poky/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.2.1.rst

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Release notes for Yocto-4.2.1 (Mickledore)
------------------------------------------

Security Fixes in Yocto-4.2.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-  connman: Fix :cve:`2023-28488`
-  linux-yocto: Ignore :cve:`2023-1652` and :cve:`2023-1829`
-  ghostscript: Fix :cve:`2023-28879`
-  qemu: Ignore :cve:`2023-0664`
-  ruby: Fix :cve:`2022-28738` and :cve:`2022-28739`
-  tiff: Fix :cve:`2022-4645`
-  xwayland: Fix :cve:`2023-1393`


Fixes in Yocto-4.2.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-  apr: upgrade to 1.7.3
-  bind: upgrade to 9.18.13
-  build-appliance-image: Update to mickledore head revision
-  cargo: Fix build on musl/riscv
-  cpio: fix appending to archives larger than 2GB
-  cracklib: upgrade to 2.9.11
-  cve-update-nvd2-native: added the missing http import
-  dev-manual: init-manager.rst: add summary
-  dhcpcd: use git instead of tarballs
-  docs: add support for mickledore (4.2) release
-  gawk: Add skipped.txt to emit test to ignore
-  gawk: Disable known ptest fails on musl
-  gawk: Remove redundant patch
-  glib-networking: Add test retry to avoid failures
-  glib-networking: Correct glib error handling in test patch
-  gtk4: upgrade to 4.10.3
-  kernel-devsrc: depend on python3-core instead of python3
-  kernel-fitimage: Fix the default dtb config check
-  kernel: improve initramfs bundle processing time
-  libarchive: Enable acls, xattr for native as well as target
-  libhandy: upgrade to 1.8.2
-  libnotify: remove dependency dbus
-  libpam: Fix the xtests/tst-pam_motd[1|3] failures
-  libpcap: upgrade to 1.10.4
-  libsdl2: upgrade to 2.26.5
-  libxml2: Disable icu tests on musl
-  license.bbclass: Include :term:`LICENSE` in the output when it fails to parse
-  linux-firmware: upgrade to 20230404
-  machine/qemuarm*: don't explicitly set vmalloc
-  maintainers.inc: Fix email address typo
-  maintainers.inc: Move repo to unassigned
-  man-pages: upgrade to 6.04
-  manuals: document :term:`SPDX_CUSTOM_ANNOTATION_VARS`
-  manuals: expand init manager documentation
-  mesa: upgrade to 23.0.3
-  migration-guides: add release-notes for 4.1.4
-  migration-guides: fixes and improvements to 4.2 release notes
-  migration-guides: release-notes-4.0.9.rst: add missing :term:`SPDX` info
-  migration-guides: release-notes-4.2: add doc improvement highlights
-  mpg123: upgrade to 1.31.3
-  mtools: upgrade to 4.0.43
-  oeqa/utils/metadata.py: Fix running oe-selftest running with no distro set
-  overview-manual: development-environment: update text and screenshots
-  overview-manual: update section about source archives
-  package_manager/ipk: fix config path generation in _create_custom_config()
-  pango: upgrade to 1.50.14
-  perl: patch out build paths from native binaries
-  poky.conf: bump version for 4.2.1 release
-  populate_sdk_ext.bbclass: redirect stderr to stdout so that both end in LOGFILE
-  populate_sdk_ext.bbclass: set :term:`METADATA_REVISION` with an :term:`DISTRO` override
-  python3targetconfig.bbclass: Extend PYTHONPATH instead of overwriting
-  qemu: Add fix for powerpc instruction fallback issue
-  qemu: Update ppc instruction fix to match revised upstream version
-  quilt: Fix merge.test race condition
-  recipes: Default to https git protocol where possible
-  ref-manual: add "Mixin" term
-  ref-manual: classes.rst: document devicetree.bbclass
-  ref-manual: classes: kernel: document automatic defconfig usage
-  ref-manual: classes: kernel: remove incorrect sentence opening
-  ref-manual: remove unused and obsolete file
-  ref-manual: system-requirements.rst: fix AlmaLinux variable name
-  ref-manual: variables.rst: add wikipedia shortcut for "getty"
-  ref-manual: variables.rst: document :term:`KERNEL_DANGLING_FEATURES_WARN_ONLY`
-  ref-manual: variables.rst: don't mention the :term:`INIT_MANAGER` "none" option
-  release-notes-4.2: remove/merge duplicates entries
-  release-notes-4.2: update RC3 changes
-  release-notes-4.2: update known issues and Repositories/Downloads
-  releases.svg: fix and explain duration of Hardknott 3.3
-  ruby: upgrade to 3.2.2
-  rust: upgrade to 1.68.2
-  selftest/distrodata: clean up exception lists in recipe maintainers test
-  systemd-systemctl: fix instance template WantedBy symlink construction
-  texinfo: upgrade to 7.0.3
-  unfs3: fix symlink time setting issue
-  update-alternatives.bbclass: fix old override syntax
-  vala: upgrade to 0.56.6
-  waffle: upgrade to 1.7.2
-  weston: add xwayland to :term:`DEPENDS` for :term:`PACKAGECONFIG` xwayland
-  wpebackend-fdo: upgrade to 1.14.2
-  xserver-xorg: upgrade to 21.1.8
-  xwayland: upgrade to 23.1.1


Known Issues in Yocto-4.2.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- N/A


Contributors to Yocto-4.2.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-  Alex Kiernan
-  Alexander Kanavin
-  Arslan Ahmad
-  Bruce Ashfield
-  Chen Qi
-  Dmitry Baryshkov
-  Enrico Jörns
-  Jan Vermaete
-  Joe Slater
-  Johannes Schrimpf
-  Kai Kang
-  Khem Raj
-  Kyle Russell
-  Lee Chee Yang
-  Luca Ceresoli
-  Markus Volk
-  Martin Jansa
-  Martin Siegumfeldt
-  Michael Halstead
-  Michael Opdenacker
-  Ming Liu
-  Otavio Salvador
-  Pawan Badganchi
-  Peter Bergin
-  Peter Kjellerstedt
-  Piotr Łobacz
-  Richard Purdie
-  Ross Burton
-  Steve Sakoman
-  Thomas Roos
-  Virendra Thakur
-  Wang Mingyu
-  Yoann Congal
-  Zhixiong Chi


Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-4.2.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

poky

-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/poky`
-  Branch: :yocto_git:`mickledore </poky/log/?h=mickledore>`
-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.2.1 </poky/log/?h=yocto-4.2.1>`
-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`c5c69f78fc7ce4ba361363c14352e4264ce7813f </poky/commit/?id=c5c69f78fc7ce4ba361363c14352e4264ce7813f>`
-  Release Artefact: poky-c5c69f78fc7ce4ba361363c14352e4264ce7813f
-  sha: 057d7771dceebb949a79359d7d028a733a29ae7ecd98b60fefcff83fecb22eb7
-  Download Locations:
   http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.2.1/poky-c5c69f78fc7ce4ba361363c14352e4264ce7813f.tar.bz2
   http://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.2.1/poky-c5c69f78fc7ce4ba361363c14352e4264ce7813f.tar.bz2

openembedded-core

-  Repository Location: :oe_git:`/openembedded-core`
-  Branch: :oe_git:`mickledore </openembedded-core/log/?h=mickledore>`
-  Tag:  :oe_git:`yocto-4.2.1 </openembedded-core/log/?h=yocto-4.2.1>`
-  Git Revision: :oe_git:`20cd64812d286c920bd766145ab1cd968e72667e </openembedded-core/commit/?id=20cd64812d286c920bd766145ab1cd968e72667e>`
-  Release Artefact: oecore-20cd64812d286c920bd766145ab1cd968e72667e
-  sha: 877fb909af7aa51e1c962d33cfe91ba3e075c384716006aa1345b4bcb15a48ef
-  Download Locations:
   http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.2.1/oecore-20cd64812d286c920bd766145ab1cd968e72667e.tar.bz2
   http://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.2.1/oecore-20cd64812d286c920bd766145ab1cd968e72667e.tar.bz2

meta-mingw

-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/meta-mingw`
-  Branch: :yocto_git:`mickledore </meta-mingw/log/?h=mickledore>`
-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.2.1 </meta-mingw/log/?h=yocto-4.2.1>`
-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`cc9fd0a988dc1041035a6a6cafb2d1237ef38d8e </meta-mingw/commit/?id=cc9fd0a988dc1041035a6a6cafb2d1237ef38d8e>`
-  Release Artefact: meta-mingw-cc9fd0a988dc1041035a6a6cafb2d1237ef38d8e
-  sha: 69ccc3ee503b5c35602889e85d28df64a5422ad0f1e55c96c94135b837bb4a1c
-  Download Locations:
   http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.2.1/meta-mingw-cc9fd0a988dc1041035a6a6cafb2d1237ef38d8e.tar.bz2
   http://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.2.1/meta-mingw-cc9fd0a988dc1041035a6a6cafb2d1237ef38d8e.tar.bz2

bitbake

-  Repository Location: :oe_git:`/bitbake`
-  Branch: :oe_git:`2.4 </bitbake/log/?h=2.4>`
-  Tag:  :oe_git:`yocto-4.2.1 </bitbake/log/?h=yocto-4.2.1>`
-  Git Revision: :oe_git:`d97d62e2cbe4bae17f0886f3b4759e8f9ba6d38c </bitbake/commit/?id=d97d62e2cbe4bae17f0886f3b4759e8f9ba6d38c>`
-  Release Artefact: bitbake-d97d62e2cbe4bae17f0886f3b4759e8f9ba6d38c
-  sha: 5edcb97cb545011226b778355bb840ebcc790552d4a885a0d83178153697ba7a
-  Download Locations:
   http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.2.1/bitbake-d97d62e2cbe4bae17f0886f3b4759e8f9ba6d38c.tar.bz2
   http://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.2.1/bitbake-d97d62e2cbe4bae17f0886f3b4759e8f9ba6d38c.tar.bz2

yocto-docs

-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/yocto-docs`
-  Branch: :yocto_git:`mickledore </yocto-docs/log/?h=mickledore>`
-  Tag: :yocto_git:`yocto-4.2.1 </yocto-docs/log/?h=yocto-4.2.1>`
-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`6b04269bba72311e83139cc88b7a3539a5d832e8 </yocto-docs/commit/?id=6b04269bba72311e83139cc88b7a3539a5d832e8>`