Release notes for Yocto-4.0.16 (Kirkstone)

Security Fixes in Yocto-4.0.16

Fixes in Yocto-4.0.16

  • bitbake: asyncrpc: Add context manager API

  • bitbake: data: Add missing dependency handling of remove operator

  • bitbake: lib/bb: Add workaround for libgcc issues with python 3.8 and 3.9

  • bitbake: toastergui: verify that an existing layer path is given

  • build-appliance-image: Update to kirkstone head revision

  • contributor-guide: add License-Update tag

  • contributor-guide: fix command option

  • contributor-guide: use “apt” instead of “aptitude”

  • cpio: upgrade to 2.14

  • cve-update-nvd2-native: faster requests with API keys

  • cve-update-nvd2-native: increase the delay between subsequent request failures

  • cve-update-nvd2-native: make number of fetch attemtps configurable

  • cve-update-nvd2-native: remove unused variable CVE_SOCKET_TIMEOUT

  • dev-manual: Discourage the use of SRC_URI[md5sum]

  • dev-manual: layers: update link to YP Compatible form

  • dev-manual: runtime-testing: fix test module name

  • dev-manual: start.rst: update use of Download page

  • docs:what-i-wish-id-known.rst: fix URL

  • docs: document VSCode extension

  • docs:brief-yoctoprojectqs:index.rst: align variable order with default local.conf

  • docs:migration-guides: add release notes for 4.0.15

  • docs:migration-guides: release 3.5 is actually 4.0

  • elfutils: Disable stringop-overflow warning for build host

  • externalsrc: Ensure SRCREV is processed before accessing SRC_URI

  • linux-firmware: upgrade to 20231030

  • manuals: Add CONVERSION_CMD definition

  • manuals: Add UBOOT_BINARY, extend UBOOT_CONFIG

  • perl: upgrade to 5.34.3

  • poky.conf: bump version for 4.0.16

  • pybootchartgui: fix 2 SyntaxWarnings

  • python3-ptest: skip test_storlines

  • ref-manual: Fix reference to MIRRORS/PREMIRRORS defaults

  • ref-manual: classes: remove insserv bbclass

  • ref-manual: releases.svg: update nanbield release status

  • ref-manual: resources: sync with master branch

  • ref-manual: update tested and supported distros

  • test-manual: add links to python unittest

  • test-manual: add or improve hyperlinks

  • test-manual: explicit or fix file paths

  • test-manual: resource updates

  • test-manual: text and formatting fixes

  • test-manual: use working example

  • testimage: Exclude wtmp from target-dumper commands

  • testimage: drop target_dumper, host_dumper, and monitor_dumper

  • tzdata: Upgrade to 2023d

Known Issues in Yocto-4.0.16

  • N/A

Contributors to Yocto-4.0.16

  • Aatir Manzur

  • Archana Polampalli

  • Dhairya Nagodra

  • Dmitry Baryshkov

  • Enguerrand de Ribaucourt

  • Hitendra Prajapati

  • Insu Park

  • Joshua Watt

  • Justin Bronder

  • Jörg Sommer

  • Khem Raj

  • Lee Chee Yang

  • mark.yang

  • Marta Rybczynska

  • Martin Jansa

  • Maxin B. John

  • Michael Opdenacker

  • Paul Barker

  • Peter Kjellerstedt

  • Peter Marko

  • Poonam Jadhav

  • Richard Purdie

  • Shubham Kulkarni

  • Simone Weiß

  • Soumya Sambu

  • Sourav Pramanik

  • Steve Sakoman

  • Trevor Gamblin

  • Vijay Anusuri

  • Vivek Kumbhar

  • Yoann Congal

  • Yogita Urade

Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-4.0.16

poky

openembedded-core

meta-mingw

meta-gplv2

bitbake

yocto-docs