12163 2017-10-03 15:16:35 +0000 Obtuse error if build dir != cwd 2017-11-07 15:58:39 +0000 1 1 7 Build System, Metadata & Runtime BitBake bitbake 2.4 x86 Multiple RESOLVED FIXED Medium+ normal 2.5 M1 1 ross.burton richard.purdie bluelightning poky.bs.watcher poky.watcher --- --- No (bug/feature does not impact docs) oldest_to_newest 77303 0 ross.burton 2017-10-03 15:16:35 +0000 If I run a build from a directory that isn't the build directory: $ cd poky $ . oe-init-build-env $ cd .. $ bitbake m4 NOTE: Retrying server connection... (Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/ross/Yocto/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py", line 427, in setup_bitbake topdir, lock = lockBitbake() File "/home/ross/Yocto/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/main.py", line 494, in lockBitbake lockfile = topdir + "/bitbake.lock" TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'NoneType' and 'str' ) [ repeated ] ERROR: Unable to connect to bitbake server, or start one 77311 1 bluelightning 2017-10-03 18:57:23 +0000 Right, I've seen this as well. Once upon a time you used to be able to run bitbake anywhere after having set up the environment, but that got broken some time ago (though this particular behaviour is fairly new). 77757 2 richard.purdie 2017-10-21 12:07:04 +0000 Patches for both issues on the lists (Oe-Core and Bitbake) 78030 3 richard.purdie 2017-11-07 15:58:39 +0000 http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/?id=ba2cfcc6ddc06e45beb50fe1f2fc18755e155ffa http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/?id=5dacc5516718efdf0a470e074a5c05b1ecf8cc15