Release notes for Yocto-4.2.1 (Mickledore)

Security Fixes in Yocto-4.2.1

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 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 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 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 METADATA_REVISION with an 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 KERNEL_DANGLING_FEATURES_WARN_ONLY

  • ref-manual: variables.rst: don’t mention the 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 DEPENDS for 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

openembedded-core

meta-mingw

bitbake

yocto-docs