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Andrew Geisslerc9f78652020-09-18 14:11:35 -05001Moving to the Yocto Project 2.0 Release
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3
4This section provides migration information for moving to the Yocto
5Project 2.0 Release from the prior release.
6
7.. _migration-2.0-gcc-5:
8
9GCC 5
10-----
11
12The default compiler is now GCC 5.2. This change has required fixes for
13compilation errors in a number of other recipes.
14
15One important example is a fix for when the Linux kernel freezes at boot
16time on ARM when built with GCC 5. If you are using your own kernel
17recipe or source tree and building for ARM, you will likely need to
18apply this
19`patch <https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=a077224fd35b2f7fbc93f14cf67074fc792fbac2>`__.
20The standard ``linux-yocto`` kernel source tree already has a workaround
21for the same issue.
22
23For further details, see https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-5/changes.html
24and the porting guide at
25https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-5/porting_to.html.
26
27Alternatively, you can switch back to GCC 4.9 or 4.8 by setting
28``GCCVERSION`` in your configuration, as follows:
29::
30
31 GCCVERSION = "4.9%"
32
33.. _migration-2.0-Gstreamer-0.10-removed:
34
35Gstreamer 0.10 Removed
36----------------------
37
38Gstreamer 0.10 has been removed in favor of Gstreamer 1.x. As part of
39the change, recipes for Gstreamer 0.10 and related software are now
40located in ``meta-multimedia``. This change results in Qt4 having Phonon
41and Gstreamer support in QtWebkit disabled by default.
42
43.. _migration-2.0-removed-recipes:
44
45Removed Recipes
46---------------
47
48The following recipes have been moved or removed:
49
50- ``bluez4``: The recipe is obsolete and has been moved due to
51 ``bluez5`` becoming fully integrated. The ``bluez4`` recipe now
52 resides in ``meta-oe``.
53
54- ``gamin``: The recipe is obsolete and has been removed.
55
56- ``gnome-icon-theme``: The recipe's functionally has been replaced by
57 ``adwaita-icon-theme``.
58
59- Gstreamer 0.10 Recipes: Recipes for Gstreamer 0.10 have been removed
60 in favor of the recipes for Gstreamer 1.x.
61
62- ``insserv``: The recipe is obsolete and has been removed.
63
64- ``libunique``: The recipe is no longer used and has been moved to
65 ``meta-oe``.
66
67- ``midori``: The recipe's functionally has been replaced by
68 ``epiphany``.
69
70- ``python-gst``: The recipe is obsolete and has been removed since it
71 only contains bindings for Gstreamer 0.10.
72
73- ``qt-mobility``: The recipe is obsolete and has been removed since it
74 requires ``Gstreamer 0.10``, which has been replaced.
75
76- ``subversion``: All 1.6.x versions of this recipe have been removed.
77
78- ``webkit-gtk``: The older 1.8.3 version of this recipe has been
79 removed in favor of ``webkitgtk``.
80
81.. _migration-2.0-bitbake-datastore-improvements:
82
83BitBake datastore improvements
84------------------------------
85
86The method by which BitBake's datastore handles overrides has changed.
87Overrides are now applied dynamically and ``bb.data.update_data()`` is
88now a no-op. Thus, ``bb.data.update_data()`` is no longer required in
89order to apply the correct overrides. In practice, this change is
90unlikely to require any changes to Metadata. However, these minor
91changes in behavior exist:
92
93- All potential overrides are now visible in the variable history as
94 seen when you run the following:
95 ::
96
97 $ bitbake -e
98
Andrew Geissler4c19ea12020-10-27 13:52:24 -050099- ``d.delVar('VARNAME')`` and
100 ``d.setVar('VARNAME', None)`` result in the variable and all
Andrew Geisslerc9f78652020-09-18 14:11:35 -0500101 of its overrides being cleared out. Before the change, only the
102 non-overridden values were cleared.
103
104.. _migration-2.0-shell-message-function-changes:
105
106Shell Message Function Changes
107------------------------------
108
109The shell versions of the BitBake message functions (i.e. ``bbdebug``,
110``bbnote``, ``bbwarn``, ``bbplain``, ``bberror``, and ``bbfatal``) are
111now connected through to their BitBake equivalents ``bb.debug()``,
112``bb.note()``, ``bb.warn()``, ``bb.plain()``, ``bb.error()``, and
113``bb.fatal()``, respectively. Thus, those message functions that you
114would expect to be printed by the BitBake UI are now actually printed.
115In practice, this change means two things:
116
117- If you now see messages on the console that you did not previously
118 see as a result of this change, you might need to clean up the calls
119 to ``bbwarn``, ``bberror``, and so forth. Or, you might want to
120 simply remove the calls.
121
122- The ``bbfatal`` message function now suppresses the full error log in
123 the UI, which means any calls to ``bbfatal`` where you still wish to
124 see the full error log should be replaced by ``die`` or
125 ``bbfatal_log``.
126
127.. _migration-2.0-extra-development-debug-package-cleanup:
128
129Extra Development/Debug Package Cleanup
130---------------------------------------
131
132The following recipes have had extra ``dev/dbg`` packages removed:
133
134- ``acl``
135
136- ``apmd``
137
138- ``aspell``
139
140- ``attr``
141
142- ``augeas``
143
144- ``bzip2``
145
146- ``cogl``
147
148- ``curl``
149
150- ``elfutils``
151
152- ``gcc-target``
153
154- ``libgcc``
155
156- ``libtool``
157
158- ``libxmu``
159
160- ``opkg``
161
162- ``pciutils``
163
164- ``rpm``
165
166- ``sysfsutils``
167
168- ``tiff``
169
170- ``xz``
171
172All of the above recipes now conform to the standard packaging scheme
173where a single ``-dev``, ``-dbg``, and ``-staticdev`` package exists per
174recipe.
175
176.. _migration-2.0-recipe-maintenance-tracking-data-moved-to-oe-core:
177
178Recipe Maintenance Tracking Data Moved to OE-Core
179-------------------------------------------------
180
181Maintenance tracking data for recipes that was previously part of
182``meta-yocto`` has been moved to :term:`OpenEmbedded-Core (OE-Core)`. The change
183includes ``package_regex.inc`` and ``distro_alias.inc``, which are
184typically enabled when using the ``distrodata`` class. Additionally, the
185contents of ``upstream_tracking.inc`` has now been split out to the
186relevant recipes.
187
188.. _migration-2.0-automatic-stale-sysroot-file-cleanup:
189
190Automatic Stale Sysroot File Cleanup
191------------------------------------
192
193Stale files from recipes that no longer exist in the current
194configuration are now automatically removed from sysroot as well as
195removed from any other place managed by shared state. This automatic
196cleanup means that the build system now properly handles situations such
197as renaming the build system side of recipes, removal of layers from
198``bblayers.conf``, and :term:`DISTRO_FEATURES`
199changes.
200
201Additionally, work directories for old versions of recipes are now
202pruned. If you wish to disable pruning old work directories, you can set
203the following variable in your configuration:
204::
205
206 SSTATE_PRUNE_OBSOLETEWORKDIR = "0"
207
208.. _migration-2.0-linux-yocto-kernel-metadata-repository-now-split-from-source:
209
210``linux-yocto`` Kernel Metadata Repository Now Split from Source
211----------------------------------------------------------------
212
213The ``linux-yocto`` tree has up to now been a combined set of kernel
214changes and configuration (meta) data carried in a single tree. While
215this format is effective at keeping kernel configuration and source
216modifications synchronized, it is not always obvious to developers how
217to manipulate the Metadata as compared to the source.
218
219Metadata processing has now been removed from the
220:ref:`kernel-yocto <ref-classes-kernel-yocto>` class and the external
221Metadata repository ``yocto-kernel-cache``, which has always been used
222to seed the ``linux-yocto`` "meta" branch. This separate ``linux-yocto``
223cache repository is now the primary location for this data. Due to this
224change, ``linux-yocto`` is no longer able to process combined trees.
225Thus, if you need to have your own combined kernel repository, you must
226do the split there as well and update your recipes accordingly. See the
227``meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.1.bb`` recipe for an example.
228
229.. _migration-2.0-additional-qa-checks:
230
231Additional QA checks
232--------------------
233
234The following QA checks have been added:
235
236- Added a "host-user-contaminated" check for ownership issues for
237 packaged files outside of ``/home``. The check looks for files that
238 are incorrectly owned by the user that ran BitBake instead of owned
239 by a valid user in the target system.
240
241- Added an "invalid-chars" check for invalid (non-UTF8) characters in
242 recipe metadata variable values (i.e.
243 :term:`DESCRIPTION`,
244 :term:`SUMMARY`, :term:`LICENSE`, and
245 :term:`SECTION`). Some package managers do not support
246 these characters.
247
248- Added an "invalid-packageconfig" check for any options specified in
249 :term:`PACKAGECONFIG` that do not match any
250 ``PACKAGECONFIG`` option defined for the recipe.
251
252.. _migration-2.0-miscellaneous:
253
254Miscellaneous Changes
255---------------------
256
257These additional changes exist:
258
259- ``gtk-update-icon-cache`` has been renamed to ``gtk-icon-utils``.
260
261- The ``tools-profile`` :term:`IMAGE_FEATURES`
262 item as well as its corresponding packagegroup and
263 ``packagegroup-core-tools-profile`` no longer bring in ``oprofile``.
264 Bringing in ``oprofile`` was originally added to aid compilation on
265 resource-constrained targets. However, this aid has not been widely
266 used and is not likely to be used going forward due to the more
267 powerful target platforms and the existence of better
268 cross-compilation tools.
269
270- The :term:`IMAGE_FSTYPES` variable's default
271 value now specifies ``ext4`` instead of ``ext3``.
272
273- All support for the ``PRINC`` variable has been removed.
274
275- The ``packagegroup-core-full-cmdline`` packagegroup no longer brings
276 in ``lighttpd`` due to the fact that bringing in ``lighttpd`` is not
277 really in line with the packagegroup's purpose, which is to add full
278 versions of command-line tools that by default are provided by
279 ``busybox``.
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