5533 2013-11-14 09:12:40 +0000 bitbake -g can't figure out non-existed packages 2017-07-03 15:15:41 +0000 1 1 7 Build System, Metadata & Runtime BitBake bitbake 1.6 x86 Multiple RESOLVED FIXED Medium normal 2.4 1 liezhi.yang liezhi.yang mark.hatle poky.bs.watcher poky.watcher randy.macleod richard.purdie ross.burton sgw --- --- No (bug/feature does not impact docs) oldest_to_newest 38764 0 liezhi.yang 2013-11-14 09:12:40 +0000 It seems that bitbake assumes recipe RPROVIDES PN by default, but this would cause problems: Steps to reproduce: $ echo IMAGE_INSTALL_append += \"dhcp\" >> conf/local.conf $ bitbake dhcp $ bitbake -g core-image-minimal (works well) $ bitbake core-image-minimal There would be the error: | Error: dhcp not found in the base feeds (qemuarm armv5te armv5e armv5t armv5 armv4t armv4 arm noarch any all). | WARNING: /buildarea/lyang1/doratest6/tmp/work/qemuarm-poky-linux-gnueabi/core-image-minimal/1.0-r0/temp/run.do_rootfs.20784:1 exit 1 from | exit 1 NOTE: The dhcp is in its PACKAGES, but it doesn't matter, we will still get the error if is not in its PACKAGES. 74378 1 ross.burton 2017-06-20 11:09:35 +0000 The problem is that the dhcp recipe has dhcp in PACKAGES, but it is empty so doesn't actually get generated. Bitbake can't know this, so it is doing the right thing. (a proper fix would be to stop the dhcp recipe from claiming it produces a dhcp package) 74382 2 ross.burton 2017-06-20 11:18:56 +0000 Hm, no, sorry didn't read the report correctly. If you do PACKAGES_remove=$PN then bitbake still tries to build an image. 74386 3 ross.burton 2017-06-20 11:35:00 +0000 cache.py, CoreRecipeInfo constructor: if not self.pn in self.packages: self.packages.append(self.pn) if PN isn't in the PACKAGES list, add PN. Simply commenting out that line breaks the cache as native packages don't have PACKAGES. Maybe native should just set PACKAGES=PN? 74570 4 ross.burton 2017-06-27 11:13:31 +0000 Patch on the list 74714 5 ross.burton 2017-07-03 15:15:41 +0000 Fixed in bitbake df31a88786ce5bd7708ff14e1379dc2a58a8c0cf.