kraft uses the name field from kraft.yaml to retrieve the kernel binary file to conduct the build/run tasks. But if users use make menuconfig to configure the app, the default binary name would be the directory name. Such mixing up may lead to the following two confusions if the name field of kraft.yaml does not match the directory name:
kraft build: if the configuration is correct, the build process will succeed, but nothing will be outputted after Successfully built unikernels:, which is weird.
kraft run: kraft will not retrieve any binary file. Thus, it will output an error message [CRITICAL] list index out of range
After discussing with the community, two acceptable solutions are raised:
Use a better error message (instead of [CRITICAL] list index out of range) to highlight the issue, and advise the user of to either:
update the kraft.yaml file
redo their build process to generate the correct file name
Let kraft run provide an option to get the name/path of the binary to run
As kraft is under refactoring and the new tools KraftKit will be released soon, I am going to open a PR only regarding the kraft run issue since it has more influence than the kraft build one.
kraftuses thenamefield fromkraft.yamlto retrieve the kernel binary file to conduct the build/run tasks. But if users usemake menuconfigto configure the app, the default binary name would be the directory name. Such mixing up may lead to the following two confusions if thenamefield ofkraft.yamldoes not match the directory name:kraft build: if the configuration is correct, the build process will succeed, but nothing will be outputted afterSuccessfully built unikernels:, which is weird.kraft run:kraftwill not retrieve any binary file. Thus, it will output an error message[CRITICAL] list index out of rangeAfter discussing with the community, two acceptable solutions are raised:
[CRITICAL] list index out of range) to highlight the issue, and advise the user of to either:kraft runprovide an option to get the name/path of the binary to runAs kraft is under refactoring and the new tools KraftKit will be released soon, I am going to open a PR only regarding the
kraft runissue since it has more influence than thekraft buildone.Issue #36 seems related to this issue, too.