1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
index 060a44ae88..249ec363db 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
@@ -238,6 +238,9 @@ sdk_ext_postinst() {
 
         echo "printf 'SDK environment now set up; additionally you may now run devtool to perform development tasks.\nRun devtool --help for further details.\n'" >> $env_setup_script
 
+        # Warn if trying to use external bitbake and the ext SDK together
+        echo "(which bitbake > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo 'WARNING: attempting to use the extensible SDK in an environment set up to run bitbake - this may lead to unexpected results. Please source this script in a new shell session instead.') || true" >> $env_setup_script
+
         # For now this is where uninative.bbclass expects the tarball
         mv *-nativesdk-libc.tar.* $target_sdk_dir/`dirname ${oe_init_build_env_path}`