@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ New Features / Enhancements in 4.2
:wikipedia:`LoongArch <Loongson#LoongArch>`
(``loongarch64``) architecture, though there is no testing for it yet.
-- Kernel-related enhancements:
-
-- QEMU/runqemu enhancements:
-
-- Image-related enhancements:
-
- New variables:
- :term:`VOLATILE_TMP_DIR` allows to specify
@@ -68,13 +62,13 @@ New Features / Enhancements in 4.2
- Enabled building Rust for baremetal targets
- You can now also easily select to build beta or nightly
- versions of rust with a new :term:`RUST_CHANNEL` variable
+ versions of Rust with a new :term:`RUST_CHANNEL` variable
(use at own risk)
- - Support for local github repos in :term:`SRC_URI` as
- replacements for cargo dependencies
+ - Support for local GitHub repos in :term:`SRC_URI` as
+ replacements for Cargo dependencies
- - Use built-in rust targets for -native builds to save several
+ - Use built-in Rust targets for ``-native`` builds to save several
minutes building the Rust toolchain
- Python 3.8+ and GCC 8.0+ are now the minimum required versions on the build host
@@ -108,7 +102,7 @@ New Features / Enhancements in 4.2
- go: add support to build on ppc64le
- rust: rustfmt now working and installed for riscv32
- - libpng: enable NEON for aarch64 to enensure consistency with arm32.
+ - libpng: enable NEON for aarch64 to ensure consistency with arm32.
- baremetal-helloworld: Enable x86 and x86-64 ports
- Kernel-related enhancements:
@@ -138,11 +132,11 @@ New Features / Enhancements in 4.2
- Set ``QB_SMP`` with ?= to make it easier to modify
- Set ``QB_CPU`` with ?= to make it easier to modify (x86 configuration only)
- - New ``QB_NFSROOTFS_EXTRA_OPT`` to allow extra options to be appended to the nfs rootfs options in kernel boot args, e.g. ``"wsize=4096,rsize=4096"``
+ - New ``QB_NFSROOTFS_EXTRA_OPT`` to allow extra options to be appended to the NFS rootfs options in kernel boot args, e.g. ``"wsize=4096,rsize=4096"``
- New ``QB_SETUP_CMD`` and ``QB_CLEANUP_CMD`` to enable running custom shell setup and cleanup commands before and after QEMU.
- ``QB_DEFAULT_KERNEL`` now defaults to pick the bundled initramfs kernel image if the Linux kernel image is generated with :term:`INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE` set to "1"
- Split out the QEMU guest agent to its own ``qemu-guest-agent`` package
- - runqemu: new "guestagent" option to enable communication with the guest agent
+ - runqemu: new ``guestagent`` option to enable communication with the guest agent
- runqemu: respect :term:`IMAGE_LINK_NAME` when searching for image
- Image-related enhancements:
@@ -152,10 +146,10 @@ New Features / Enhancements in 4.2
- wic Image Creator enhancements:
- - bootimg-efi: add support for directly loading Linux kernel UEFI stub
- - bootimg-efi: implement --include-path
- - Allow usage of fstype=none to specify an unformatted partition
- - Implement repeatable disk identifiers based on SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
+ - ``bootimg-efi.py``: add support for directly loading Linux kernel UEFI stub
+ - ``bootimg-efi.py``: implement ``--include-path``
+ - Allow usage of ``fstype=none`` to specify an unformatted partition
+ - Implement repeatable disk identifiers based on :term:`SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH`
- FIT image related improvements:
@@ -179,7 +173,7 @@ New Features / Enhancements in 4.2
- ``unifdef``
- New :term:`SDK_ZIP_OPTIONS` variable to enable passing additional options to the zip command when preparing the SDK zip archive
- - New Rust SDK target packagegroup (packagegroup-rust-sdk-target)
+ - New Rust SDK target packagegroup (``packagegroup-rust-sdk-target``)
- Testing:
@@ -220,13 +214,12 @@ New Features / Enhancements in 4.2
- ptest support added to ``bc``, ``cpio`` and ``gnutls``, and fixes made to
ptests in numerous other recipes.
- - ``ptest-runner`` now adds a non-root "ptest" user for tests to run as
+ - ``ptest-runner`` now adds a non-root "ptest" user to run tests.
- - resulttool: add a --list-ptest option to the log subcommand to list ptest names
+ - ``resulttool``: add a ``--list-ptest`` option to the log subcommand to list ptest names
in a results file
- - resulttool: regression: add metadata filtering for oeselftest
-
+ - ``resulttool``: regression: add metadata filtering for oeselftest
- New :term:`PACKAGECONFIG` options in the following recipes:
@@ -263,30 +256,30 @@ New Features / Enhancements in 4.2
- Utility script changes:
- - devtool: ignore patch-fuzz errors when extracting source in order to enable fixing fuzz issues
- - oe-setup-layers: Make efficiently idempotent
- - oe-setup-layers: print a note about submodules if present
- - New buildstats-summary script to show a summary of the buildstats data
- - report-error: catch Nothing PROVIDES error
- - combo-layer: add sync-revs command
- - scripts: convert-overrides: Allow command-line customizations
+ - ``devtool``: ignore patch-fuzz errors when extracting source in order to enable fixing fuzz issues
+ - ``oe-setup-layers``: make efficiently idempotent
+ - ``oe-setup-layers``: print a note about submodules if present
+ - New ``buildstats-summary`` script to show a summary of the buildstats data
+ - :ref:`ref-classes-report-error` class: catch ``Nothing PROVIDES`` error
+ - ``combo-layer``: add ``sync-revs`` command
+ - ``convert-overrides``: allow command-line customizations
- bitbake-layers improvements:
- - layerindex-fetch: checkout layer(s) branch when clone exists
- - create: add -a/--add-layer option to add layer to bblayers.conf after creating layer
- - show-layers: improve output layout
+ - ``layerindex-fetch``: checkout layer(s) branch when clone exists
+ - ``create``: add ``-a``/``--add-layer option`` to add layer to ``bblayers.conf`` after creating layer
+ - ``show-layers``: improve output layout
- Other BitBake improvements:
- - Inline python snippets can now include dictionary expressions
+ - Inline Python snippets can now include dictionary expressions
- Evaluate the value of export/unexport/network flags so that they can be reset to "0"
- Make :term:`EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD` boolean so that it can be reset to "0"
- - Support int values in bb.utils.to_boolean() in addition to strings
- - bitbake-getvar: Add a quiet command line argument
- - Allow the '@' character in variable flag names
+ - Support int values in ``bb.utils.to_boolean()`` in addition to strings
+ - ``bitbake-getvar``: Add a ``quiet`` command line argument
+ - Allow the ``@`` character in variable flag names
- Python library code will now be included when calculating task hashes
- - fetch2/npmsw: add more short forms for git operations
+ - ``fetch2/npmsw``: add more short forms for git operations
- Display a warning when ``SRCREV = "${AUTOREV}"`` is set too late to be effective
- Display all missing :term:`SRC_URI` checksums at once
- Improve error message for a missing multiconfig
@@ -295,20 +288,22 @@ New Features / Enhancements in 4.2
- Packaging changes:
- - rng-tools is no longer recommended by openssh, and the rng-tools service files have been split out to their own package
- - linux-firmware: split rtl8761 and amdgpu firmware
- - linux-firmware: add new fw file to ${PN}-qcom-adreno-a530
- - iproute2: separate routel and add python dependency
- - xinetd: move xconv.pl script to separate package
- - perf: Enable debug/source packaging
+ - ``rng-tools`` is no longer recommended by ``openssh``, and the ``rng-tools``
+ service files have been split out to their own package
+ - ``linux-firmware``: split ``rtl8761`` and ``amdgpu`` firmware
+ - ``linux-firmware``: add new firmware file to ``${PN}-qcom-adreno-a530``
+ - ``iproute2``: separate ``routel`` and add Python dependency
+ - ``xinetd``: move ``xconv.pl`` script to separate package
+ - ``perf``: enable debug/source packaging
- Miscellaneous changes:
- Supporting 64 bit dates on 32 bit platforms: several packages have been
- updated to pass Y2038 tests, and a QA check for 32 bit time and file
+ updated to pass year 2038 tests, and a QA check for 32 bit time and file
offset functions has been added (default off)
- Patch fuzz/Upstream-Status checking has been reworked:
+
- Upstream-Status checking is now configurable from :term:`WARN_QA`/:term:`ERROR_QA` (``patch-status-core``)
- Can now be enabled for non-core layers (``patch-status-noncore``)
- ``patch-fuzz`` is now in :term:`ERROR_QA` by default, and actually stops the build
@@ -318,54 +313,50 @@ New Features / Enhancements in 4.2
- New :term:`VOLATILE_TMP_DIR` variable allows to specify whether ``/tmp``
should be on persistent storage or in RAM.
- - vulkan-loader: Allow headless targets to build the loader
- - dhcpcd: fix to work with systemd
- - u-boot: Add /boot to :term:`SYSROOT_DIRS` to allow boot files to be used by other recipes
- - linux-firmware: don't put the firmware into the sysroot
- - cups: add :term:`PACKAGECONFIG` to control web interface and default to off
- - buildtools-tarball: export certificates to python and curl
- - yocto-check-layer: Allow OE-Core to be tested
- - yocto-check-layer: check for patch file upstream status
- - boost: enable building Boost.URL library
- - native: Drop special variable handling
- - poky: make it easier to set :term:`INIT_MANAGER` from local.conf
- - create-spdx: Add support for custom Annotations
- - create-spdx: Report downloads as separate packages
- - create-spdx: Removed the top-level image SPDX file and the JSON index file from :term:`DEPLOYDIR` to avoid confusion
- - os-release: replace ``DISTRO_CODENAME`` with ``VERSION_CODENAME`` (still set from :term:`DISTRO_CODENAME`)
- - weston: Add kiosk shell
- - overlayfs: Allow unused mount points
- - sstatesig: emit more helpful error message when not finding sstate manifest
- - pypi.bbclass: Set :term:`SRC_URI` downloadfilename with an optional prefix
- - poky-bleeding: Update and rework
- - package.bbclass: check if package names conflict via PKG:${PN} override in do_package
- - cve-update-nvd2-native: new NVD CVE database fetcher using the 2.0 API
- - mirrors.bbclass: use shallow tarball for binutils-native/nativesdk-binutils
- - meta/conf: move default configuration templates into meta/conf/templates/default
- - binutils: Enable --enable-new-dtags as per many Linux distributions
- - base-files: Drop localhost.localdomain from hosts file as per many Linux distributions
- - packagegroup-core-boot: make init-ifupdown package a recommendation
-
+ - ``vulkan-loader``: allow headless targets to build the loader
+ - ``dhcpcd``: fix to work with systemd
+ - ``u-boot``: add /boot to :term:`SYSROOT_DIRS` to allow boot files to be used by other recipes
+ - ``linux-firmware``: don't put the firmware into the sysroot
+ - ``cups``: add :term:`PACKAGECONFIG` to control web interface and default to off
+ - ``buildtools-tarball``: export certificates to python and curl
+ - ``yocto-check-layer``: allow OE-Core to be tested
+ - ``yocto-check-layer``: check for patch file upstream status
+ - ``boost``: enable building ``Boost.URL`` library
+ - ``native``: drop special variable handling
+ - Poky: make it easier to set :term:`INIT_MANAGER` from local.conf
+ - :ref:`ref-classes-create-spdx`: add support for custom annotations (:term:`SPDX_CUSTOM_ANNOTATION_VARS`)
+ - :ref:`ref-classes-create-spdx`: report downloads as separate packages
+ - :ref:`ref-classes-create-spdx`: remove the top-level image SPDX file and the JSON index file from :term:`DEPLOYDIR` to avoid confusion
+ - ``os-release``: replace ``DISTRO_CODENAME`` with ``VERSION_CODENAME`` (still set from :term:`DISTRO_CODENAME`)
+ - ``weston``: add kiosk shell
+ - :ref:`ref-classes-overlayfs`: Allow unused mount points
+ - ``sstatesig``: emit more helpful error message when not finding sstate manifest
+ - :ref:`ref-classes-pypi`.bbclass: Set :term:`SRC_URI` downloadfilename with an optional prefix
+ - ``poky-bleeding`` distro: update and rework
+ - :ref:`package.bbclass <ref-classes-package>`: check if package names conflict via ``PKG:${PN}`` override in :ref:`do_package <ref-tasks-package>`
+ - ``cve-update-nvd2-native``: new NVD CVE database fetcher using the 2.0 API
+ - :ref:`ref-classes-mirrors` class: use shallow tarball for ``binutils-native``/``nativesdk-binutils``
+ - ``meta/conf``: move default configuration templates into ``meta/conf/templates/default``
+ - ``binutils``: enable ``--enable-new-dtags`` as per many Linux distributions
+ - ``base-files``: drop ``localhost.localdomain`` from hosts file as per many Linux distributions
+ - ``packagegroup-core-boot``: make ``init-ifupdown`` package a recommendation
Known Issues in 4.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
Recipe License changes in 4.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following corrections have been made to the :term:`LICENSE` values set by recipes:
-- curl: set :term:`LICENSE` appropriately to "curl" as it is a special derivative of the MIT/X license, not exactly that license.
-- libgit2: added Zlib, ISC, LGPL-2.1-or-later and CC0-1.0 to :term:`LICENSE` covering portions of the included code.
-- linux-firmware: set package :term:`LICENSE` appropriately for all qcom packages
-
-
+- ``curl``: set :term:`LICENSE` appropriately to ``curl`` as it is a special derivative of the MIT/X license, not exactly that license.
+- ``libgit2``: added ``Zlib``, ``ISC``, ``LGPL-2.1-or-later`` and ``CC0-1.0`` to :term:`LICENSE` covering portions of the included code.
+- ``linux-firmware``: set package :term:`LICENSE` appropriately for all qcom packages
Security Fixes in 4.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- binutils: :cve:`2022-4285`, :cve:`2023-25586`
+- binutils: :cve:`2022-4285`, `CVE-2023-25586 <https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-25586>`__
- curl: :cve:`2022-32221`, :cve:`2022-35260`, :cve:`2022-42915`, :cve:`2022-42916`
- epiphany: :cve:`2023-26081`
- expat: :cve:`2022-43680`
@@ -373,7 +364,7 @@ Security Fixes in 4.2
- git: :cve:`2022-39260`, :cve:`2022-41903`, :cve:`2022-23521`, :cve:`2022-41953` (ignored)
- glibc: :cve:`2023-25139` (ignored)
- go: :cve:`2023-24532`, :cve:`2023-24537`
-- grub2: :cve:`2022-2601`, :cve:`2022-3775`, :cve:`2022-28736`
+- grub2: :cve:`2022-2601`, :cve:`2022-3775`, `CVE-2022-28736 <https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-28736>`__
- inetutils: :cve:`2019-0053`
- less: :cve:`2022-46663`
- libarchive: :cve:`2022-36227`
@@ -385,7 +376,7 @@ Security Fixes in 4.2
- openssl: :cve:`2022-3358`, :cve:`2022-3786`, :cve:`2022-3602`, :cve:`2022-3996`, :cve:`2023-0286`, :cve:`2022-4304`, :cve:`2022-4203`, :cve:`2023-0215`, :cve:`2022-4450`, :cve:`2023-0216`, :cve:`2023-0217`, :cve:`2023-0401`, :cve:`2023-0464`
- ppp: :cve:`2022-4603`
- python3-cryptography{-vectors}: :cve:`2022-3602`, :cve:`2022-3786`, :cve:`2023-23931`
-- python3: :cve:`2022-37460`
+- python3: `CVE-2022-37460 <https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-37460>`__
- qemu: :cve:`2022-3165`
- rust: :cve:`2022-46176`
- rxvt-unicode: :cve:`2022-4170`
@@ -399,7 +390,6 @@ Security Fixes in 4.2
- xdg-utils: :cve:`2022-4055`
- xserver-xorg: :cve:`2022-3550`, :cve:`2022-3551`, :cve:`2023-1393`, :cve:`2023-0494`, :cve:`2022-3553` (ignored)
-
Recipe Upgrades in 4.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -758,9 +748,6 @@ Recipe Upgrades in 4.2
- zlib: upgrade 1.2.12 -> 1.2.13
- zstd: upgrade 1.5.2 -> 1.5.4
-
-
-
Contributors to 4.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -944,4 +931,3 @@ Thanks to the following people who contributed to this release:
- Zoltan Boszormenyi
- 张忠山
-