Check if elftools package is available before running DecodeElf(). This clarifies the error message.
Signed-off-by: Dmitrii Sharshakov <[email protected]> --- Make the error more informative and indicative of environment issue and not a code one --- Changes in v2: - Reword the commit message as suggested by reviewers - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] --- tools/binman/elf.py | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/binman/elf.py b/tools/binman/elf.py index 6ac960e0419..899c84ad36d 100644 --- a/tools/binman/elf.py +++ b/tools/binman/elf.py @@ -570,6 +570,8 @@ def is_valid(data): Returns: bool: True if a valid Elf file, False if not """ + if not ELF_TOOLS: + raise ValueError("Python: No module named 'elftools'") try: DecodeElf(data, 0) return True --- base-commit: 1bcb2fe324180d0a8cfbdb0511737eba1d5b8550 change-id: 20260109-pyelftools-warning-6df5f57ca5b8 Best regards, -- Dmitrii Sharshakov <[email protected]>
