[PATCH 3/4] sanity.bbclass: recommend using install-buildtools

Tim Orling
2020-03-30T19:43:26Z

For old tar versions (1.24 and 1.28), recommned using
scripts/install-buildtools

Signed-off-by: Tim Orling <timothy.t.orling@linux.intel.com>
---
meta/classes/sanity.bbclass | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
index cca5cdad17..0cf955a341 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
@@ -533,9 +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 (1.28+).\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+). You could use the project's buildtools-tarball from our last release or use scripts/install-buildtools\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 "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 or use scripts/install-buildtools).\n"
return None

# We use git parameters and functionality only found in 1.7.8 or later
--
2.24.0