[yocto] Strange error trying to use externalsrc

[Paul Eggleton]

On Thursday 23 April 2015 12:37:30 Matt Schuckmann wrote:
> I'm trying to use the externalsrc class to make it easier build an
> application under active development.
> 
> I'm working off of the Dylan branch.
> 
> If I add the following 2 lines to my site.conf
> 
> INHERIT += "externalsrc"
> S_pn-keypadd = "/home/dev/builds/zanzibar/keypadd"
> 
> I get the following error when I try to build the keypadd recipe.
> 
> ERROR: Function failed: gnu-config-native: LIC_FILES_CHKSUM points to an
> invalid file:
> /home/dev/builds/zanzibar/tisdk/zanzibar/build/arago-tmp-external-linaro-to
> olchain/work/i686-linux/gnu-config-native/20120814-r0/gnu-config-20120814/co
> nfig.guess ERROR: Logfile of failure stored in:
> /home/dev/builds/zanzibar/tisdk/zanzibar/build/arago-tmp-external-linaro-to
> olchain/work/i686-linux/gnu-config-native/20120814-r0/temp/log.do_configure.
> 11698
> Log data follows:
> | DEBUG: Executing python function sysroot_cleansstate
> | DEBUG: Python function sysroot_cleansstate finished
> | DEBUG: Executing shell function do_configure
> | DEBUG: Shell function do_configure finished
> | DEBUG: Executing python function do_qa_configure
> | NOTE: Checking autotools environment for common misconfiguration
> | DEBUG: Python function do_qa_configure finished
> | ERROR: Function failed: gnu-config-native: LIC_FILES_CHKSUM points to an
> | invalid file:
> | /home/dev/builds/zanzibar/tisdk/zanzibar/build/arago-tmp-external-linaro-
> | toolchain/work/i686-linux/gnu-config-native/20120814-r0/gnu-config-2012081
> | 4/config.guess
> ERROR: Task 26
> (virtual:native:/home/dev/builds/zanzibar/tisdk/zanzibar/sources/oe-core/me
> ta/recipes-devtools/gnu-config/gnu-config_20120814.bb, do_configure) failed
> with exit code '1'
> 
> 
> The keypadd recipe is marked as CLOSED but I've also tried MIT and GPL. I've
> even added a license file and MD5 checksum. Interestingly externalsrc seems
> to work if I add these 2 lines to the recipe.
> 
> inherit externalsrc
> S = "/home/dev/builds/zanzibar/keypadd"
> 
> But I don't want to have to edit the recipe every time I want to switch to
> building from a local directory.
> 
> Any suggestions as to what is wrong?

Don't set S to specify the path to the external source tree - set EXTERNALSRC 
instead, or otherwise externalsrc.bbclass's actual functionality isn't active.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre