2 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/codeparser.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/codeparser.py
index ddd1b97dcb..3f8ac1d5f6 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/codeparser.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/codeparser.py
@@ -368,8 +368,9 @@ class ShellParser():
     def _parse_shell(self, value):
         try:
             tokens, _ = pyshyacc.parse(value, eof=True, debug=False)
-        except pyshlex.NeedMore:
-            raise sherrors.ShellSyntaxError("Unexpected EOF")
+        except Exception:
+            bb.error('Error during parse shell code, the last 5 lines are:\n%s' % '\n'.join(value.split('\n')[-5:]))
+            raise
 
         self.process_tokens(tokens)
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/pysh/pyshyacc.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/pysh/pyshyacc.py
index ba4cefdcb8..de565dc9af 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/pysh/pyshyacc.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/pysh/pyshyacc.py
@@ -636,13 +636,16 @@ def p_empty(p):
 def p_error(p):
     msg = []
     w = msg.append
-    w('%r\n' % p)
-    w('followed by:\n')
-    for i in range(5):
-        n = yacc.token()
-        if not n:
-            break
-        w('  %r\n' % n)
+    if p:
+        w('%r\n' % p)
+        w('followed by:\n')
+        for i in range(5):
+            n = yacc.token()
+            if not n:
+                break
+            w('  %r\n' % n)
+    else:
+        w('Unexpected EOF')
     raise sherrors.ShellSyntaxError(''.join(msg))
 
 # Build the parser