment files: .available is the one with every variable,
+	// .used with the ones that were actually used. The latter is used to
+	// determine whether Soong needs to be re-run since why re-run it if only
+	// unused variables were changed?
+	envFile := filepath.Join(config.SoongOutDir(), "soong.environment.available")
+
 	// Use an anonymous inline function for tracing purposes (this pattern is used several times below).
 	func() {
 		ctx.BeginTrace(metrics.RunSoong, "blueprint bootstrap")
@@ -61,6 +77,7 @@
 		}
 
 		cmd := Command(ctx, config, "blueprint bootstrap", "build/blueprint/bootstrap.bash", args...)
+
 		cmd.Environment.Set("BLUEPRINTDIR", "./build/blueprint")
 		cmd.Environment.Set("BOOTSTRAP", "./build/blueprint/bootstrap.bash")
 		cmd.Environment.Set("BUILDDIR", config.SoongOutDir())
@@ -74,11 +91,32 @@
 		cmd.RunAndPrintOrFatal()
 	}()
 
+	soongBuildEnv := config.Environment().Copy()
+	soongBuildEnv.Set("TOP", os.Getenv("TOP"))
+	// These two dependencies are read from bootstrap.go, but also need to be here
+	// so that soong_build can declare a dependency on them
+	soongBuildEnv.Set("SOONG_DELVE", os.Getenv("SOONG_DELVE"))
+	soongBuildEnv.Set("SOONG_DELVE_PATH", os.Getenv("SOONG_DELVE_PATH"))
+	soongBuildEnv.Set("SOONG_OUTDIR", config.SoongOutDir())
+	// For Bazel mixed builds.
+	soongBuildEnv.Set("BAZEL_PATH", "./tools/bazel")
+	soongBuildEnv.Set("BAZEL_HOME", filepath.Join(config.BazelOutDir(), "bazelhome"))
+	soongBuildEnv.Set("BAZEL_OUTPUT_BASE", filepath.Join(config.BazelOutDir(), "output"))
+	soongBuildEnv.Set("BAZEL_WORKSPACE", absPath(ctx, "."))
+	soongBuildEnv.Set("BAZEL_METRICS_DIR", config.BazelMetricsDir())
+
+	if os.Getenv("SOONG_DELVE") != "" {
+		// SOONG_DELVE is already in cmd.Environment
+		soongBuildEnv.Set("SOONG_DELVE_PATH", shared.ResolveDelveBinary())
+	}
+
+	writeEnvironmentFile(ctx, envFile, soongBuildEnv.AsMap())
+
 	func() {
 		ctx.BeginTrace(metrics.RunSoong, "environment check")
 		defer ctx.EndTrace()
 
-		envFile := filepath.Join(config.SoongOutDir(), ".soong.environment")
+		envFile := filepath.Join(config.SoongOutDir(), "soong.environment.used")
 		getenv := func(k string) string {
 			v, _ := config.Environment().Get(k)
 			return v
@@ -134,14 +172,7 @@
 			"--frontend_file", fifo,
 			"-f", filepath.Join(config.SoongOutDir(), file))
 
-		// For Bazel mixed builds.
-		cmd.Environment.Set("BAZEL_PATH", "./tools/bazel")
-		cmd.Environment.Set("BAZEL_HOME", filepath.Join(config.BazelOutDir(), "bazelhome"))
-		cmd.Environment.Set("BAZEL_OUTPUT_BASE", filepath.Join(config.BazelOutDir(), "output"))
-		cmd.Environment.Set("BAZEL_WORKSPACE", absPath(ctx, "."))
-		cmd.Environment.Set("BAZEL_METRICS_DIR", config.BazelMetricsDir())
-
-		cmd.Environment.Set("SOONG_SANDBOX_SOONG_BUILD", "true")
+		cmd.Environment.Set("SOONG_OUTDIR", config.SoongOutDir())
 		cmd.Sandbox = soongSandbox
 		cmd.RunAndStreamOrFatal()
 	}