[OE-core] [PATCH] Refuse to run bitbake on a kernel that is too old.

[Burton, Ross]

On 20 October 2014 19:30,  <jeffrey.honig at windriver.com> wrote:
> +    # Check that our kernel will work for crosssdk
> +    if os.uname()[0] == "Linux" and LooseVersion(os.uname()[2]) < LooseVersion(d.getVar('OLDEST_KERNEL')):
> +        status.addresult("The system requires a kernel of at least %s to run\n" % d.getVar('OLDEST_KERNEL'))
> +

The OLDEST_KERNEL documentation says:

                    Declares the oldest version of the Linux kernel that the
                    produced binaries must support.
                    This variable is passed into the build of the Embedded
                    GNU C Library (<filename>eglibc</filename>).

So surely checking this value at *runtime in bitbake* isn't correct.

Ross