Linux repo init error

[jimmyli]

System: Ubuntu 18.04.5

Linux Version: L4.14.98-2.0.0.ga

When I do the commend showed below, the error happens as below:

1> commend: repo init -u https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/imx-manifest -b imx-linux-sumo -m imx-4.14.98-2.0.0_ga.xml

2> error:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~/yocto/imx6ull-yocto-bsp$ repo init -u https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/imx-manifest -b imx-linux-sumo -m imx-4.14.98-2.0.0_ga.xml

Get https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/git/git-repo remote: Counting objects: 6241, done.

remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3175/3175), done.

remote: Total 6241 (delta 4060), reused 4968 (delta 2997)

Receiving objects: 100% (6241/6241), 2.37 MiB | 4.01 MiB/s, done.

Resolving deltas: 100% (4060/4060), done.

From https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/git/git-repo

* [new branch] main -> origin/main

* [new branch] maint -> origin/maint

* [new branch] master -> origin/master

* [new branch] repo-1 -> origin/repo-1

* [new branch] stable -> origin/stable

....

* [new tag] v2.7 -> v2.7

* [new tag] v2.8 -> v2.8

* [new tag] v2.9 -> v2.9

File "/home/ubuntu/yocto/imx6ull-yocto-bsp/.repo/repo/main.py", line 79

file=sys.stderr) ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I have installed the repo and basic configuration.

Hope you can help me.

Thanks.

[kiran_bhas]

sudo rm /usr/bin/python

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3.6 /usr/bin/python

Then repo init should work.

[hailiu]

I have the same issue, Originally I use python2.7, the invalid syntax error occurs during repo init process. I changed to python3.6.6, the problem still there. Because the repo update itself automatically, there is no way to fix the repo version. I check the main.py file, the new one use python3, but the older one in my disk use python2.  Is there any way to keep the older repo file?

[jimmyli]

Yes.

I have tried many ways, but failed.

So, now it is not way to fix the problem.

Maybe I have to download the source code by git instead of yocto.

[hailiu]

Jimmyli,

I switched to release 5.4.24, and setup the host based on this release. I guess there is no way to support the old release after you do a repo sync (and you must do a repo init first because the site change to codeaurora.org) because the automatic repo update.

Hai

[jimmyli]

Hi Hai，

      Switch to ubuntu 20.04 will fix the problem.

[jimmyli]

Hi Hai,

      Thanks  for your suggestion.

      I will update to L5.4.24 version too.