2713 2012-07-06 21:54:26 +0000 bitbake -b option returns errors without pointing the error cause 2012-07-09 11:31:28 +0000 1 1 7 Build System, Metadata & Runtime BitBake bitbake 1.1.2 x86 Multiple RESOLVED WONTFIX Undecided normal --- 1 laurentiu.serban richard.purdie poky.bs.watcher poky.watcher --- --- --- oldest_to_newest 22880 0 laurentiu.serban 2012-07-06 21:54:26 +0000 If the recipe does not exist the error returned looks like below: [lserban@localhost build]$ bitbake -b sstest_ WARNING: Buildfile specified, dependencies will not be handled. If this is not what you want, do not use -b / --buildfile. ERROR: Unable to match sstest_ (0 matches found): ERROR: Command execution failed: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/lserban/work/edison/bitbake/lib/bb/command.py", line 102, in runAsyncCommand commandmethod(self.cmds_async, self, options) File "/home/lserban/work/edison/bitbake/lib/bb/command.py", line 197, in buildFile command.cooker.buildFile(bfile, task) File "/home/lserban/work/edison/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py", line 982, in buildFile fn = self.matchFile(fn) File "/home/lserban/work/edison/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py", line 959, in matchFile raise MultipleMatches MultipleMatches 22899 1 richard.purdie 2012-07-09 11:31:28 +0000 This bug was fixed in 1.2 as part of the error handling overhaul work. I'm not sure it makes sense to backport this to 1.1 unless there are specific requests from the community for it. I checked and master does not have this issue.