[OE-core] [PATCH] externalsrc: verify that EXTERNALSRC/EXTERNALSRC_BUILD are absolute paths

[Ross Burton]

If these are set to URLs then the errors produced are not helpful.

Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton at intel.com>
---
 meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass b/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
index d64af6a..529be49 100644
--- a/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ EXTERNALSRC_SYMLINKS ?= "oe-workdir:${WORKDIR} oe-logs:${T}"
 
 python () {
     externalsrc = d.getVar('EXTERNALSRC')
+    externalsrcbuild = d.getVar('EXTERNALSRC_BUILD')
+
+    if externalsrc and not externalsrc.startswith("/"):
+        bb.error("EXTERNALSRC must be an absolute path")
+    if externalsrcbuild and not externalsrcbuild.startswith("/"):
+        bb.error("EXTERNALSRC_BUILD must be an absolute path")
 
     # If this is the base recipe and EXTERNALSRC is set for it or any of its
     # derivatives, then enable BB_DONT_CACHE to force the recipe to always be
@@ -48,7 +54,6 @@ python () {
 
     if externalsrc:
         d.setVar('S', externalsrc)
-        externalsrcbuild = d.getVar('EXTERNALSRC_BUILD')
         if externalsrcbuild:
             d.setVar('B', externalsrcbuild)
         else:
-- 
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