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| Release 3.1 (dunfell) |
| ===================== |
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| This section provides migration information for moving to the Yocto |
| Project 3.1 Release (codename "dunfell") from the prior release. |
| |
| .. _migration-3.1-minimum-system-requirements: |
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| Minimum system requirements |
| --------------------------- |
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| The following versions / requirements of build host components have been |
| updated: |
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| - gcc 5.0 |
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| - python 3.5 |
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| - tar 1.28 |
| |
| - ``rpcgen`` is now required on the host (part of the ``libc-dev-bin`` |
| package on Ubuntu, Debian and related distributions, and the |
| ``glibc`` package on RPM-based distributions). |
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| Additionally, the ``makeinfo`` and ``pod2man`` tools are *no longer* |
| required on the host. |
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| .. _migration-3.1-mpc8315e-rdb-removed: |
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| mpc8315e-rdb machine removed |
| ---------------------------- |
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| The MPC8315E-RDB machine is old/obsolete and unobtainable, thus given |
| the maintenance burden the ``mpc8315e-rdb`` machine configuration that |
| supported it has been removed in this release. The removal does leave a |
| gap in official PowerPC reference hardware support; this may change in |
| future if a suitable machine with accompanying support resources is |
| found. |
| |
| .. _migration-3.1-python-2-removed: |
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| Python 2 removed |
| ---------------- |
| |
| Due to the expiration of upstream support in January 2020, support for |
| Python 2 has now been removed; it is recommended that you use Python 3 |
| instead. If absolutely needed there is a meta-python2 community layer |
| containing Python 2, related classes and various Python 2-based modules, |
| however it should not be considered as supported. |
| |
| .. _migration-3.1-reproducible-builds: |
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| Reproducible builds now enabled by default |
| ------------------------------------------ |
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| In order to avoid unnecessary differences in output files (aiding binary |
| reproducibility), the Poky distribution configuration |
| (``DISTRO = "poky"``) now inherits the ``reproducible_build`` class by |
| default. |
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| .. _migration-3.1-ptest-feature-impact: |
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| Impact of ptest feature is now more significant |
| ----------------------------------------------- |
| |
| The Poky distribution configuration (``DISTRO = "poky"``) enables ptests |
| by default to enable runtime testing of various components. In this |
| release, a dependency needed to be added that has resulted in a |
| significant increase in the number of components that will be built just |
| when building a simple image such as core-image-minimal. If you do not |
| need runtime tests enabled for core components, then it is recommended |
| that you remove "ptest" from |
| :term:`DISTRO_FEATURES` to save a significant |
| amount of build time e.g. by adding the following in your configuration:: |
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| DISTRO_FEATURES_remove = "ptest" |
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| .. _migration-3.1-removed-recipes: |
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| Removed recipes |
| --------------- |
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| The following recipes have been removed: |
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| - ``chkconfig``: obsolete |
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| - ``console-tools``: obsolete |
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| - ``enchant``: replaced by ``enchant2`` |
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| - ``foomatic-filters``: obsolete |
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| - ``libidn``: no longer needed, moved to meta-oe |
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| - ``libmodulemd``: replaced by ``libmodulemd-v1`` |
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| - ``linux-yocto``: drop 4.19, 5.2 version recipes (5.4 now provided) |
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| - ``nspr``: no longer needed, moved to meta-oe |
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| - ``nss``: no longer needed, moved to meta-oe |
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| - ``python``: Python 2 removed (Python 3 preferred) |
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| - ``python-setuptools``: Python 2 version removed (python3-setuptools |
| preferred) |
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| - ``sysprof``: no longer needed, moved to meta-oe |
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| - ``texi2html``: obsolete |
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| - ``u-boot-fw-utils``: functionally replaced by ``libubootenv`` |
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| .. _migration-3.1-features-check: |
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| features_check class replaces distro_features_check |
| --------------------------------------------------- |
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| The ``distro_features_check`` class has had its functionality expanded, |
| now supporting ``ANY_OF_MACHINE_FEATURES``, |
| ``REQUIRED_MACHINE_FEATURES``, ``CONFLICT_MACHINE_FEATURES``, |
| ``ANY_OF_COMBINED_FEATURES``, ``REQUIRED_COMBINED_FEATURES``, |
| ``CONFLICT_COMBINED_FEATURES``. As a result the class has now been |
| renamed to ``features_check``; the ``distro_features_check`` class still |
| exists but generates a warning and redirects to the new class. In |
| preparation for a future removal of the old class it is recommended that |
| you update recipes currently inheriting ``distro_features_check`` to |
| inherit :ref:`ref-classes-features_check` instead. |
| |
| .. _migration-3.1-removed-classes: |
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| Removed classes |
| --------------- |
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| The following classes have been removed: |
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| - ``distutils-base``: moved to meta-python2 |
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| - ``distutils``: moved to meta-python2 |
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| - ``libc-common``: merged into the glibc recipe as nothing else used |
| it. |
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| - ``python-dir``: moved to meta-python2 |
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| - ``pythonnative``: moved to meta-python2 |
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| - ``setuptools``: moved to meta-python2 |
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| - ``tinderclient``: dropped as it was obsolete. |
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| .. _migration-3.1-src-uri-checksums: |
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| SRC_URI checksum behaviour |
| -------------------------- |
| |
| Previously, recipes by tradition included both SHA256 and MD5 checksums |
| for remotely fetched files in :term:`SRC_URI`, even |
| though only one is actually mandated. However, the MD5 checksum does not |
| add much given its inherent weakness; thus when a checksum fails only |
| the SHA256 sum will now be printed. The md5sum will still be verified if |
| it is specified. |
| |
| .. _migration-3.1-npm: |
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| npm fetcher changes |
| ------------------- |
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| The npm fetcher has been completely reworked in this release. The npm |
| fetcher now only fetches the package source itself and no longer the |
| dependencies; there is now also an npmsw fetcher which explicitly |
| fetches the shrinkwrap file and the dependencies. This removes the |
| slightly awkward ``NPM_LOCKDOWN`` and ``NPM_SHRINKWRAP`` variables which |
| pointed to local files; the lockdown file is no longer needed at all. |
| Additionally, the package name in ``npm://`` entries in |
| :term:`SRC_URI` is now specified using a ``package`` |
| parameter instead of the earlier ``name`` which overlapped with the |
| generic ``name`` parameter. All recipes using the npm fetcher will need |
| to be changed as a result. |
| |
| An example of the new scheme:: |
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| SRC_URI = "npm://registry.npmjs.org;package=array-flatten;version=1.1.1 \ |
| npmsw://${THISDIR}/npm-shrinkwrap.json" |
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| Another example where the sources are fetched from git rather than an npm repository:: |
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| SRC_URI = "git://github.com/foo/bar.git;protocol=https \ |
| npmsw://${THISDIR}/npm-shrinkwrap.json" |
| |
| devtool and recipetool have also been updated to match with the npm |
| fetcher changes. Other than producing working and more complete recipes |
| for npm sources, there is also a minor change to the command line for |
| devtool: the ``--fetch-dev`` option has been renamed to ``--npm-dev`` as |
| it is npm-specific. |
| |
| .. _migration-3.1-packaging-changes: |
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| Packaging changes |
| ----------------- |
| |
| - ``intltool`` has been removed from ``packagegroup-core-sdk`` as it is |
| rarely needed to build modern software --- gettext can do most of the |
| things it used to be needed for. ``intltool`` has also been removed |
| from ``packagegroup-core-self-hosted`` as it is not needed to for |
| standard builds. |
| |
| - git: ``git-am``, ``git-difftool``, ``git-submodule``, and |
| ``git-request-pull`` are no longer perl-based, so are now installed |
| with the main ``git`` package instead of within ``git-perltools``. |
| |
| - The ``ldconfig`` binary built as part of glibc has now been moved to |
| its own ``ldconfig`` package (note no ``glibc-`` prefix). This |
| package is in the :term:`RRECOMMENDS` of the main |
| ``glibc`` package if ``ldconfig`` is present in |
| :term:`DISTRO_FEATURES`. |
| |
| - ``libevent`` now splits each shared library into its own package (as |
| Debian does). Since these are shared libraries and will be pulled in |
| through the normal shared library dependency handling, there should |
| be no impact to existing configurations other than less unnecessary |
| libraries being installed in some cases. |
| |
| - linux-firmware now has a new package for ``bcm4366c`` and includes |
| available NVRAM config files into the ``bcm43340``, ``bcm43362``, |
| ``bcm43430`` and ``bcm4356-pcie`` packages. |
| |
| - ``harfbuzz`` now splits the new ``libharfbuzz-subset.so`` library |
| into its own package to reduce the main package size in cases where |
| ``libharfbuzz-subset.so`` is not needed. |
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| .. _migration-3.1-package-qa-warnings: |
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| Additional warnings |
| ------------------- |
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| Warnings will now be shown at :ref:`ref-tasks-package_qa` time in the following |
| circumstances: |
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| - A recipe installs ``.desktop`` files containing ``MimeType`` keys but |
| does not inherit the new :ref:`ref-classes-mime-xdg` class |
| |
| - A recipe installs ``.xml`` files into ``${datadir}/mime/packages`` |
| but does not inherit the :ref:`ref-classes-mime` class |
| |
| .. _migration-3.1-x86-live-wic: |
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| ``wic`` image type now used instead of ``live`` by default for x86 |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| |
| ``conf/machine/include/x86-base.inc`` (inherited by most x86 machine |
| configurations) now specifies ``wic`` instead of ``live`` by default in |
| :term:`IMAGE_FSTYPES`. The ``live`` image type will |
| likely be removed in a future release so it is recommended that you use |
| ``wic`` instead. |
| |
| .. _migration-3.1-misc: |
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| Miscellaneous changes |
| --------------------- |
| |
| - The undocumented ``SRC_DISTRIBUTE_LICENSES`` variable has now been |
| removed in favour of a new ``AVAILABLE_LICENSES`` variable which is |
| dynamically set based upon license files found in |
| ``${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}`` and ``${LICENSE_PATH}``. |
| |
| - The tune definition for big-endian microblaze machines is now |
| ``microblaze`` instead of ``microblazeeb``. |
| |
| - ``newlib`` no longer has built-in syscalls. ``libgloss`` should then |
| provide the syscalls, ``crt0.o`` and other functions that are no |
| longer part of ``newlib`` itself. If you are using |
| ``TCLIBC = "newlib"`` this now means that you must link applications |
| with both ``newlib`` and ``libgloss``, whereas before ``newlib`` |
| would run in many configurations by itself. |