Re: [yocto-autobuilder-helper][PATCH 06/11] config.json: add vcontainer-tarball build target

On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 1:48 AM Paul Barker <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 2026-05-07 at 18:25 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> > From: Tim Orling <[email protected]>
> >
> > Add the vcontainer-tarball build target which produces the
> > meta-virtualization SDK used by downstream container build/test
> > jobs. Modelled after the buildtools-tarball target.
> >
> > The target uses EXTRACMDS to reset BBMULTICONFIG for the worker
> > shell, places the extravars in the per-step config, and includes
> > a publish-artefacts step so the resulting SDK tarball is staged
> > for reuse by container-tests and other consumers.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tim Orling <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  config.json | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
> > index ab0ad7c..9e6898d 100644
> > --- a/config.json
> > +++ b/config.json
> > @@ -1869,6 +1869,32 @@
> >          },
> >          "toaster" : {
> >              "EXTRACMDS" : ["${SCRIPTSDIR}/run-toaster-tests
> ${HELPERBUILDDIR} ${HELPERBUILDDIR}/../layers/bitbake"]
> > +        },
> > +        "vcontainer-tarball": {
> > +            "NEEDREPOS" : ["bitbake", "meta-openembedded",
> "meta-virtualization"],
> > +            "ADDLAYER" : [
> > +                "${BUILDDIR}/../meta-openembedded/meta-oe",
> > +                "${BUILDDIR}/../meta-openembedded/meta-python",
> > +                "${BUILDDIR}/../meta-openembedded/meta-networking",
> > +                "${BUILDDIR}/../meta-openembedded/meta-filesystems",
> > +                "${BUILDDIR}/../meta-virtualization"
> > +            ],
> > +            "step1" : {
> > +                "shortname" : "Build vcontainer-tarballs",
> > +                "BBTARGETS" : "vcontainer-tarball",
> > +                "extravars" : [
> > +                    "DISTRO_FEATURES:append = ' virtualization
> vcontainer'",
> > +                    "BBMULTICONFIG = 'vruntime-aarch64
> vruntime-x86-64'",
> > +                    "INIT_MANAGER = 'systemd'"
> > +                ],
> > +                "EXTRACMDS" : ["sed -i '/vruntime-aarch64
> vruntime-x86-64/d' ${HELPERBUILDDIR}/conf/auto.conf"]
>
> What does this sed command achieve? EXTRACMDS run after building
> BBTARGETS.
>
>
Describing the reason was accidentally removed while refactoring and
slimming down the number of commits.

Original squashed commit message:
"
Since meta-virtualization is the first layer removed by 'remove-layers', our
BBMULTICONFIGs become invalid immediately after layer removal and throw an
error.

In scripts/run-config, EXTRACMDS runs after BBTARGETS, but before
'remove-layers'.
Use 'sed' to reset BBMULTICONFIG to ''.
"

The error in the 'remove-layers' step can be summarized as:

bb.parse.ParseError: ParseError at
/home/pokybuild/yocto-worker/vcontainer-tarball/build/layers/openembedded-core/meta/conf/bitbake.conf:824:
Could not include required file conf/multiconfig/vruntime-aarch64.conf

Best regards,
>
> --
> Paul Barker
>
>