[Openembedded-users] oe_sha256sum: command not found

[Adam Nielsen]

> I'm new to OE and trying to add a new machine. I just updated OE to the
> latest git version but now it can't compile the Linux kernel any more:
>
> 2009-12-29 14:08:35 (34.2 KB/s) - `patch-2.6.32.1.bz2' saved [15695/15695]
>
> sh: oe_sha256sum: command not found
> NOTE: The SHA256Sums did not match. Wanted:
> '5099786d80b8407d98a619df00209c2353517f22d804fdd9533b362adcb4504e' and
> Got: ''
> NOTE: Task failed: Checksum of
> 'http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2' failed
> ERROR: TaskFailed event exception, aborting

Just in case anyone else encounters this, I worked around it by adding one of 
the other folders to my path:

$ export PATH=/path-to-build-dir/tmp/staging/x86_64-linux/usr/bin/:$PATH

Perhaps this should be documented somewhere if it's something new?

Cheers,
Adam.