| Message ID | 20250820061959.22598-1-r.gruenert@pironex.com |
|---|---|
| State | New |
| Headers | show |
| Series | scripts/runqemu: raise an error when bitbake was not found | expand |
On Wed, 2025-08-20 at 08:19 +0200, Richard Grünert via lists.openembedded.org wrote: > I am new to Yocto/OpenEmbedded and compiled poky by following the Yocto > "Quick Build" guide. I later tried to call runqemu > from a terminal different to the one I ran the compilation in > and runqemu was not found. > Wondering why it was not found, I ran it directly as `./scripts/runqemu`, > which was a misconception I had because you are supposed to have > `oe-init-build-env` sourced. However, there was no error that told me > this when running runqemu like I did. So I thought it would be > good to add this error message to notify the user that bitbake > was not found. At least it would have helped me and saved me > some minutes of head scratching. > > Signed-off-by: Richard Grünert <r.gruenert@pironex.com> > --- > scripts/runqemu | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/scripts/runqemu b/scripts/runqemu > index c24528eac8..6a36fdc011 100755 > --- a/scripts/runqemu > +++ b/scripts/runqemu > @@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ to your build configuration. > def run_bitbake_env(self, mach=None, target=''): > bitbake = shutil.which('bitbake') > if not bitbake: > - return > + raise RunQemuError("bitbake could not be found in your PATH. Did you forget to source oe-init-build-env?") > > if not mach: > mach = self.get('MACHINE') > Thanks for the patch! I think there are cases where bitbake isn't needed and runqemu can be run without it so this change will break those use cases. Bitbake isn't needed when the path to the qemuboot file and kernel/rootfs is on the commandline. I'm wondering if we can detect that and/or put this error message onto one of the later error paths to hint to the user the issue? Cheers, Richard
diff --git a/scripts/runqemu b/scripts/runqemu index c24528eac8..6a36fdc011 100755 --- a/scripts/runqemu +++ b/scripts/runqemu @@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ to your build configuration. def run_bitbake_env(self, mach=None, target=''): bitbake = shutil.which('bitbake') if not bitbake: - return + raise RunQemuError("bitbake could not be found in your PATH. Did you forget to source oe-init-build-env?") if not mach: mach = self.get('MACHINE')
I am new to Yocto/OpenEmbedded and compiled poky by following the Yocto "Quick Build" guide. I later tried to call runqemu from a terminal different to the one I ran the compilation in and runqemu was not found. Wondering why it was not found, I ran it directly as `./scripts/runqemu`, which was a misconception I had because you are supposed to have `oe-init-build-env` sourced. However, there was no error that told me this when running runqemu like I did. So I thought it would be good to add this error message to notify the user that bitbake was not found. At least it would have helped me and saved me some minutes of head scratching. Signed-off-by: Richard Grünert <r.gruenert@pironex.com> --- scripts/runqemu | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)