@@ -495,12 +495,15 @@ def check_gcc_version(sanity_data):
# 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 reproducible builds are enabled
+# Gtar is assumed at to be used as tar in poky
def check_tar_version(sanity_data):
import subprocess
try:
result = subprocess.check_output(["tar", "--version"], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode('utf-8')
except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
return "Unable to execute tar --version, exit code %d\n%s\n" % (e.returncode, e.output)
+ if not "GNU" in result:
+ return "Your version of tar is not gtar. Please install gtar (you could use the project's buildtools-tarball from our last release or use scripts/install-buildtools).\n"
version = result.split()[3]
if bb.utils.vercmp_string_op(version, "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 project's buildtools-tarball from our last release or use scripts/install-buildtools).\n"