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LIN9-1680 : bitbake-layers layerindex-fetch may fail

Created: Oct 9, 2016    Updated: Mar 6, 2019
Resolved Date: Feb 19, 2019
Found In Version: unknown
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 9
Component/s: Build & Config

Description

Using the bitbake-layers program's layerindex-fetch argument may lead to a backtrace.

Instead of using layerindex-fetch, manually download the layer to a local directory and use bitbake-layers add-layer <path>.

Workaround

Instead of using layerindex-fetch, manually download the layer to a local directory and use bitbake-layers add-layer <path>.

Steps to Reproduce

1. create one Lx9 build with the new setup program.

2. bitbake-layers layerindex-fetch wr-fixes
or
     bitbake-layers layerindex-fetch meta-snappy
or
     bitbake-layers layerindex-fetch one-non-existent-layer