1279 2011-07-22 16:40:54 +0000 If parse fails Hob just spins forever 2011-08-02 16:12:30 +0000 1 1 7 Build System, Metadata & Runtime Hob hob unspecified x86 Multiple VERIFIED FIXED High major 1.1 1 josh josh jessica.zhang jiajun.xu lianhao.lu liping.ke poky.bs.watcher poky.watcher --- --- --- oldest_to_newest 14938 0 josh 2011-07-22 16:40:54 +0000 I'd enabled a layer in my testing which included bbappends for non-existent files and caused a parse error. The GUI just kept spinning regardless... If I run the knotty with the same bblayers.conf: joshual@scimitar:~/Projects/Yocto/oe-core/build [master] $ bitbake core-image-minimal -n Loading cache: 100% |###########################################| ETA: 00:00:00 Loaded 1387 entries from dependency cache. ERROR: No recipes available for: /home/joshual/Projects/Yocto/oe-core/meta-demo/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-wrs_git.bbappend /home/joshual/Projects/Yocto/oe-core/meta-demo/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_git.bbappend ERROR: Command execution failed: Exited with 1 15073 1 josh 2011-07-28 11:46:12 +0000 The knotty (command-line) interface exits with an error in this situation. The GUI should report an error and if possible aid the user in diagnosing and fixing it. 15076 2 josh 2011-07-28 15:13:50 +0000 The solution I've come up with is to show the user a dialog telling them there's been an unrecoverable error and then showing the (often terse) error message from the underlying system. The dialog has an "Exit" button for the user to acknowledge the message and quit the program. 15156 3 josh 2011-08-02 14:37:59 +0000 http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/?id=5f33a63fea9fc5de9e78eb6587f65b51d5450846 15162 4 josh 2011-08-02 16:12:30 +0000 Fix is merged and I've benefited from the change already.