[yocto] kernel: "devtool modify -x" issue

[Paul Eggleton]

Hi Steve,

On Wed, 09 Mar 2016 10:12:30 Steve Rae wrote:
> ( using jethro )
> 
> I have a 'linux-yocto-custom' layer which builds successfully; then I run:
>     devtool modify -x linux-yocto-custom ../../poky-dev/kernel
> 
> >> I see a line:
>   Cloning into '/tmp/devtoolfgiLXr/workdir/source'...
> 
> Then I run:
>     devtool build linux-yocto-custom
> 
> >> it reports the following:
> Log data follows:
> | DEBUG: Executing shell function do_kernel_configme
> | NOTE: kernel configme
> | [INFO] Configuring target/machine combo: "standard/bcmjava"
> | [ERROR] frag
> 
> /tmp/devtoolfgiLXr/workdir/source/.meta/cfg/scratch/obj/tmp/devtoolfgiLXr/wo
> rkdir/defconfig does not exist
> 
> | [ERROR] No configuration fragments found, this typically is a
> 
> misconfigured BSP.
> 
> |         Check that fragments (or defconfigs) are referenced by the board
> 
> description.
> 
> | config of "standard/bcmjava" failed
> | WARNING: exit code 1 from a shell command.
> 
> which is true, because "devtool modify -x" deletes the temp directory
> ("/tmp/devtoolfgiLXr") that it used to create this specified workspace....

Hmm, it looks like the temporary path is leaking in somewhere. Is there an 
easy way I can reproduce this here so I can debug it?

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre