Release notes for Yocto-5.3.4 (Whinlatter)

Security Fixes in Yocto-5.3.4

Fixes in Yocto-5.3.4

bitbake

  • runqueue.py: make sure we use bb multiprocessing

  • tests/fetch: Avoid using git protocol in tests

meta-yocto

  • poky.conf: Bump version for 5.3.4 release

  • poky: Fix CentOS Stream 9 distro name

openembedded-core

  • archiver: Don’t try to preserve all attributes when copying files

  • barebox/barebox-tools: upgrade to 2025.09.3

  • binutils: Fix build with GLIBC 2.43 on the host

  • binutils: Upgrade to 2.45.1 release

  • build-appliance-image: switch SRC_URI to https protocol

  • build-appliance-image: Update to whinlatter head revisions

  • ca-certificates: upgrade to 20260223

  • ccache: upgrade to 4.12.3

  • dtc: backport fix for build with glibc-2.43

  • gcc: backport a fix for building with gcc-16

  • gettext: backport gnulib changes to fix build with glibc-2.43 on host

  • glibc: stable 2.42 branch updates (a56a2943d2c…)

  • go: upgrade to 1.25.9

  • libarchive: upgrade to 3.8.6

  • libpng: upgrade to 1.6.56

  • libsoup: upgrade to 3.6.6

  • libxcrypt: avoid discarded-qualifiers build failure with glibc 2.43

  • libxcrypt: Fix build wrt C23 support

  • libxcrypt: Use configure knob to disable warnings as errors

  • libxmlb: upgrade to 0.3.25

  • license.py: Drop visit_Str from SeenVisitor in selftest

  • m4: backport 3 gnulib changes to fix build with glibc-2.43 on host

  • meta/files/layers.example.json: switch to https clone URIs

  • oe-setup-build: TEMPLATECONF were not applied correctly

  • oeqa/sdk: Default to https git protocol for YP/OE repos

  • oeqa/selftest/devtool: add vulkan feature check for test needing it

  • oeqa/selftest/git-submodule-test: Default to https git protocol for YP/OE repos

  • oeqa/selftest: add wayland feature check for tests needing it

  • openssl: upgrade to 3.5.6

  • ovmf: backport a fix for build with gcc-16

  • pseudo: Add fix for glibc 2.43

  • ptest-runner: Upgrade to 2.5.1

  • ptest-runner: Use git tag in SRC_URI

  • python3-pip: drop unused Windows distlib launcher templates

  • python3-setuptools: drop Windows launcher executables on non-mingw builds

  • python3: Fix test under ptest-runner 2.5.1

  • python3: upgrade to 3.13.12

  • recipetool: Recognise https://git. as git urls

  • report-error.bbclass: replace ‘codecs.open()’ with ‘open()’

  • scripts/install-buildtools: Update to 5.3.3

  • scripts: Default to https git protocol for YP/OE repos

  • selftest/gdbserver: replace shutil.unpack_archive with tarfile extract

  • selftest/minidebuginfo: extract files from tar archive using tarfile module

  • selftest/scripts: Update old git protocol references

  • spirv-tools: backport a fix for building with gcc-16

  • systemd: backport fix to build with glibc-2.43 on host

  • tzdata/tzcode-native: upgrade to 2026a

  • util-linux: backport fix to build with glibc-2.43 on host

  • virglrenderer: Fix build with glibc 2.43+

  • yocto-uninative: Update to 5.1 for glibc 2.43

yocto-docs

  • contributor-guide/submit-changes.rst: Added missing word

  • dev-manual/new-recipe.rst: rework Unpacking Code section

  • migration-guide: add release notes for 4.0.33 4.0.34 5.0.16 5.0.17 5.3.2 5.3.3

  • sphinx-static/theme_overrides.css: switch to a fixed width documentation

Known Issues in Yocto-5.3.4

  • N/A

Contributors to Yocto-5.3.4

Thanks to the following people who contributed to this release:

  • Adarsh Jagadish Kamini

  • Alexander Kanavin

  • Andrej Kozemcak

  • Anil Dongare

  • Ankur Tyagi

  • Antonin Godard

  • Changqing Li

  • Deepak Rathore

  • Hemanth Kumar M D

  • Hitendra Prajapati

  • Jinfeng Wang

  • Khem Raj

  • Krupal Ka Patel

  • Lee Chee Yang

  • Logan Gallois

  • Martin Jansa

  • Michael Halstead

  • Paul Barker

  • Peter Marko

  • Richard Purdie

  • Sunil Dora

  • Trevor Gamblin

  • Vijay Anusuri

  • Wang Mingyu

  • Yanis BINARD

  • Yoann Congal

  • Zoltán Böszörményi

Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-5.3.4

yocto-docs

openembedded-core

meta-yocto

meta-mingw

bitbake