[OE-core][PATCH 9/9] spdx_common: Check for dependent task in task flags

Joshua Watt
2026-02-20T15:41:49Z

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 03863ef362..9d39b5e9ac 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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