Re: [OE-core] [scarthgap][PATCH v2] testimage: avoid symlinking missing qemu boot log

["Yoann Congal" <yoann.congal@smile.fr>]

On Mon Sep 14, 2026 at 11:03 AM CEST, Peter Tatrai wrote:
> Hello Yoann,
>
>> Where does this FileNotFoundError happen in scarthgap?
>> os.symlink() has no problem creating a symlink to a non existing file and I don't see
>> where we would open bootlog (we do open bootlog in wrynose/master though). Are
>> you sure we need this fix on scarthgap? Or maybe we need something else?
>
> You are right, thanks for catching that.
>
> In scarthgap this does not fail in os.symlink() itself: it creates a
> dangling symlink when the base bootlog is missing. The FileNotFoundError
> then happens later in our CI pipeline when collecting/copying the oeqa
> log artifacts.
>
> So, the issue is narrower than the v2 commit message says: the patch
> avoids creating a misleading dangling bootlog symlink in the result log
> directory. If that still sounds acceptable for scarthgap, I can send a
> v3 with the commit message updated accordingly and without implying that
> testimage itself raises FileNotFoundError.

Yes, I would take that :)

Thanks!

>
> Regards,
> Peter


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