1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/siteinfo.bbclass b/meta/classes/siteinfo.bbclass
index 03d4c4fd20..6a2e4bf560 100644
--- a/meta/classes/siteinfo.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/siteinfo.bbclass
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ python () {
         bb.fatal("Please add your architecture to siteinfo.bbclass")
 }
 
-def siteinfo_get_files(d, no_cache = False):
+def siteinfo_get_files(d, aclocalcache = False):
     sitedata = siteinfo_data(d)
     sitefiles = ""
     for path in d.getVar("BBPATH", True).split(":"):
@@ -162,11 +162,17 @@ def siteinfo_get_files(d, no_cache = False):
             if os.path.exists(filename):
                 sitefiles += filename + " "
 
-    if no_cache: return sitefiles
+    if not aclocalcache:
+        return sitefiles
 
-    # Now check for siteconfig cache files
-    # Use the files copied to the aclocal cache generated by autotools.bbclass
-    # to avoid races
+    # Now check for siteconfig cache files in the directory setup by autotools.bbclass to
+    # avoid races.
+    #
+    # ACLOCALDIR may or may not exist so cache should only be set to True from autotools.bbclass
+    # after files have been copied into this location. To do otherwise risks parsing/signature
+    # issues and the directory being created/removed whilst this code executes. This can happen
+    # when a multilib recipe is parsed along with its base variant which may be running at the time
+    # causing rare but nasty failures
     path_siteconfig = d.getVar('ACLOCALDIR', True)
     if path_siteconfig and os.path.isdir(path_siteconfig):
         for i in os.listdir(path_siteconfig):
@@ -174,7 +180,6 @@ def siteinfo_get_files(d, no_cache = False):
                 continue
             filename = os.path.join(path_siteconfig, i)
             sitefiles += filename + " "
-
     return sitefiles
 
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