[Buildroot] Using Kernel git tree tries to extract non extractable file

[Graham Newton <gnewton@peavey-eu.com>]

On 12/04/12 14:08, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Le Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:33:43 +0000 (UTC),
> Graham<gnewton@peavey-eu.com>  a ?crit :
>
>> I would have thought that as git provides a source tree "as is" there
>> is no need to uncompress.
> When you specify the source of a package as a git tree, what Buildroot
> keeps inside the dl/ directory is a tarball of the sources, as
> generated by 'git archive'. For the corresponding code, see the
> DOWNLOAD_GIT macro in package/Makefile.package.in.
>
I was just wading through that bit when your mail arrived.  I see what 
is happening now.
>> Output :
>> linux 2.6.34 Downloading
>> Initialized empty Git repository
>> in /home/gnewton/buildroot-2012.02/dl/linux- 2.6.34/
>> remote: Counting objects: 1901116, done.
>> remote: Compressing objects: 100% (315962/315962), done.
>> remote: Total 1901116 (delta 1568013), reused 1900830 (delta 1567732)
>> Receiving objects: 100% (1901116/1901116), 443.51 MiB | 19.29 MiB/s,
>> done. Resolving deltas: 100% (1568013/1568013), done.
>> fatal: Not a valid object name
> Hint: this is the problem. The
> BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT_VERSION="2.6.34" you're passing is not a
> valid version name: it should be a commit hash, or the name of a tag,
> or the name of a branch. This is where your problem is.
>
Of course!!!
> However, it is not normal that Buildroot does not abort here on such
> error, this should be fixed.
>
> Regards,
>
> Thomas

Thanks for the quick reply that has really helped.
I have only had a passing acquaintance with buildroot before but I am 
liking what I am seeing so far.

Graham