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

[Steve Rae]

OK - this seems to build successfully - Thanks!

>> although I still do see the line:
     Cloning into '/tmp/devtool6ZA4IK/workdir/source'...

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 7:07 PM, Paul Eggleton
<paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 07:55:25 Paul Eggleton wrote:
>> 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?
>
> Actually I just realised, this task ought not to be running at all - in master
> we've disabled it under these circumsances. There's also one other fix on
> master that you'd benefit from in jethro - I've put them both on this
> contrib branch:
>
>   http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky-contrib/log/?h=paule/jethro-fixes4
>
> If you could let me know how it works for you that would be great; I'll send
> it out soon.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
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>
> Paul Eggleton
> Intel Open Source Technology Centre