[OE-core] [PATCH v2] wic/isoimage-isohybrid: check for grub-mkimage
Ed Bartosh
ed.bartosh at linux.intel.com
Wed Jan 4 20:19:37 UTC 2017
On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 10:12:55PM +0200, Ed Bartosh wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 09:04:43PM +0200, Ioan-Adrian Ratiu wrote:
> > The isohybrid plugin uses grub-mkimage but doesn't make sure it gets built.
> > Add a check to avoid the following error:
> >
> > Error: A native program grub-mkimage required to build the image was not found (see details above).
> >
> > Wic failed to find a recipe to build native grub-mkimage. Please file a bug against wic.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ioan-Adrian Ratiu <adrian.ratiu at ni.com>
> > ---
> > scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/isoimage-isohybrid.py | 5 +++++
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/isoimage-isohybrid.py b/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/isoimage-isohybrid.py
> > index 849fd8bea3..d616316d61 100644
> > --- a/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/isoimage-isohybrid.py
> > +++ b/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/isoimage-isohybrid.py
> > @@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ class IsoImagePlugin(SourcePlugin):
> > msger.info("Building mtools-native...\n")
> > exec_cmd("bitbake mtools-native")
> >
> > + # Make sure grub-mkimage is available in native sysroot
> > + if not os.path.isfile("%s/usr/bin/grub-mkimage" % native_sysroot):
> > + msger.info("Building grub-native...\n")
> > + exec_cmd("bitbake grub-native")
> > +
> > @classmethod
> > def do_configure_partition(cls, part, source_params, creator, cr_workdir,
> > oe_builddir, bootimg_dir, kernel_dir,
>
> Unfortunately this approach will not work if wic is run from bitbake.
>
> I'd suggest to simply add grub-native to NATIVE_RECIPES dictionary in
> scripts/lib/wic/utils/oe/misc.py
> It will make error message more informative and useful.
>
The same should probably be done with the rest of native tools called from
this module. It's better to avoid building them implicitly.
--
Regards,
Ed
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