2017.08, Released September 1st, 2017

Minor fixes.

Toolchain: Don't allow internal toolchain builds for MIPS

M6201/P6600, as support for these are not yet in mainline GCC.

Updated/fixed packages: bcusdk, connman, dialog, dnsmasq,

gnupg, grub2, iostat, iucode-tool, libgcrypt, libkcapi,

libphidget, libv4l, linux-tools, mediastreamer, minidlna,

nss-pam-ldapd, nvidia-driver, qt-webkit-kiosk, rpcbind, squid,

transmission, vde2, vim

Updated/fixed defconfigs:

Removed packages: simicfs.

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#10261: Grub2 fails to build for x86_64

2017.08-rc3, Released August 23rd, 2017

Fixes all over the tree.

Updated/fixed packages: alsa-lib, alsa-utils, cc-tool,

dbus-cpp, e2fsprogs, elf2flt, faad2, fakeroot, gcc, git, gpsd,

gst1-validate, kvmtool, libconfuse, libepoxy, librsync,

libspatialindex, libunwind, linux, linux-headers, lua,

mariadb, mesa3d, mtd, openocd, python3, syslinux, sysvinit,

whois, xen, zmqpp.

Updated/fixed defconfigs: ci20, socrates_cyclone5,

toradex_apalis_imx6.

Removed defconfig: Armadeus APF9328.

skeleton-* packages introduced in -rc1 have been renamed to

skeleton-init-* instead.

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#10141: Squashfs extended attribute failures

2017.08-rc2, Released August 11th, 2017

Fixes all over the tree.

Updated/fixed packages: bind, dbus, erlang-p1-xml, faad2,

ficl, gcc, gdb, glibc, jack2, libcurl, linux, linux-headers,

lua, mutt, nvme, qt5base, skeleton-common, snappy, stella,

swupdate, uclibc, valgrind, webkitgtk.

Updated/fixed defconfigs: beaglebone_qt5, minnowboard_max,

nanopi_m1{, _plus}, olimex_a20_olinuxino_lime, qemu_sparc,

qemu_sparc64.

The cmake-package infrastructure for host packages has been

fixed to not incorrectly detect target packages through

pkg-config.

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#9926: systemd-resolved.service: Failed at step NAMESPACE (systemd 233)

#10021: libqeglfs-viv-integration.so file is missing for qt5 on armv7

#10026: lua-5.3.4: fix lua linker error in swupdate

#10146: package/skeleton-common fix recursive variable

#10156: glibc compilation fails for X86 32bits (i386)

#10201: toolchain-wrapper.c:192: (error) Memory leak:

#10221: Buildroot Support

2017.08-rc1, Released August 2nd, 2017

Infrastructure:

- The skeleton package has been split into multiple packages:

skeleton-sysv (when Busybox or SysV init are used),

skeleton-systemd (when systemd is used), skeleton-none (when

no init system is used) and skeleton-custom (when a custom

skeleton is used). Those packages, except skeleton-custom,

share common logic and data in a new package called

skeleton-common. The skeleton package becomes a virtual

package. This change allows to generate a filesystem that is

compliant with systemd expectations.

- Support for using a read-only filesystem with systemd has

been fixed.

- Major revamp of the gettext handling, with user-visible

effect:

- prior to this revamp, when BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE=y, each

package could decide to enable or not NLS support. When

BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE was disabled, NLS support was forced off

by passing --disable-nls to packages.

- after this revamp, a new BR2_SYSTEM_ENABLE_NLS option

controls whether NLS support should be enabled or not in

packages. This option defaults to disabled, which means

that now, NLS support is by default disabled in all

packages.

Therefore, if you need NLS support in packages, you must now

explicitly enable the BR2_SYSTEM_ENABLE_NLS option.

- The host directory no longer has a usr/ component. This

makes it much more natural to use that directory as an

externally used toolchain. For compatibility with existing

scripts, a usr -> . link is still added.

- Hashes are now checked on tarballs by Buildroot when a

package is sourced from a Git repository.

- Patches are no longer being downloaded from Github, since

auto-generated patches could change over time, and break

hashes. All patches that were downloaded from Github are now

stored in their respective package directories.

- Hash files in packages can now contain hashes for the

license files contained in the package source code. This

allows to detect changes in such license files.

- Binaries in $(TARGET_DIR) are now cleaned up from invalid

RPATHs at the end of the build.

- A new "make sdk" target prepares $(HOST_DIR) to be

relocatable: turns RPATHs in host binaries into relocatable

ones, removes bogus RPATHs from staging binaries/libraries,

and provides a relocate-sdk script that can be executed to

relocate the SDK after installation.

- Addition of utils/genrandconfig which generates a random

configuration based on a set of pre-defined toolchain

configurations (support/config-fragments/autobuild/) and a

random selection of packages. It is now used by the

autobuilders to generate the random configurations.

Filesystems:

- ext2/3/4 filesystems are now generated using mkfs.ext from

e2fsprogs instead of using genext2fs.

Architecture:

- Addition of support for ARM big.LITTLE variants

- Improved MIPS support, with options to select NaN encoding

and FP32 mode.

Toolchain:

- Switch to gcc 6.x as the default gcc version, add support

for gcc 7.x, remove support for gcc 4.8

- Switch to binutils 2.28 as the default binutils version, add

support for binutils 2.29, remove support for binutils 2.26

- Support added for gdb 8.0

- uClibc-ng bumped to 1.0.26

- CodeSourcery toolchains for x86 and SuperH have been

removed, they were using a too old glibc version

(2.17). External toolchains with glibc 2.17 or earlier are

no longer supported.

- The version selection in the glibc package has been

removed. Like musl and uClibc-ng, we now use the latest

glibc version.

- Improved support for Xtensa toolchain overlays, which can

now be downloaded.

Tools:

- Numerous improvements to the runtime test infrastructure

- Tests are now executed by Gitlab CI on a regular basis

- Tools that are directly useful to the user have been moved

from support/scripts/ to utils/: brmake, check-package,

get-developers, scancpan, scanpipy, size-stats-compare,

test-pkg.

New defconfigs: A13 Olinuxino, Engicam platforms (i.CoreM6

Solo/Dual/DualLite/Quad, RQS SOM, GEAM6UL SOM, Is.IoT MX6UL

SOM), Nano Pi M1 (Plus), OrangePi Zero and Plus.

New packages: azure-iot-sdk-c, cracklib, dt-utils, easy-rsa,

erlang-jiffy, erlang-p1-oauth2, erlang-p1-xmpp,

ifupdown-scripts, irrlicht, kodi-inputstream-adaptive,

kodi-inputstream-rtmp, kvazaar, let-me-create, libloki,

libpwquality, libressl, libspatialindex, libva-utils,

linuxconsoletools, linuxptp, luaossl, lua-sdl2, lua-stdlib,

lsscsi, paxtest, pcre2, pixz, python-asn1crypto,

python-backports-shutil-get-terminal-size, python-bcrypt,

python-cheroot, python-h2, python-hpack, python-hyperframe,

python-hyperlink, python-ipython-genutils, python-pathlib2,

python-pickleshare, python-priority, python-portend,

python-scandir, python-systemd, python-tempora,

python-traitlets, python-typepy, qt5virtualkeyboard,

ratpoison, rauc, refpolicy, rhash, sdl2_mixer, sdl2_net,

xr819-xradio, zstd

Removed packages: cloog, input-tools, mke2img

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#7892: systemd-journald is broken

#9341: avahi-utils does not compile with uClibc + libglib2

#9441: Link BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GDB_SERVER_COPY to

BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG

#9746: ext4 image generated by Buildroot is not working

properly with U-Boot

#9886: Build fails with "unexpected EOF while looking for

matching `"'" if PATH contains a newline

#9891: parted 3.1 => 3.2?

#9911: qt5 does not build on sparc

#9916: qt5 does not build on

arm-buildroot-linux-uclibcgnueabihf for ARMv8 cores

#9936: Host QEMU does not build with SDL support because of

pkg-config

#9941: nodejs option disappears for arm

#9951: SCANCPAN failure

#9966: util-linux-2.30/.stamp_built' failed

#9976: License file for package 'rtl8821au' incorrect

#9991: SGX Error implicit declaration of function

‘dmac_map_area’

#10011: wget does not work from Buildroot

#10036: Buildroot builds Raspbian Jessie headless image

presenting incorrect prompt

#10051: make: *** No rule to make target

'raspberrpi3_defconfig'. Stop reported with Buildroot

v2017.05.1

#10056: No .config file was produced in /buildroot folder

#10061: gcc5.4 buildroot toolchain for powerpc libsanitizer

failure

#10071: fakeroot: replace hard-coded paths in post install

#10076: Makefile:4113: recipe for target 'all-gcc' failed

#10091: gcc7.1 does not build with graphite support due to old

isl

#10121: webkit without the multimedia option causes build

error

2017.05.2, Released July 27th, 2017

Important / security related fixes.

Webkitgtk bumped to the 2.16.x series, fixing a large number

of security issues.

host-aespipe compile fix for Debian/Gentoo/Ubuntu toolchains

which default to PIE mode.

Updated/fixed packages: aespipe, apache, bind, binutils,

busybox, ccache, collectd, dieharder, efibootmgr, efivar,

expat, ffmpeg, gcc, heimdal, iproute2, irssi, libglib2,

libmemcached, libosip2, libtirpc, libxml-parser-perl,

linux-fusion, linux-zigbee, mpg123, orc, pcre, php, protobuf,

pulseaudio, python-setproctitle, qt5base, rpi-firmware,

samba4, syslinux, systemd, spice, tcpdump, tiff, uboot-tools,

webkitgtk, x265, xserver_xorg-server, xvisor

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#10061: gcc5.4 buildroot toolchain for powerpc libsanitizer...

2017.05.1, Released July 4th, 2017

Important / security related fixes.

Update support/scripts/scancpan to use METACPAN v1 API as v0

has been shutdown.

Update support/scripts/mkusers to handle setups where

/etc/shadow is a symlink.

External toolchain: Don't create musl dynamic loader symlink

for static builds.

Setlocalversion: Correct detection of mercurial revisions for

non-tagged versions.

Defconfigs: at91sam9x5ek_mmc: workaround boot rom issue.

Updated/fixed packages: apache, automake, bind, botan, c-ares,

dhcp, expat, fcgiwrap, gcc, gdb, gesftpserver, glibc, glmark2,

gnutls, gst1-plugins-bad, imagemagick, imx-uuc, intltool,

iperf, ipsec-tools, irssi, kmod, libcurl, libgcrypt, libmad,

libnl, lugaro, mosquitto, mpg123, ncurses, nodejs, ntp,

openssh, openvpn, pngquant, python-simplegeneric, qt5base,

qt5multimedia, rtl8821au, socat, spice, systemd, tor, trinity,

tslib, vlc, x264, xen, xlib_libxshmfenc, xserver_xorg-server

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#9976: License file for package 'rtl8821au' incorrect

2017.05, Released May 31st, 2017

Minor fixes.

External toolchain: musl dynamic linker symlink for mips-sf

corrected.

Updated/fixed packages: agentpp, bash, exim, hans, madplay,

qpid-proton, rtl8188eu, snmppp, stm32flash, strongswan, sudo,

xen

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#9906: genimage: Disk full

2017.05-rc3, Released May 30th, 2017

Fixes all over the tree.

ARC toolchain bumped to 2017.03

Runtime testing improvements and cleanups.

Updated/fixed packages: acpica, armadillo, audiofile, c-icap,

cppcms, dhcp, docker-engine, dropbear, elfutils, erlang,

fbgrab, ffmpeg, flashrom, ftop, gnutls, google-breakpad,

keepalived, kodi, libcdio, libepoxy, libev, libminiupnpc,

libqmi, libtasn1, libv4l, mariadb, mono, mosh, mosquitto,

mxml, ntp, opencv, openpowerlink, oracle-mysql, popt,

pulseview, python-enum34, rabbitmq-c, redis, samba4, stella,

xen

Removed packages: firejail, ola

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#9871: fbgrab 1.3 won't build with BR2_REPRODUCIBLE set

#9876: aarch64 support with gcc 4.8 toolchain

#9896: host-gcc-initial error downloading because incorrect URL

2017.05-rc2, Released May 17th, 2017

Fixes all over the tree.

ARC toolchain bumped to 2017.03-rc2

Updated/fixed packages: bluez_utils, boost, clamav, daemon,

efibootmgr, efl, espeak, expedite, faketime, ffmpeg, fxload,

git, gpsd, kvm-unit-tests, libcdio, libv4l, lua, mke2img,

mpir, mpv, odroid-scripts, openblas, opencv3, openvpn, php,

postgresql, protobuf, qt5declarative, qwt, radvd, rpcbind,

rtmpdump, strongswan, sudo, ltp-testsuite, uclibc-ng-test,

vlc, x11vnc, xfsprogs

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#9796: source-check broken for Git downloads

#9866: BASE_DIR usage

2017.05-rc1, Released May 8th, 2017

Fixes all over the tree and new features.

Infrastructure:

- Installed binaries are now checked for correct architecture

to catch natively built binaries or binaries built for other

architecture variants.

- Luarocks infrastructure improvements to extraction handling,

support for upstream name != Buildroot package name.

- 'make printvars' output format has changed to make it easier

to use in scripts. It now has options to quote the variables

and to show the expanded/unexpanded values.

- Automatic ext2 rootfs size calculation has been removed. The

logic was not working working reliable in all setups as it

depends on the host filesystem behaviour, so instead now the

size has to be specified explicitly (defaults to 60MB).

- The git download infrastructure now ensures that GNU format

tar files are created.

- Fixed a variable clashing issue in the mkusers script with

internal bash variables.

- Fakeroot now links against libacl to fix issues on

distributions using acls.

- Correct permissions for /dev/pts/ptmx when systemd is used

with recent glibc versions.

- br2-external: Improve error reporting.

- A wrapper script for genimage has been added in

support/scripts/genimage.sh for easy use of genimage from

post-image scripts.

- A script to check for common style issues in new packages

before submitting has been added in support/scripts/check-package

- Defconfigs are now tested by gitlab-CI instead of Travis:

https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot

- Infrastructure for runtime testing has been added to

support/testing

Toolchain:

- External linaro toolchains updated to 2017.02, ARC toolchain

updated to 2017.03-rc1, NIOSII CodeSourcery to 2017.05

- A number of fixes and improvements to the external toolchain

handling, including C library detection, multilib and ld.so

handling

- Glibc 2.25 and uClibc-ng 1.0.24 added, wordexp support enabled

for uClibc-ng

- Binutils 2.28 added and default changed to 2.27

Architectures:

- Support for the C-SKY architecture has been added.

License handling:

- The package license markings for legal info now uses the

SPDX short identifiers for the license string where possible.

- License info has been improved / added for a number of packages.

Misc:

- Cmake 3.7.x installed on the host is no longer ignored as a

workaround for the RPATH issues has been implemented.

- Docker-engine can now be built statically on an otherwise

dynamic linked build for docker-in-docker setups.

- U-Boot now supports out-of-tree device trees, similar to

Linux

- Nodejs 0.10.x support (and with it, support for <ARMv6) has

been removed as this is now EOL upstream.

New defconfigs: AT91sam9x5ek dev/mmc/mmc-dev, banana pro,

Nationalchip gx6605s, MIPS creator ci40, nexbox a95x, 64bit

defconfig for raspberry pi 3, stm32f429-disc1.

The raspberry pi zero-w and rpi3 compute module are now also

supported by the rpi0 / rpi3 defconfigs, beaglebone green is

supported by the beaglebone defconfig.

Removed defconfig: minnowboard, via imx6 vab820, altera

socdk/sockit

New packages: arp-scan, atest, augeas, bluez-tools, daemon,

dc3dd, dieharder, execline, fmt, ghostscript, gqrx,

gst1-vaapi, jo, keepalived, kmscube, kodi-jsonschemabuilder,

kodi-skin-confluence, kodi-texturepacker, lensfun, leptonica,

libbson, libcsv, libgphoto2, libkcapi, libmaxminddb,

libmediaart, libnpth, libscrypt, lua-bit32, lua-resty-http,

lugaru, memtool, mpir, nanomsg, physfs, phytool, pngquant,

python-decorator, python-simplegeneric,

python-sortedcontainers, rpi-bt-firmware, rpi-wifi-firmware,

s6, s6-dns, s6-linux-init, s6-linux-utils, s6-networking,

s6-portable-utils, s6-rc, supertux, tesseract-ocr,

uccp420wlan, wilink-bt-firmware

Broken packages: ola

Removed packages: cosmo, kodi-visualisation-fountain,

polarssl, portmap, xdriver_xf86-video-glide,

xdriver_xf86-video-v4l, xdriver_xf86-video-wsfb

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#8831: image generation fails on host ZFS due to "no free space"

#9436: e2fsprogs remove busybox applets even of unselected e2fs..

#9456: mkusers script bash errors

#9496: mke2img fails during build on ntfs-3g host partition

#9531: NPM fails to build embedded modules

#9596: KODI: --enable-lirc needs "HAVE_LIRC" compiler definition..

#9691: Wrong cryptsetup package include files location

#9696: Wrong cryptsetup package include files location

#9706: Can't download newer revisions of package from PyPI

#9711: Recent libCEC version bump seems to break kodi package

#9716: exit, shutdown, reboot from kodi

#9721: version 2017.02: no acceptable m4 could be found in $PATH

#9726: Raspberry Pi version B - Problems with UART speed in..

#9751: expat legal info - manifest.csv: GPLv2 Source site: MIT..

#9756: glibc fails to build on buildroot-sh4*-buildroot-linux-gnu

#9766: support/scripts/pkgutil.py conflicts with the pkgutil.py..

#9776: libubox build failed

#9791: Python searches for packages in the user site directory

#9806: libseccomp is not available when BR2_arm=y

#9826: post-build scritp - symlinks created in post-build script..

#9836: triggerhappy: systemd unit broken

#9846: musl libc not installed correctly in target folder

#9856: build libubox failed on ubuntu 17.04 64bit

2017.02.5, Released July 27th, 2017

Important / security related fixes.

Webkitgtk bumped to the 2.16.x series, fixing a large number

of security issues.

host-aespipe compile fix for Debian/Gentoo/Ubuntu toolchains

which default to PIE mode.

Updated/fixed packages: aespipe, apache, bind, binutils,

busybox, ccache, collectd, efibootmgr, efivar, expat, ffmpeg,

gcc, heimdal, iproute2, irssi, libglib2, libmemcached,

libosip2, libtirpc, libxml-parser-perl, linux-fusion,

linux-zigbee, mpg123, nodejs, orc, pcre, php, pulseaudio,

python-setproctitle, qt5base, rpi-firmware, samba4, syslinux,

systemd, spice, tcpdump, tiff, webkitgtk, x265, xen,

xserver_xorg-server, xvisor

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#10061: gcc5.4 buildroot toolchain for powerpc libsanitizer...

2017.02.4, Released July 4th, 2017

Important / security related fixes.

Update support/scripts/scancpan to use METACPAN v1 API as v0

has been shutdown.

Update support/scripts/mkusers to handle setups where

/etc/shadow is a symlink.

External toolchain: Don't create musl dynamic loader symlink

for static builds.

Setlocalversion: Correct detection of mercurial revisions for

non-tagged versions.

Updated/fixed packages: apache, automake, bind, botan, c-ares,

dhcp, expat, fcgiwrap, gcc, gdb, gesftpserver, glibc, gnutls,

gst1-plugins-bad, imagemagick, imx-uuc, intltool, iperf,

ipsec-tools, irssi, libgcrypt, libmad, libnl, mosquitto,

mpg123, ncurses, nodejs, ntp, openssh, openvpn, qt5base,

qt5multimedia, rtl8821au, socat, spice, systemd, tor, tslib,

vlc, x264, xserver_xorg-server

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#9976: License file for package 'rtl8821au' incorrect

2017.02.3, Released June 2nd, 2017

Important / security related fixes.

Download: <pkg>-source-check fixed for packages from git.

External toolchain: musl dynamic linker symlink for mips-sf

corrected.

Updated/fixed packages: armadillo, audiofile, bash,

bluez_utils, cppcms, dbus, dhcp, dropbear, efibootmgr, efl,

elfutils, faketime, fbgrab, flashrom, ftop, gdb, git,

google-breakpad, gpsd, hans, kvm-unit-tests, kyua, libev,

libmicrohttpd, libminiupnpc, libtasn1, libubox, ltp-testsuite,

lua, madplay, mariadb, mono, mosquitto, mxml, ntp,

nvidia-driver, openblas, openvpn, oracle-mysql, picocom, popt,

postgresql, pulseview, qt5base, qwt, rabbitmq-c, redis,

rpcbind, rtmpdump, samba4, strongswan, sudo, vlc

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#9796: source-check broken for Git downloads

#9871: fbgrab 1.3 won't build with BR2_REPRODUCIBLE set

2017.02.2, Released May 1st, 2017

Important / security related fixes.

Use HTTPS for the Codesourcery external toolchains as the HTTP

URLs no longer work.

Updated/fixed packages: bind, busybox, dovecot, freetype,

ghostscript, glibc, granite, hiredis, icu, imagemagick,

gst-plugins-base, gst1-plugins-base, libcroco, libcurl, libnl,

libnspr, libnss, libsamplerate, libsndfile, libunwind,

minicom, mplayer, mpv, nodejs, python-django, python-pyyaml,

python-web2py, samba4, syslinux, systemd, tiff, trinity,

uboot, wireshark, xen

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#9791: Python searches for packages in the user site directory

2017.02.1, Released April 4th, 2017

Important / security related fixes.

Fix a variable clashing issue in the mkusers script with

internal bash variables.

Improve external toolchain version detection.

Correct permissions for /dev/pts/ptmx when systemd is used

with recent glibc versions.

Fix python module name clash for graph-depends.

Fakeroot now links against libacl to fix issues on

distributions using acls.

Ensure that the git download infrastructure creates GNU format

tar files.

br2-external: Improve error reporting.

Updated/fixed packages: acl, apr, audiofile, busybox, cairo,

dbus-cpp, dbus-glib, dbus-triggerd, domoticz, elfutils,

fakeroot, filemq, fmc, gdb, git, gnutls, gst-ffmpeg,

gst1-plygins-bad, harfbuzz, htop, imagemagick, jasper, libcec,

libiio, libplatform, librsvg, libselinux, libsidplay2, libsoc,

libwebsockets, libxkbcommon, linux-firmware, logrotate,

lpt-testsuite, lttng-libust, mariadb, mbedtls, memcached,

mesa3d, mpd, mplayer, nbd, ncftp, ntp, openssh, opentyrian,

pcre, perl-gd, python, qt5base, rpi-userland, rpm, samba4,

skalibs, slang, sngrep, squashfs, syslog-ng, taglib,

tcpreplay, tor, upmpdcli, wget, wireshark,

xdriver_xf86-video-vmware, xlib_libXv, zmqpp

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#9456: mkusers script bash errors

2017.02, Released February 28th, 2017

Minor fixes, mainly fixing autobuilder issues.

Don't use cmake 3.7.x from the build host as it is also

affected by the RPATH handling issues, and instead build our

own if needed.

Updated/fixed packages: assimp, classpath, genimage, mplayer,

mpv, openocd, python-libconfig, qt5base, qt5quickcontrols,

vlc, xterm

2017.02-rc3, Released February 26th, 2017

Fixes all over the tree.

Cmake reverted to version 3.6.3 to workaround regressions

related to RPATH handling.

Updated/fixed packages: bctoolbox, berkeleydb, binutils,

btrfs-progs, classpath, directfb, glibc, gstreamer1,

gst1-plugins-{base,good,bad,ugly}, gst1-libav,

gst1-rtsp-server, gst1-validate, gst-omx, htop, libcurl,

libepoxy, libimxvpuapi, libpcap, libuv, ncurses, openssh,

oracle-mysql, poco, python, qt5base, qt5webkit, sslh, synergy,

trousers, uclibc-ng-test, util-linux, vlc, xfsprogs

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#9251: Shared C++ libraries for Microblaze results in Segmentation...

#9456: mkusers script bash errors

#9506: Collectd 5.7.0 fails to build with libcrypt

#9581: VagrantFile provisioning step fails due to issue with grub-pc

#9586: usbmount: usbmount slows down the system... to a state of...

#9616: CMake host packages cannot provide CONF_ENV

#9641: Need raptor package installed in staging

#9671: stunnel build error

2017.02-rc2, Released February 20th, 2017

Fixes all over the tree.

Support for SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH in the toolchain wrapper for

older gcc versions for reproducible builds has been

(temporarily) reverted because of licensing compatiblity

concerns.

Defconfigs: SD card generation fix for the Udoo Neo board

Infrastructure to handle .lz compressed tarballs added, and

affected packages updated to use it.

Updated/fixed packages: bctoolbox, bind, canelloni,

cbootimage, ccache, classpath, cups, dbus, ddrescue, directfb,

ed, erlang, gcc, gdb, glmark2, gstreamer, gstreamer1, hiredis,

kmod, kmsxx, lcdapi, libasplib, libgpiod, libnss, libraw,

libv4l, mesa3d-headers, mosquitto, mpd, mpv, musl, ntfs-3g,

ocrad, openswan, postgresql, qt5base, qt5quickcontrols, redis,

riemann-c-client, samba4, sunxi-mali, tcping, trousers,

uclibc, util-linux, vim, wavpack, wget, wiringpi, xfsprogs,

xserver_xorg-server

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#8941: Valgrind fails to build with stack protection turned on

#9291: perl: SysV message queues not configured, even if available

#9651: libxcb-1.12 built Error

#9656: util-linux: schedutils doesn't build on target w/o enabl...

#9666: qt5quickcontrols install fails

2017.02-rc1, Released February 11th, 2017

Fixes all over the tree and new features.

Infrastructure:

- numerous improvements to support reproducible builds

- new waf-package package infrastructure to support packages

that use the Waf build system. 6 packages converted to

this infrastructure.

- add option <pkg>_PREFER_INSTALLER to the perl package

infrastructure

Architecture:

- add support for the OpenRISC CPU architecture

- merge description of the ARM and ARM64 options, and add

support for selecting a specific ARM64 core

Toolchain:

- major rework of the external toolchain support. It is now

split into several packages, one per external toolchain,

and a common infrastructure.

- important fix for musl to prevent a conflict between musl

and kernel headers (fixes the build of numerous packages

with musl)

- uClibc-ng bumped to 1.0.22, and therefore enable uClibc

for ARM64, mips32r6 and mips64r6

- add gdb 7.12.1, and switch to gdb 7.11 as the default

- Linaro toolchains updated to 2016.11, ARC toolchain

components updated to arc-2016.09, MIPS Codescape

toolchains bumped to 2016.05-06, CodeSourcery AMD64 and

NIOS2 toolchains bumped

- remove Analog Devices toolchain for the Blackfin

architecture, remove pre-built musl toolchains from

musl.codu.org

New defconfigs: Freescale i.MX23EVK, Qemu OpenRISC emulation,

Qemu NIOS2 emulation, Grinn chiliBoard, Freescale i.MX6Q

SabreSD, BeagleBoard X15, OrangePi One, ARC HS38 HAPS

New packages: angular-websocket, aubio, bctoolbox, darkhttpd,

ddrescue, easydbus, fakedate, git-crypt, hiredis, ifenslave,

jsmn, libgpiod, libgsm, linux-syscall-support, mariadb, mimic,

nginx-dav-ext, nmon, opkg-utils, policycoreutils,

pru-software-support, python-arrow, python-attrs,

python-babel, python-bitstring, python-chardet,

python-constantly, python-flask-babel, python-gunicorn,

python-incremental, python-jsonschema, python-logbook,

python-markdown2, python-mbstrdecoder, python-mutagen,

python-pathpy, python-pudb, python-pyqrcode,

python-pytablereader, python-setuptools-scm, python-sh,

python-toml, python-vcversioner, python-whoosh,

raspberrypi-usbboot, riemann-c-client, rtl8723bs, skalibs,

sslh, sngrep, ti-cgt-pru, uclibc-ng-test, udpxy, uhttpd,

upower, ustream-ssl, waf, xlib_libXfont2

Removed packages: perl-db-file, snowball-hdmiservice,

snowball-init

Tooling: addition of a test-pkg script to help contributors

build test their package.

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#8946: Valgrind fails to build with stack protection turned on

#9461: odroidc2 - toolchain Linaro AArch64 2016.11 compile error

#9466: VIM_REMOVE_DOCS removes rgb.txt

#9486: xorg-server 1.19 fails to compile for glibc with systemd init (x86_64)

#9501: eudev fails to build with older kernel headers

#9526: Embedded NPM fails to start with "no such file or directory" error

#9541: Platform drivers autoloading from info in device tree does not work

#9546: seems BR2_PACKAGE_RPI_FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DTB_OVERLAYS do nothing

#9551: Coreutils fails to build target src/src_libsinglebin_pinky_a-pinky.o

#9566: [kmod] Compilation fails with uclibc

#9571: buildroot fails while building opencv for arm64 platform

#9576: External tree with BR 2016.11 does not work anymore

#9606: xorg-server cannot build for ARM target

2016.11.3, Released March 9th, 2017

Important / security related fixes.

Updated/fixed packages: bind, dbus, gnutls, imagemagick,

lcms2, libcurl, ntfs-3g, ntp, openssl, php, quagga, redis,

squid, stunnel, tcpdump, vim, wavpack, wireshark, xlib_libXpm

2016.11.2, Released January 25th, 2017

Important / security related fixes.

A fix for BR2_EXTERNAL trees referenced using relative paths,

which broke in 2016.11.

Updated/fixed packages: bind, docker-engine, gd, gnutls, go,

imagemagick, irssi, libpng, libvncserver, musl, opus, php,

php-imagick, rabbitmq-server, runc, wireshark,

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#9576: External tree with BR 2016.11 does not work anymore

2016.11.1, Released December 29th, 2016

Important / security related fixes.

Updated/fixed packages: apache, cryptopp, docker-engine,

dovecot, exim, gdk-pixbuf, libcurl, libupnp, links, monit,

nodejs, openssh, php, python, python-bottle, samba4, squid,

uboot, vim, wireshark, xorg-server uboot

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#9466: VIM_REMOVE_DOCS removes rgb.txt

2016.11, Released November 30th, 2016

Minor fixes.

Updated/fixed packages: bzip2, gcc, jasper, sane-backends,

uboot, uclibc

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#9451: packages/postgresql/postgresql.mk contains wrong POST...

2016.11-rc3, Released November 28th, 2016

Fixes all over the tree, including a number of security fixes.

The move from fakeroot to pseudo unfortunately brought a

number of issues. The SELinux issue described in #9386 which

triggered the move to pseudo has been investigated further and

a workaround implemented and the pseudo changes reverted.

Linux kernel: update default to 4.8.11.

Defconfigs: Updates/fixes for imx28ek, mx6udoo, imx6ulpico,

olimex a20 olinuxino lime mali, roseapplepi, synopsis aarch64

vdk, axs101, axs103 and hs38 smd vdk.

Updated/fixed packages: autossh, chrony, dosfstools,

dtv-scan-tables, e2fsprogs, gcc, gdb, gnuchess, gnuradio,

gpsd, gst1-plugins-bad, gst1-plugins-good, imagemagick,

kvm-unit-tests, libfribi, libuv, mesa3d, mpfr, mplayer, mpv,

ntp, ola, olsr, openblas, openjpeg, openssh, postgresql,

ptpd2python3, qemu, qextserialport, qt5base, quagga, xqwt,

taskd, tiff, tremor, trousers, udisks, uclibc, wireshark,

xapp_xload, xenomai, xmlstarlet

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#9386: ubinize fails with or without custom config

#9431: A misspelling

#9446: make raspberrypi3_defconfig compilation failure

2016.11-rc2, Released November 13th, 2016

Fixes all over the tree.

Architecture: add support for MIPS XBurst cores; remove MIPS

support for M5100 cores.

Updated/fixed packages: mesa3d, lttng-babeltrace, tinyalsa, pseudo,

czmq, libxml2, makedevs, binutils, kvm-unit-tests, libnss, privoxy,

qemu, ser2net, net-tools, ffmpeg, assimp, libmpeg2, ccache, mpv,

libxslt, python, python3, php, valgrind, guile, domoticz, efl,

jasper, kvmtool, go, wget, sane-backends, weston, tinymembench,

strace, openjpeg, lcms2, quota.

Linux kernel: update default to 4.8.7.

CMake support: fix cmake wrapper to properly pass NDEBUG flag.

Filesystems: use a wrapper to pseudo, to better mimick the behaviour

of fakeroot; makedevs no longer breaks of the destination already

exists and is of the correct type/major/minor.

Defconfigs: a few legacy and broken defconfigs have been removed

because they now fail to build: kb9202_defconfig, mini2440_defconfig,

freescale_p2020ds, qmx6, calao*, atmel_sama5d4ek. Other defconfigs

have been updated: nanopi-neo, olimex_a20_olinuxino_lime_mali,

armadeus_apf51, armadeus_apf28, freescale_imx31_3stack, ci20,

olimex_a20_olinuxino_lime2, atmel_at91sam9260eknf,

atmel_at91sam9rlek, atmel_at91sam9g20dfc, atmel_at91sam9g45m10ek,

atmel_sama5d3xek.

2016.11-rc1, Released November 3rd, 2016

Fixes all over the tree and new features.

It is now possible to specify multiple BR2_EXTERNAL

directories. The required files in a BR2_EXTERNAL directory

have changed to accomodate this feature. Refer to the

documentation for details of how to update them. External

trees now have a name and a description. Also, it is possible

to override a defconfig in the external tree.

The default skeleton now uses UID 65534 for the "nobody"

user instead of UID 99, like most distros do. See

https://lwn.net/Articles/695478/ for a complete discussion.

Programs and configuration files that explicitly refer to UID

99 will have to be updated.

When the build environment already has a suitable cmake version

(3.1 or later), that one will be used instead of building

host-cmake. This can speed up the build significantly.

The ExtUtils::MakeMaker perl module is now required in the

build environment.

An additional check is done during the build that files are

not installed in the output directory within the output

directory. This happens e.g. when the target directory is

contained both in --prefix and in DESTDIR. The build will

terminate with an error message that specifies which package

and which file caused the failure.

The concept of "deprecated packages" and the BR2_DEPRECATED

option have been removed. Instead, packages are removed

immediately. Packages are only removed when they don't work

for some reason. If you still need a removed package and

you have a solution for the problem(s) that caused the

removal, please contribute it.

Architecture: support for sh64 removed, improved support for

MIPS core selection.

Toolchain: support for musl powerpc64le, mips64 and mipsr6

toolchains, ARC toolchain components updates, gcc 6.x series

bumped to 6.2.0, default binutils version switched to 2.26,

default gcc version switched to gcc 5.x, Linaro toolchains

updated, uclibc-ng bumped to 1.0.19. GCC is now always built

with TLS support. Checking of unsafe compiler options (that

point to host directories) has been extended with -isystem,

-idirafter and -iquote.

Package infrastructure: new variable $(PKG)_DL_OPTS, addition

of <pkg>-show-rdepends to list reverse dependencies, and

<pkg>-graph-rdepends to graph reverse dependencies. Linux tools

are now in a separate linux-tools package instead of in the

kernel build. Fakeroot has been replaced by pseudo.

CMake support: the toolchainfile.cmake file now provides a

definition of the CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE variable. The

toolchainfile.cmake also no longer forces the compiler/linker

flags defined by Buildroot.

New defconfigs: WaRP7, Solidrun's MX6 Cubox/Hummingboard,

TS-4900, Grinn's liteBoard, Udoo MX6Q/DL, Qemu ARM noMMU,

BeagleBone Qt5 demo, Digilent Zybo, FriendlyARM Nanopi NEO.

New packages: arm-trusted-firmware, amd-catalyst, atop, aufs,

aufs-util, fwts, gst1-rtsp-server, libglob, libite, mfgtools,

mksh, motion, paho-mqtt-c, php-amqp, pseudo, python-couchdb,

python-crcmod, python-cssutils, python-docutils,

python-futures, python-mwclient, python-mwscrape,

python-mwscrape2slob, python-pyelftools, python-pyicu,

python-pylru, python-pyqt5, python-requests-toolbelt,

python-simpleaudio, python-slob, rabbitmq-server, shapelib,

vdr, vdr-plugin-vnsiserver, vexpress-firmware, xvisor, iio and

gpio linux tools.

Removed packages: binutils 2.24, fakeroot, gcc 4.7, ipkg,

kodi-addon-xvdr, libgail, sstrip, torsmo, webkit, webkitgtk24,

wvdial, wvstreams.

Documentation: the list of packages that was present in the

Buildroot manual has been removed.

Legal info: the "licenses.txt" file that concatenates all

license texts is no longer generated - it was not considered

useful. The manifest.csv contains an empty cell instead of

"not saved" when no license file is available.

Other: addition of a DEVELOPERS file listing developers taking

care of packages or architectures.

Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

#7802: host-python build hangs compiling getbuildinfo.o

#8206: mplayer uses host xorg development files

#8516: mkcubiecard.sh uses outdated sfdisk switch -D

#8536: Building sudo with PAM results in unusable sudo

#8646: check-host-rpath script returns false positives when rpath

contains symlink

#8696: xdriver_xf86-input-mouse install header files in target

directory

#8811: rp-pppoe - generated scripts commands use HOST pathnames,

not necessarily TARGET

#8846: Orphaned/missing toolchain borks eclipse plugin

#8856: python tornado runtime wasn't met on buildroot 2016.02

#8901: gcc failes to build if fortran is enabled