1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/conf/sanity.conf b/meta/conf/sanity.conf
index fe1e2282e4..35d9d32de1 100644
--- a/meta/conf/sanity.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/sanity.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@
 # See sanity.bbclass
 #
 # Expert users can confirm their sanity with "touch conf/sanity.conf"
-BB_MIN_VERSION = "1.8.8"
+BB_MIN_VERSION = "1.8.10"
+
+#
+# SANITY_ABI allows us to notify users when the format of TMPDIR changes in 
+# an incompatible way. Such changes should usually be detailed in the commit
+# that breaks the format and have been previously discussed on the mailing list 
+# with general agreement from the core team.
+#
+SANITY_ABI = "1"
+SANITY_ABIFILE = "${TMPDIR}/abi_version"
+
 INHERIT += "sanity"