Release notes for Yocto-5.0.8 (Scarthgap)

Security Fixes in Yocto-5.0.8

Fixes in Yocto-5.0.8

  • base-files: Drop /bin/sh dependency

  • bind: upgrade to 9.18.33

  • binutils: File name too long causing failure to open temporary head file in dlltool

  • binutils: stable 2.42 branch update

  • bitbake: bblayers/query: Fix using “removeprefix” string method

  • bitbake: bitbake-diffsigs: fix handling when finding only a single sigfile

  • bitbake: data_smart.py: clear expand_cache in _setvar_update_overridevars

  • bitbake: data_smart.py: remove unnecessary ? from __expand_var_regexp__

  • bitbake: data_smart.py: simple clean up

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

  • ccache.conf: Add include_file_ctime to sloppiness

  • cmake: apply parallel build settings to ptest tasks

  • contributor-guide/submit-changes: add policy on AI generated code

  • dev-manual/building: document the initramfs-framework recipe

  • devtool: ide-sdk recommend DEBUG_BUILD

  • devtool: ide-sdk remove the plugin from eSDK installer

  • devtool: ide-sdk sort cmake preset

  • devtool: modify support debug-builds

  • docs: Add favicon for the documentation html

  • docs: Fix typo in standards.md

  • docs: Remove all mention of core-image-lsb

  • docs: vulnerabilities/classes: remove references to cve-check text format

  • files: Amend overlayfs unit descriptions with path information

  • files: overlayfs-create-dirs: Improve mount unit dependency

  • glibc: stable 2.39 branch updates

  • gnupg: upgrade to 2.4.5

  • go: upgrade 1.22.12

  • icu: remove host references in nativesdk to fix reproducibility

  • libtasn1: upgrade to 4.20.0

  • libxml2: upgrade to 2.12.10

  • linux-yocto/6.6: upgrade to v6.6.75

  • meta: Enable ‘-o pipefail’ for the SDK installer

  • migration-guides: add release notes for 4.0.24, 4.0.25 and 5.0.7

  • oe-selftest: devtool ide-sdk use modify debug-build

  • oeqa/sdk/context: fix for gtk3 test failure during do_testsdk

  • oeqa/selftest/rust: skip on all MIPS platforms

  • openssl: upgrade to 3.2.4

  • pkg-config-native: pick additional search paths from $EXTRA_NATIVE_PKGCONFIG_PATH

  • poky.conf: add ubuntu2404 to SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS

  • poky.conf: bump version for 5.0.8

  • ppp: Revert lock path to /var/lock

  • python3-setuptools-scm: respect GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES

  • python3: upgrade to 3.12.9

  • qemu: Do not define sched_attr with glibc >= 2.41

  • ref-manual/faq: add q&a on systemd as default

  • ref-manual: Add missing variable IMAGE_ROOTFS_MAXSIZE

  • ref-manual: don’t refer to poky-lsb

  • ref-manual: remove OE_IMPORTS

  • rust-common.bbclass: soft assignment for RUSTLIB path

  • rust: fix for rust multilib sdk configuration

  • rust: remove redundant cargo config file

  • scripts/install-buildtools: Update to 5.0.7

  • sdk-manual: extensible.rst: devtool ide-sdk improve

  • sdk-manual: extensible.rst: update devtool ide-sdk

  • selftest/rust: correctly form the PATH environment variable

  • systemd: add libpcre2 as RRECOMMENDS if pcre2 is enabled

  • systemd: upgrade to 255.17

  • test-manual/ptest: link to common framework ptest classes

  • tzcode-native: Fix compiler setting from 2023d version

  • tzdata/tzcode-native: upgrade to 2025a

  • u-boot: kernel-fitimage: Fix dependency loop if UBOOT_SIGN_ENABLE and UBOOT_ENV enabled

  • u-boot: kernel-fitimage: Restore FIT_SIGN_INDIVIDUAL=”1” behavior

  • uboot-config: fix devtool modify with kernel-fitimage

  • vim: upgrade to 9.1.1043

Known Issues in Yocto-5.0.8

  • N/A

Contributors to Yocto-5.0.8

Thanks to the following people who contributed to this release:

  • Adrian Freihofer

  • Aleksandar Nikolic

  • Alessio Cascone

  • Alexander Kanavin

  • Alexis Cellier

  • Antonin Godard

  • Archana Polampalli

  • Bruce Ashfield

  • Chen Qi

  • Deepesh Varatharajan

  • Divya Chellam

  • Enrico Jörns

  • Esben Haabendal

  • Etienne Cordonnier

  • Fabio Berton

  • Guðni Már Gilbert

  • Harish Sadineni

  • Hitendra Prajapati

  • Hongxu Jia

  • Jiaying Song

  • Joerg Schmidt

  • Johannes Schneider

  • Khem Raj

  • Lee Chee Yang

  • Marek Vasut

  • Marta Rybczynska

  • Moritz Haase

  • Oleksandr Hnatiuk

  • Pedro Ferreira

  • Peter Marko

  • Poonam Jadhav

  • Priyal Doshi

  • Ross Burton

  • Simon A. Eugster

  • Steve Sakoman

  • Vijay Anusuri

  • Wang Mingyu

  • Weisser, Pascal

Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-5.0.8

poky

openembedded-core

meta-mingw

bitbake

yocto-docs