11212 2017-03-22 15:14:14 +0000 bitbake-layers throws a non-obvious error if a layer's dependencies are missing 2017-04-11 16:48:10 +0000 1 1 7 Build System, Metadata & Runtime BitBake bitbake unspecified x86 Multiple RESOLVED NOTABUG Medium normal 2.4 M1 1 bruce.ashfield stephano poky.bs.watcher poky.watcher --- --- Don't know oldest_to_newest 71576 0 bruce.ashfield 2017-03-22 15:14:14 +0000 If you don't add layers in the right order, you get a parse error stack trace. Nothing wrong with the trace .. it just doesn't tell you what the error is and how to fix it. I had to mess around for quite a while until I realized it was missing dependencies. i.e.: bruce@yow-dellw-ag:~/overc/build$ bitbake-layers add-layer ../meta-openembedded/meta-networking/ bruce@yow-dellw-ag:~/overc/build$ bitbake-layers add-layer ../meta-openembedded/meta-filesystems/ Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/bruce/overc/poky/bitbake/bin/bitbake-layers", line 115, in <module> ret = main() File "/home/bruce/overc/poky/bitbake/bin/bitbake-layers", line 83, in main tinfoil.prepare(True) File "/home/bruce/overc/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/tinfoil.py", line 262, in prepare self.run_command('parseConfiguration') File "/home/bruce/overc/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/tinfoil.py", line 312, in run_command raise TinfoilCommandFailed(result[1]) bb.tinfoil.TinfoilCommandFailed: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/bruce/overc/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/command.py", line 81, in runCommand result = command_method(self, commandline) File "/home/bruce/overc/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/command.py", line 315, in parseConfiguration command.cooker.parseConfiguration() File "/home/bruce/overc/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py", line 541, in parseConfiguration self.handleCollections(self.data.getVar("BBFILE_COLLECTIONS")) File "/home/bruce/overc/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py", line 1303, in handleCollections raise CollectionError("Errors during parsing layer configuration") bb.cooker.CollectionError: Errors during parsing layer configuration 72250 1 stephano 2017-04-10 20:41:48 +0000 You should have seen an error from the Bitbake.Parsing log before the stacktrace: $ bitbake-layers add-layer ../meta-networking/ $ bitbake-layers add-layer ../meta-filesystems/ ERROR: Layer 'networking-layer' depends on layer 'meta-python', but this layer is not enabled in your configuration ERROR: Layer 'networking-layer' depends on layer 'openembedded-layer', but this layer is not enabled in your configuration ERROR: Layer 'networking-layer' depends on layer 'meta-python', but this layer is not enabled in your configuration ERROR: Layer 'networking-layer' depends on layer 'openembedded-layer', but this layer is not enabled in your configuration Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/stephano/build/master/openembedded-core/bitbake/lib/bb/tinfoil.py", line 267, in prepare self.run_command('parseConfiguration') ... Do you have your bitbake logs going somewhere other than stdout? 72298 2 bruce.ashfield 2017-04-11 15:54:13 +0000 I just updated again, and yes, it is now throwing a big red error message that is more clear. I can't say that I like python back traces in my error messages, since they hide the real information .. but no need to change that just for this. I'm closing the bug as resolved/notabug. 72304 3 stephano 2017-04-11 16:48:10 +0000 Sounds good, thanks for the update. I think the stack trace, while not an eminent issue, is a symptom of larger issues in tinfoil. For example, the fact that the error (ERROR: Layer 'networking-layer') gets printed two times. Error handling inside tinfoil is inherently complex, however it could use with some polish at the least.