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| author |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2012-06-14 14:19:45 +0100 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2012-06-14 14:20:51 +0100 |
| commit | 4ff6160d909e2a39e357c8a51f37d803dab64d5d (patch) | |
| tree | b8440f4b9799566f7e707ef7b24e426a9424dfa5 /bitbake | |
| parent | 1faf02599af12a62bbed0bce5fda6a72df63ec30 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-4ff6160d909e2a39e357c8a51f37d803dab64d5d.tar.gz | |
methodpool: Improve method already seen error message
The current error message is confusing, this improves it to explain the problem
and the possible ways to resolve it.
[YOCTO #2530]
(Bitbake rev: d316f28ed725ff40daa8771c1aa224ac46d5b224)
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'bitbake')
| -rw-r--r-- | bitbake/lib/bb/methodpool.py | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/methodpool.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/methodpool.py index 1485b1357d..c5aae9bc09 100644 --- a/bitbake/lib/bb/methodpool.py +++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/methodpool.py @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def insert_method(modulename, code, fn): if name in ['None', 'False']: continue elif name in _parsed_fns and not _parsed_fns[name] == modulename: - error( "Error Method already seen: %s in' %s' now in '%s'" % (name, _parsed_fns[name], modulename)) + error("The function %s defined in %s was already declared in %s. BitBake has a global python function namespace so shared functions should be declared in a common include file rather than being duplicated, or if the functions are different, please use different function names." % (name, modulename, _parsed_fns[name])) else: _parsed_fns[name] = modulename |