From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QUgnd-0001zp-Lg for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:05:33 +0200 Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 09 Jun 2011 08:00:44 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.65,342,1304319600"; d="scan'208";a="11352479" Received: from unknown (HELO [10.7.199.151]) ([10.7.199.151]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 09 Jun 2011 08:00:44 -0700 Message-ID: <4DF0E01C.7090403@intel.com> Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:00:44 -0700 From: Scott Garman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110424 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org References: <4DE56B0D.4020209@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <4DE56B0D.4020209@intel.com> Subject: Re: Tell me your build error message annoyances! X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:05:33 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 05/31/2011 03:26 PM, Scott Garman wrote: > Hey folks, > > I'd like to collect some feedback on error messages while building that > you find confusing/annoying/unhelpful. I'm going to be working on trying > to improve the situation and would like to hear from you about what > could be more helpful. Thanks everyone for your feedback. I have filed a number of bugs in Bugzilla and currently have a small list of them I'm working on currently. Here is the current list I created based on the replies to this thread: Bug 542 - bitbake "NoProvider" message doesn't aid in resolving the problem http://bugzilla.pokylinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=542 Bug 1127 - Improve the error reporting when SkipPackage error is raised http://bugzilla.pokylinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1127 Bug 1128 - Meaningless error message when quilt is not installed http://bugzilla.pokylinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1128 Bug 1141 - bitbake -b prints meaningless error when given an invalid recipe name http://bugzilla.pokylinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1141 Bug 1142 - git fetcher error when wrong protocol is specified is not helpful http://bugzilla.pokylinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1142 Bug 1143 - Remove python stack trace when do_patch fails http://bugzilla.pokylinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1143 Bug 1144 - bb.debug messages are not logged or displayed on the console with -DDD during recipe parsing http://bugzilla.pokylinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1144 Bug 1145 - Make bitbake output less noisy for non-error cases http://bugzilla.pokylinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1145 Again, not all of those are on my plate for M2/M3, but my goal is to make a dent in them soon. Scott -- Scott Garman Embedded Linux Engineer - Yocto Project Intel Open Source Technology Center