1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/toolchain-scripts.bbclass b/meta/classes/toolchain-scripts.bbclass
index 0ee0ec53f5..9bcfe708c7 100644
--- a/meta/classes/toolchain-scripts.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/toolchain-scripts.bbclass
@@ -24,6 +24,21 @@ toolchain_create_sdk_env_script () {
         script=${1:-${SDK_OUTPUT}/${SDKPATH}/environment-setup-$multimach_target_sys}
         rm -f $script
         touch $script
+
+        echo '# Check for LD_LIBRARY_PATH being set, which can break SDK and generally is a bad practice' >> $script
+        echo '# http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Program-Library-HOWTO/shared-libraries.html#AEN80' >> $script
+        echo '# http://xahlee.info/UnixResource_dir/_/ldpath.html' >> $script
+        echo '# Only disable this check if you are absolutely know what you are doing!' >> $script
+        echo 'if [ ! -z "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" ]; then' >> $script
+        echo "    echo \"Your environment is misconfigured, you probably need to 'unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH'\"" >> $script
+        echo "    echo \"but please check why this was set in the first place and that it's safe to unset.\"" >> $script
+        echo '    echo "The SDK will not operate correctly in most cases when LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set."' >> $script
+        echo '    echo "For more references see:"' >> $script
+        echo '    echo "  http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Program-Library-HOWTO/shared-libraries.html#AEN80"' >> $script
+        echo '    echo "  http://xahlee.info/UnixResource_dir/_/ldpath.html"' >> $script
+        echo '    return 1' >> $script
+        echo 'fi' >> $script
+
         echo 'export SDKTARGETSYSROOT='"$sysroot" >> $script
         EXTRAPATH=""
         for i in ${CANADIANEXTRAOS}; do