On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 12:47 AM, Mark Hatle <mark.ha...@windriver.com> wrote: > Based on a discussion with IRC user: Ulfalizer > > It was suggested that removing the diagnostic list, and replacing it with a > simple hint to what might be causing the problem was a better solution. > > Signed-off-by: Mark Hatle <mark.ha...@windriver.com> > --- > meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py | 20 ++++++++++++-------- > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py > index d609593..dc88f62 100644 > --- a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py > +++ b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py > @@ -838,11 +838,13 @@ class RpmPM(PackageManager): > new_pkg = self._search_pkg_name_in_feeds(subst, > feed_archs) > if not new_pkg: > # Failed to translate, package not found! > - err_msg = '%s not found in the %s feeds (%s).' % \ > - (pkg, mlib, " ".join(feed_archs)) > + err_msg = '%s not found in the %s feeds (%s) in %s.' > % \ > + (pkg, mlib, " ".join(feed_archs), > self.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_RPM', True)) > if not attempt_only: > - bb.error("List of available packages: " + " > ".join(self.fullpkglist)) > - bb.fatal(err_msg) > + bb.error(err_msg) > + bb.fatal("This is often caused by an empty > package declared " \ > + "in a recipe's PACKAGES variable. > (Empty packages are " \ > + "not constructed unless > ALLOW_EMPTY_<pkg> = '1' is used.)") > bb.warn(err_msg) > else: > new_pkgs.append(new_pkg) > @@ -855,11 +857,13 @@ class RpmPM(PackageManager): > default_archs = self.ml_prefix_list['default'] > new_pkg = self._search_pkg_name_in_feeds(pkg, default_archs) > if not new_pkg: > - err_msg = '%s not found in the feeds (%s).' % \ > - (pkg, ' '.join(default_archs)) > + err_msg = '%s not found in the feeds (%s) in %s.' % \ > + (pkg, " ".join(default_archs), > self.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_RPM', True)) > if not attempt_only: > - bb.error("List of available packages: " + " > ".join(self.fullpkglist)) > - bb.fatal(err_msg) > + bb.error(err_msg) > + bb.fatal("This is often caused by an empty package > declared " \ > + "in a recipe's PACKAGES variable. (Empty > packages are " \ > + "not constructed unless ALLOW_EMPTY_<pkg> = > '1' is used.)") > bb.warn(err_msg) > else: > new_pkgs.append(new_pkg) > -- > 2.5.5 > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Openembedded-core mailing list > Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org > http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
Looks good to me. Maybe the hint could be stored in a variable to avoid repeating it, or a helper function factored out. ALLOW_EMPTY_<pkg> = "1" instead of '1' avoids encouraging random single quotes in files too. Cheers, Ulf -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core