add git to yocto image

Question

for development I want to add git to my yocto image. So I add

IMAGE_INSTALL += "git"

to my `local.conf. But when I run qemu I run into this crash straigth away:

Welcome to GRUB!

lock: OK
lock: OK

error: file `/boot/bzImage' not found.

Dropping to grub prompt for unknown reason. Should never get here.

Any idea why? Cheers

grmmgrmm · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-11T09:45:40.267

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I had to move IMAGE_INSTALL += "git" from local.conf into the image recipe of the image that I'm actually building to make this work. I do not have an explanation but fixed adding git this way. Any explanation is highly welcome.

Edit: Checkout this answer by Erik for further explanation: Yocto Image file size reduces after adding a particular package

edited Mar 11 '20 at 09:45

answered Mar 10 '20 at 18:59

grmmgrmm

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Have a look at my reply here, it's describing the same issue you are seeing here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/59786952/7434032 – Erik Botö Mar 10 '20 at 19:35
Thanks @ErikBotö ! That helps a lot in deed! – grmmgrmm Mar 11 '20 at 09:43

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