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

[Steve Rae]

Paul -- please ETA for getting this into the "jethro" branch.
Thanks, Steve

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Steve Rae <steve.rae at broadcom.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>> --
>>
>> Paul Eggleton
>> Intel Open Source Technology Centre