[OE-core] linux-yocto-dev currently trips do_kernel_version_sanity_check

[Paul Barker]

On Sat, 18 Feb 2017 10:00:51 -0500
Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield at windriver.com> wrote:

> On 2017-02-18 7:11 AM, Paul Barker wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've cloned the master branch of poky, ran oe-init-build-env then
> > edited local.conf to include the following line:
> >
> >     PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-yocto-dev"
> >
> > After this I ran 'bitbake linux-yocto-dev' and got the following error:
> >
> >     ERROR: linux-yocto-dev-4.9-rc++gitAUTOINC+a5183d8346_36439e87c8-r0 do_kernel_version_sanity_check: Package Version (4.9-rc++gitAUTOINC+a5183d8346_36439e87c8) does not match of kernel being built (4.10-rc8). Please update the PV variable to match the kernel source.
> >     ERROR: linux-yocto-dev-4.9-rc++gitAUTOINC+a5183d8346_36439e87c8-r0 do_kernel_version_sanity_check: Function failed: do_kernel_version_sanity_check (log file is located at .../poky/build/tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/linux-yocto-dev/4.9-rc++gitAUTOINC+a5183d8346_36439e87c8-r0/temp/log.do_kernel_version_sanity_check.30252)
> >     ERROR: Logfile of failure stored in: .../poky/build/tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/linux-yocto-dev/4.9-rc++gitAUTOINC+a5183d8346_36439e87c8-r0/temp/log.do_kernel_version_sanity_check.30252
> >     ERROR: Task (.../poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb:do_kernel_version_sanity_check) failed with exit code '1'
> >
> > I found this problem whilst playing around with the
> > linux-raspberrypi_dev in meta-raspberrypi which also includes
> > linux-yocto.inc.
> >
> > Should this task be disabled for linux-yocto-dev and similar recipes?
> > I'd be happy with PV = "4.9+git...." for anything in the 4.9 series
> > myself.
> 
> I carry a deltask for it myself, and Cal sent a series to disable the
> check recently (via a variable).
> 
> So yes, it can (and often should be disabled) for AUTOREV -dev recipes.
> 
> I pushed 4.10-rc8 to the -dev kernel a few days ago, hence why things
> are triggering while my recipe version bump is cycling through the
> merge process.
> 

I've found the patch ("kernel.bbclass: Make sanity check opt-out and
provide easy opt-out"), I'll give it a try locally with the opt-out
variable set in my recipe.

Cheers,
Paul