Bug 12088

Summary:	yocto-compat-layer does not resolve layer dependencies
Product:	[Build System, Metadata & Runtime] OE-Core	Reporter:	Todor Minchev <todor.minchev>
Component:	Scripts and Tools	Assignee:	Mark Hatle <mark.hatle>
Status:	RESOLVED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Medium+	CC:	brian.avery, ross.burton, stephano
Version:	2.4
Target Milestone:	2.4 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 Todor Minchev 2017-09-14 22:15:09 UTC

If yocto-compat-layer-wrapper is run against a layer, which depends on another layer. The dependent layers are not resolved and the tests fail (no bb recipes are found for bbappends in our layer).

Comment 1 Mark Hatle 2017-09-21 14:52:42 UTC

I have no idea what 'yocto-compat-layer-wrapper' is.

yocto-compat-layer, formerly yocto-compat-layer.py, does properly handle dependencies.

The dependency must be specified in the layer.conf file using LAYERDEPENDS = "..."

The dependency layers must be provided to the tool using the command line --dependency <path> arguments, or included in the primary checking argument.  Without doing this the tool has no way to 'find' a layer.  You must tell it where everything else.

Comment 2 Stephano Cetola 2017-09-21 15:58:32 UTC

Per Todor, mark as resolved. --dependency works for him.