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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/bb/providers.py | 6 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ Changes in Bitbake 1.9.x: - Make sure expandKeys has been called on the data dictonary before running tasks - Correctly add a task override in the form task-TASKNAME. - Revert the '-' character fix in class names since it breaks things + - When a regexp fails to compile for PACKAGES_DYNAMIC, print a more useful error (#4444) Changes in Bitbake 1.8.0: - Release 1.7.x as a stable series diff --git a/lib/bb/providers.py b/lib/bb/providers.py index 0ad5876ef..1bd1a39fa 100644 --- a/lib/bb/providers.py +++ b/lib/bb/providers.py @@ -296,7 +296,11 @@ def getRuntimeProviders(dataCache, rdepend): # Only search dynamic packages if we can't find anything in other variables for pattern in dataCache.packages_dynamic: - regexp = re.compile(pattern) + try: + regexp = re.compile(pattern) + except: + bb.msg.error(bb.msg.domain.Provider, "Error parsing re expression: %s" % pattern) + raise if regexp.match(rdepend): rproviders += dataCache.packages_dynamic[pattern] |