[poky] DISTRO 'poky' not found

[Darren Hart]

On 03/14/2011 02:29 PM, Darren Hart wrote:
> I've run into this error several times during development of various things. It will be in a build tree that I have been working with for a while, then when I come back to it, I get the following. Any idea what triggers this? I suspect something in my workflow, but I can't imagine what it would be. I'd really like to not have to delete my build tree.
>
> $ cd poky.git
> $ source poky-init-build-env build-qemux86/
>
> ### Shell environment set up for Poky builds. ###
>
> You can now run 'bitbake<target>'
>
> Common targets are:
>      poky-image-minimal
>      poky-image-sato
>      meta-toolchain
>      meta-toolchain-sdk
>
> You can also run generated qemu images with a command like 'poky-qemu qemux86'
>
> $ bitbake linux-yocto
> ERROR:  Poky's config sanity checker detected a potential misconfiguration.
>      Either fix the cause of this error or at your own risk disable the checker (see sanity.conf).
>      Following is the list of potential problems / advisories:
>
>      Please set TARGET_OS directly, or choose a MACHINE or DISTRO that does so.
> DISTRO 'poky' not found. Please set a valid DISTRO in your local.conf


Thanks to Beth and Mark who pointed me in the right direction. This 
appears to be a problem with master, if I cherry-pick my changes on top 
of the bernard branch, the build continues as expected.

-- 
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel