[OE-core][PATCH v7 06/12] spdx_common: Check for dependent task in task flags

Joshua Watt
2026-03-18T13:47:10Z

Checks that the task being used to detect dependencies is present in at
least one dependency task flag of the current task. This helps prevent
errors where the wrong task is specified and never found.

Signed-off-by: Joshua Watt <JPEWhacker@gmail.com>
---
meta/lib/oe/spdx_common.py | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/spdx_common.py b/meta/lib/oe/spdx_common.py
index 72c24180d5..3aaf2a9c8b 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/spdx_common.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/spdx_common.py
@@ -96,6 +96,17 @@ def collect_direct_deps(d, dep_task):

taskdepdata = d.getVar("BB_TASKDEPDATA", False)

+ # Check that the task is listed one of the task dependency flags of the
+ # current task
+ depflags = (
+ set((d.getVarFlag(current_task, "deptask") or "").split())
+ | set((d.getVarFlag(current_task, "rdeptask") or "").split())
+ | set((d.getVarFlag(current_task, "recrdeptask") or "").split())
+ )
+
+ if not dep_task in depflags:
+ bb.fatal(f"Task {dep_task} was not found in any dependency flag of {pn}:{current_task}")
+
for this_dep in taskdepdata.values():
if this_dep[0] == pn and this_dep[1] == current_task:
break
--
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