Bug 11256

Summary:	HOSTTOOLS can link to directories
Product:	[Build System, Metadata & Runtime] OE-Core	Reporter:	Ross Burton <ross.burton>
Component:	core	Assignee:	Ross Burton <ross.burton>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Medium+	CC:	meta.mr.watcher, meta.watcher
Version:	2.3
Target Milestone:	2.3 M4
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Multiple
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto:	---	Type of Regression:	---
Verified:		Documentation change:	No (bug/feature does not impact docs)

Description Ross Burton 2017-03-28 09:30:59 UTC

The example was $PATH contained /etc for some reason, and tmp/hosttools/python3 ended up being a symlink to /etc/python3/, which is a directory.

The hosttools population should verify that the target is an executable file (or symlink to).

Comment 1 Ross Burton 2017-03-30 13:35:15 UTC

Patches on the bitbake/oe-core lists.

Comment 2 Ross Burton 2017-03-31 14:39:47 UTC

Merged in oe-core 7f40c934c3aeb1d34f95f30b281e25a17c428fce.