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diff --git a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
index a14bf53883..63ab6cf3df 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ def check_wsl(d):
# Tar version 1.24 and onwards handle overwriting symlinks correctly
# but earlier versions do not; this needs to work properly for sstate
+# Version 1.28 is needed so opkg-build works correctly when reproducibile builds are enabled
def check_tar_version(sanity_data):
from distutils.version import LooseVersion
import subprocess
@@ -532,7 +533,9 @@ def check_tar_version(sanity_data):
return "Unable to execute tar --version, exit code %d\n%s\n" % (e.returncode, e.output)
version = result.split()[3]
if LooseVersion(version) < LooseVersion("1.24"):
- return "Your version of tar is older than 1.24 and has bugs which will break builds. Please install a newer version of tar.\n"
+ return "Your version of tar is older than 1.24 and has bugs which will break builds. Please install a newer version of tar (1.28+).\n"
+ if LooseVersion(version) < LooseVersion("1.28"):
+ return "Your version of tar is older than 1.28 and does not have the support needed to enable reproducible builds. Please install a newer version of tar (you could use the projects buildtools-tarball from our last release).\n"
return None
# We use git parameters and functionality only found in 1.7.8 or later