1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/oe-pkgdata-browser b/scripts/oe-pkgdata-browser
index 8d223185a4..c152c82b25 100755
--- a/scripts/oe-pkgdata-browser
+++ b/scripts/oe-pkgdata-browser
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright OpenEmbedded Contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
 
 import os, sys, enum, ast
 
@@ -49,11 +54,11 @@ def load(filename, suffix=None):
     from configparser import ConfigParser
     from itertools import chain
 
-    parser = ConfigParser()
+    parser = ConfigParser(delimiters=('='))
     if suffix:
-        parser.optionxform = lambda option: option.replace("_" + suffix, "")
+        parser.optionxform = lambda option: option.replace(":" + suffix, "")
     with open(filename) as lines:
-        lines = chain(("[fake]",), lines)
+        lines = chain(("[fake]",), (line.replace(": ", " = ", 1) for line in lines))
         parser.read_file(lines)
 
     # TODO extract the data and put it into a real dict so we can transform some
@@ -236,6 +241,8 @@ class PkgUi():
         update_deps("RPROVIDES", "Provides: ", self.provides_label, clickable=False)
 
     def load_recipes(self):
+        if not os.path.exists(pkgdata):
+            sys.exit("Error: Please ensure %s exists by generating packages before using this tool." % pkgdata)
         for recipe in sorted(os.listdir(pkgdata)):
             if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(pkgdata, recipe)):
                 self.recipe_iters[recipe] = self.recipe_store.append([recipe])