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Diffstat (limited to 'bitbake/lib/bb/data.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | bitbake/lib/bb/data.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/data.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/data.py index b0683c5180..97022853ca 100644 --- a/bitbake/lib/bb/data.py +++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/data.py @@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ def emit_var(var, o=sys.__stdout__, d = init(), all=False): return True if func: + # Write a comment indicating where the shell function came from (line number and filename) to make it easier + # for the user to diagnose task failures. This comment is also used by build.py to determine the metadata + # location of shell functions. + o.write("# line: {0}, file: {1}\n".format( + d.getVarFlag(var, "lineno", False), + d.getVarFlag(var, "filename", False))) # NOTE: should probably check for unbalanced {} within the var val = val.rstrip('\n') o.write("%s() {\n%s\n}\n" % (varExpanded, val)) |