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-rw-r--r--meta/classes/sanity.bbclass6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
index 662f764533..d229938c93 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
@@ -531,14 +531,16 @@ def check_tar_version(sanity_data):
return None
# We use git parameters and functionality only found in 1.7.8 or later
+# The kernel tools assume git >= 1.8.3.1 (verified needed > 1.7.9.5) see #6162
+# The git fetcher also had workarounds for git < 1.7.9.2 which we've dropped
def check_git_version(sanity_data):
from distutils.version import LooseVersion
status, result = oe.utils.getstatusoutput("git --version 2> /dev/null")
if status != 0:
return "Unable to execute git --version, exit code %s\n" % status
version = result.split()[2]
- if LooseVersion(version) < LooseVersion("1.7.8"):
- return "Your version of git is older than 1.7.8 and has bugs which will break builds. Please install a newer version of git.\n"
+ if LooseVersion(version) < LooseVersion("1.8.3.1"):
+ return "Your version of git is older than 1.8.3.1 and has bugs which will break builds. Please install a newer version of git.\n"
return None
# Check the required perl modules which may not be installed by default