oelint-adv does not print any messages

[skycaptain]

I am experiencing a strange issue for which I am unable to identify the root cause. I am wondering why this is happening, but at the same time, the issue is so severe that it is unlikely to have gone unnoticed for such a long time, so it might be just on my machine.

I have installed the latest version of oelint-adv using pipx. When I run oelint-adv on any recipe, such as meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb from poky, I get the following output:

poky on  master with fish
$ oelint-adv meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
Loaded rules:
	oelint.append.protvars
	oelint.append.protvars.LICENSE
	oelint.append.protvars.LIC_FILES_CHKSUM
	oelint.append.protvars.PR
	oelint.append.protvars.PV
	oelint.append.protvars.SRCREV
	oelint.file.inactiveupstreamdetails
	oelint.file.inappropriatemsg
	oelint.file.includenotfound
	oelint.file.includerelpath
	oelint.file.nospaces
	oelint.file.patchsignedoff
	oelint.file.requireinclude
	oelint.file.requirenotfound
	oelint.file.underscores
	oelint.file.upstreamstatus
	oelint.func.specific
	oelint.newline.consecutive
	oelint.newline.eof
	oelint.spaces.emptyline
	oelint.spaces.linebeginning
	oelint.spaces.linecont
	oelint.spaces.lineend
	oelint.tabs.notabs
	oelint.task.addnotaskbody
	oelint.task.customorder
	oelint.task.docstrings
	oelint.task.heredocs
	oelint.task.multifragments
	oelint.task.noanonpython
	oelint.task.nocopy
	oelint.task.nomkdir
	oelint.task.nopythonprefix
	oelint.task.order
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	oelint.task.order.do_compile
	oelint.task.order.do_configure
	oelint.task.order.do_fetch
	oelint.task.order.do_install
	oelint.task.order.do_package
	oelint.task.order.do_patch
	oelint.task.order.do_populate_sysroot
	oelint.task.order.do_unpack
	oelint.task.pythonprefix
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	oelint.var.filesoverride
	oelint.var.improperinherit
	oelint.var.licenseremotefile
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	oelint.var.mandatoryvar.HOMEPAGE
	oelint.var.mandatoryvar.LICENSE
	oelint.var.mandatoryvar.SRC_URI
	oelint.var.mandatoryvar.SUMMARY
	oelint.var.multiinclude
	oelint.var.multiinherit
	oelint.var.nativefilename
	oelint.var.nativesdkfilename
	oelint.var.order
	oelint.var.order.AUTHOR
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	oelint.var.order.BUGTRACKER
	oelint.var.order.DEPENDS
	oelint.var.order.DESCRIPTION
	oelint.var.order.EXTRA_OECONF
	oelint.var.order.EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_POST
	oelint.var.order.FILES
	oelint.var.order.HOMEPAGE
	oelint.var.order.LICENSE
	oelint.var.order.LIC_FILES_CHKSUM
	oelint.var.order.PACKAGECONFIG
	oelint.var.order.PACKAGES
	oelint.var.order.PACKAGE_ARCH
	oelint.var.order.PROVIDES
	oelint.var.order.PV
	oelint.var.order.RCONFLICTS
	oelint.var.order.RDEPENDS
	oelint.var.order.RPROVIDES
	oelint.var.order.RRECOMMENDS
	oelint.var.order.RSUGGESTS
	oelint.var.order.S
	oelint.var.order.SECTION
	oelint.var.order.SRCREV
	oelint.var.order.SRC_URI
	oelint.var.order.SUMMARY
	oelint.var.order.inherit
	oelint.var.override
	oelint.var.rootfspostcmd
	oelint.var.srcuriwildcard
	oelint.var.suggestedvar
	oelint.var.suggestedvar.AUTHOR
	oelint.var.suggestedvar.BBCLASSEXTEND
	oelint.var.suggestedvar.BUGTRACKER
	oelint.var.suggestedvar.CVE_PRODUCT
	oelint.var.suggestedvar.SECTION
	oelint.vars.appendop
	oelint.vars.autorev
	oelint.vars.bbvars
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BBDEBUG
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BBFILES
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BBFILE_COLLECTIONS
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BBFILE_PATTERN
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BBFILE_PRIORITY
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BBINCLUDED
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BBINCLUDELOGS
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BBINCLUDELOGS_LINES
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BBLAYERS
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BBMASK
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BBPATH
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BBSERVER
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BBVERSIONS
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_CONSOLELOG
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_CURRENTTASK
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_DANGLINGAPPENDS_WARNONLY
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_DEFAULT_TASK
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_DISKMON_DIRS
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_DISKMON_WARNINTERVAL
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_ENV_WHITELIST
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_FETCH_PREMIRRORONLY
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_FILENAME
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_HASHBASE_WHITELIST
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_HASHCHECK_FUNCTION
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_HASHCONFIG_WHITELIST
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_INVALIDCONF
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_LOGFMT
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_NICE_LEVEL
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_NO_NETWORK
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_NUMBER_PARSE_THREADS
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_NUMBER_THREADS
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_ORIGENV
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_PRESERVE_ENV
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_RUNFMT
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_RUNTASK
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_SCHEDULER
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_SCHEDULERS
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_SETSCENE_DEPVALID
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_SETSCENE_VERIFY_FUNCTION
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_SIGNATURE_EXCLUDE_FLAGS
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_SRCREV_POLICY
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_STAMP_POLICY
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_STAMP_WHITELIST
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_STRICT_CHECKSUM
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_TASKHASH
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_TASK_NICE_LEVEL
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_VERBOSE_LOGS
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BB_WORKERCONTEXT
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BITBAKE_UI
	oelint.vars.bbvars.BUILDNAME
	oelint.vars.bbvars.CACHE
	oelint.vars.bbvars.DL_DIR
	oelint.vars.bbvars.FILE
	oelint.vars.bbvars.FILESDIR
	oelint.vars.bbvars.FILESPATH
	oelint.vars.bbvars.INHERIT
	oelint.vars.bbvars.LAYERDEPENDS
	oelint.vars.bbvars.LAYERDIR
	oelint.vars.bbvars.LAYERVERSION
	oelint.vars.bbvars.MIRRORS
	oelint.vars.bbvars.MULTI_PROVIDER_WHITELIST
	oelint.vars.bbvars.PERSISTENT_DIR
	oelint.vars.bbvars.PREFERRED_PROVIDER
	oelint.vars.bbvars.PREFERRED_PROVIDERS
	oelint.vars.bbvars.PREFERRED_VERSION
	oelint.vars.bbvars.PREMIRRORS
	oelint.vars.bbvars.PRSERV_HOST
	oelint.vars.bbvars.STAMP
	oelint.vars.bbvars.TOPDIR
	oelint.vars.bugtrackerisurl
	oelint.vars.dependsappend
	oelint.vars.dependsclass
	oelint.vars.dependsordered
	oelint.vars.descriptionsame
	oelint.vars.descriptiontoobrief
	oelint.vars.doublemodify
	oelint.vars.downloadfilename
	oelint.vars.duplicate
	oelint.vars.fileextrapaths
	oelint.vars.fileextrapathsop
	oelint.vars.filessetting
	oelint.vars.filessetting.double
	oelint.vars.filessetting.hidden
	oelint.vars.homepageping
	oelint.vars.homepageprefix
	oelint.vars.inconspaces
	oelint.vars.insaneskip
	oelint.vars.licensesdpx
	oelint.vars.licfileprefix
	oelint.vars.listappend
	oelint.vars.mispell
	oelint.vars.multilineident
	oelint.vars.notneededspace
	oelint.vars.notrailingslash
	oelint.vars.overrideappend
	oelint.vars.pathhardcode
	oelint.vars.pathhardcode.bindir
	oelint.vars.pathhardcode.datadir
	oelint.vars.pathhardcode.docdir
	oelint.vars.pathhardcode.includedir
	oelint.vars.pathhardcode.infodir
	oelint.vars.pathhardcode.libdir
	oelint.vars.pathhardcode.libexecdir
	oelint.vars.pathhardcode.localstatedir
	oelint.vars.pathhardcode.mandir
	oelint.vars.pathhardcode.nonarch_base_libdir
	oelint.vars.pathhardcode.sbindir
	oelint.vars.pathhardcode.servicedir
	oelint.vars.pathhardcode.sharedstatedir
	oelint.vars.pathhardcode.sysconfdir
	oelint.vars.pathhardcode.systemd_system_unitdir
	oelint.vars.pathhardcode.systemd_unitdir
	oelint.vars.pathhardcode.systemd_user_unitdir
	oelint.vars.pbpusage
	oelint.vars.pkgspecific
	oelint.vars.pkgspecific.ALLOW_EMPTY
	oelint.vars.pkgspecific.FILES
	oelint.vars.pkgspecific.RCONFLICTS
	oelint.vars.pkgspecific.RDEPENDS
	oelint.vars.pkgspecific.RPROVIDES
	oelint.vars.pkgspecific.RRECOMMENDS
	oelint.vars.pkgspecific.RREPLACES
	oelint.vars.pkgspecific.RSUGGESTS
	oelint.vars.pkgspecific.pkg_postinst
	oelint.vars.pkgspecific.pkg_postrm
	oelint.vars.pkgspecific.pkg_preinst
	oelint.vars.pkgspecific.pkg_prerm
	oelint.vars.pnbpnusage
	oelint.vars.pnusagediscouraged
	oelint.vars.sectionlowercase
	oelint.vars.spacesassignment
	oelint.vars.specific
	oelint.vars.srcuriappend
	oelint.vars.srcurichecksum
	oelint.vars.srcuridomains
	oelint.vars.srcurifile
	oelint.vars.srcurigittag
	oelint.vars.srcurioptions
	oelint.vars.srcurisrcrevtag
	oelint.vars.summary80chars
	oelint.vars.summarylinebreaks
	oelint.vars.valuequoted
Parsing meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb























poky on  master with fish
$ echo $status
22

oelint-adv exits with 22. AFAIK, this means that it found 22 issues. However, there are no linter messages printed, only blank lines.

After examining the code, I discovered that this line might be the problem. The get_messageformat() function appears to be returning an empty string, which is why the formatting is not being applied. I can confirm that set_messageformat() is called with the default value, however then later the get_messageformat() is called, it return just the empty string. IIRC globals do not play nicely with multiprocessing pools and need to be passed explicitly.