[bitbake-devel] [PATCH 1/1] taskdata.py: add RuntimeProviders to close matches

[Robert Yang]

This is useful for newbie, for example:
$ bitbake rpm-build
ERROR: Nothing PROVIDES 'rpm-build'. Close matches:
  pm-utils
  rpm RPROVIDES rpm-build

[YOCTO #8881]

Signed-off-by: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang at windriver.com>
---
 bitbake/lib/bb/taskdata.py |    9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/taskdata.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/taskdata.py
index b083870..39c899e 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/taskdata.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/taskdata.py
@@ -429,7 +429,14 @@ class TaskData:
             return
 
         if not item in dataCache.providers:
-            bb.event.fire(bb.event.NoProvider(item, dependees=self.get_dependees_str(item), reasons=self.get_reasons(item), close_matches=self.get_close_matches(item, dataCache.providers.keys())), cfgData)
+            close_matches = self.get_close_matches(item, dataCache.providers.keys())
+            # Is it in RuntimeProviders ?
+            all_p = bb.providers.getRuntimeProviders(dataCache, item)
+            for fn in all_p:
+                new = dataCache.pkg_fn[fn] + " RPROVIDES " + item
+                if new not in close_matches:
+                    close_matches.append(new)
+            bb.event.fire(bb.event.NoProvider(item, dependees=self.get_dependees_str(item), reasons=self.get_reasons(item), close_matches=close_matches), cfgData)
             raise bb.providers.NoProvider(item)
 
         if self.have_build_target(item):
-- 
1.7.9.5