1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
index 472423fdc8..30727bf2ee 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py
@@ -58,11 +58,14 @@ class ConfigParameters(object):
     def updateToServer(self, server, environment):
         options = {}
         for o in ["abort", "force", "invalidate_stamp",
-                  "verbose", "debug", "dry_run", "dump_signatures",
+                  "debug", "dry_run", "dump_signatures",
                   "debug_domains", "extra_assume_provided", "profile",
                   "prefile", "postfile", "server_timeout"]:
             options[o] = getattr(self.options, o)
 
+        options['build_verbose_shell'] = self.options.verbose
+        options['build_verbose_stdout'] = self.options.verbose
+
         ret, error = server.runCommand(["updateConfig", options, environment, sys.argv])
         if error:
             raise Exception("Unable to update the server configuration with local parameters: %s" % error)
@@ -125,6 +128,8 @@ class CookerConfiguration(object):
         self.skipsetscene = False
         self.invalidate_stamp = False
         self.dump_signatures = []
+        self.build_verbose_shell = False
+        self.build_verbose_stdout = False
         self.dry_run = False
         self.tracking = False
         self.xmlrpcinterface = []
@@ -297,6 +302,8 @@ class CookerDataBuilder(object):
 
             multiconfig = (self.data.getVar("BBMULTICONFIG") or "").split()
             for config in multiconfig:
+                if config[0].isdigit():
+                    bb.fatal("Multiconfig name '%s' is invalid as multiconfigs cannot start with a digit" % config)
                 mcdata = self.parseConfigurationFiles(self.prefiles, self.postfiles, config)
                 bb.event.fire(bb.event.ConfigParsed(), mcdata)
                 self.mcdata[config] = mcdata
@@ -348,6 +355,9 @@ class CookerDataBuilder(object):
             layers = (data.getVar('BBLAYERS') or "").split()
             broken_layers = []
 
+            if not layers:
+                bb.fatal("The bblayers.conf file doesn't contain any BBLAYERS definition")
+
             data = bb.data.createCopy(data)
             approved = bb.utils.approved_variables()
 
@@ -399,6 +409,8 @@ class CookerDataBuilder(object):
                 if c in collections_tmp:
                     bb.fatal("Found duplicated BBFILE_COLLECTIONS '%s', check bblayers.conf or layer.conf to fix it." % c)
                 compat = set((data.getVar("LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_%s" % c) or "").split())
+                if compat and not layerseries:
+                    bb.fatal("No core layer found to work with layer '%s'. Missing entry in bblayers.conf?" % c)
                 if compat and not (compat & layerseries):
                     bb.fatal("Layer %s is not compatible with the core layer which only supports these series: %s (layer is compatible with %s)"
                               % (c, " ".join(layerseries), " ".join(compat)))