11977 2017-08-24 19:51:17 +0000 bitbake -g -u taskexp <target> raises an import exception 2021-01-05 19:43:23 +0000 1 1 7 Build System, Metadata & Runtime OE-Core core 2.5 x86 Multiple RESOLVED FIXED NEWCOMER Medium minor 4.99 1 leonardo.sandoval.gonzalez newcomer dakhouya joshuagloe meta.mr.watcher meta.watcher mshah randy.macleod ross.burton stephano --- --- No (bug/feature does not impact docs) oldest_to_newest 76144 0 leonardo.sandoval.gonzalez 2017-08-24 19:51:17 +0000 When launching the bitbake -g -u taskexp to show task dependencies at UI, the following stack trace shows at command line in my opensuse box. $ bitbake -g -u taskexp core-image-minimal Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/lsandov1/poky-testing/poky/bitbake/bin/bitbake", line 48, in <module> cookerdata.CookerConfiguration())) File "/home/lsandov1/poky-testing/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py", line 372, in bitbake_main server_connection, ui_module = setup_bitbake(configParams, configuration) File "/home/lsandov1/poky-testing/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py", line 413, in setup_bitbake ui_module = import_extension_module(bb.ui, configParams.ui, 'main') File "/home/lsandov1/poky-testing/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py", line 106, in import_extension_module module = __import__(pkg.__name__, fromlist=[modulename]) File "/home/lsandov1/poky-testing/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/taskexp.py", line 21, in <module> import gi ImportError: No module named 'gi' DEBUG: Removed the following variables from the environment: OLDPWD, MINICOM, LS_COLORS, XDG_RUNTIME_DIR, gopher_proxy, LESS, XKEYSYMDB, LESSKEY, HISTSIZE, LS_OPTIONS, HOSTTYPE, SSH_CLIENT, LESS_ADVANCED_PREPROCESSOR, XDG_DATA_DIRS, LIBGL_DEBUG, BUILDDIR, MORE, XDG_CONFIG_DIRS, SSH_SENDS_LOCALE, MACHTYPE, G_FILENAME_ENCODING, FROM_HEADER, HOST, MANPATH, SOCKS5_SERVER, PYTHONSTARTUP, HOSTNAME, SSH_CONNECTION, CSHEDIT, MAIL, OSTYPE, PAGER, SHLVL, LESSCLOSE, INPUTRC, GPG_TTY, SOCKS_PROXY, XNLSPATH, PROFILEREAD, socks_proxy, XDG_SESSION_ID, SSH_TTY, CPU, LESSOPEN, NNTPSERVER, LANG, COLORTERM, _, G_BROKEN_FILENAMES, CONFIG_SITE lsandov1@yctb05:~/poky-testing/poky/build> 76230 1 ross.burton 2017-08-29 14:55:42 +0000 ImportError: No module named 'gi' You need python-gobject (and GTK+3). I'm 99% sure this is documented but I guess a nice message would be better than just throwing an exception. 78578 2 joshuagloe 2017-12-07 14:48:54 +0000 We should print a message to suggest which modules are missing. 87672 3 dakhouya 2020-07-01 10:03:14 +0000 Patch was submitted on bitbake-devel 88849 4 mshah 2021-01-04 06:20:50 +0000 Is this still an open issue? I tried throwing the command "bitbake -g -u taskexp core-image-minimal" but worked fine for me. Tested on branch "dunfell" -> commit hash 16d477fa5d2bec49ccd83ede8249431d30e0c80c. 88866 5 dakhouya 2021-01-05 18:55:26 +0000 This issue has been fixed with the following commits: http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/?id=64f2361c5b88118d9731ecd55faf034e215588d2 http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/?id=31c4731c8e14f372b8df9b46b2bf179187796573 88867 6 randy.macleod 2021-01-05 19:43:23 +0000 As per David's comment. Thanks everyone!