16494 2026-11-11 18:14:30 +0000 bitbake-setup fetcher logging is terrible 2026-11-12 15:42:21 +0000 1 1 7 Build System, Metadata & Runtime BitBake bitbake unspecified x86 Multiple IN PROGRESS REVIEW Medium+ normal 6.2 M1 1 richard.purdie richard.purdie adrian.freihofer alex.kanavin ccasciato poky.bs.watcher poky.watcher randy.macleod --- --- No (bug/feature does not impact docs) oldest_to_newest 107378 0 richard.purdie 2026-11-11 18:14:30 +0000 $ bitbake-setup --setting default top-dir-prefix /tmp/pokybuild/ --setting default top-dir-name poky-tiny --setting default dl-dir /foobar --setting default common-sstate no --global-settings /tmp/pokybuild/settings.conf init --skip-selection machine --skip-selection distro --setup-dir-name build --non-interactive poky-master poky machine/qemux86-64 distro/poky-tiny NOTE: Bitbake-setup is using /tmp/pokybuild/poky-tiny as top directory. /tmp/pokybuild/poky-tiny looks like a new top directory. If you would like to use a different directory, answer "n" below and either: 1) Change the default bitbake-setup settings: bitbake-setup settings set default top-dir-prefix <PATH> bitbake-setup settings set default top-dir-name <NAME> 2) Pass one or more options on the command line to change the top level directory in that invocation only: bitbake-setup --setting default top-dir-prefix <PATH> ... bitbake-setup --setting default top-dir-name <NAME> ... A common site.conf file will be created, please check it is correct before running builds /tmp/pokybuild/poky-tiny/site.conf NOTE: Looking up config poky-master in configuration registry NOTE: Skipping a selection of machine, as requested on command line. The resulting bitbake configuration may require further manual adjustments. NOTE: Skipping a selection of distro, as requested on command line. The resulting bitbake configuration may require further manual adjustments. NOTE: Run 'bitbake-setup init --non-interactive poky-master poky' to select this configuration non-interactively. Initializing a setup directory in /tmp/pokybuild/poky-tiny/build Fetching layer/tool repositories into /tmp/pokybuild/poky-tiny/build/layers bitbake ERROR: cannot access local variable 'lf' where it is not associated with a value The actual error is that DL_DIR of /foobar is not writable! I'm filing as the logging output/error is terrible in multiple ways and we should improve this. 107379 1 richard.purdie 2026-11-11 18:19:57 +0000 I've sent a fix for the lf not being set issue, but the bigger question is why there isn't any traceback shown here? 107380 2 alex.kanavin 2026-11-11 18:35:58 +0000 At some point it was decided that it's better to show a clean error message contained in the exception, and skip the stack trace that caused it (unless in debug mode): https://git.openembedded.org/bitbake/commit/?id=9fb6b0011bae34a7c1feb53281e13364d85ddee8 We might want to revisit that idea... 107381 3 richard.purdie 2026-11-11 20:25:17 +0000 Copying Adrian, I think we might want to undo this as it is actively breaking usability, I'd rather have the ugly tracebacks to be honest 107390 4 randy.macleod 2026-11-12 15:42:21 +0000 RP has a patch.