14148 2020-12-09 17:31:00 +0000 yocto-check-layer argument parser is bad 2026-03-24 15:19:40 +0000 1 1 7 Build System, Metadata & Runtime OE-Core Scripts and Tools 3.4 x86 Multiple NEW Medium normal 5.99 1 ross.burton ross.burton denis mingli.yu randy.macleod ross.burton --- --- Yes (doc changes required) oldest_to_newest 88739 0 ross.burton 2020-12-09 17:31:00 +0000 The yocto-check-layer argument parser has both optional parameters (--machine and --dependency) and mandatory positional arguments (layers) all using + for nargs, which means that parsing is non-deterministic and ambiguous: $ yocto-check-layer --dependency /home/ross/Yocto/meta-arm/meta-arm-toolchain --machines qemuarm64-secureboot /home/ross/Yocto/meta-arm/meta-arm yocto-check-layer: error: the following arguments are required: LAYER_DIR It thought I was passing two machines and no layer, when instead I was passing a machine and a layer. This can be easily solved by changing the positional layers to be --layers [LAYER DIR ...]. 88740 1 ross.burton 2020-12-09 17:31:30 +0000 The workaround is to creatively order the arguments so the variables are not ambiguous, but this might not be always possible. 95434 2 randy.macleod 2023-04-21 18:45:45 +0000 Moved en masse from 4.2 to 4.3 by Randy. 98950 3 randy.macleod 2024-04-30 18:05:09 +0000 Add Mingli/Grace to CC since she might want to fix this small bug.