bitbake: cookerdata: print an error if layer dir does not exist

Makes it easier for user to identify problems, e.g. typos, in BBLAYERS.

[YOCTO #9507]

(Bitbake rev: 32c9689e4b492dc5821749e284e397d717af2a6c)

Signed-off-by: Markus Lehtonen <markus.lehtonen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
index 1615db5b17..dc34efefde 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
@@ -292,6 +292,10 @@ class CookerDataBuilder(object):
             data = bb.data.createCopy(data)
             approved = bb.utils.approved_variables()
             for layer in layers:
+                if not os.path.isdir(layer):
+                    parselog.critical("Layer directory '%s' does not exist! "
+                                      "Please check BBLAYERS in %s" % (layer, layerconf))
+                    sys.exit(1)
                 parselog.debug(2, "Adding layer %s", layer)
                 if 'HOME' in approved and '~' in layer:
                     layer = os.path.expanduser(layer)