RE: [bitbake-devel] [PATCH] utils: Ensure shell function failure in python logging is correct

[Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org <bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org> On Behalf Of Richard Purdie
> Sent: den 21 februari 2022 17:04
> To: bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org
> Subject: [bitbake-devel] [PATCH] utils: Ensure shell function failure in
> python logging is correct
> 
> If a python function exec_func() calls a shell task, the logging wasn't working
> correctly in all cases since the exception was turned into a BBHandledException()
> and the logfile piece was lost which is handled at the top task level.
> 
> The easiest way to avoid this is to allow the ExecutionError exceptions to
> be raised to a higher level, we don't need the traceback for them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
> ---
>  lib/bb/utils.py | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/bb/utils.py b/lib/bb/utils.py
> index 2c22535424..2e8256101a 100644
> --- a/lib/bb/utils.py
> +++ b/lib/bb/utils.py
> @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ def better_exec(code, context, text = None, realfile = "<code>", pythonexception
>          code = better_compile(code, realfile, realfile)
>      try:
>          exec(code, get_context(), context)
> -    except (bb.BBHandledException, bb.parse.SkipRecipe, bb.data_smart.ExpansionError):
> +    except (bb.BBHandledException, bb.parse.SkipRecipe, bb.data_smart.ExpansionError, bb.process.ExecutionError):
>          # Error already shown so passthrough, no need for traceback
>          raise
>      except Exception as e:
> --
> 2.32.0

This needs to be cherry-picked to Honister. There are corresponding 
patches for oe-selftest as well to exercise the above change, but I'm 
not sure if you normally backport them too.

//Peter