[poky] DISTRO 'poky' not found

[Darren Hart]

On 03/16/2011 09:04 AM, Richard Purdie wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 09:01 -0700, Darren Hart wrote:
>>
>> On 03/15/2011 02:40 AM, Joshua Lock wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2011-03-14 at 14:49 -0700, Darren Hart wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ah, our layers.conf.sample doesn't include the new meta-yocto layer. So
>>> I'm guessing this is a clean build dir?
>>
>> I believe I've seen it on both - but probably only when switching
>> branches back and forth between master and bernard.
>
> There should be a fix in master for this now though?

I believe so yes, the meta-yocto thing from Josh. I'll holler if I hit 
it again with that in place.

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