'//' in a FILES variable causes hard to track down issues with
packaging. This adds a warning and attempts to auto-correct the issue to
try and make the problem more user friendly.

[YOCTO #2448]

Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <[email protected]>
---
diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index bc83bfb..6bce742 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -917,6 +917,9 @@ python populate_packages () {
                files = filesvar.split()
                file_links = {}
                for file in files:
+                       if file.find("//") != -1:
+                               bb.warn("FILES variable for package %s contains 
'//' which is invalid. Attempting to fix this but you should correct the 
metadata.\n" % pkg)
+                               file.replace("//", "/")
                        if os.path.isabs(file):
                                file = '.' + file
                        if not os.path.islink(file):



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