bitbake: Add tryaltconfigs option to disable the alternative configuration attempts and make the 'continue' more aggresive

bitbake-dev/bin/bitbake

@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ Default BBFILES are the .bb files in the current directory.""" )
     parser.add_option( "-k", "--continue", help = "continue as much as possible after an error. While the target that failed, and those that depend on it, cannot be remade, the other dependencies of these targets can be processed all the same.",
                action = "store_false", dest = "abort", default = True )
 
+    parser.add_option( "-a", "--tryaltconfigs", help = "continue with builds by trying to use alternative providers where possible.",
+               action = "store_true", dest = "tryaltconfigs", default = False )
+
     parser.add_option( "-f", "--force", help = "force run of specified cmd, regardless of stamp status",
                action = "store_true", dest = "force", default = False )
 

bitbake-dev/lib/bb/runqueue.py

@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ class RunQueue:
             self.finish_runqueue()
 
         if self.state is runQueueFailed:
-            if self.taskData.abort:
+            if not self.taskData.tryaltconfigs:
                 raise bb.runqueue.TaskFailure(self.failed_fnids)
             for fnid in self.failed_fnids:
                 self.taskData.fail_fnid(fnid)

bitbake-dev/lib/bb/taskdata.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class TaskData:
     """
     BitBake Task Data implementation
     """
-    def __init__(self, abort = True):
+    def __init__(self, abort = True, tryaltconfigs = False):
         self.build_names_index = []
         self.run_names_index = []
         self.fn_index = []
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class TaskData:
         self.failed_fnids = []
 
         self.abort = abort
+        self.tryaltconfigs = tryaltconfigs
 
     def getbuild_id(self, name):
         """