2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/useradd-staticids.bbclass b/meta/classes/useradd-staticids.bbclass
index 90835cfac2..b6e498c0ce 100644
--- a/meta/classes/useradd-staticids.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/useradd-staticids.bbclass
@@ -51,9 +51,12 @@ def update_useradd_static_config(d):
         return id_table
 
     def handle_missing_id(id, type, pkg):
-        if d.getVar('USERADD_ERROR_DYNAMIC', True) == '1':
+        # For backwards compatibility we accept "1" in addition to "error"
+        if d.getVar('USERADD_ERROR_DYNAMIC', True) == 'error' or d.getVar('USERADD_ERROR_DYNAMIC', True) == '1':
             #bb.error("Skipping recipe %s, package %s which adds %sname %s does not have a static ID defined." % (d.getVar('PN', True),  pkg, type, id))
             raise bb.build.FuncFailed("%s - %s: %sname %s does not have a static ID defined." % (d.getVar('PN', True), pkg, type, id))
+        elif d.getVar('USERADD_ERROR_DYNAMIC', True) == 'warn':
+            bb.warn("%s - %s: %sname %s does not have a static ID defined." % (d.getVar('PN', True), pkg, type, id))
 
     # We parse and rewrite the useradd components
     def rewrite_useradd(params):
diff --git a/meta/conf/documentation.conf b/meta/conf/documentation.conf
index 010585a49c..51c4116983 100644
--- a/meta/conf/documentation.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/documentation.conf
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ UBOOT_SUFFIX[doc] = "Points to the generated U-Boot extension."
 UBOOT_TARGET[doc] = "Specifies the target used for building U-Boot."
 USE_DEVFS[doc] = "When building images, specifies to populate or not /dev. This variable defaults to '1' (leave directory empty, surely because devtmpfs do the job). Set it to '0' to use makedevs (or consider using a custom file with IMAGE_DEVICE_TABLES)."
 USER_CLASSES[doc] = "List of additional classes to use when building images that enable extra features."
-USERADD_ERROR_DYNAMIC[doc] = "Forces the OpenEmbedded build system to produce an error if the user identification (uid) and group identification (gid) values are not defined in any of the files listed in USERADD_UID_TABLES and USERADD_GID_TABLES."
+USERADD_ERROR_DYNAMIC[doc] = "If set to 'error', forces the OpenEmbedded build system to produce an error if the user identification (uid) and group identification (gid) values are not defined in any of the files listed in USERADD_UID_TABLES and USERADD_GID_TABLES. If set to 'warn', a warning will be issued instead."
 USERADD_GID_TABLES[doc] = "Specifies a password file to use for obtaining static group identification (gid) values when the OpenEmbedded build system adds a group to the system during package installation."
 USERADD_PACKAGES[doc] = "When a recipe inherits the useradd class, this variable specifies the individual packages within the recipe that require users and/or groups to be added."
 USERADD_PARAM[doc] = "When a recipe inherits the useradd class, this variable specifies for a package what parameters should be passed to the useradd command if you wish to add a user to the system when the package is installed."