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* Linux kernel 5.2/4.19, gcc 9.2, glibc 2.30 and ~260 other recipe upgrades
* Linux kernel 5.2/4.19, gcc 9.2, glibc 2.30 and ~260 other recipe upgrades
* New INIT_MANAGER variable to make it easy to select the init manager (sysvinit, systemd, mdev-busybox)
* Build change equivalence is detected and used to avoid rebuilding unchanged components (BETA)
* poky-lsb replaced by poky-altcfg for alternate configurations to be tested on the autobuilder (as well as an example of subclassing a distro config)
* Architecture / machine-specific enhancements:
* New recipes: binutils-cross-testsuite, core-image-sato-ptest-fast, dejagnu, efibootmgr, efivar, ell, glibc-testsuite, libcap-ng-python, libedit, libmodule-build-perl, libx11-compose-data, libxcrypt-compat, lsb-release, musl-obstack, opensbi, python3-pygments, python3-scons, python3-scons-native, stress-ng, vulkan-headers, vulkan-loader, vulkan-tools, wireless-regdb
  - New "qemuriscv64" emulated RISC-V 64-bit machine
* Significant removal of old/obsolete software/patches ensuring we have a modern and up to date core Linux software stack.
  - qemu: Add ppc64 to QEMU_TARGETS
   - LSB support moved to separate layer [was it??]
  - qemuarm64: Add QB_CPU_KVM to allow kvm acceleration
  - GTK+ 2 moved out to meta-oe
  - New tune file for ARM Cortex-A53-Cortex-A57
   - Python 2 dependencies minimised
  - New tune file for arm1176jz-s CPU
   - many obsolete patches dropped
  - meson.bbclass: Handle microblaze* mapping to cpu family
* Build change equivalence is detected and used to avoid rebuilding unchanged components
  - meson.bbclass: Make meson support aarch64_be.
* Adoption of SPDX license identifiers throughout Yocto Project's components
  - libffi: added RISC-V support
* "Multi-Config" builds reaching their full potential
  - icu: added armeb support
  - runqemu: added support for kvm on aarch64
  - beaglebone-yocto machine now set up to support booting images with runqemu
  - qemux86: make it possible to use higher tunes using DEFAULTTUNE
* Kernel improvements:
  - kernel-fitimage: introduce FIT_HASH_ALG
  - kernel-module-split.bbclass: support CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS=y
   - kernel-yocto: import security fragments from meta-security
   - linux-yocto: add drm-bochs support
   - linux-yocto: bsp/beaglebone: support qemu -machine virt
* multiconfig builds now reach their full potential:
   - Many bugfixes and improvements
   - Many bugfixes and improvements
   - sstate cache is now shared between configurations being built concurrently
   - sstate cache is now shared between configurations being built concurrently
   - multiconfig configurations can be contained in layers
   - multiconfig configurations can be contained in layers
* Significant removal of old/obsolete software/patches ensuring we have a modern and up to date core Linux software stack:
  - LSB support removed
  - GTK+ 2 moved out to meta-oe
  - Python 2 dependencies minimised
  - Many obsolete patches dropped
* CVE checking enhancements:
* CVE checking enhancements:
   - New cve-update-db recipe that reads from NVD JSON data feeds and supports network proxies
   - New cve-update-db recipe that reads from NVD JSON data feeds and supports network proxies
   - Support for CVSSv3 scoring
   - Support for CVSSv3 scoring
   - CVE_PRODUCT entries can now contain strings to match the vendor as well as product (vendor:product syntax)
   - CVE_PRODUCT entries can now contain strings to match the vendor as well as product (vendor:product syntax)
* Add nativesdk variant to: dnf, gzip, libtasn1, python3-dbus
* New INIT_MANAGER variable to make it easy to select the init manager (sysvinit, systemd, mdev-busybox)
* Add native variant to: glib-networking, grub, libsoup, python3-dbus
* New recipes: binutils-cross-testsuite, core-image-sato-ptest-fast, dejagnu, efibootmgr, efivar, ell, glibc-testsuite, libcap-ng-python, libedit, libmodule-build-perl, libx11-compose-data, libxcrypt-compat, lsb-release, musl-obstack, opensbi, python3-pygments, python3-scons, python3-scons-native, stress-ng, vulkan-headers, vulkan-loader, vulkan-tools, wireless-regdb
 
* Added native variant to: glib-networking, grub, libsoup, python3-dbus
 
* BitBake improvements:
* Added bbverbnote shell log command
  - Merged setscene tasks into the main runqueue so they can run in parallel
* Added support for arm1176jz-s CPU specific tuning
  - fetch2/git: added sanity checking for git-lfs
* Apache-2.0-with-LLVM-exception: Add new license file
  - fetch2/svn: prevent from directly pulling from an externals w/o fetcher
* base.bbclass: Add OE_EXTRA_IMPORTS
  - fetch2/npm: use npm pack to download node modules instead of wget
* bash-completion: add image feature
  - Added --skip-setscene option
* binutils-cross-testsuite: Create recipe for test suite execution
  - Respect -f/--force option in conjunction with --runall or --runonly
* bitbake: BBHandler: Fix addtask and deltask
  - bitbake -e now supports showing base multiconfig configuration (using mc: prefix)
* bitbake: bb: siggen: Make dump_sigfile and compare_sigfiles print uuid4
  - "mc:" prefix now supported as a shorter version of multiconfig:
* bitbake: bb: siggen: Print more info when basehash are mis-matched
  - Print more information when basehashes are mismatched
* bitbake: bitbake: Add --skip-setscene option
  - Show task elapsed time in hours, minutes, and seconds
* bitbake: bitbake: fetch2/git: git-lfs check
  - Report all nonexistent directories in BBLAYERS in error message instead of just the first
* bitbake: bitbake-layers: show-recipes: Enable bare output
  - Improve validation of addtask and deltask arguments
* bitbake: bitbake-layers: show-recipes: Select recipes from selected layer
  - Added support for custom progress handlers injected via OE_EXTRA_IMPORTS
* bitbake: bitbake-layers: show-recipes: Show recipes only
  - Enable console keepalive to help usage with remote sessions
* bitbake: bitbake: respect force flag in runall and runonly
  - Symlink the current cache file
* bitbake: bitbake: Rework hash equivalence
* systemd-related improvements:
* bitbake: bitbake: Show base multiconfig environment
  - serial-getty@.service: Allow device to fast fail if it does not exist
* bitbake: build: implement custom progress handlers injected via OE_EXTRA_IMPORTS
  - Rewrote systemctl-native in Python supporting preset-all and mask
* bitbake: build.py: check dependendent task for addtask
  - Added partial support of drop-in configuration files to systemd-systemctl-native
* bitbake: cache: Add SimpleCache class
  - systemd-conf: added default configuration for wired network with DHCP
* bitbake: cache: Create a symlink for current cachefile
  - systemd-conf: simplified creation of machine-specific configuration
* bitbake.conf: add git-lfs to HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL
  - Create preset files and allow systemd to populate /etc/systemd/system instead of populating explicitly
* bitbake: cooker/hashserv: Allow autostarting of a local hash server using BB_HASHSERVE
  - Added systemd helper unit to load/restore iptables rules
* bitbake: cooker: list all nonexistent bblayer directories
* runqemu improvements:
* bitbake: fetch2/git: add git-lfs toggle option
  - Added support to pass multiple ports to tcpserial parameter
* bitbake: fetch2/npm: Use npm pack to download node modules instead of wget
  - Added support for a BIOS command-line variable (consistent with KERNEL)
* bitbake: knotty: Implement console 'keepalive' output
  - New QB_FSINFO variable supporting "wic:no-kernel-in-fs" and "wic:kernel-in-fs" for wic images
* bitbake: knotty: Pretty print task elapsed time
  - Added support to handle EnrollDefaultKeys PK/KEK1 certificate
* bitbake: runqueue: Enable dynamic task adjustment to hash equivalency
  - Decoupled gtk and gl options
* bitbake: runqueue: Merge scenequeue and real task queue code together
* wic improvements:
* bitbake: runqueue: Merge the queues and execute setscene and normal tasks in parallel
  - New partition type for msdos partition tables
* bitbake: siggen: Use unique hashes for tasks
  - New "bootimg-biosplusefi" source type that supports both BIOS and EFI
* bitbake: svn.py: Stop SVN from directly pulling from an external layer w/o fetcher
  - Support for kernel with initramfs bundled
* buildhistory: report sysroot changes
  - bootimg-efi: add label source parameter
* buildhistory: show time spent writting buildhistory
  - bootimg-efi: allow multiple initrd
* buildhistory: write the contents of the sysroot
  - bootimg-efi: replace hardcoded volume name with label
* busybox: enable unicode support
  - Include .wks.in in wic search and list
* chrpath.bbclass: Add break_hardlinks kwarg to allow breaking hardlinks
  - Use KERNEL_IMAGETYPE instead of hardcoding bzImage
* cmake: Use compiler launcher variable when ccache is enabled
  - Added global debug option
* db: add switch for building database verification
* Other image-related improvements:
* deb: allow custom dpkg command
  - Centralised default UEFI image configuration in conf/distro/image-uefi.conf
* devtool: build: Also run deploy for devtool build if applicable
  - Make gzipped images rsyncable
* devtool: finish: Add suppport for the --no-clean option
  - initramfs-framework: support PARTLABEL option
* devtool: provide support for devtool menuconfig command
  - New bash-completion IMAGE_FEATURES item to add bash-completion support for all installed packages
* devtool/standard.py: Create a copy of kernel source within work-shared if not present
* devtool/recipetool improvements:
* devtool/standard.py: Update devtool modify to copy source from work-shared if its already downloaded
  - New "devtool menuconfig" subcommand
* devtool: warn user about multiple layer having the same base name
  - devtool build now also runs do_deploy if applicable
  - devtool finish now supports a --no-clean option
  - devtool finish now warns if multiple layers have the same base name
  - recipetool now supports creating recipes for Python 3
* Other script improvements:
  - buildstats-diff: added option to filter tasks
  - bitbake-layers: added several options to to make it easier to get plain output (for scripting)
  - ddimage: replaced target device blacklist with mount check
  - yocto-check-layer: Allow any case for README file detection
* SDK-related changes:
  - New SDK_ARCHIVE_TYPE variable to control SDK archive format
  - Introduce mechanism to keep nativesdk* sstate in eSDK
  - Added nativesdk variant to: dnf, gzip, libtasn1, python3-dbus
* buildhistory improvements:
  - Record sysroot changes in addition to runtime content
  - Show time spent writing buildhistory
* Recipe sanity checking improvements:
  - Added check to ensure perllocal.pod is not installed by non-CPAN perl recipes
  - Added sanity checks for ${PN} vs ${BPN} and github archives in SRC_URI
  - Check if a recipe incorrectly uses DEPENDS_${PN}
  - Improved buildpath warning messages
  - Simplified paths in host contamination warnings
* Automated testing improvements:
  - Enabled test suites for gcc, glibc, binutils
  - testimage: consider QB_DEFAULT_FSTYPE
  - oe-selftest: implement console keepalive output
  - Support for LTP / LTP compliance
  - resulttool: Add log subcommand
  - resulttool: enable loading results directly from an http/https URL
  - resulttool: add manual test case configuration option
* poky-lsb replaced by poky-altcfg for alternate configurations to be tested on the autobuilder (as well as an example of subclassing a distro config)
* Added minver and maxver parameters for patches in SRC_URI for more flexibility in bbappends and common inc files
* PRIVATE_LIBS variable now supports shell-style wildcards for matching libraries
* Adoption of SPDX license identifiers throughout Yocto Project's components
* Added bbverbnote shell log command (consistent with bbwarn, bberror etc.)
* New OE_EXTRA_IMPORTS variable to make it easier to import custom modules into BitBake python environment
* busybox: enabled unicode support by default
* cmake: Use compiler launcher variable when ccache is enabled so that it can be disabled by build scripts if needed
* db: add new "verify" PACKAGECONFIG option for enabling database verification with db_verify command (default disabled)
* distcc: split into client and server packages
* distcc: split into client and server packages
* dropbear: new feature: disable-weak-ciphers
* dropbear: new "disable-weak-ciphers" PACKAGECONFIG option to disable older weak ciphers
* gcc-runtime: Add do_check task for executing gcc test suites
* grub-efi-native: install grub-editenv
* glibc-testsuite: Create a recipe to implement glibc test suite
* lttng-modules: added git based recipe
* grub-efi-native: Install grub-editenv
* opkg: allow overriding OPKGLIBDIR
* icu: Added armeb support.
* image_types.bbclass: make gzipped images rsyncable
* image-uefi.conf: add config file holding configuration for UEFI images
* initramfs-framework: support PARTLABEL option
* insane: add check for perllocal.pod
* insane: add sanity checks to SRC_URI
* insane: check if the recipe incorrectly uses DEPENDS_${PN}
* insane: improve buildpath warning messages
* insane: use clean_path for the host contamination warnings
* iptables: add systemd helper unit to load/restore rules
* kernel-fitimage: introduce FIT_HASH_ALG
* kernel-module-split.bbclass: support CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS=y
* kernel-yocto: import security fragments from meta-security
* libffi: Add RISC-V support
* libmodule-build-perl: move from meta-perl
* linux-yocto/4.19: make drm-bochs feature available
* linux-yocto/5.0: bsp: add basic xilinx zynqmp support
* linux-yocto/5.0: make scsi-debug include scsi core configs
* linux-yocto/5.2: config tweaks and kallsyms fix
* linux-yocto: add drm-bochs support
* linux-yocto: bsp/beaglebone: support qemu -machine virt
* live-vm-common.bbclass: provide efi population functions for live images
* local.conf.sample: Add Hash Equivalence
* logparser: Add decoding ltp logs
* logparser: Add LTP compliance section
* ltp: add runtime test
* ltp_compliance: add new runtime
* lttng-modules: Add git based recipe
* meson.bbclass: Handle microblaze* mapping to cpu family
* meson.bbclass: Make meson support aarch64_be.
* oe-selftest: Implement console 'keepalive' output
* oe.svg: Copy artwork from openembedded-classic.
* opensbi: Initial commit of OpenSBI
* opkg/package/rootfs_ipk: allow overwriting OPKGLIBDIR
* ovmf: Generate test Platform key and first Key Exchange Key
* ovmf: Generate test Platform key and first Key Exchange Key
* package.bbclass: allow shell-style wildcards in PRIVATE_LIBS
* New PKGDATA_VARS variable to specify variables written out to pkgdata
* package.bbclass: Clean up writing of runtime pkgdata files
* Obsolete stress recipe replaced by stress-ng
* patch: add minver and maxver parameters
* uboot-sign: add support for different u-boot configurations
* populate_sdk_base: provide options to set sdk type
* update-rc.d: support enable/disable options
* populate_sdk_ext: Introduce mechanism to keep nativesdk* sstate in esdk
* waffle: support building without x11
* python3-scons-{native}: add recipe
* weston-init: Add possibility to run weston as non-root user
* python3: support recommends in manifest
* python3: support recommends in manifest
* qemu: Add ppc64 to QEMU_TARGETS
* package_deb: add DPKG_BUILDCMD variable to allow customising dpkg command
* qemuarm64: Add QB_CPU_KVM to allow kvm acceleration
* chrpath.bbclass: Add break_hardlinks parameter to allow breaking hardlinks when processing rpaths
* qemuriscv64: Add the QEMU RISC-V 64-bit machine
* New "Apache-2.0-with-LLVM-exception" common license file
* qemurunner.py: Be more verbose about problems
* qemux86: Allow higher tunes
* recipetool: add python3 support
* report-error.bbclass: add local.conf/auto.conf into error report
* resulttool: Add log subcommand
* resulttool: add LTP compliance section
* resulttool: add ltp test support
* resulttool: Load results from URL
* resulttool/manualexecution: Enable test case configuration option
* runqemu: Add support for kvm on aarch64
* runqemu: Add support to handle EnrollDefaultKeys PK/KEK1 certificate
* runqemu: Add the support to pass multi ports to tcpserial parameter
* runqemu: decouple gtk and gl options
* runqemu: QB_FSINFO to support fstype wic images
* screen: add /etc/screenrc as global config file
* screen: add /etc/screenrc as global config file
* scripts/buildstats-diff: Add option to filter tasks
* scripts/contrib/ddimage: replace blacklist with mount check
* scripts/runqemu: Add support for the BIOS variable
* serial-getty@.service: Allow device to fast fail if it does not exist
* stress-ng: add a recipe that replaces the original stress
* systemctl-native: Rewrite in Python supporting preset-all and mask
* systemd: Add partial support of drop-in configuration files to systemd-systemctl-native
* systemd-conf: configure wired network with dhcp
* systemd-conf: simplify creation of machine-specific configuration
* systemd: create preset files instead of installing in image
* testimage: consider QB_DEFAULT_FSTYPE
* tune-cortexa57-cortexa53: add tunes for ARM Cortex-A53-Cortex-A57
* uboot-sign: add support for different u-boot configurations
* update-rc.d: support enable/disable options
* utils/multiprocess_launch: Improve failing subprocess output
* utils/multiprocess_launch: Improve failing subprocess output
* waffle: supprt build waffle without x11
* Added local.conf/auto.conf into error report submitted by report-error.bbclass
* weston-init: Add possibility to run weston as non-root user
* Added OpenEmbedded logo .svg file to repository (from OE-Classic)
* weston-init: Add support for non-root start
* wic: add global debug option
* wic: Add partition type for msdos partition tables
* wic: add support for kernel with initramfs bundled
* wic: bootimg-efi: add label source parameter
* wic/bootimg-efi: allow multiple initrd
* wic/bootimg-efi: replace hardcoded volume name with label
* wic/engine: include .wks.in in wic search and list
* wic/plugins: kernel image refer to KERNEL_IMAGETYPE
* wic/plugins: Source that support both EFI and BIOS
* wireless-regdb: Add recipe
* yocto-bsp: runqemu runs beaglebone-yocto
* yocto-check-layer: Allow any case for README file detection




Revision as of 03:58, 18 October 2019

NOTE: The formatting in this page is not meant to look good in the wiki - it's just a convenient place to collaborate. We need to stick to the text formatting that will end up in the actual release notes.

Security Fixes

  • binutils: CVE-2019-12972, CVE-2019-14250, CVE-2019-14444, CVE-2019-9070, CVE-2019-9071, CVE-2019-9074, CVE-2019-9075, CVE-2019-9076, CVE-2019-9077
  • dbus: CVE-2019-12749
  • gcc: CVE-2019-14250, CVE-2018-12886, CVE-2018-18484, CVE-2019-15847
  • gdb: CVE-2017-9778
  • ghostscript: CVE-2019-14811, CVE-2019-14817
  • glib-2.0: CVE-2019-12450
  • glibc: CVE-2018-20796 (same as CVE-2019-9169)
  • gnupg: CVE-2019-13050
  • gnutls: GNUTLS-SA-2019-03-27
  • iptables: CVE-2019-11360
  • libid3tag: CVE-2017-11550, CVE-2017-11551 (same as CVE-2004-2779)
  • libxslt: CVE-2019-11068, CVE-2019-13117, CVE-2019-13118
  • linux-yocto/4.19: CVE-2019-3887
  • linux-yocto/5.0: CVE-2019-3887
  • ltp: CVE-2017-17052
  • nasm: CVE-2018-19755
  • openssh: CVE-2018-20685, CVE-2019-6109, CVE-2019-6111
  • patch: CVE-2018-1000156 (improved fix), CVE-2019-13636, CVE-2019-13638
  • python3: CVE-2019-9740, CVE-2019-9948
  • python: CVE-2018-20852, CVE-2019-9740, CVE-2019-9947 (same as CVE-2019-9740), CVE-2019-9948, CVE-2019-9636
  • qemu: CVE-2019-12155, CVE-2019-15890
  • rsync: CVE-2016-9840, CVE-2016-9841, CVE-2016-9842, CVE-2016-9843
  • squashfs-tools: CVE-2015-4645, CVE-2015-4646
  • tiff: CVE-2019-6128, CVE-2019-7663, CVE-2019-14973
  • u-boot: CVE-2019-13103, CVE-2019-13104, CVE-2019-13105, CVE-2019-13106, CVE-2019-14192, CVE-2019-14193, CVE-2019-14194, CVE-2019-14195, CVE-2019-14196, CVE-2019-14197, CVE-2019-14198, CVE-2019-14199, CVE-2019-14200, CVE-2019-14201, CVE-2019-14202, CVE-2019-14203, CVE-2019-14204
  • unzip: CVE-2019-13232
  • vim: CVE-2019-12735


New Features / Enhancements

  • Linux kernel 5.2/4.19, gcc 9.2, glibc 2.30 and ~260 other recipe upgrades
  • Build change equivalence is detected and used to avoid rebuilding unchanged components (BETA)
  • Architecture / machine-specific enhancements:
 - New "qemuriscv64" emulated RISC-V 64-bit machine
 - qemu: Add ppc64 to QEMU_TARGETS
 - qemuarm64: Add QB_CPU_KVM to allow kvm acceleration
 - New tune file for ARM Cortex-A53-Cortex-A57
 - New tune file for arm1176jz-s CPU
 - meson.bbclass: Handle microblaze* mapping to cpu family
 - meson.bbclass: Make meson support aarch64_be.
 - libffi: added RISC-V support
 - icu: added armeb support
 - runqemu: added support for kvm on aarch64
 - beaglebone-yocto machine now set up to support booting images with runqemu
 - qemux86: make it possible to use higher tunes using DEFAULTTUNE
  • Kernel improvements:
 - kernel-fitimage: introduce FIT_HASH_ALG
 - kernel-module-split.bbclass: support CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS=y
 - kernel-yocto: import security fragments from meta-security
 - linux-yocto: add drm-bochs support
 - linux-yocto: bsp/beaglebone: support qemu -machine virt
  • multiconfig builds now reach their full potential:
 - Many bugfixes and improvements
 - sstate cache is now shared between configurations being built concurrently
 - multiconfig configurations can be contained in layers
  • Significant removal of old/obsolete software/patches ensuring we have a modern and up to date core Linux software stack:
 - LSB support removed
 - GTK+ 2 moved out to meta-oe
 - Python 2 dependencies minimised
 - Many obsolete patches dropped
  • CVE checking enhancements:
 - New cve-update-db recipe that reads from NVD JSON data feeds and supports network proxies
 - Support for CVSSv3 scoring
 - CVE_PRODUCT entries can now contain strings to match the vendor as well as product (vendor:product syntax)
  • New INIT_MANAGER variable to make it easy to select the init manager (sysvinit, systemd, mdev-busybox)
  • New recipes: binutils-cross-testsuite, core-image-sato-ptest-fast, dejagnu, efibootmgr, efivar, ell, glibc-testsuite, libcap-ng-python, libedit, libmodule-build-perl, libx11-compose-data, libxcrypt-compat, lsb-release, musl-obstack, opensbi, python3-pygments, python3-scons, python3-scons-native, stress-ng, vulkan-headers, vulkan-loader, vulkan-tools, wireless-regdb
  • Added native variant to: glib-networking, grub, libsoup, python3-dbus
  • BitBake improvements:
 - Merged setscene tasks into the main runqueue so they can run in parallel
 - fetch2/git: added sanity checking for git-lfs
 - fetch2/svn: prevent from directly pulling from an externals w/o fetcher
 - fetch2/npm: use npm pack to download node modules instead of wget
 - Added --skip-setscene option
 - Respect -f/--force option in conjunction with --runall or --runonly
 - bitbake -e now supports showing base multiconfig configuration (using mc: prefix)
 - "mc:" prefix now supported as a shorter version of multiconfig:
 - Print more information when basehashes are mismatched
 - Show task elapsed time in hours, minutes, and seconds
 - Report all nonexistent directories in BBLAYERS in error message instead of just the first
 - Improve validation of addtask and deltask arguments
 - Added support for custom progress handlers injected via OE_EXTRA_IMPORTS
 - Enable console keepalive to help usage with remote sessions
 - Symlink the current cache file
  • systemd-related improvements:
 - serial-getty@.service: Allow device to fast fail if it does not exist
 - Rewrote systemctl-native in Python supporting preset-all and mask
 - Added partial support of drop-in configuration files to systemd-systemctl-native
 - systemd-conf: added default configuration for wired network with DHCP
 - systemd-conf: simplified creation of machine-specific configuration
 - Create preset files and allow systemd to populate /etc/systemd/system instead of populating explicitly
 - Added systemd helper unit to load/restore iptables rules
  • runqemu improvements:
 - Added support to pass multiple ports to tcpserial parameter
 - Added support for a BIOS command-line variable (consistent with KERNEL)
 - New QB_FSINFO variable supporting "wic:no-kernel-in-fs" and "wic:kernel-in-fs" for wic images
 - Added support to handle EnrollDefaultKeys PK/KEK1 certificate
 - Decoupled gtk and gl options
  • wic improvements:
 - New partition type for msdos partition tables
 - New "bootimg-biosplusefi" source type that supports both BIOS and EFI
 - Support for kernel with initramfs bundled
 - bootimg-efi: add label source parameter
 - bootimg-efi: allow multiple initrd
 - bootimg-efi: replace hardcoded volume name with label
 - Include .wks.in in wic search and list
 - Use KERNEL_IMAGETYPE instead of hardcoding bzImage
 - Added global debug option
  • Other image-related improvements:
 - Centralised default UEFI image configuration in conf/distro/image-uefi.conf
 - Make gzipped images rsyncable
 - initramfs-framework: support PARTLABEL option
 - New bash-completion IMAGE_FEATURES item to add bash-completion support for all installed packages
  • devtool/recipetool improvements:
 - New "devtool menuconfig" subcommand
 - devtool build now also runs do_deploy if applicable
 - devtool finish now supports a --no-clean option
 - devtool finish now warns if multiple layers have the same base name
 - recipetool now supports creating recipes for Python 3
  • Other script improvements:
 - buildstats-diff: added option to filter tasks
 - bitbake-layers: added several options to to make it easier to get plain output (for scripting)
 - ddimage: replaced target device blacklist with mount check
 - yocto-check-layer: Allow any case for README file detection
  • SDK-related changes:
 - New SDK_ARCHIVE_TYPE variable to control SDK archive format
 - Introduce mechanism to keep nativesdk* sstate in eSDK
 - Added nativesdk variant to: dnf, gzip, libtasn1, python3-dbus
  • buildhistory improvements:
 - Record sysroot changes in addition to runtime content
 - Show time spent writing buildhistory
  • Recipe sanity checking improvements:
 - Added check to ensure perllocal.pod is not installed by non-CPAN perl recipes
 - Added sanity checks for ${PN} vs ${BPN} and github archives in SRC_URI
 - Check if a recipe incorrectly uses DEPENDS_${PN}
 - Improved buildpath warning messages
 - Simplified paths in host contamination warnings
  • Automated testing improvements:
 - Enabled test suites for gcc, glibc, binutils
 - testimage: consider QB_DEFAULT_FSTYPE
 - oe-selftest: implement console keepalive output
 - Support for LTP / LTP compliance
 - resulttool: Add log subcommand
 - resulttool: enable loading results directly from an http/https URL
 - resulttool: add manual test case configuration option
  • poky-lsb replaced by poky-altcfg for alternate configurations to be tested on the autobuilder (as well as an example of subclassing a distro config)
  • Added minver and maxver parameters for patches in SRC_URI for more flexibility in bbappends and common inc files
  • PRIVATE_LIBS variable now supports shell-style wildcards for matching libraries
  • Adoption of SPDX license identifiers throughout Yocto Project's components
  • Added bbverbnote shell log command (consistent with bbwarn, bberror etc.)
  • New OE_EXTRA_IMPORTS variable to make it easier to import custom modules into BitBake python environment
  • busybox: enabled unicode support by default
  • cmake: Use compiler launcher variable when ccache is enabled so that it can be disabled by build scripts if needed
  • db: add new "verify" PACKAGECONFIG option for enabling database verification with db_verify command (default disabled)
  • distcc: split into client and server packages
  • dropbear: new "disable-weak-ciphers" PACKAGECONFIG option to disable older weak ciphers
  • grub-efi-native: install grub-editenv
  • lttng-modules: added git based recipe
  • opkg: allow overriding OPKGLIBDIR
  • ovmf: Generate test Platform key and first Key Exchange Key
  • New PKGDATA_VARS variable to specify variables written out to pkgdata
  • Obsolete stress recipe replaced by stress-ng
  • uboot-sign: add support for different u-boot configurations
  • update-rc.d: support enable/disable options
  • waffle: support building without x11
  • weston-init: Add possibility to run weston as non-root user
  • python3: support recommends in manifest
  • package_deb: add DPKG_BUILDCMD variable to allow customising dpkg command
  • chrpath.bbclass: Add break_hardlinks parameter to allow breaking hardlinks when processing rpaths
  • New "Apache-2.0-with-LLVM-exception" common license file
  • screen: add /etc/screenrc as global config file
  • utils/multiprocess_launch: Improve failing subprocess output
  • Added local.conf/auto.conf into error report submitted by report-error.bbclass
  • Added OpenEmbedded logo .svg file to repository (from OE-Classic)


Recipe Upgrades

  • acpica: update to 20190816
  • acpid: upgrade 2.0.31 -> 2.0.32
  • adwaita-icon-theme: upgrade 3.30.1 -> 3.32.0
  • alsa-lib: upgrade 1.1.8 -> 1.1.9
  • alsa-plugins: upgrade 1.1.8 -> 1.1.9
  • alsa-utils: upgrade 1.1.8 -> 1.1.9
  • apr: upgrade 1.6.5 -> 1.7.0
  • apt: update to 1.2.31
  • aspell: update to 0.60.7
  • atk: upgrade 2.30.0 -> 2.32.0
  • at-spi2-atk: upgrade 2.30.0 -> 2.32.0
  • at-spi2-core: upgrade 2.30.0 -> 2.32.1
  • autoconf-archive: update to 2019.01.06
  • babeltrace: update to 1.5.7
  • bash-completion: upgrade 2.8 -> 2.9
  • bash: upgrade 4.4.18 -> 5.0
  • bison: upgrade 3.0.4 -> 3.4.1
  • boost: update to 1.71.0
  • btrfs-tools: upgrade 4.20.1 -> 5.2.2
  • build-compare: 2015.02.10 -> 2019.08.14
  • busybox: 1.30.1 -> 1.31.0
  • bzip2: update to 1.0.8
  • ccache: upgrade 3.6 -> 3.7.3
  • cmake: 3.14.1 -> 3.15.3
  • cogl: upgrade 1.22.2 -> 1.22.4
  • connman: update to 1.37
  • coreutils: update to 8.31
  • createrepo-c: update to 0.15.0
  • cronie: update to 1.5.4
  • cups: update to 2.2.12
  • curl: update to 7.66.0
  • dbus-test: Upgrade 1.12.12 -> 1.12.16
  • dbus: Upgrade 1.12.12 -> 1.12.16
  • debianutils: upgrade 4.8.6.1 -> 4.8.6.3
  • desktop-file-utils: upgrade 0.23 -> 0.24
  • distcc: upgrade 3.3.2 -> 3.3.3
  • dnf: upgrade 4.1.0 -> 4.2.2
  • dpkg: update to 1.19.7
  • dropbear: update to 2019.78
  • dtc: upgrade 1.4.7 -> 1.5.1
  • e2fsprogs: 1.44.5 -> 1.45.3
  • elfutils: 0.176 -> 0.177
  • ell: update to 0.22
  • encodings: update to 1.0.5
  • epiphany: update to 3.32.4
  • ethtool: update to 5.2
  • eudev: update to 3.2.8
  • expat: update to 2.2.8
  • ffmpeg: update to 4.2.1
  • file: update to 5.37
  • flac: Upgrade 1.3.2 -> 1.3.3
  • fontconfig: update to 2.13.1
  • font-util: update to 1.3.2
  • freetype: upgrade 2.9.1 -> 2.10.1
  • gawk: upgrade 4.2.1 -> 5.0.1
  • gcc-9: Upgrade to 9.2
  • gdb: Upgrade from 8.2.1 to 8.3.1
  • gdk-pixbuf: update 2.38.0 -> 2.38.2
  • ghostscript: 9.26 -> 9.27
  • git: update to 2.23.0
  • glib-2.0: udpate 2.58.3 -> 2.60.7
  • glibc: Update to glibc 2.30
  • glib-networking: upgrade 2.60.1 -> 2.60.3
  • gnu-config: Update to latest SHA
  • gnupg: update to 2.2.17
  • gnutls: upgrade 3.6.5 -> 3.6.8
  • go-1.12: update to 1.12.9 minor release
  • gobject-introspection: update to 1.60.2
  • go-dep: update to 0.5.4
  • go: update 1.12.1->1.12.6
  • gpgme: upgrade 1.12.0 -> 1.13.1
  • groff: upgrade 1.22.3 -> 1.22.4
  • grub: upgrade 2.02 -> 2.04
  • gsettings-desktop-schemas: upgrade 3.28.1 -> 3.32.0
  • gst-examples: upgrade to 1.16.0
  • gstreamer1.0-libav: upgrade to version 1.16.0
  • gstreamer1.0-omx: upgrade to version 1.16.0
  • gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad: upgrade to version 1.16.0
  • gstreamer1.0-plugins-base: upgrade to version 1.16.0
  • gstreamer1.0-plugins-good: upgrade to version 1.16.0
  • gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly: upgrade to version 1.16.0
  • gstreamer1.0-python: upgrade to version 1.16.0
  • gstreamer1.0-rtsp-server: upgrade to version 1.16.0
  • gstreamer1.0: upgrade to version 1.16.0
  • gstreamer1.0-vaapi: upgrade to version 1.16.0
  • gst-validate: upgrade to version 1.16.0
  • gtk+3: update 3.24.5 -> 3.24.8
  • gtk-doc: upgrade 1.29 -> 1.31
  • harfbuzz: upgrade 2.3.1 -> 2.6.1
  • help2man-native: update to 1.47.11
  • icu: update to 64.2
  • ifupdown: update to 0.8.22
  • iproute2: update to 5.2.0
  • iptables: upgrade 1.6.2 -> 1.8.3
  • iputils: upgrade to s20190709
  • iso-codes: upgrade 4.2 -> 4.3
  • iw: upgrade 4.14 -> 5.3
  • kmscube: Bump revision to f632b23
  • less: upgrade 550 -> 551
  • libarchive: upgrade 3.3.3 -> 3.4.0
  • libatomic-ops: upgrade 7.6.8 -> 7.6.10
  • libbsd: upgrade 0.9.1 -> 0.10.0
  • libcap: update to 2.27
  • libcomps: upgrade 0.1.10 -> 0.1.11
  • libcroco: update to 0.6.13
  • libdazzle: update to 3.32.3
  • libdnf: update to 0.28.1
  • libdrm: update to 2.4.99
  • libevdev: upgrade 1.6.0 -> 1.8.0
  • libevent: upgrade 2.1.8 -> 2.1.11
  • libffi: Upgrade to 3.3-rc0
  • libglu: upgrade 9.0.0 -> 9.0.1
  • libgpg-error: upgrade 1.35 -> 1.36
  • libgudev: upgrade 232 -> 233
  • libical: upgrade to 3.0.6
  • libice: upgrade 1.0.9 -> 1.0.10
  • libidn2: upgrade to 2.2.0
  • libinput: update to 1.14.1
  • libjpeg-turbo: upgrade 2.0.2 -> 2.0.3
  • libmodule-build-perl: upgrade 0.4224 -> 0.4229
  • libmodulemd: update to 2.6.0
  • libnewt: upgrade 0.52.20 -> 0.52.21
  • libnl: upgrade to 3.5.0
  • libnotify: update to 0.7.8
  • libnss-nis: upgrade 3.0 -> 3.1
  • libogg: upgrade 1.3.3 -> 1.3.4
  • libpam: Upgrade 1.3.0 -> 1.3.1
  • libpcap: upgrade 1.9.0 -> 1.9.1
  • libpciaccess: upgrade 0.14 -> 0.16
  • libpcre2: upgrade 10.32 -> 10.33
  • libpng: update to 1.6.37
  • libpsl: update to 0.21.0
  • librepo: update to 1.10.5
  • libsdl2: upgrade 2.0.9 -> 2.0.10
  • libsecret: 0.19.0
  • libsolf: update to 0.7.5
  • libsolv: update to 0.7.6
  • libsoup-2.4: upgrade 2.66.1 -> 2.66.2
  • libsoup: Upgrade from 2.64.2 to 2.66.1
  • libtasn1: upgrade 4.13 -> 4.14
  • libtest-needs-perl: upgrade 0.002005 -> 0.002006
  • libtirpc: upgrade 1.0.3 -> 1.1.4
  • liburcu: update to 0.11.1
  • libva: upgrade 2.4.0 -> 2.5.0
  • libva-utils: upgrade 2.4.0 -> 2.5.0
  • libwebp: upgrade 1.0.2 -> 1.0.3
  • libx11-compose-data: upgrade 1.6.7 -> 1.6.8
  • libx11: update to 1.6.8
  • libxcrypt: update to 4.4.8
  • libxdmcp: update to 1.1.3
  • libxext: update to 1.3.4
  • libxft: upgrade 2.3.2 -> 2.3.3
  • libxi: update to 1.7.10
  • libxkbfile: update 1.1.0
  • libxml2: upgrade 2.9.8 -> 2.9.9
  • libxml-sax-perl: upgrade 1.00 -> 1.02
  • libxmu: update to 1.1.3
  • libxrandr: update to 1.5.2
  • libxt: update to 1.2.0
  • libxvmc: update to 1.0.11
  • libyaml: update to 0.2.2
  • lighttpd: Upgrade 1.4.53 -> 1.4.54
  • linux-firmware: Upgrade to 20190815
  • linux-libc-headers: update to v5.2 headers
  • linux-yocto/4.19: update to 4.19.72 and -rt22
  • linux-yocto-dev: bump to 5.3-rcX
  • linux-yocto: introduce 5.2.17 recipes
  • linux-yocto-rt: update to 5.0.5-rt9
  • llvm: Update to 8.0.1
  • logrotate: upgrade 3.15.0 -> 3.15.1
  • ltp: upgrade 20190115 -> 20190517
  • lttng-modules: upgrade 2.10.8 -> 2.10.11
  • lttng-tools: update to 2.10.7
  • lttng-ust: upgrade 2.10.3 -> 2.10.5
  • lz4: update to 1.9.2
  • makedepend: update to 1.0.6
  • man-db: upgrade 2.8.4 -> 2.8.7
  • man-pages: upgrade 4.16 -> 5.01
  • mc: update to 4.8.23
  • mesa-demos: update to 8.4.0
  • mesa: Update 19.0.1 -> 19.1.6
  • meson: update to 0.51.2
  • mmc-utils: update to the latest upstream code
  • mobile-broadband-provider-info: upgrade 20190116 -> 20190618
  • mpg123: upgrade 1.25.10 -> 1.25.11
  • msmtp: 1.6.6 -> 1.8.5
  • mtd-utils: Upgrade to 2.1.1
  • mtools: update to 4.0.23
  • musl: Update to latest master
  • ncurses: upgrade 6.1+20181013 -> 6.1+20190803
  • nettle: upgrade 3.4.1 -> 3.5.1
  • newlib: Upgrade to 3.1.0
  • nfs-utils: 2.3.3 -> 2.4.1
  • nss: upgrade 3.42.1 -> 3.45
  • ofono: upgrade 1.25 -> 1.30
  • opensbi: Update from 0.3 to 0.4
  • openssh: Upgrade 7.9p1 -> 8.0p1
  • openssl: Upgrade 1.1.1b -> 1.1.1d
  • opkg: upgrade to version 0.4.1
  • opkg-utils: upgrade to version 0.4.1
  • orc: update to 0.4.29
  • ovmf: Update to version edk2-stable201905
  • p11-kit: update to 0.23.16.1
  • pango: upgrade 1.42.4 -> 1.44.6
  • patchelf: Upgrade 0.9 -> 0.10
  • perl: Move perl-sanity -> perl
  • perl: update to 5.30.0
  • piglit: upgrade to latest revision
  • pixman: update to 0.38.4
  • pkgconf: upgrade 1.6.0 -> 1.6.3
  • ptest-runner: update from 2.3.1 to 2.3.2
  • python3-dbus: upgrade 1.2.8 -> 1.2.12
  • python3-docutils: update to 0.15
  • python3-git: update to 3.0.2
  • python3-mako: update to 1.1.0
  • python3-numpy: update to 1.17.0
  • python3-pbr: update to 5.4.3
  • python3-pip: update to 19.2.3
  • python3-pycairo: update to 1.18.1
  • python3-pygobject: update to 3.34.0
  • python3-scons: update to 3.1.1
  • python3: upgrade 3.7.3 -> 3.7.4
  • python-numpy: update to 1.16.3
  • python-scons: update to 3.1.0
  • python-setuptools: update to 41.2.0
  • python: update to 3.7.3
  • qemu: Upgrade from 3.1.0 to 4.1
  • quilt: update to 0.66
  • quota: update to 4.05
  • rng-tools: 6.6 -> 6.7
  • ruby: update to 2.5.5
  • socat: upgrade 1.7.3.2 -> 1.7.3.3
  • sqlite3: update to 3.29.0
  • squashfs-tools: upgrade to commit f95864afe883
  • strace: Upgrade to 5.3
  • subversion: upgrade 1.11.1 -> 1.12.2
  • sysprof: upgrade 3.30.2 -> 3.32.0
  • sysstat: 12.1.3 -> 12.1.6
  • systemd: upgrade to 243
  • systemtap: update to 57c9aca9f1ff32a6add10e02ecd33b7314fad499
  • tar: update to 1.32
  • timezone: update to 2019c
  • u-boot: Upgrade from 2019.01 to 2019.07
  • uninative: Update to 2.7 release
  • usbutils: upgrade 010->012
  • util-linux: upgrade to 2.34
  • vala: update to 0.44.7
  • valgrind: update from 3.14.0 to 3.15.0
  • vim: Update to 8.1.1240
  • virglrenderer: update 0.7.0 -> 0.8.0
  • vte: upgrade 0.52.2 -> 0.56.3
  • waffle: upgrade 1.5.2 -> 1.6.0
  • wayland-protocols: upgrade 1.17 -> 1.18
  • webkitgtk: update to 2.24.4
  • weston: upgrade 5.0.0 -> 7.0.0
  • wget: update to 1.20.3
  • wpa-supplicant: update to 2.9
  • x11perf: update to 1.6.1
  • x264: upgrade to latest revision
  • xauth: upgrade 1.0.10 -> 1.1
  • xf86-input-libinput: update to 0.29.0
  • xinput: update to 1.6.3
  • xkeyboard: upgrade 2.26 -> 2.27
  • xorgproto: update to 2019.1
  • xrandr: update to 1.5.1
  • xserver-xorg: update to 1.20.5
  • xtrans: upgrade 1.3.5 -> 1.4.0
  • xwininfo: upgrade 1.1.4 -> 1.1.5


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Known Issues

  • Bug 13594: mpc8315e-rdb: the stap oeqa test causes OOM.

This issue is on a platform with minimal support and works outside the framework. https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13594

  • Bug 13595: strace ptest failed .

strace issue is two individual test regressions which is an improvement on the test timeouts we had previously. https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13595

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