3 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bblayers/action.py b/bitbake/lib/bblayers/action.py
index d6459d6617..d2f9c1bbde 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bblayers/action.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bblayers/action.py
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ class ActionPlugin(LayerPlugin):
             if not (args.force or notadded):
                 try:
                     self.tinfoil.run_command('parseConfiguration')
-                except bb.tinfoil.TinfoilUIException:
+                except (bb.tinfoil.TinfoilUIException, bb.BBHandledException):
                     # Restore the back up copy of bblayers.conf
                     shutil.copy2(backup, bblayers_conf)
-                    bb.fatal("Parse failure with the specified layer added")
+                    bb.fatal("Parse failure with the specified layer added, aborting.")
                 else:
                     for item in notadded:
                         sys.stderr.write("Specified layer %s is already in BBLAYERS\n" % item)
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bblayers/layerindex.py b/bitbake/lib/bblayers/layerindex.py
index 95b67a6621..f64d18e819 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bblayers/layerindex.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bblayers/layerindex.py
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ class LayerIndexPlugin(ActionPlugin):
 """
         args.show_only = True
         args.ignore = []
+        args.shallow = True
         self.do_layerindex_fetch(args)
 
     def register_commands(self, sp):
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bblayers/query.py b/bitbake/lib/bblayers/query.py
index e2cc310532..652a3acce0 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bblayers/query.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bblayers/query.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ skipped recipes will also be listed, with a " (skipped)" suffix.
         def print_item(f, pn, ver, layer, ispref):
             if not selected_layer or layer == selected_layer:
                 if not bare and f in skiplist:
-                    skipped = ' (skipped)'
+                    skipped = ' (skipped: %s)' % self.tinfoil.cooker.skiplist[f].skipreason
                 else:
                     skipped = ''
                 if show_filenames:
@@ -433,10 +433,10 @@ NOTE: .bbappend files can impact the dependencies.
                     line = fnfile.readline()
 
         # The "require/include xxx" in conf/machine/*.conf, .inc and .bbclass
-        conf_re = re.compile(".*/conf/machine/[^\/]*\.conf$")
-        inc_re = re.compile(".*\.inc$")
+        conf_re = re.compile(r".*/conf/machine/[^\/]*\.conf$")
+        inc_re = re.compile(r".*\.inc$")
         # The "inherit xxx" in .bbclass
-        bbclass_re = re.compile(".*\.bbclass$")
+        bbclass_re = re.compile(r".*\.bbclass$")
         for layerdir in self.bblayers:
             layername = self.get_layer_name(layerdir)
             for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(layerdir):