# Dependency loop when adding meta-mender **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Tags:** yocto, dunfell\ **Created:** [December 20, 2021, 8:06am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/dependency-loop-when-adding-meta-mender/4414 "2021-12-20T08:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mdosari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@Mdosari](https://hub.mender.io/u/Mdosari)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 8:06am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/dependency-loop-when-adding-meta-mender/4414/1 "2021-12-20T08:06:40Z")
Hi all, We are facing an issue about dependency loop while we try to add mender layer to build system. These 11 error messages are Dependency loop #1 found : `Task ....../mender-client_2.6.1**.bb:do_package_write_rpm (dependent tasks a lot of tasks but some of them are initramfs, grub-efi and grub)` Dependency loop #2 found : `Task ....../mender-client_2.6.1**.bb:do_package_qa (dependent tasks a lot of tasks but some of them are initramfs, grub-efi and grub)` . . Dependency loop #10 found : `Task ....../grub-mender-grubenv_git**.bb:do_package_write_rpm (dependent tasks a lot of tasks but some of them are initramfs, grub-efi and grub)` Dependency loop #11 found : `Task ....../grub-mender-grubenv_git**.bb:do_package_qa (dependent tasks a lot of tasks but some of them are initramfs, grub-efi and grub)` What we have in our system : - This build system has already got initramfs image recipe. - This build system use [meta-secure-core](https://github.com/jiazhang0/meta-secure-core) layer Note : we already build system with meta-secure-core successfully without any issues What I think is meta-mender is conflict with meta-secure-core and with initramfs.bb. Exactly at tasks do\_package\_write\_rpm and do\_package\_qa. Unfortunately I could not find the implementation for them to see where is the conflict. Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![Mdosari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@Mdosari](https://hub.mender.io/u/Mdosari)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 11:55am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/dependency-loop-when-adding-meta-mender/4414/2 "2021-12-21T11:55:34Z")
We have solved this by adding the following lines in mender-client bbappend file ```auto addtask package_write_rpm after do_install addtask package_qa after package_write_rpm ``` I’m confused why these tasks are not invoked automatically. ---
**Author:** ![oleorhagen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/oleorhagen/32/297_2.png) [@oleorhagen](https://hub.mender.io/u/oleorhagen)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 7:20am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/dependency-loop-when-adding-meta-mender/4414/3 "2021-12-23T07:20:40Z")
Hi @Mdosari Nice find! I’m guessing they are invoked automatically, but they are resolved in a different order by default (haven’t looked at the sources here). Maybe you could create a PR for this, so that we can have a closer look? 👀 ---
**Author:** ![Mdosari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@Mdosari](https://hub.mender.io/u/Mdosari)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/dependency-loop-when-adding-meta-mender/4414/4 "2021-12-26T09:36:21Z")
Hi @oleorhagen Unfortunately I couldn’t create and push a revision for the recipe. But all I did is the following. I have created mender-client\_3.1.0.bbappend with following content ```auto addtask package_write_rpm after do_install addtask package_qa after do_package_write_rpm ``` By the way I’m using the following versions mender-client = 3.1.0 mender-artifact = 3.6.1 mender-artifact-native = 3.6.1 mender-connect = 1.2.0 best regards ---
**Author:** ![oleorhagen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/oleorhagen/32/297_2.png) [@oleorhagen](https://hub.mender.io/u/oleorhagen)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/dependency-loop-when-adding-meta-mender/4414/5 "2021-12-27T13:02:10Z")
@Mdosari thank you, I will follow up this with the meta-mender recipe 🙂