Re: [bitbake-devel] [PATCH] prserv: add --status to list running servers

[Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, 2026-08-24 at 04:50 +0000, Baban via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> bitbake-prserv could start and stop a server but not say what is
> running. Add --status: it reads every /tmp/PRServer_<ip>_<port>.pid,
> reports each server as running (with its pid) or as a stale pidfile,
> and exits 0 if at least one server is alive, 1 otherwise.
> 
> Extend the ScriptTests start/stop lifecycle with status checks in
> both states.
> 
> [YOCTO #10865]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Babanpreet Singh <bbnpreetsingh@gmail.com>
> ---
>  bin/bitbake-prserv  |  7 +++++++
>  lib/prserv/serv.py  | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  lib/prserv/tests.py | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Thanks for this, I've been meaning to do this for a long time!

Unfortunately this patch does seem to be causing failures in our
automated testing:

https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/48/builds/4607

I did wonder if the code needs to cope with the port already being in
use too?

Cheers,

Richard