[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] binutils: fix PV to respect upstream tag and also cve database

Burton, Ross ross.burton at intel.com
Thu Mar 28 13:15:09 UTC 2019


On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 at 12:07, Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin at gmail.com> wrote:
> The problem with setting PV properly, is that 2.32 is less than 2.32.0
> and will cause the 'version going backwards' problem. But if RP/Khem
> are fine with it, I would prefer your patch.

I just had a look at the code in bitbake and yes, it actually even
tests that 1 < 1.0.  I'd say that there's an argument for handling .0
releases specially and considering 2.32 == 2.32.0.

Ross


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