[poky] [PATCH 0/1] Fix sstate error

[Richard Purdie]

On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 22:42 +0800, Zhai, Edwin wrote:
> Richard Purdie wrote:
> > Good question. The import should really always be at the top of the code
> > block in question so I think its a python constraint, not a .bbclass
> > one...
> >
> 
> Seems in-middle "import" is widely used in other *.py,
> See bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/ssh.py,
>     def go(self, url, urldata, d):
> ..........................
>         import commands
>         cmd = 'scp -B -r %s %s %s/' % (
>             port,
>             commands.mkarg(fr),
>             commands.mkarg(ldir)
>         )
> 
> I found only bb has such limitation:all the "import bb.xxx" are in the 
> head of function, and adding stuff before it will cause same problem. 
> Anything special for bb module?

Is it just specific to the way we hacked the fetch vs fetch2 switch in?

Also, are you saying this problem only happens in parsed python in
the .bb and .bbclass files or that it happens in the bitbake code in
general?

Cheers,

Richard