1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/checklayer/__init__.py b/scripts/lib/checklayer/__init__.py
index fe545607bb..72d9df0a62 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/checklayer/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/checklayer/__init__.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def _find_layer_depends(depend, layers):
                 return layer
     return None
 
-def add_layer_dependencies(bblayersconf, layer, layers, logger):
+def get_layer_dependencies(layer, layers, logger):
     def recurse_dependencies(depends, layer, layers, logger, ret = []):
         logger.debug('Processing dependencies %s for layer %s.' % \
                     (depends, layer['name']))
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@ def add_layer_dependencies(bblayersconf, layer, layers, logger):
         layer_depends = recurse_dependencies(depends, layer, layers, logger, layer_depends)
 
     # Note: [] (empty) is allowed, None is not!
+    return layer_depends
+
+def add_layer_dependencies(bblayersconf, layer, layers, logger):
+
+    layer_depends = get_layer_dependencies(layer, layers, logger)
     if layer_depends is None:
         return False
     else: