As of: fc45deac89ef63ca1c44e763c38ced7dfd72cbe1

Oe-selftest TCs test_layer_appends & test_devtool_update_recipe_git fail if run from a build dir that is not inside poky.

[daniel@fedora-ws build-outside-poky]$ pwd
/media/ssd/build-outside-poky
[daniel@fedora-ws build-outside-poky]$ oe-selftest --run-tests devtool.DevtoolTests.test_devtool_update_recipe_git
2015-11-04 15:22:52,591 - selftest - INFO - Running bitbake -e to get BBPATH
2015-11-04 15:22:53,587 - selftest - INFO - Checking that everything is in order before running the tests
2015-11-04 15:22:54,613 - selftest - INFO - Running bitbake -p
2015-11-04 15:23:33,408 - selftest - INFO - Loading tests from: oeqa.selftest.devtool.DevtoolTests.test_devtool_update_recipe_git
2015-11-04 15:23:33,416 - selftest - INFO - Adding: "include selftest.inc" in local.conf
2015-11-04 15:23:33,416 - selftest - INFO - Adding: "include bblayers.inc" in bblayers.conf
2015-11-04 15:23:33 - test_devtool_update_recipe_git (oeqa.selftest.devtool.DevtoolTests) ... FAIL

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FAIL: test_devtool_update_recipe_git (oeqa.selftest.devtool.DevtoolTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/daniel/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/decorators.py", line 106, in wrapped_f
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/daniel/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/devtool.py", line 585, in test_devtool_update_recipe_git
    result = runCmd('git rev-parse --show-toplevel')
  File "/home/daniel/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py", line 105, in runCmd
    raise AssertionError("Command '%s' returned non-zero exit status %d:\n%s" % (command, result.status, result.output))
AssertionError: Command 'git rev-parse --show-toplevel' returned non-zero exit status 128:
fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /media/ssd)
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).

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Ran 1 test in 31.132s

FAILED (failures=1)
2015-11-04 15:24:04,549 - selftest - INFO - Finished
2015-11-04 15:24:04,549 - selftest - INFO - Removing the include from local.conf
2015-11-04 15:24:04,550 - selftest - INFO - Removing the include from bblayers.conf
[daniel@fedora-ws build-outside-poky]$ oe-selftest --run-tests layerappend.LayerAppendTests.test_layer_appends
2015-11-04 15:25:19,002 - selftest - INFO - Running bitbake -e to get BBPATH
2015-11-04 15:25:20,197 - selftest - INFO - Checking that everything is in order before running the tests
2015-11-04 15:25:21,239 - selftest - INFO - Running bitbake -p
2015-11-04 15:25:25,305 - selftest - INFO - Loading tests from: oeqa.selftest.layerappend.LayerAppendTests.test_layer_appends
2015-11-04 15:25:25,306 - selftest - INFO - Adding: "include selftest.inc" in local.conf
2015-11-04 15:25:25,306 - selftest - INFO - Adding: "include bblayers.inc" in bblayers.conf
2015-11-04 15:25:25 - test_layer_appends (oeqa.selftest.layerappend.LayerAppendTests) ... FAIL

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FAIL: test_layer_appends (oeqa.selftest.layerappend.LayerAppendTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/daniel/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/decorators.py", line 106, in wrapped_f
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/daniel/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/layerappend.py", line 83, in test_layer_appends
    bitbake("layerappendtest")
  File "/home/daniel/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py", line 127, in bitbake
    return runCmd(cmd, ignore_status, timeout, **options)
  File "/home/daniel/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py", line 105, in runCmd
    raise AssertionError("Command '%s' returned non-zero exit status %d:\n%s" % (command, result.status, result.output))
AssertionError: Command 'bitbake  layerappendtest' returned non-zero exit status 1:
ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/daniel/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py", line 178, in wrapped
    return func(fn, *args)
  File "/home/daniel/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py", line 200, in parse_config_file
    return bb.parse.handle(fn, data, include)
  File "/home/daniel/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/__init__.py", line 113, in handle
    return h['handle'](fn, data, include)
  File "/home/daniel/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/ConfHandler.py", line 124, in handle
    abs_fn = resolve_file(fn, data)
  File "/home/daniel/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/__init__.py", line 136, in resolve_file
    raise IOError(errno.ENOENT, "file %s not found" % fn)
IOError: [Errno 2] file /media/ssd/build-outside-poky/../meta-layertest0/conf/layer.conf not found

ERROR: Unable to parse /media/ssd/build-outside-poky/../meta-layertest0/conf/layer.conf: [Errno 2] file /media/ssd/build-outside-poky/../meta-layertest0/conf/layer.conf not found

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Ran 1 test in 2.642s

FAILED (failures=1)
2015-11-04 15:25:27,948 - selftest - INFO - Finished
2015-11-04 15:25:27,948 - selftest - INFO - Removing the include from local.conf
2015-11-04 15:25:27,949 - selftest - INFO - Removing the include from bblayers.conf
[daniel@fedora-ws build-outside-poky]$ 


If the build dir is inside poky, these two TCs are passing.

[daniel@fedora-ws build-inside-poky]$ pwd
/home/daniel/poky/build-inside-poky
[daniel@fedora-ws build-inside-poky]$ oe-selftest --run-tests devtool.DevtoolTests.test_devtool_update_recipe_git
2015-11-04 15:21:07,963 - selftest - INFO - Running bitbake -e to get BBPATH
2015-11-04 15:21:09,040 - selftest - INFO - Checking that everything is in order before running the tests
2015-11-04 15:21:09,997 - selftest - INFO - Running bitbake -p
2015-11-04 15:21:54,717 - selftest - INFO - Loading tests from: oeqa.selftest.devtool.DevtoolTests.test_devtool_update_recipe_git
2015-11-04 15:21:54,723 - selftest - INFO - Adding: "include selftest.inc" in local.conf
2015-11-04 15:21:54,723 - selftest - INFO - Adding: "include bblayers.inc" in bblayers.conf
2015-11-04 15:21:54 - test_devtool_update_recipe_git (oeqa.selftest.devtool.DevtoolTests) ... ok

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Ran 1 test in 31.398s

OK
2015-11-04 15:22:26,121 - selftest - INFO - Finished
2015-11-04 15:22:26,121 - selftest - INFO - Removing the include from local.conf
2015-11-04 15:22:26,122 - selftest - INFO - Removing the include from bblayers.conf
[daniel@fedora-ws build-inside-poky]$ oe-selftest --run-tests layerappend.LayerAppendTests.test_layer_appends
2015-11-04 15:24:29,026 - selftest - INFO - Running bitbake -e to get BBPATH
2015-11-04 15:24:30,226 - selftest - INFO - Checking that everything is in order before running the tests
2015-11-04 15:24:31,352 - selftest - INFO - Running bitbake -p
2015-11-04 15:24:35,302 - selftest - INFO - Loading tests from: oeqa.selftest.layerappend.LayerAppendTests.test_layer_appends
2015-11-04 15:24:35,313 - selftest - INFO - Adding: "include selftest.inc" in local.conf
2015-11-04 15:24:35,313 - selftest - INFO - Adding: "include bblayers.inc" in bblayers.conf
2015-11-04 15:24:35 - test_layer_appends (oeqa.selftest.layerappend.LayerAppendTests) ... ok

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Ran 1 test in 34.061s

OK
2015-11-04 15:25:09,374 - selftest - INFO - Finished
2015-11-04 15:25:09,374 - selftest - INFO - Removing the include from local.conf
2015-11-04 15:25:09,375 - selftest - INFO - Removing the include from bblayers.conf
[daniel@fedora-ws build-inside-poky]$ 

Tested on Ubuntu 15.04 x86_64 and Fedora 21 x86_64.