Release notes for Yocto-5.2.1 (Walnascar)

Security Fixes in Yocto-5.2.1

Fixes in Yocto-5.2.1

  • binutils: stable 2.44 branch updates

  • bluez5: add missing tools to noinst-tools package

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

  • buildtools-tarball: Make buildtools respects host CA certificates

  • buildtools-tarball: add envvars into BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS

  • buildtools-tarball: move setting of envvars to respective envfile

  • cdrtools-native: fix booting EFI ISO live failed

  • contributor-guide/submit-changes: encourage patch version changelogs

  • gcc: Fix LDRD register overlap in register-indexed mode

  • glibc-y2038-tests: remove glibc-y2038-tests_2.41.bb recipe

  • glibc: Add single-threaded fast path to rand()

  • glibc: stable 2.41 branch update

  • go: upgrade to 1.24.3

  • gobject-introspection: Fix wrong PN used in MULTILIB_SCRIPTS

  • icu: set ac_cv_path_install to ensure install tool reproducibility

  • initscripts: add function log_success_msg/log_failure_msg/log_warning_msg

  • insane.bbclass: Move test for invalid PACKAGECONFIGs to do_recipe_qa

  • insane.bbclass: Report all invalid PACKAGECONFIGs for a recipe at once

  • libxml2: upgrade to 2.13.8

  • makedumpfile: upgrade to 1.7.7

  • migration-guides: add release notes for 4.0.26 and 5.0.9

  • module.bbclass: add KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS to install

  • patch.py: set commituser and commitemail for addNote

  • perl: upgrade to 5.40.2

  • perlcross: upgrade to 1.6.2

  • poky.conf: bump version for 5.2.1

  • ref-manual/release-process: update releases.svg

  • ref-manual/variables.rst: document WIC_CREATE_EXTRA_ARGS

  • ref-manual/variables.rst: update ROOT_HOME documentation

  • ref-manual: classes: uki: Fix git links

  • ref-manual: kernel-fitimage.bbclass does not use SPL_SIGN_KEYNAME

  • ruby: upgrade to 3.4.3

  • sbom.rst: how to disable SPDX generation

  • scripts/install-buildtools: Update to 5.2

  • sphinx-lint: various fixes

  • syslinux: improve isohybrid to process extra sector count for ISO 9660 image

  • test-manual/intro: remove Buildbot version used

  • tzdata/tzcode-native: upgrade to 2025b

  • webkitgtk: Use WTF_CPU_UNKNOWN when building for riscv64

  • webkitgtk: upgrade to 2.48.1

Known Issues in Yocto-5.2.1

  • N/A

Contributors to Yocto-5.2.1

  • Adrian Freihofer

  • Aleksandar Nikolic

  • Alon Bar-Lev

  • Antonin Godard

  • Archana Polampalli

  • Changqing Li

  • Deepesh Varatharajan

  • Divya Chellam

  • Enrico Jörns

  • Guðni Már Gilbert

  • Haixiao Yan

  • Hongxu Jia

  • Jiaying Song

  • Khem Raj

  • Lee Chee Yang

  • Leonard Anderweit

  • Madhu Marri

  • Mikko Rapeli

  • Peter Kjellerstedt

  • Peter Marko

  • Praveen Kumar

  • Priyal Doshi

  • Steve Sakoman

  • Trevor Woerner

  • Yi Zhao

  • Yogita Urade

  • rajmohan r

Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-5.2.1

poky

openembedded-core

meta-mingw

bitbake

yocto-docs