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-rw-r--r--buildstream/element.py6
-rw-r--r--tests/frontend/buildcheckout.py10
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/buildstream/element.py b/buildstream/element.py
index 2218ef94b..bec87815c 100644
--- a/buildstream/element.py
+++ b/buildstream/element.py
@@ -623,6 +623,12 @@ class Element(Plugin):
dep.stage_artifact(sandbox)
"""
+ if not self._cached():
+ detail = "No artifacts have been cached yet for that element\n" + \
+ "Try building the element first with `bst build`\n"
+ raise ElementError("No artifacts to stage",
+ detail=detail, reason="uncached-checkout-attempt")
+
if update_mtimes is None:
update_mtimes = []
diff --git a/tests/frontend/buildcheckout.py b/tests/frontend/buildcheckout.py
index 1ec8f491f..f27005ada 100644
--- a/tests/frontend/buildcheckout.py
+++ b/tests/frontend/buildcheckout.py
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ def test_build_checkout_deps(datafiles, cli, deps):
@pytest.mark.datafiles(DATA_DIR)
+def test_build_checkout_unbuilt(datafiles, cli):
+ project = os.path.join(datafiles.dirname, datafiles.basename)
+ checkout = os.path.join(cli.directory, 'checkout')
+
+ # Check that checking out an unbuilt element fails nicely
+ result = cli.run(project=project, args=['checkout', 'target.bst', checkout])
+ result.assert_main_error(ErrorDomain.STREAM, "uncached-checkout-attempt")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.datafiles(DATA_DIR)
def test_build_checkout_tarball(datafiles, cli):
project = os.path.join(datafiles.dirname, datafiles.basename)
checkout = os.path.join(cli.directory, 'checkout.tar')