[yocto] kernel: "devtool modify -x" issue

[Steve Rae]

( using jethro )

I have a 'linux-yocto-custom' layer which builds successfully; then I run:
    devtool modify -x linux-yocto-custom ../../poky-dev/kernel
>> I see a line:
  Cloning into '/tmp/devtoolfgiLXr/workdir/source'...

Then I run:
    devtool build linux-yocto-custom
>> it reports the following:

Log data follows:
| DEBUG: Executing shell function do_kernel_configme
| NOTE: kernel configme
| [INFO] Configuring target/machine combo: "standard/bcmjava"
| [ERROR] frag
/tmp/devtoolfgiLXr/workdir/source/.meta/cfg/scratch/obj/tmp/devtoolfgiLXr/workdir/defconfig
does not exist
| [ERROR] No configuration fragments found, this typically is a
misconfigured BSP.
|         Check that fragments (or defconfigs) are referenced by the board
description.
| config of "standard/bcmjava" failed
| WARNING: exit code 1 from a shell command.

which is true, because "devtool modify -x" deletes the temp directory
("/tmp/devtoolfgiLXr") that it used to create this specified workspace....

Any ideas?
Thanks is advance, Steve
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