[yocto] Strange error trying to use externalsrc

[Paul Eggleton]

On Friday 24 April 2015 09:10:58 Matt Schuckmann wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Eggleton [mailto:paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 5:20 PM
> > To: Matt Schuckmann
> > Cc: yocto at yoctoproject.org
> > Subject: Re: [yocto] Strange error trying to use externalsrc
> > 
> > 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-
> > 
> > lina
> > 
> > > ro-to
> > > olchain/work/i686-linux/gnu-config-native/20120814-r0/gnu-config-
> > 
> > 20120
> > 
> > > 814/co nfig.guess ERROR: Logfile of failure stored in:
> > > /home/dev/builds/zanzibar/tisdk/zanzibar/build/arago-tmp-external-
> > 
> > lina
> > 
> > > ro-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-
> > 
> > li
> > 
> > > | naro-
> > > | toolchain/work/i686-linux/gnu-config-native/20120814-r0/gnu-config-
> > 
> > 2
> > 
> > > | 012081
> > > | 4/config.guess
> > > 
> > > ERROR: Task 26
> > > (virtual:native:/home/dev/builds/zanzibar/tisdk/zanzibar/sources/oe-
> > 
> > co
> > 
> > > re/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.
> 
> Thanks for the reply Paul, but the Dylan (1.4) manual says to set S, also
> the externalsrc.bbclass for Dylan doesn't reference EXTERNALSRC.
> http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.4/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#building-so
> ftware-from-an-external-source
> https://github.com/openembedded/oe-core/blob/dylan/meta/classes/externalsrc
> .bbclass

Ah, right, dylan - yes things were a bit different in that version. It's 
possible it didn't work very well in that version, I don't remember - strictly 
speaking we don't support dylan anymore.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre