3.0 Release Notes WIP

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

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New Features / Enhancements

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• 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)
• 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)
• 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
• Significant removal of old/obsolete software/patches ensuring we have a modern and up to date core Linux software stack.

 - LSB support moved to separate layer [was it??]
 - GTK+ 2 moved out to meta-oe
 - Python 2 dependencies minimised
 - many obsolete patches dropped

• Build change equivalence is detected and used to avoid rebuilding unchanged components
• Adoption of SPDX license identifiers throughout Yocto Project's components
• "Multi-Config" builds reaching their full potential

 - Many bugfixes and improvements
 - sstate cache is now shared between configurations being built concurrently
 - multiconfig configurations can be contained in layers

• New cve-update-db recipe and enhanced cve-check class uses NVD JSON data feeds, supports CVSSv3 scoring, improved product matching and network proxies

• Add nativesdk variant to: dnf, gzip, libtasn1, python3-dbus
• Add native variant to: glib-networking, grub, libsoup, python3-dbus

• Added bbverbnote shell log command
• Added support for arm1176jz-s CPU specific tuning
• Apache-2.0-with-LLVM-exception: Add new license file
• base.bbclass: Add OE_EXTRA_IMPORTS
• bash-completion: add image feature
• binutils-cross-testsuite: Create recipe for test suite execution
• bitbake: BBHandler: Fix addtask and deltask
• bitbake: bb: siggen: Make dump_sigfile and compare_sigfiles print uuid4
• bitbake: bb: siggen: Print more info when basehash are mis-matched
• bitbake: bitbake: Add --skip-setscene option
• bitbake: bitbake: fetch2/git: git-lfs check
• bitbake: bitbake-layers: show-recipes: Enable bare output
• bitbake: bitbake-layers: show-recipes: Select recipes from selected layer
• bitbake: bitbake-layers: show-recipes: Show recipes only
• bitbake: bitbake: respect force flag in runall and runonly
• bitbake: bitbake: Rework hash equivalence
• bitbake: bitbake: Show base multiconfig environment
• bitbake: build: implement custom progress handlers injected via OE_EXTRA_IMPORTS
• bitbake: build.py: check dependendent task for addtask
• bitbake: cache: Add SimpleCache class
• bitbake: cache: Create a symlink for current cachefile
• bitbake.conf: add git-lfs to HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL
• bitbake: cooker/hashserv: Allow autostarting of a local hash server using BB_HASHSERVE
• bitbake: cooker: list all nonexistent bblayer directories
• bitbake: fetch2/git: add git-lfs toggle option
• bitbake: fetch2/npm: Use npm pack to download node modules instead of wget
• bitbake: knotty: Implement console 'keepalive' output
• bitbake: knotty: Pretty print task elapsed time
• bitbake: runqueue: Enable dynamic task adjustment to hash equivalency
• bitbake: runqueue: Merge scenequeue and real task queue code together
• bitbake: runqueue: Merge the queues and execute setscene and normal tasks in parallel
• bitbake: siggen: Use unique hashes for tasks
• bitbake: svn.py: Stop SVN from directly pulling from an external layer w/o fetcher
• buildhistory: report sysroot changes
• buildhistory: show time spent writting buildhistory
• buildhistory: write the contents of the sysroot
• busybox: enable unicode support
• chrpath.bbclass: Add break_hardlinks kwarg to allow breaking hardlinks
• cmake: Use compiler launcher variable when ccache is enabled
• db: add switch for building database verification
• deb: allow custom dpkg command
• devtool: build: Also run deploy for devtool build if applicable
• devtool: finish: Add suppport for the --no-clean option
• devtool: provide support for devtool menuconfig command
• devtool/standard.py: Create a copy of kernel source within work-shared if not present
• devtool/standard.py: Update devtool modify to copy source from work-shared if its already downloaded
• devtool: warn user about multiple layer having the same base name
• distcc: split into client and server packages
• dropbear: new feature: disable-weak-ciphers
• gcc-runtime: Add do_check task for executing gcc test suites
• glibc-testsuite: Create a recipe to implement glibc test suite
• grub-efi-native: Install grub-editenv
• 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
• package.bbclass: allow shell-style wildcards in PRIVATE_LIBS
• package.bbclass: Clean up writing of runtime pkgdata files
• patch: add minver and maxver parameters
• populate_sdk_base: provide options to set sdk type
• populate_sdk_ext: Introduce mechanism to keep nativesdk* sstate in esdk
• python3-scons-{native}: add recipe
• python3: support recommends in manifest
• qemu: Add ppc64 to QEMU_TARGETS
• qemuarm64: Add QB_CPU_KVM to allow kvm acceleration
• qemuriscv64: Add the QEMU RISC-V 64-bit machine
• 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
• 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
• waffle: supprt build waffle without x11
• weston-init: Add possibility to run weston as non-root user
• 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

Recipe Upgrades

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• 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

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