diff --git a/develop/git/git.conf b/develop/git/git.conf
index 85aa1db48..25073e673 100644
--- a/develop/git/git.conf
+++ b/develop/git/git.conf
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
+if atstage cross; then
+	# omit check for formatted IO functions support C99 size specifiers
+	var_append configcache ' ' "ac_cv_c_c99_format=yes"
+fi
+
 # disable git-gui if there is no tcl/tk support
 if ! pkginstalled tk; then
 	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--without-tcltk"
diff --git a/develop/git/git.desc b/develop/git/git.desc
index ac09576c4..040ba869b 100644
--- a/develop/git/git.desc
+++ b/develop/git/git.desc
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
 [V] 1.7.2.3
-[P] X -----5---9 209.700
+[P] X -?---5---9 209.700
 
 [D] 4072940637 git-1.7.2.3.tar.bz2 http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/