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Subject: Crazy versioning
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I'm trying to use the recipe meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot_2011.06.bb
Since there are a number of u-boot recipes, I want to make sure I get
the right one, plus I'm writing a .bbappend file to add patches for
my own boards.

So I added this to my MACHINE.conf:
   PREFERRED_VERSION_u-boot = "2011.06"

When I try to build, I get this error:
   NOTE: preferred version 2011.06 of u-boot not available (for item u-boot)
   NOTE: versions of u-boot available: git v2011.06+git16+b1af6f532e0d348b153d5c148369229d24af361a
I guess this is because the recipe has this for PV
   SRCREV = "b1af6f532e0d348b153d5c148369229d24af361a"
   PV = "v2011.06+git${SRCPV}"
The truly bizarre thing is that if my cache is rebuilt, the version printed changes, e.g.
   % touch conf/local.conf
   % bitbake u-boot
   NOTE: versions of u-boot available: git v2011.06+git18+b1af6f532e0d348b153d5c148369229d24af361a

So, how do I specify the right value in PREFERRED_VERSION?

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