[yocto] Random failure

[Gary Thomas]

I've been running the same sequence many times today - basically
updating a source file for a recipe, then rebuilding it.  Out of
the 40+ times I've run it, I get these intermittent errors about
1 in 10 times.  Nothing changed except for one of the source files
included in my recipe.  Here's the output:

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$ MACHINE=teton-p7621 bitbake production-tests && MACHINE=teton-p7621 bitbake package-index
NOTE: Started PRServer with DBfile: /build/p7619_2016-02-23/cache/prserv.sqlite3, IP: 127.0.0.1, PORT: 44600, PID: 7064
Loading cache: 100% |#############################################################################################| 
Time: 0:00:00
Loaded 1717 entries from dependency cache.
Parsing recipes: 100% |###########################################################################################| 
Time: 0:00:00
Parsing of 1219 .bb files complete (1218 cached, 1 parsed). 1717 targets, 335 skipped, 0 masked, 0 errors.
NOTE: Resolving any missing task queue dependencies

Build Configuration:
BB_VERSION        = "1.33.2"
BUILD_SYS         = "x86_64-linux"
NATIVELSBSTRING   = "universal"
TARGET_SYS        = "arm-amltd-linux-gnueabi"
MACHINE           = "teton-p7621"
DISTRO            = "amltd"
DISTRO_VERSION    = "2.2+snapshot-20170316"
TUNE_FEATURES     = "arm armv7ve vfp thumb neon callconvention-hard cortexa7"
TARGET_FPU        = "hard"
meta              = "master:b1f09df0f664052e39d939b759a63b05d767b8ec"
meta-amltd        = "master:a57fa8ec07224f1d1d87e0357158bcbe7a4bc010"
meta-teton-imx6-p761x = "master:a0b1a6c5e1f76ca74d93b26018eb0753a2306a29"

Initialising tasks: 100% |########################################################################################| 
Time: 0:00:00
Checking sstate mirror object availability: 100% |################################################################| 
Time: 0:00:00
NOTE: Executing SetScene Tasks
NOTE: Executing RunQueue Tasks
ERROR: production-tests-1.0-r0 do_configure: Function failed: do_configure (log file is located at 
/build/p7619_2016-02-23/tmp/work/teton_p7621-amltd-linux-gnueabi/production-tests/1.0-r0/temp/log.do_configure.7131)
ERROR: Logfile of failure stored in: 
/build/p7619_2016-02-23/tmp/work/teton_p7621-amltd-linux-gnueabi/production-tests/1.0-r0/temp/log.do_configure.7131
Log data follows:
| DEBUG: Executing python function sysroot_cleansstate
| DEBUG: Removing manifest: 
/build/p7619_2016-02-23/tmp/sysroots-components/teton_p7621/production-tests/sysroot-providers/production-tests
| DEBUG: Removing manifest: /build/p7619_2016-02-23/tmp/sysroots-components/teton_p7621/production-tests/sysroot-providers/
| DEBUG: Python function sysroot_cleansstate finished
| DEBUG: Executing shell function do_configure
| find: ‘/build/p7619_2016-02-23/tmp/work/teton_p7621-amltd-linux-gnueabi/production-tests/1.0-r0/license-destdir’: No 
such file or directory
| WARNING: exit code 1 from a shell command.
| ERROR: Function failed: do_configure (log file is located at 
/build/p7619_2016-02-23/tmp/work/teton_p7621-amltd-linux-gnueabi/production-tests/1.0-r0/temp/log.do_configure.7131)
ERROR: Task (/local/poky-cutting-edge/meta-teton-imx6-p761x/packages/misc/production-tests_1.0.bb:do_configure) failed 
with exit code '1'
NOTE: Tasks Summary: Attempted 454 tasks of which 448 didn't need to be rerun and 1 failed.

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If I immediately rerun the same sequence, the error goes away.

Any ideas what might be causing this?  It's more of an annoyance than
anything else, but it also might point to a deeper problem?

Thanks

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Gary Thomas                 |  Consulting for the
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