subtree updates

poky: 424296bf9b..7ea41de137:
  Adrian Herrera (1):
        scripts: oe-run-native, fix *-native directories

  Alexander Kanavin (8):
        meta/lib/oe/reproducible.py: gitsm:// works just as fine as git:// for timestamps
        llvm: fix reproducibility
        ruby: fix reproducibility
        webkitgtk: fix reproducibility
        ffmpeg: fix reproducibility
        serf: do not install the static library
        llvm: sort the lists in generated source reproducibibly
        valgrind: exclude bar_bad/bar_bad_xml from ptests

  Andrej Valek (2):
        kernel-dummy: fix executing unexpected tasks
        python3: fix CVE-2019-20907

  Andrey Mozzhuhin (1):
        toolchain-shar-extract.sh: Handle special characters in script path

  Anuj Mittal (2):
        distutils-common-base: fix LINKSHARED expansion
        mesa: add more details to elf-tls patch

  Armin Kuster (2):
        xorg: Security fix for CVE-2020-14345
        glibc: Security fix for CVE-2020-29573

  Brett Warren (1):
        libffi: add patch to revert clang VFP workaround

  Bruce Ashfield (20):
        kernel: provide module.lds for out of tree builds in v5.10+
        kernel: relocate copy of module.lds to module compilation task
        linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.71
        linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.72
        linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.73
        linux-yocto/5.4: config cleanup / warnings
        linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.75
        linux-yocto/5.4: perf: Alias SYS_futex with SYS_futex_time64 on 32-bit arches with 64bit time_t
        linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.78
        lttng-modules: add post 2.11.6 patches
        linux-yocto-rt/5.4: update to -rt44
        linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.80
        linux-yocto/cfg: qemuppc: set CONFIG_SCSI to '=y'
        linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.82
        linux-yocto/cfg: qemuarm64-gfx.cfg: add CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT
        linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.83
        linux-yocto/5.4/cfg: fix -tiny warnings
        linux-yocto/5.4/cfg: fix FIRMWARE_LOADER warnings
        linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.85
        linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.87

  Changqing Li (2):
        buildtools-tarball: add wic dependency into extended buildtools
        libexif: fix CVE-2020-0198; CVE-2020-0452

  Chris Laplante (1):
        systemd.bbclass: improve error message when a service unit specified in SYSTEMD_SERVICE is not found

  Christopher Larson (2):
        grub-efi-cfg: exclude OVERRIDES from build_efi_cfg vardeps
        uboot-extlinux-config: exclude OVERRIDES from do_create_extlinux_config vardeps

  Daniel Ammann (1):
        wic: fix typo

  Diego Sueiro (1):
        modutils-initscripts: Use depmod -a when modules.dep is empty

  Dmitry Baryshkov (5):
        linux-firmware: upgrade 20201022 -> 20201118
        linux-firmware: package ath11k firmware
        linux-firmware: upgrade 20201118 -> 20201218
        linux-firmware: package firmware for Lontium lt9611uxc bridge
        perl: fix installation failure because of shell issue

  Fedor Ross (2):
        sysvinit: remove bashism to be compatible with dash
        eudev: remove bashism to be compatible with dash

  Gratian Crisan (1):
        kernel-module-split.bbclass: fix kernel modules getting marked as CONFFILES

  Hongxu Jia (1):
        glib-networking/btrfs-tools/dosfstools/parted/bmap-tools/libsoup-2.4: add nativesdk support

  Joshua Watt (4):
        ref-variables: Given example for naming sources
        ref-manual: Document wic --offset option
        documentation: Add Pipenv support
        classes/waf: Add build and install arguments

  Khem Raj (1):
        initscripts: use quotes for shell variable comparision

  Lee Chee Yang (7):
        go: update to 1.14.12
        glibc: fix CVE-2020-29562
        qemu: fix CVE-2020-25723
        binutils: fix CVE-2020-16592/16598
        wic/direct/kparser: ensure fsuuid for vfat and msdos align with format
        gdk-pixbuf: fix CVE-2020-29385
        curl: fix CVE-2020-8231/8284/8285/8286

  Loic Domaigne (1):
        roofs_*.bbclass: fix missing vardeps for do_rootfs

  Mans Rullgard (1):
        boost: drop arm-intrinsics.patch

  Marek Vasut (2):
        meta: toolchain-shar-relocate.sh: Do not use $target_sdk_dir as regex
        meta: toolchain-shar-relocate.sh: Filter out post-relocate-setup script

  Mark Jonas (1):
        libsdl2: Add directfb to PACKAGECONFIG rdepends

  Max Krummenacher (1):
        linux-firmware: rdepend on license for all nvidia packages

  Maxime Roussin-Bélanger (1):
        meta: add missing descriptions in some support recipes

  Mert Kirpici (1):
        bitbake: doc/conf.py: add missing import sys

  Michael Ho (1):
        license_image.bbclass: fix missing recipeinfo on self

  Mikko Rapeli (4):
        glibc: update to 2.31 stable tree head
        glib-2.0: add patch for CVE-2020-35457
        systemd: update from 244.3 to 244.5 stable release
        zip: whitelist CVE-2018-13410 and CVE-2018-13684

  Milan Shah (1):
        oe-pkgdata-util: Added a test to verify oe-pkgdata-util without parameters

  Naoki Hayama (1):
        dev/test/ref-manual: Fix typos

  Nathan Rossi (2):
        ncurses: Prevent LDFLAGS being emitted in .pc files
        coreutils: enable xattrs by default for nativesdk

  Nicolas Dechesne (16):
        bitbake: sphinx: import sphinx docs
        bitbake: sphinx: undo (bitbake-user-manual: Remove TERM from BB_HASHBASE_WHITELIST example)
        bitbake: sphinx: partial undo (bitbake-user-manual: update perforce fetcher docs)
        sphinx: import docs
        sphinx: undo (ref-system-requirements: update supported hosts lists)
        sphinx: reintroduce changes for 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3 and 3.1.4
        sphinx: remove test-manual
        sphinx: fix up some trademark and branding issues
        sphinx: remove DocBook files
        sphinx: rename Makefile.sphinx
        sdk-manual: use built-in footnotes
        sphinx: add 3.1.3 and 3.0.4 release in the switcher
        poky.yaml: remove unused variables
        Makefile: enable parallel build
        conf.py: set version to 3.1.4
        sphinx: update link to bitbake docs

  Ovidiu Panait (2):
        timezone: upgrade to 2020e
        timezone: upgrade to 2020f

  Paul Barker (2):
        conf.py: Improve TOC and Outline depth in PDF output
        selftest: Add argument to keep build dir

  Paul Eggleton (5):
        ref-manual: add reference anchors for each QA check
        ref-manual: fix for features_check class change
        ref-manual: add IMAGE_VERSION_SUFFIX variable
        ref-manual: add IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX variable
        ref-manual: add IMAGE_LINK_NAME

  Peter Kjellerstedt (1):
        apr-util: Only specify --with-dbm=gdbm if gdbm support is enabled

  Quentin Schulz (20):
        docs: ref-manual: ref-variables: fix one-letter pointer links in glossary
        docs: ref-manual: ref-variables: fix alphabetical order in glossary
        docs: ref-manual: ref-variables: add links to terms in glossary
        docs: poky.yaml: use HTTPS for links
        docs: ref-manual: indentation, links and highlights fixes
        docs: remove OE_INIT_FILE variable
        docs: ref-manual: fix typos
        docs: ref-manual: migration-2.3: specify 2.3 version instead of DISTRO
        docs: ref-manual: ref-classes: remove dropped tinderclient class
        docs: ref-manual: ref-system-requirements: update requirements to build Sphinx docs
        docs: sphinx: yocto-vars: rebuild files when poky.yaml has changed
        docs: poky.yaml: fix identation in host packages variables
        docs: dev-manual-common-tasks: remove paragraph about race when missing DEPENDS
        docs: dev-manual-common-tasks: update python webserver example to python3
        docs: dev-manual: fix typos, highlights, indentation and links
        docs: ref-manual: ref-terms: add links to terms in glossary
        docs: bsp-guide: bsp: fix typos, highlights and links
        docs: kernel-dev: fix typos, highlights and links
        docs: kernel-dev-common: add .patch file extension to SRC_URI files
        docs: kernel-dev-faq: update outdated RDEPENDS_kernel-base

  Richard Purdie (20):
        fs-perms: Ensure /usr/src/debug/ file modes are correct
        e2fsprogs: Fix a ptest permissions determinism issue
        lz4: Use the new branch naming from upstream
        metadata_scm: Fix signature handling of METADATA_REVISION and METADATA_BRANCH
        grub: Fix build reproducibility issue
        grub: Add second fix for determinism issue
        u-boot-tools: Fix reproducibility issue
        groff: Fix reproducibility issue
        man-db: Avoid reproducibility failures after fixing groff-native
        cups: Mark CVE-2009-0032 as a non-issue
        cups: Mark CVE-2008-1033 as a non-issue
        docs: Fix license CC-BY-2.0-UK -> CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK
        ref-manual/faq: Add entry for why binaries are changed in images
        dev-manual: Add a note about prelink changing prebuild binaries
        oeqa/commands: Ensure sync can be found regardless of PATH
        grub: Further reproducibility fix
        man-db: Fix reproducibility issue
        gcc: Fix mangled patch
        bitbake: data_smart: Ensure hash reflects vardepvalue flags correctly
        linuxloader: Avoid confusing string concat errors

  Robert Joslyn (2):
        openssl: Update to 1.1.1i
        ppp: Whitelist CVE-2020-15704

  Robert P. J. Day (3):
        ref-manual/ref-variables: "PACKAGE_FEEDS_ARCHS" -> "PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS"
        README: "yocto-project-qs" -> "brief-yoctoprojectqs"
        adt-manual: delete obsolete ADT manual, and related content

  Robert Yang (5):
        buildtools-tarball.bb: Fix PATH for environment setup script
        ncurses: Make ncurses-tools depend on ncurses-terminfo-base
        minicom: RDEPENDS on ncurses-terminfo-base
        archiver.bbclass: Fix --runall=deploy_archives for images
        weston: Fix PACKAGECONFIG for remoting

  Ross Burton (17):
        bitbake: taskexp: update for GTK API changes
        cve-check: show real PN/PV
        python3: add CVE-2007-4559 to whitelist
        gstreamer1.0-rtsp-server: set CVE_PRODUCT
        gstreamer1.0-plugins-base: set CVE_PRODUCT
        oeqa/devtool: use Yocto mirror for pv-1.5.3 tarball
        devtool: remove unused variable
        image_types: sort tarball file listings
        cve-update-db-native: handle all-wildcard versions
        coreutils: add SUSE-specific issues to CVE whitelist
        kernel: set COMPATIBLE_HOST to *-linux
        ncurses: remove config.cache
        wic-image-minimal: only depend on syslinux on x86 targets
        lib/oe/qa: handle the 'no specific instruction set' ELF e_machine value
        diffstat: point the license checksum at the license
        ruby: remove tcl DEPENDS
        waf: don't assume the waf intepretter is good

  Scott Murray (3):
        grub: fix "CVE:" line in one of the patches
        patch: fix CVE-2019-20633
        glibc: CVE-2019-25013

  Steve Sakoman (5):
        sqlite3: add CVE-2015-3717 to whitelist
        oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py: fix typo in ignore_patterns call
        cups: whitelist CVE-2018-6553
        documentation: prepare for 3.1.5 release
        poky.conf: Bump version for 3.1.5 release

  Tanu Kaskinen (1):
        pulseaudio: Remove OE_LT_RPATH_ALLOW

  Thomas Perrot (1):
        go.bbclass: don't stage test data with sources of dependencies

  Tomasz Dziendzielski (2):
        populate_sdk_base: Fix condition syntax if SDK_RELOCATE_AFTER_INSTALL is disabled
        lib/oe/utils: Return empty string in parallel_make

  Vyacheslav Yurkov (1):
        license_image.bbclass: use canonical name for license files

  Wang Mingyu (1):
        mobile-broadband-provider-info: upgrade 20190618 ->20201225

  Wonmin Jung (1):
        kernel: Set proper LD in KERNEL_KCONFIG_COMMAND

  sangeeta jain (1):
        meta/lib/oeqa/manual/oe-core.json: Update test_bitbake_devshell

  zangrc (2):
        wireless-regdb: upgrade 2020.04.29 -> 2020.11.20
        bash: Rename patch name

meta-openembedded: f2d02cb71e..5bba79488b:
  Armin Kuster (5):
        wireguard-module: fix build issue with 5.4 kernel
        mariadb: update to 10.4.17 for cve fixes
        lua: update to 5.3.6
        nss: Security fix CVE-2020-12401
        wireshark: Several securtiy fixes

  Chenxi Mao (1):
        geoclue: select avahi-daemon if nmea enabled

  Diego Santa Cruz (2):
        gssdp: Upgrade to 1.2.2 -> 1.2.3
        gupnp: Upgrade to 1.2.2 -> 1.2.4

  Gianfranco (1):
        dlt-daemon: add upstream patch to fix CVE-2020-29394

  Khem Raj (4):
        nodejs: Fix build with icu 67.1
        nodejs: Upgrade to 12.18.3
        nodejs: Fix arm32/thumb builds with clang
        nodejs: Update to 12.19.0

  Leon Anavi (1):
        php: Upgrade 7.4.4 -> 7.4.9

  Max Kellermann (1):
        php: remove the failing ${D}/${TMPDIR} code

  Robert Joslyn (1):
        postgresql: Update to 12.5

  Roland Hieber (1):
        pcsc-lite: provide pcsc-lite-lib-native explicitly for native build

  Sakib Sajal (1):
        apache2: upgrade v2.4.43 -> v2.4.46

  Sean Nyekjaer (1):
        nodejs: 12.19.1 -> 12.20.1

  Stacy Gaikovaia (1):
        nodejs: 12.19.0 -> 12.19.1

  Wang Mingyu (1):
        zabbix: CVE-2020-15803 Security Advisory

  Wenlin Kang (2):
        lua: fix CVE-2020-15945
        lua: fix CVE-2020-24371

  Zang Ruochen (1):
        mcpp: Normalize the patch format of CVE

  Zheng Ruoqin (4):
        samba: CVE-2020-14318 Security Advisory
        samba: CVE-2020-14383 Security Advisory
        php: CVE-2020-7070
        php: CVE-2020-7069

  jabdoa2 (2):
        libsdl2-mixer: Fix ogg/vorbis support in libsdl2-mixer
        libsdl2-mixer: set --disable-music-ogg-shared to link statically

  viatsk (1):
        tcpdump: Patch for CVE-2020-8037

Signed-off-by: Patrick Williams <patrick@stwcx.xyz>
Change-Id: I6e3b58075efc33fcfd6e9e1aa697f8763b5a89aa

9 files changed, 29 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/qa.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/qa.py
index ea831b930a..e8a854a302 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/qa.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/qa.py
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ def elf_machine_to_string(machine):
     """
     try:
         return {
+            0x00: "Unset",
             0x02: "SPARC",
             0x03: "x86",
             0x08: "MIPS",
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/reproducible.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/reproducible.py
index 421bb12f54..0fb02ccdb0 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/reproducible.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/reproducible.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def find_git_folder(d, sourcedir):
     return None
 
 def get_source_date_epoch_from_git(d, sourcedir):
-    if not "git://" in d.getVar('SRC_URI'):
+    if not "git://" in d.getVar('SRC_URI') and not "gitsm://" in d.getVar('SRC_URI'):
         return None
 
     gitpath = find_git_folder(d, sourcedir)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/utils.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
index 13f4271da0..83d298906b 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def parallel_make(d, makeinst=False):
 
         return int(v)
 
-    return None
+    return ''
 
 def parallel_make_argument(d, fmt, limit=None, makeinst=False):
     """
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/manual/oe-core.json b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/manual/oe-core.json
index fb47c5ec36..4ad524d89b 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/manual/oe-core.json
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/manual/oe-core.json
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
           "expected_results": ""
         },
         "7": {
-          "action": "Run command:./configure && make ",
+          "action": "Run command:./configure ${CONFIGUREOPTS} && make ",
           "expected_results": "Verify that \"matchbox-desktop\" binary file was created successfully under \"src/\" directory "
         },
         "8": {
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
index d8bf4aea08..ddf46547de 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def setUpModule():
                         if relpth.endswith('/'):
                             destdir = os.path.join(corecopydir, relpth)
                             # avoid race condition by not copying .pyc files YPBZ#13421,13803
-                            shutil.copytree(pth, destdir, ignore=ignore_patterns('*.pyc', '__pycache__'))
+                            shutil.copytree(pth, destdir, ignore=shutil.ignore_patterns('*.pyc', '__pycache__'))
                         else:
                             destdir = os.path.join(corecopydir, os.path.dirname(relpth))
                             bb.utils.mkdirhier(destdir)
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class DevtoolAddTests(DevtoolBase):
         self.track_for_cleanup(tempdir)
         pn = 'pv'
         pv = '1.5.3'
-        url = 'http://www.ivarch.com/programs/sources/pv-1.5.3.tar.bz2'
+        url = 'http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/mirror/sources/pv-1.5.3.tar.bz2'
         result = runCmd('wget %s' % url, cwd=tempdir)
         result = runCmd('tar xfv %s' % os.path.basename(url), cwd=tempdir)
         srcdir = os.path.join(tempdir, '%s-%s' % (pn, pv))
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oelib/elf.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oelib/elf.py
index d0a28090f2..5a5f9b4fdf 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oelib/elf.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oelib/elf.py
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ class TestElf(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(oe.qa.elf_machine_to_string(0xB7), "AArch64")
         self.assertEqual(oe.qa.elf_machine_to_string(0xF7), "BPF")
 
-        self.assertEqual(oe.qa.elf_machine_to_string(0x00), "Unknown (0)")
+        self.assertEqual(oe.qa.elf_machine_to_string(0x00), "Unset")
         self.assertEqual(oe.qa.elf_machine_to_string(0xDEADBEEF), "Unknown (3735928559)")
         self.assertEqual(oe.qa.elf_machine_to_string("foobar"), "Unknown ('foobar')")
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/pkgdata.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/pkgdata.py
index 833a1803ba..254abc40c6 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/pkgdata.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/pkgdata.py
@@ -218,3 +218,9 @@ class OePkgdataUtilTests(OESelftestTestCase):
     def test_specify_pkgdatadir(self):
         result = runCmd('oe-pkgdata-util -p %s lookup-pkg zlib' % get_bb_var('PKGDATA_DIR'))
         self.assertEqual(result.output, 'libz1')
+
+    def test_no_param(self):
+        result = runCmd('oe-pkgdata-util', ignore_status=True)
+        self.assertEqual(result.status, 2, "Status different than 2. output: %s" % result.output)
+        currpos = result.output.find('usage: oe-pkgdata-util')
+        self.assertTrue(currpos != -1, msg = "Test is Failed. Help is not Displayed in %s" % result.output)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
index 33557b1240..be3ec6401f 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class NonConcurrentTestSuite(unittest.TestSuite):
         (builddir, newbuilddir) = self.setupfunc("-st", None, self.suite)
         ret = super().run(result)
         os.chdir(builddir)
-        if newbuilddir and ret.wasSuccessful():
+        if newbuilddir and ret.wasSuccessful() and self.removefunc:
             self.removefunc(newbuilddir)
 
 def removebuilddir(d):
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def removebuilddir(d):
     bb.utils.prunedir(d, ionice=True)
 
 class OESelftestTestContext(OETestContext):
-    def __init__(self, td=None, logger=None, machines=None, config_paths=None, newbuilddir=None):
+    def __init__(self, td=None, logger=None, machines=None, config_paths=None, newbuilddir=None, keep_builddir=None):
         super(OESelftestTestContext, self).__init__(td, logger)
 
         self.machines = machines
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ class OESelftestTestContext(OETestContext):
         self.config_paths = config_paths
         self.newbuilddir = newbuilddir
 
+        if keep_builddir:
+            self.removebuilddir = None
+        else:
+            self.removebuilddir = removebuilddir
+
     def setup_builddir(self, suffix, selftestdir, suite):
         builddir = os.environ['BUILDDIR']
         if not selftestdir:
@@ -119,9 +124,9 @@ class OESelftestTestContext(OETestContext):
         if processes:
             from oeqa.core.utils.concurrencytest import ConcurrentTestSuite
 
-            return ConcurrentTestSuite(suites, processes, self.setup_builddir, removebuilddir)
+            return ConcurrentTestSuite(suites, processes, self.setup_builddir, self.removebuilddir)
         else:
-            return NonConcurrentTestSuite(suites, processes, self.setup_builddir, removebuilddir)
+            return NonConcurrentTestSuite(suites, processes, self.setup_builddir, self.removebuilddir)
 
     def runTests(self, processes=None, machine=None, skips=[]):
         if machine:
@@ -179,6 +184,9 @@ class OESelftestTestContextExecutor(OETestContextExecutor):
                 action='append', default=None,
                 help='Exclude all (unhidden) tests that match any of the specified tag(s). (exclude applies before select)')
 
+        parser.add_argument('-K', '--keep-builddir', action='store_true',
+                help='Keep the test build directory even if all tests pass')
+
         parser.add_argument('-B', '--newbuilddir', help='New build directory to use for tests.')
         parser.set_defaults(func=self.run)
 
@@ -235,6 +243,7 @@ class OESelftestTestContextExecutor(OETestContextExecutor):
         self.tc_kwargs['init']['config_paths']['localconf'] = os.path.join(builddir, "conf/local.conf")
         self.tc_kwargs['init']['config_paths']['bblayers'] = os.path.join(builddir, "conf/bblayers.conf")
         self.tc_kwargs['init']['newbuilddir'] = args.newbuilddir
+        self.tc_kwargs['init']['keep_builddir'] = args.keep_builddir
 
         def tag_filter(tags):
             if args.exclude_tags:
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
index 8059cbce3e..8b3e12038d 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
@@ -188,7 +188,10 @@ def runCmd(command, ignore_status=False, timeout=None, assert_error=True, sync=T
     # call sync around the tests to ensure the IO queue doesn't get too large, taking any IO
     # hit here rather than in bitbake shutdown.
     if sync:
+        p = os.environ['PATH']
+        os.environ['PATH'] = "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:" + p
         os.system("sync")
+        os.environ['PATH'] = p
 
     result.command = command
     result.status = cmd.status