devtool: add --bbpath argument

(From OE-Core rev: a459b230387b34479212d54edeb3abf2b6274196)

Signed-off-by: Christopher Larson <chris_larson@mentor.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/devtool b/scripts/devtool
index 5d37d3b4a4..1c2243812a 100755
--- a/scripts/devtool
+++ b/scripts/devtool
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ def main():
                                      add_help=False,
                                      epilog="Use %(prog)s <subcommand> --help to get help on a specific command")
     parser.add_argument('--basepath', help='Base directory of SDK / build directory')
+    parser.add_argument('--bbpath', help='Explicitly specify the BBPATH, rather than getting it from the metadata')
     parser.add_argument('-d', '--debug', help='Enable debug output', action='store_true')
     parser.add_argument('-q', '--quiet', help='Print only errors', action='store_true')
     parser.add_argument('--color', choices=['auto', 'always', 'never'], default='auto', help='Colorize output (where %(metavar)s is %(choices)s)', metavar='COLOR')
@@ -239,12 +240,18 @@ def main():
 
     scriptutils.logger_setup_color(logger, global_args.color)
 
-    tinfoil = setup_tinfoil(config_only=True)
-    for path in ([scripts_path] +
-                 tinfoil.config_data.getVar('BBPATH', True).split(':')):
+    if global_args.bbpath is None:
+        tinfoil = setup_tinfoil(config_only=True)
+        global_args.bbpath = tinfoil.config_data.getVar('BBPATH', True)
+    else:
+        tinfoil = None
+
+    for path in [scripts_path] + global_args.bbpath.split(':'):
         pluginpath = os.path.join(path, 'lib', 'devtool')
         scriptutils.load_plugins(logger, plugins, pluginpath)
-    tinfoil.shutdown()
+
+    if tinfoil:
+        tinfoil.shutdown()
 
     subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest="subparser_name", title='subcommands', metavar='<subcommand>')