Debugging Yocto `do_fetch`: Failed to fetch URL

Last updated on Sep 15, 2022 2 min read

I recently ran into a Yocto build issue with libglvnd while building meta-tegra for an NVIDIA Xavier AGX.

NOTE: Executing Tasks
WARNING: libglvnd-1.4.0-r0 do_fetch: Failed to fetch URL git://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd.git;protocol=https;branch=master, attempting MIRRORS if available
ERROR: libglvnd-1.4.0-r0 do_fetch: Fetcher failure: Fetch command export PSEUDO_DISABLED=1; export PATH="/home/nicholas/git/yocto/build/jetson/tmp/sysroots-uninative/x86_64-linux/usr/bin:/home/nicholas/git/yocto/build/jetson/tmp/work/armv8a_tegra-poky-linux/libglvnd/1.4.0-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/bin/python3-native:/home/nicholas/git/yocto/sources/poky/scripts:/home/nicholas/git/yocto/build/jetson/tmp/work/armv8a_tegra-poky-linux/libglvnd/1.4.0-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/bin/aarch64-poky-linux:/home/nicholas/git/yocto/build/jetson/tmp/work/armv8a_tegra-poky-linux/libglvnd/1.4.0-r0/recipe-sysroot/usr/bin/crossscripts:/home/nicholas/git/yocto/build/jetson/tmp/work/armv8a_tegra-poky-linux/libglvnd/1.4.0-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/sbin:/home/nicholas/git/yocto/build/jetson/tmp/work/armv8a_tegra-poky-linux/libglvnd/1.4.0-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/bin:/home/nicholas/git/yocto/build/jetson/tmp/work/armv8a_tegra-poky-linux/libglvnd/1.4.0-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/sbin:/home/nicholas/git/yocto/build/jetson/tmp/work/armv8a_tegra-poky-linux/libglvnd/1.4.0-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/bin:/home/nicholas/git/yocto/sources/poky/bitbake/bin:/home/nicholas/git/yocto/build/jetson/tmp/hosttools"; export HOME="/home/nicholas"; LANG=C git -c core.fsyncobjectfiles=0 -c gc.autoDetach=false -c core.pager=cat clone --bare --mirror https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd.git /home/nicholas/git/yocto/build/jetson/../downloads/git2/gitlab.freedesktop.org.glvnd.libglvnd.git --progress failed with exit code 128, no output
ERROR: libglvnd-1.4.0-r0 do_fetch: Bitbake Fetcher Error: FetchError('Unable to fetch URL from any source.', 'git://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd.git;protocol=https;branch=master')
ERROR: Logfile of failure stored in: /home/nicholas/git/yocto/build/jetson/tmp/work/armv8a_tegra-poky-linux/libglvnd/1.4.0-r0/temp/log.do_fetch.32151
ERROR: Task (/home/nicholas/git/yocto/sources/meta-tegra/recipes-graphics/libglvnd/libglvnd_1.4.0.bb:do_fetch) failed with exit code '1'
NOTE: Tasks Summary: Attempted 1173 tasks of which 1137 didn't need to be rerun and 1 failed.
NOTE: Writing buildhistory
NOTE: Writing buildhistory took: 3 seconds

The recipe libglvnd_1.4.0.bb was continuously failing at the do_fetch step, which was really weird because:

The git repo was fully public and accessible (i.e., SRC_REPO)
The branches matched (i.e., SRCBRANCH)
- This was a common issue when everyone renamed their default branches from master to main
The hashes matched (i.e., SRCREV)

The next step was to try manually cloning the repo:

$ git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd
Cloning into 'libglvnd'...
fatal: unable to access 'https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd/': server certificate verification failed. CAfile: none CRLfile: none

That’s interesting! A little googling led me to a Stack Overflow post with the solution:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ca-certificates

Apparently my SSL certs were out of date… 🤦‍♂️

Now everything works!

Building Yocto makes my laptop go brrrr 🔥

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Debugging Yocto `do_fetch`: Failed to fetch URL

Nicholas Nadeau, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Founder / Fractional CTO