Also seen in the WR autobuilder environment.
There is a patch added to make this more debugable if it happens again.

Patch added to aid debugging if it fails again: https://git.yoctoproject.org/poky/commit/?id=c28a9a5799618ae1ddcccdd3a7f448d759e7a9a4

Randy to add more info from WR logs.

The WR autobuilder has seen this odd failure at least 3 times:

1. 2023-02-03, 20:40 ET fedora34_64 build container
   busybox_1.36.0 failed (do_patch) of 
      wrlinux-graphics_qemux86_sysvinit_world_predefined_cd.

      tmp-glibc/work/cortexa8hf-neon-oe-linux-gnueabi/busybox/1.36.0-r0/recipe-sysroot-native

      Error link: http://ala-lpggp7.wrs.com:8090/Errors/Details/16713/

and then:
2. 2023-03-05, 07:10 ET wrlfull-lts21 build container
   busybox_1.36.0 failed (do_patch) of 
      nodistro_beaglebone-yocto_core-image-full-cmdline_cd.

      tmp-glibc/work/cortexa8hf-neon-oe-linux-gnueabi/busybox/1.36.0-r0/

      Error link: http://ala-lpggp7.wrs.com:8090/Errors/Build/13586/

3. 2023-03-30, 18:50 ET  fedora37_64 build container
   busybox_1.36.0 failed (do_patch) of 
      nodistro_beaglebone-yocto_core-image-full-cmdline_cd., 18:50

      tmp-glibc/work/cortexa8hf-neon-oe-linux-gnueabi/busybox/1.36.0-r0/recipe-sysroot-native

      Error link: http://ala-lpggp7.wrs.com:8090/Errors/Build/14330/

for 1.
log:
DEBUG: Executing python function extend_recipe_sysroot
NOTE: Direct dependencies are ['/home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-48fccb38-1ac0-489f-b81a-618397ea2b7c/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-devtools/quilt/quilt-native_0.67.bb:do_populate_sysroot', 'virtual:native:/home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-48fccb38-1ac0-489f-b81a-618397ea2b7c/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-devtools/patch/patch_2.7.6.bb:do_populate_sysroot']
NOTE: Installed into sysroot: ['quilt-native', 'patch-native', 'libtool-native', 'attr-native', 'texinfo-dummy-native', 'gettext-minimal-native']
NOTE: Skipping as already exists in sysroot: []
DEBUG: sed -e 's:^[^/]*/:TOPDIR/tmp-glibc/work/cortexa8hf-neon-oe-linux-gnueabi/busybox/1.36.0-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/:g' TOPDIR/tmp-glibc/sysroots-components/x86_64/quilt-native/fixmepath TOPDIR/tmp-glibc/sysroots-components/x86_64/libtool-native/fixmepath | xargs sed -i -e 's:FIXMESTAGINGDIRTARGET:TOPDIR/tmp-glibc/work/cortexa8hf-neon-oe-linux-gnueabi/busybox/1.36.0-r0/recipe-sysroot:g; s:FIXMESTAGINGDIRHOST:TOPDIR/tmp-glibc/work/cortexa8hf-neon-oe-linux-gnueabi/busybox/1.36.0-r0/recipe-sysroot-native:g' -e 's:FIXME_PSEUDO_SYSROOT:TOPDIR/tmp-glibc/sysroots-components/x86_64/pseudo-native:g' -e 's:FIXME_HOSTTOOLS_DIR:TOPDIR/tmp-glibc/hosttools:g' -e 's:FIXME_PKGDATA_DIR:TOPDIR/tmp-glibc/pkgdata/beaglebone-yocto:g' -e 's:FIXME_PSEUDO_LOCALSTATEDIR:TOPDIR/tmp-glibc/work/cortexa8hf-neon-oe-linux-gnueabi/busybox/1.36.0-r0/pseudo/:g' -e 's:FIXME_LOGFIFO:TOPDIR/tmp-glibc/work/cortexa8hf-neon-oe-linux-gnueabi/busybox/1.36.0-r0/temp/fifo.1092067:g'
DEBUG: Python function extend_recipe_sysroot finished
DEBUG: Executing python function do_patch
DEBUG: Executing python function patch_do_patch
NOTE: Applying patch '0001-depmod-Ignore-.debug-directories.patch' (../layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/0001-depmod-Ignore-.debug-directories.patch)
ERROR: Importing patch '0001-depmod-Ignore-.debug-directories.patch' with striplevel '1'
FileNotFoundError(2, 'No such file or directory')
DEBUG: Python function patch_do_patch finished
DEBUG: Python function do_patch finished



The problem is NOT seen in kirkstone-based or older builds.

Actually, there are two failure modes related to the file: 0001-depmod-Ignore-.debug-directories.patch - error on fetch and error on patch.

There are 9 do_fetch errors starting on 2023-02-01, 02:30  ET
and the most recent occurrence is on 2023-04-05, 02:20 ET



DEBUG: For url ['file', '', '0001-depmod-Ignore-.debug-directories.patch', '', '', OrderedDict()] comparing ['.*', '.*', '/.*', '', '', OrderedDict()] to ['file', '', '/home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/local/downloads/', '', '', OrderedDict()]
DEBUG: For url ['file', '', '0001-depmod-Ignore-.debug-directories.patch', '', '', OrderedDict()] comparing ['git', '.*', '/.*', '', '', OrderedDict()] to ['git', '', '/home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/local/git/BASENAME', '', '', OrderedDict([('protocol', 'file')])]
DEBUG: For url ['file', '', '0001-depmod-Ignore-.debug-directories.patch', '', '', OrderedDict()] comparing ['git', 'sourceware.org', '/git/glibc.git', '', '', OrderedDict()] to ['https', 'downloads.yoctoproject.org', '/mirror/sources/', '', '', OrderedDict()]
DEBUG: For url ['file', '', '0001-depmod-Ignore-.debug-directories.patch', '', '', OrderedDict()] comparing ['git', 'sourceware.org', '/git/binutils-gdb.git', '', '', OrderedDict()] to ['https', 'downloads.yoctoproject.org', '/mirror/sources/', '', '', OrderedDict()]
DEBUG: Trying Upstream
WARNING: Failed to fetch URL file://0001-depmod-Ignore-.debug-directories.patch, attempting MIRRORS if available
DEBUG: Fetcher failure: Unable to find file file://0001-depmod-Ignore-.debug-directories.patch anywhere. The paths that were searched were:
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/meta-clang/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/nodistro
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-1.36.0/nodistro
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/nodistro
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/nodistro
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/meta-clang/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/ti-j72xx
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-1.36.0/ti-j72xx
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/ti-j72xx
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/ti-j72xx
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/meta-clang/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/armv8a
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-1.36.0/armv8a
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/armv8a
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/armv8a
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/meta-clang/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/aarch64
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-1.36.0/aarch64
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/aarch64
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/aarch64
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/meta-clang/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/aarch64
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-1.36.0/aarch64
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/aarch64
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/aarch64
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/meta-clang/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-1.36.0/
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/
    /home/wrlbuild/builds/builds-b6910524-52cd-4f22-aa20-96b56217b0b5/layers/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/busybox/files/

The second one is tracked as bug 15041

https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/typhoon/#/builders/44/builds/7083/steps/11/logs/stdio

multilib alma9-ty-2

There was a rare corruption in the fetcher code that should have fixed this issue. Exact commit not known right now. -- YP Bug review