[poky] Can't build for qemuppc

[Richard Purdie]

On Thu, 2011-09-29 at 10:12 -0600, Gary Thomas wrote:
> This used to work:
> 
> $ bitbake core-image-sato
> Loading cache: 100% |####################################################################################| ETA:  00:00:00
> Loaded 1034 entries from dependency cache.
> 
> OE Build Configuration:
> BB_VERSION        = "1.13.3"
> TARGET_ARCH       = "powerpc"
> TARGET_OS         = "linux"
> MACHINE           = "qemuppc"
> DISTRO            = "poky"
> DISTRO_VERSION    = "1.0+snapshot-20110929"
> TUNE_FEATURES     = "m32 fpu-hard ppc603e"
> TARGET_FPU        = ""
> meta
> meta-yocto        = "master:e3c5d7a90ae179af0ac128ea4dfc1a5a6602c2e4"
> 
> NOTE: Resolving any missing task queue dependencies
> ERROR: Nothing PROVIDES 'syslinux'
> ERROR: syslinux was skipped: incompatible with host powerpc-poky-linux
> ERROR: Required build target 'core-image-sato' has no buildable providers.
> Missing or unbuildable dependency chain was: ['core-image-sato', 'syslinux']
> 
> 
> What am I doing wrong?  How do I build an image to test with qemuppc,
> in particular I want to test 'web-webkit'?

I just checked here and this starts building fine. Something is pulling
"syslinux" into your build and that makes no sense as its x86 specific.
You need to figure out where that is coming from and I suspect your
local config or customisations.

Cheers,

Richard