CHANGES

2018.05-rc3, Released May 28th, 2018

	Fixes all over the tree.

	Toolchain: ARC tools updated to arc-2018.03-rc2.

	Fs: Ensure hard links in TARGET_DIR are correctly copied for
	filesystem input. With the recent changes to the file system
	generation logic, hard links were "expanded" in file system
	images leading to bloated rootfs images for setups with hard
	links.

	Infrastructure: Error out for packages using the 'local'
	method but forgetting to specify <pkg>_SITE.

	Build rpcgen for the host when needed to support distributions
	no longer shipping rpcgen with glibc (E.G. recent Fedora).

	Updated/fixed packages: autofs, bash-completion, binutils,
	busybox, cjson, elf2flt, libcoap, libcurl, libtirpc, lrzsz,
	poppler, procps-ng, qt-webkit-kiosk, quota, samba4, xfsprogs

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):

	#11031: ld-elf2flt: host/bin/ld.real': execvp: No such file..
	#11036: C compiler cannot create executables
	#11046: Git package binaries are ~180MB (compared to ~20MB in..

2018.05-rc2, Released May 22nd, 2018

	Fixes all over the tree.

	Dependencies: Check that the current working directory (.)
	isn't listed in PATH as that causes various build issues.

	Manual: Clarify that git branch names may not be used as
	version identifiers. This has never been supported, but was
	kind of working (with some limitations) before the git
	download rework - Now it does not work at all.

	Linux: Ensure host version of ncurses is picked up and not
	host-ncurses built by buildroot, as that otherwise causes
	widechar/non-widechar conflicts and corrupted menuconfig
	menus.

	Packages: Renamed a number of package options not prefixed
	with BR2_PACKAGE_<pkg> for consstency.

	Download infrastructure: Fix file:// protocol handling after
	download rework.

	Updated/fixed packages: acl, apr-util, asterisk, attr,
	bluez5_utils, cifs-utils, clamav, clang, cups-filters,
	dahdi-linux, exim, faketime, gdb, go, gst1-plugins-bad,
	imx-mkimage, ipsec-tools, jamvm, janus-gateway,
	jquery-ui-themes, libcap, libcurl, libftdi, libkcapi, libkrb5,
	libmediaart, libmodbus, libmodplug, libmpd,
	libnetfilter_cthelper, libnetfilter_cttimeout, libnfc,
	libnfnetlink, libnss, liboauth, libogg, libosip2,
	libpam-radius-auth, libpcap, libpciaccess, llvm, log4cplus,
	ltrace, lynx, mbedtls, modem-manager, nfs-utils,
	python-cython, python-websockets, qt5cinex, qt5wayland, rauc,
	snort, strace, ti-sgx-km, transmission, wavpack, wget, woff2,
	xen, zmqpp, znc, zstd

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):

	#10986: Installing package attr when already supplied by...
	#11011: BUildroot for Raspberry Pi 2
	#11016: Wrong compiler used for external user host packages

2018.05-rc1, Released May 9th, 2018

	Toolchain: glibc bumped to 2.27, musl bumped to 1.1.19,
	uClibc-ng 1.0.30, Linux kernel headers bumped to 4.16.x.

	Architecture: support for the Blackfin architecture has been
	removed, as it was removed from Linux upstream, poorly
	maintained in binutils/gdb, and abandoned by Analog Devices.

	Numerous packages updated to have hashes for their license
	files.

	Systemd can now be built with uClibc toolchains.

	Linux: addition of BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_LIBELF and
	BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL to support building Linux
	kernel configurations that need libelf on the host or openssl
	on the host.

	Coding style:
	- all Python scripts are now verified with flake8
	- check-package extended to check all Config.in and .mk files
	  in tree, not only the ones in package/

	Infrastructure:

	- The download infrastructure has seen a major overhaul, with
	  the main visible new feature being Git caching: a package
	  fetched from Git no longer needs to be re-cloned entirely
	  everytime its version is changed. Anoter visible change is
	  that the download folder now has subfolders per package. See
	  http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2018-April/217923.html
	  for more details about those changes.

	- The logic that generates the root filesystem images has been
	  reworked, with the main goal of allowing several filesystem
	  images to be produced in parallel, also a requirement for
	  top-level parallel build. Now, a .tar filesystem image is
	  always created, and re-extracted in a private directory to
	  create each format-specific filesystem image.

	- A new package infrastructure was introduced for Go-based
	  packages: golang-package.

	- Dependencies on extraction tools are now handled as proper
	  per-package dependencies, using
	  <pkg>_EXTRACT_DEPENDENCIES. Beyond a cleanup, this is also a
	  preparation step for top-level parallel build support.

	- When a file being downloaded is part of a package with a
	  .hash file, but there is no hash listed for this file, the
	  file is now preserved in the download directory rather than
	  removed. This helps when updating a package, as it gives the
	  ability to easily calculate the hash of the file.

	- Addition of '<pkg>-show-recursive-depends' and
	  '<pkg>-show-recursive-rdepends' make targets, to
	  respectively display the recursive list of dependencies and
	  the recursive list of reverse dependencies of a given
	  package.

	- The /etc/shells file is now automatically generated with the
	  list of shell programs installed on the system.

	- Addition of -Ofast optimization level as an available
	  option.

	Major updates: Go updated to 1.10, Erlang bumped to 20.3, Qt5
	bumped to 5.10.1.

	New packages: 18xx-ti-utils, abootimg, bluez-alsa, brotli,
	chipmunk, clang, docker-compose, docker-proxy, flare-engine,
	flare-game, gst1-interpipe, gstreamer1-editing-services,
	hackrf, i2pd, imx-alsa-plugins, imx-mkimage, libcdio-paranoia,
	libkrb5, llvm, pixiewps, python-backports-ssl-match-hostname,
	python-cached-property, python-cython, python-docker,
	python-dockerpty, python-docker-pycreds,
	python-flask-sqlalchemy, python-functools32, python-influxdb,
	python-json-models, python-libusb1, python-networkx,
	python-psycopg2, python-pymodbus, python-sqlalchemy,
	python-subprocess32, python-texttable,
	python-websocket-client, python-yieldfrom, quotatool, reaver,
	snort, sunxi-mali-mainline, sunxi-mali-mainline-driver, tk,
	tpm2-abrmd, tpm2-tools, tpm2-tss, udftools, vte, woff2.

	New defconfigs: ARC HS Development Kit, Arcturus ucls1012a,
	Freescale i.MX6UL EVK (with vendor kernel), Freescale i.MX6
	SoloLite EVK (with vendor kernel), Freescale i.MX31 3Stack,
	Freescale i.MX8Q EVK Freescale p1025twr, Freescale t1040d4rdb,
	Qemu PPC64 E5500, SolidRun ClearFog Base, Tinker RK3288, Vyasa
	RK3288,

	Removed packages: iqvlinux, kodi-adsp-*, mplayer

	Removed defconfigs: ci40, firefly_rk3288,
	freescale_p1010rdb_pa, freescale_mpc8315erdb, riotboard,
	teliv_evk_pro3

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):

	#10151: toolchain eclipse register : fails with a custom
		BR2_HOST_DIR
	#10511: Packages get downloaded uncompressed with wget
	#10531: QtWebengine doesn't build if the host hasn't a 32 bits
		C++ compiler working
	#10846: error in compiling gnutls
	#10886: openssl-1.0.2n fails to build
	#10896: /bin/sh not in /etc/shells
	#10961: Grub2 fails to build for x86_64 when BR2_SSP_ALL is
		enabled

2018.02.1, Released April 9th, 2018

	Important / security related fixes.

	Removed unmaintained defconfigs: Creator Ci40, Firefly rk3288,
	Freescale mpc8315erdb / p1010rdb_pa, Riotboard, Teliv EVK
	Pro3.

	Infrastructure: Speed up instrumentation for package size by
	comparing timestamps instead of md5 checksums, as doing
	checksums could lead to up to 25% longer build time for big
	configurations.

	Rename the internal <pkg>_BASE_NAME variable to <pkg>_NASENAME
	to avoid name clashes with packages ending on '-base'.

	Add a better fix for build issues for autotools based packages
	checking for C++ support on toolchains without C++ support.

	Build host-tar if tar is older than 1.27 on the build machine
	to work around reproducibility issues with git archives
	containing long paths.

	check-unique-files: Fix for filenames not representable in the
	users' locale.

	Check-bin-arch: Add support for per-package ignore paths
	(<pkg>_BIN_ARCH_EXCLUDE).

	Toolchain: Fix SSP support detection for external toolchains.

	linux: Add _NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL / LIBELF options to ensure
	these dependencies are available for Linux configurations
	needed these dependencies, similar to how it is done for
	U-Boot.

	Support custom (not in tree) device tree files in addition to
	in-tree ones.

	U-Boot / uboot-tools: Fix header conflict with libfdt-devel
	installed on host.

	Updated/fixed packages: apache, busybox, c-ares, cmake,
	docker-engine, enlightenment, eudev, fbgrab, freescale-imx,
	gtest, imagemagick, intel-microcode, irssi, jimtcl, kmod,
	kodi, ktap, libcoap, libcurl, libfcgi, libhttpparser,
	libminiupnpc, libopenssl, libpjsip, libss7, libssh2, libupnp
	libupnpp, libuv, libvorbis, memcached, motion, musl, nodejs,
	ntp, openblas, opencv3, openocd, opus-tools, patch, php,
	pkgconf, postgresql, powerpc-utils, python-jsonschema,
	python-webpy, qemu, qt5bsae, qt5script, qt5webkit, rapidjson,
	rauc, sam-ba, samba4, sngrep, systemd, tremor, uboot-tools,
	uclibc-ng-test, upmpdcli, wireshark, xerces, xterm, zstd

	New packages: docker-proxy, python-functools32

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):

	#10766: upmpdcli: Segmentation fault
	#10776: ktap fails to build
	#10846: error in compiling gnutls
	#10856: openblas on qemu_x86_64_defconfig fails with "sgemm_..

2018.02, Released March 4th, 2018

	Fixes all over the tree.

	Issues with systemd with a readonly rootfs and DBus fixed.

	Instructure:
	- check-uniq-files: fix Python 2.6 compatibility.
	- dependencies.sh: check for external argparse module for
	  Python 2.6.
	- Add infrastructure to detect and use a UTF-8 locale on the
	  host, needed by systemd.

	Update/fixed packages: clamav, dash, dhcp, dovecot, efl,
	ffmpeg, libv4l, mono, mosquitto, php, postgresql, qt,
	scanpypi, sdl2, systemd, tor, tvheadend, uboot, wavpack

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):

	#10831: qemu_x86_64_defconfig build fails on linux-headers..

2018.02-rc3, Released February 27th, 2018

	Fixes all over the tree.

	check-bin-arch: skip /lib/modules to allow 32-bit userland
	with 64bit kernel.

	dependencies: Blacklist tar 1.30+ and build our own host-tar
	if needed as tar 1.30+ changed the --numeric-owner output for
	long path names. Build host-tar before other host-dependencies
	as they need it to extract their source tarballs.

	Update/fixed packages: asterisk, azmq, bluez5_utils, domoticz,
	e2fsprogs, erlang, exim, glibc, gpsd, jq, libglib2, libvorbis,
	mariadb, mbedtls, mesa3d, mesa3d-headers, mpv, patch, pcre2,
	php, qt5, qt5multimedia, qt5wayland, qt5webengine, qt5webkit,
	systemd, quagga, rustc, uboot, wireguard, zic, zlib-ng

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):

	#10726: Current libglib2.mk creates broken libglib2 binary...
	#10786: Linux fails to build unless make linux-menuconfig...
	#10796: Cannot generate cpio image without selecting CON...

2018.02-rc2, Released February 15th, 2018

	Fixes all over the tree.

	Dependencies: Ensure C++ support is available like for C
	support for packages needing 32bit host support.

	utils/genrandconfig: Check host dependencies for config.

	Updated/fixed packages: busybox, dnsmasq, dropbear, ffmpeg,
	glibc, keepalived, libcpprestsdk, libgpiod, libmaxminddb,
	librsvg, libtasn1, libv4l, libxml2, lightning, ltp-testsuite,
	mesa3d, mesa3d-demos, mesa3d-headers, nftables, open-lldp,
	php, postgresql, python-crossbar, qt5, qt53d, qt5enginio,
	qt5tools, qt5webengine, qt5webkit, rsync, rust-bin, rustc,
	systemd

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):

	#9781: ti-sgx-km build on kernel >4.1
	#10141: Squashfs extended attribute failures

2018.02-rc1, Released February 5th, 2018

	The global source-check and per-package <pkg>-source-check
	targets have been removed.

	Architecture: Add x86 Silvermont variant. Add several new ARM
	variants, rework MIPS NaN logic. Support mainline binutils/gcc
	for ARC.

	Toolchains: Linaro toolchains upgraded to 2017.11 release, ARC
	external toolchains upgraded to arc-2017.09. Libatomic is now
	also copied for external musl based toolchains.
	Add binutils 2.30.x and switch to binutils 2.29.x by default.

	Added hardening options to build with RELRO and FORTITY.

	New defconfigs: Bananapi M64, FriendlyARM Nanopi A64 & NEO2,
	imx6slevk, imx6sx-sdb, imx6ulevk, Olimex A64-OLinuXino,
	Orangepi lite / pc plus / pc / prime / win / win plus / zero
	plus2, Pine64, Solidrun MacchiatoBin. Sopine.

	Add utils/diffconfig, a simple utility for comparing
	configuration files - Adapted from the version in the
	Linux kernel.

	Infrastructure: Check that the same file is not touched by
	multiple packages, as a preparation for toplevel parallel
	builds.

	Hashes for the license files for a large number of packages
	have been added, ensuring that license changes will not be
	missed when packages are bumped.

	Fix build issue for autotools based packages checking for C++
	support on toolchains without C++ support and on a distro
	lacking /lib/cpp (E.G. Arch Linux).

	Support for the meson build system.

	Pie charts generated by 'graph-build' or 'graph-size' are now
	sorted according to the size of each piece.

	System: Only show getty options when busybox init or sysvinit
	are used.

	ARM-trusted-firmware: Support ATF bundled in U-Boot as
	well as U-Boot bundled in ATF.

	Zlib is now a virtual package, provided by either libzlib or
	zlib-ng, similar to openssl.

	Support for the Rust programming language.

	New packages: aoetools, armbian-firmware, binaries-marvell,
	brltty, cargo, cargo-bin, cups-filters, curlpp, daq,
	flatbuffers, gconf, glorytun, gstreamer1-mm, imx-m4fwloader,
	imx-gpu-g2d, json-for-modern-cpp, libcpprestsdk, libgta,
	libostree, libupnp18, luadbi, luadbi-sqlite3, lua-utf8, lynx,
	meson, mv-ddr-marvell, nilfs-utils, opentracing-cpp,
	open-lldp, pimd, proj, python-flask-cors,
	python-jaraco-classes, python-more-itertools, python-oauthlib,
	python-raven, python-remi, python-requests-oauthlib,
	python-schedule, python-secretstorage, python-see,
	python-tabledata, python-txtorcon, python-xlib, qt5charts,
	rtl8189fs, rtl8723bu, rust, rustc, rust-bin, rygel, safeclib,
	solatus, tcf-agent, traceroute, waylandpp, wolfssl,
	zisofs-tools, zlib-ng

	Removed packages: eeprog

2017.11.2, Released January 21st, 2018

	Important / security related fixes.

	External toolchain: libatomic is now also copied for musl
	based toolchains.

	nconfig: Fix for ncurses/ncursesw linking issue causing crashes.

	System: Only show getty options when busybox init or sysvinit
	are used.

	Infrastructure: Fix build issue for autotools based packages
	checking for C++ support on toolchains without C++ support and
	on a distro lacking /lib/cpp (E.G. Arch Linux).

	Pie charts generated by 'graph-build' or 'graph-size' are now
	sorted according to the size of each piece.

	Updated/fixed packages: asterisk, avahi, bind, busybox,
	coreutils, eeprog, intel-microcode, iputils, irssi, kmsxx,
	libiio, linux-firmware, lz4, mariadb, matchbox-lib, mcookie,
	ntp, php, pound, rpcbind, tar, ti-cgt-pru, webkitgtk, xen,
	xlib_libXpm

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

	#9996: lz4 package does not install lz4 binaries in target
	#10176: Rsyslog's S01logging is deleted by Busybox.mk from...
	#10216: package/x11r7/mcookie/mcookie.c:207: bad size ?
	#10301: systemd/getty unused options
	#10331: kmsxx, host installation fails with BR2_SHARED_...
	#10556: Building ntp package with SSL library libressl...
	#10641: avahi-autoipd not starting when using systemd-tmpfiles

2017.11.1, Released December 31th, 2017

	Important / security related fixes.

	Updated/fixed packages: asterisk, checkpolicy, dhcp, flann,
	gdb, glibc, heimdal, kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver,
	kodi-pvr-stalker, libcue, libopenssl, libpqxx, libsoxr,
	linknx, linux-tools, lldpd, ltp-testsuite, mariadb, mfgtools,
	nodejs, nut, pulseaudio, python-cffi, qemu, rsync, tor, uboot,
	uboot-tools, vlc, webkitgtk, weston, wireguard, wireshark,
	xenomai, xfsprogs

2017.11, Released November 30, 2017

	Fixes all over the tree.

	Toolchain: Use github mirror for Glibc.

	Defconfigs: Correct boot.cmd for bananapi-m1.

	Makefiles: Workaround include order issues for certain make
	versions by explicitly sorting the result of wildcard where it
	matters.

	Download: Ensure subversion runs in non-interactive mode.

	Updated/fixed packages: asterisk, boost, chrony, dovecot,
	dvb-apps, exim, feh, freerdp, fwup, google-breakpad, jose,
	kvm-unit-test, lftp, libcurl, libevent, libfastjson, libpjsip,
	libupnp, linphone, localedef, lttng-tools, mp4v2, mtools,
	ndisc6, oracle-mysql, parted, pdbg, qt, qt5connectivity,
	qt5declarative, qt5webkit, rauc, runc, samba4, shairport-sync,
	systemd-bootchart, webkitgtk, wireguard, xlib_libXcursor,
	xlib_libXfont, xlib_libXfont2,

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

	10501: host-localedef fails to compile on Ubuntu 17.10
	10506: Changed kernel image type (e.g. zImage to uImage)...

2017.11-rc2, Released November 13th, 2017

	Fixes all over the tree.

	Updated/fixed packages: collectd, ffmpeg, freerdp,
	go-bootstrap, imagemagick, jimtcl, libpjsip, libplist, libuv,
	mesa3d, nodejs, ntp, openjpeg, postgresql, python-numpy, ruby,
	snmp++, usb_modeswitch, util-linux, vboot-utils, webkitgtk,
	wireshark, wpa_supplicant, xapp_xdriinfo

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

	#10326: mesa3d package fails to build when BR2_SHARED_STATIC_LIBS=y
	#10491: Cannot output security warning when compiled with buildroot..

2017.11-rc1, Released November 6th, 2017

	Fixes all over the tree and new features.

	Openssl is now a virtual package, which may be provided by
	OpenSSL (now renamed to libopenssl) or LibreSSL.

	libssh2: there is now an explicit choice of the backend to use
	(mbedtls, gnutls or openssl). Previously, the choice was implicit
	based on the TLS library that was selected. Now, it is possible to
	choose the backend, which is important if several TLS libraries are
	selected.

	netsnmp: all MIB files are now installed, making the target filesystem a
	bit bigger than before. To remove unneeded MIBS, you should use a
	post-build script.

	Toolchain: Linaro toolchains updated to 2017.08, ARC toolchain
	updated to 2017.09, Glibc updated to 2.26, Glibc support for
	ARCv2. The toolchain wrapper now handles SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH for
	older (pre-gcc7.x) toolchains for BR2_REPRODUCIBLE.

	New defconfigs: Atmel SAM45D27, Bananapi M1 and M2 Plus,
	Engicam i.CoreM6 Qt5 configuration, i.MX6 sabreauto (mainline
	kernel/u-boot), i.MX6Q sabresd Qt5 configuration, i.MX7d-pico,
	QEMU ppc64le, Raspberry pi3 Qt5 webengine configuration,
	Technologic TS-7680.

	New packages: asterisk, azmq, bcg729, boinc, dahdi-linux,
	dahdi-tools, freeswitch-mod-bcg729, fscryptctl, libb64,
	libpri, libss7, lua-basexx, lua-compat53, lua-cqueues,
	lua-curl, lua-datafile, lua-fifo, lua-httpd,
	lua-lpeg-patterns, lua-markdown, lua-sailor, lua-value,
	luksmeta, minetest, minetest-game, pdmenu, prosody,
	python-aiocoap, python-automat, python-ibmiotf,
	python-iso8601, python-m2r, python-simplesqlite,
	python-websockets, python-xmltodict, qt5wayland, qt5webengine,
	restorecond, selinux-python, semodule-utils, uhubctl,
	wireguard, wsapi-fcgi, wsapi-xavante

	Removed packages: aiccu, rfkill, sepolgen

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

	#10281: lsblk does not compile for util-linux
	#10336: lttng compilation fails : linking error
	#10351: glibc missing in rootfs
	#10356: nfs-utils missing header
	#10361: python3 python-config script generates invalid includes
	#10366: dropbear download url has changed
	#10391: WiringPi retrieves wrong (old) version
	#10406: Beaglebone black: Buggy SGX driver version, swapped...
	#10426: uboot-tools' fw_setenv does not update the redundant...
	#10451: libpcap 1.8.x and 1.7x does not compile on PPC

2017.08.2, Released November 28th, 2017

	Important / security related fixes.

	Qt: 5.6 version updated to 5.6.3.

	Reproducible: Do not override SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH if already set
	in the environment.

	Makefiles: Workaround include order issues for certain make
	versions by explicitly sorting the result of wildcard where it
	matters.

	Updated/fixed packages: apr, apr-util, arqp-standalone,
	azure-iot-sdk-c, collectd, dvb-apps, ffmpeg, go-bootstrap,
	google-breakpad, gstreamer, imagemagick, irssi, jimtcl,
	kvm-unit-test, libcurl, libfastjson, libglib2, libidn,
	libpjsip, libplist, localedef, lttng-tools, luajit, mesa3d,
	moarvm, mp4v2, openssh, openssl, oracle-mysql, postgresql,
	python3, python-pyqt5, qt, qt5base, qt5canvas3d,
	qt5connectivity, qt5declarative, qt5engineio,
	qt5graphicaleffects, qt5imageformats, qt5location,
	qt5multimedia, qt5quickcontrols, qt5quickcontrols2, qt5script,
	qt5sensors, qt5serialbus, qt5serialport, qt5svg, qt5tools,
	qt5webchannel, qt5webkit, qt5websockets, qt5x11extras,
	qt5xmlpatterns, quagga, redis, ruby, samba4, sdl2, snmppp,
	swupdate, ti-gfx, uboot-tools, usb_modeswitch, vboot-utils,
	webkitgtk, wget, wireshark, xapp_xdriinfo.

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

	10326: mesa3d package fails to build when BR2_SHARED_STATIC_LIBS=y
	10361: python3 python-config script generates invalid includes
	10501: host-localedef fails to compile on Ubuntu 17.10

2017.08.1, Released October 23rd, 2017

	Important / security related fixes.

	Webkitgtk bumped to the 2.18.x series, fixing a large number
	of security issues.

	Defconfigs: galileo: fix ext4 related kernel config, bump
	kernel for gcc 6.x compatibility, enable wchar support for
	grub2. wandboard: correct rootfs offset

	support: Ensure gzip compression level 6 is used for git
	tarballs. check-bin-arch: Correctly handle (ignore) symbolic
	links. check-rpath: Also handle PIE binaries

	External toolchain: Correctly handle glibc Buildroot
	toolchains built with merged /usr

	musl: fix ARMv4 build with binutils 2.27.51+, fix for
	CVE-2017-15650

	Updated/fixed packages: apache, augeas, bind, bluez5_utils,
	busybox, bzip2, cmake, dnsmasq, ejabberd, gcc, git, go, ffmpeg, file,
	flashrom, gd, gdk-pixbug, gnupg2, hostapd, ifupdown-scripts,
	imagemagick, iucode-tool, kernel-module-imx-gpu-viv, lame,
	libarchive, libcurl, libffi, libidn, libmbim, libnspr, libnss,
	libressl, librsync, libsoup, libxml2, libzip, mbedtls, musl,
	netplug, nginx, openvpn, pkgconf, poppler, proxychains-ng,
	qemu, qt, rpi-userland, syslog, ruby, samba4, softether,
	sqlite, strongswan, subversion, supertuxkart, supervisor, tcpdump,
	tor, unrar, urq, vboot-utils, webkitgtk, wpa_supplicant, xen,
	xmlstarlet, xlib_libXfont, xlib_libXfont2,
	xserver_xorg-server, zsh

2017.08, Released September 1st, 2017

	Minor fixes.

	Toolchain: Don't allow internal toolchain builds for MIPS
	M6201/P6600, as support for these are not yet in mainline GCC.

	Updated/fixed packages: bcusdk, connman, dialog, dnsmasq,
	gnupg, grub2, iostat, iucode-tool, libgcrypt, libkcapi,
	libphidget, libv4l, linux-tools, mediastreamer, minidlna,
	nss-pam-ldapd, nvidia-driver, qt-webkit-kiosk, rpcbind, squid,
	transmission, vde2, vim

	Updated/fixed defconfigs:

	Removed packages: simicfs.

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

	#10261: Grub2 fails to build for x86_64

2017.08-rc3, Released August 23rd, 2017

	Fixes all over the tree.

	Updated/fixed packages: alsa-lib, alsa-utils, cc-tool,
	dbus-cpp, e2fsprogs, elf2flt, faad2, fakeroot, gcc, git, gpsd,
	gst1-validate, kvmtool, libconfuse, libepoxy, librsync,
	libspatialindex, libunwind, linux, linux-headers, lua,
	mariadb, mesa3d, mtd, openocd, python3, syslinux, sysvinit,
	whois, xen, zmqpp.

	Updated/fixed defconfigs: ci20, socrates_cyclone5,
	toradex_apalis_imx6.

	Removed defconfig: Armadeus APF9328.

	skeleton-* packages introduced in -rc1 have been renamed to
	skeleton-init-* instead.

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

	#10141: Squashfs extended attribute failures

2017.08-rc2, Released August 11th, 2017

	Fixes all over the tree.

	Updated/fixed packages: bind, dbus, erlang-p1-xml, faad2,
	ficl, gcc, gdb, glibc, jack2, libcurl, linux, linux-headers,
	lua, mutt, nvme, qt5base, skeleton-common, snappy, stella,
	swupdate, uclibc, valgrind, webkitgtk.

	Updated/fixed defconfigs: beaglebone_qt5, minnowboard_max,
	nanopi_m1{, _plus}, olimex_a20_olinuxino_lime, qemu_sparc,
	qemu_sparc64.

	The cmake-package infrastructure for host packages has been
	fixed to not incorrectly detect target packages through
	pkg-config.

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

	#9926:  systemd-resolved.service: Failed at step NAMESPACE (systemd 233)
	#10021: libqeglfs-viv-integration.so file is missing for qt5 on armv7
	#10026: lua-5.3.4: fix lua linker error in swupdate
	#10146: package/skeleton-common fix recursive variable
	#10156: glibc compilation fails for X86 32bits (i386)
	#10201: toolchain-wrapper.c:192: (error) Memory leak:
	#10221: Buildroot Support

2017.08-rc1, Released August 2nd, 2017

	Infrastructure:

	- The skeleton package has been split into multiple packages:
	  skeleton-sysv (when Busybox or SysV init are used),
	  skeleton-systemd (when systemd is used), skeleton-none (when
	  no init system is used) and skeleton-custom (when a custom
	  skeleton is used). Those packages, except skeleton-custom,
	  share common logic and data in a new package called
	  skeleton-common. The skeleton package becomes a virtual
	  package. This change allows to generate a filesystem that is
	  compliant with systemd expectations.

	- Support for using a read-only filesystem with systemd has
	  been fixed.

	- Major revamp of the gettext handling, with user-visible
	  effect:

	  - prior to this revamp, when BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE=y, each
	    package could decide to enable or not NLS support. When
	    BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE was disabled, NLS support was forced off
	    by passing --disable-nls to packages.

	  - after this revamp, a new BR2_SYSTEM_ENABLE_NLS option
	    controls whether NLS support should be enabled or not in
	    packages. This option defaults to disabled, which means
	    that now, NLS support is by default disabled in all
	    packages.

	  Therefore, if you need NLS support in packages, you must now
	  explicitly enable the BR2_SYSTEM_ENABLE_NLS option.

	- The host directory no longer has a usr/ component. This
	  makes it much more natural to use that directory as an
	  externally used toolchain. For compatibility with existing
	  scripts, a usr -> . link is still added.

	- Hashes are now checked on tarballs by Buildroot when a
	  package is sourced from a Git repository.

	- Patches are no longer being downloaded from Github, since
	  auto-generated patches could change over time, and break
	  hashes. All patches that were downloaded from Github are now
	  stored in their respective package directories.

	- Hash files in packages can now contain hashes for the
	  license files contained in the package source code. This
	  allows to detect changes in such license files.

	- Binaries in $(TARGET_DIR) are now cleaned up from invalid
	  RPATHs at the end of the build.

	- A new "make sdk" target prepares $(HOST_DIR) to be
	  relocatable: turns RPATHs in host binaries into relocatable
	  ones, removes bogus RPATHs from staging binaries/libraries,
	  and provides a relocate-sdk script that can be executed to
	  relocate the SDK after installation.

	- Addition of utils/genrandconfig which generates a random
	  configuration based on a set of pre-defined toolchain
	  configurations (support/config-fragments/autobuild/) and a
	  random selection of packages. It is now used by the
	  autobuilders to generate the random configurations.

	Filesystems:

	- ext2/3/4 filesystems are now generated using mkfs.ext from
	  e2fsprogs instead of using genext2fs.

	Architecture:

	- Addition of support for ARM big.LITTLE variants
	- Improved MIPS support, with options to select NaN encoding
	  and FP32 mode.

	Toolchain:

	- Switch to gcc 6.x as the default gcc version, add support
	  for gcc 7.x, remove support for gcc 4.8
	- Switch to binutils 2.28 as the default binutils version, add
	  support for binutils 2.29, remove support for binutils 2.26
	- Support added for gdb 8.0
	- uClibc-ng bumped to 1.0.26
	- CodeSourcery toolchains for x86 and SuperH have been
	  removed, they were using a too old glibc version
	  (2.17). External toolchains with glibc 2.17 or earlier are
	  no longer supported.
	- The version selection in the glibc package has been
	  removed. Like musl and uClibc-ng, we now use the latest
	  glibc version.
	- Improved support for Xtensa toolchain overlays, which can
	  now be downloaded.

	Tools:

	- Numerous improvements to the runtime test infrastructure
	- Tests are now executed by Gitlab CI on a regular basis
	- Tools that are directly useful to the user have been moved
	  from support/scripts/ to utils/: brmake, check-package,
	  get-developers, scancpan, scanpipy, size-stats-compare,
	  test-pkg.

	New defconfigs: A13 Olinuxino, Engicam platforms (i.CoreM6
	Solo/Dual/DualLite/Quad, RQS SOM, GEAM6UL SOM, Is.IoT MX6UL
	SOM), Nano Pi M1 (Plus), OrangePi Zero and Plus.

	New packages: azure-iot-sdk-c, cracklib, dt-utils, easy-rsa,
	erlang-jiffy, erlang-p1-oauth2, erlang-p1-xmpp,
	ifupdown-scripts, irrlicht, kodi-inputstream-adaptive,
	kodi-inputstream-rtmp, kvazaar, let-me-create, libloki,
	libpwquality, libressl, libspatialindex, libva-utils,
	linuxconsoletools, linuxptp, luaossl, lua-sdl2, lua-stdlib,
	lsscsi, paxtest, pcre2, pixz, python-asn1crypto,
	python-backports-shutil-get-terminal-size, python-bcrypt,
	python-cheroot, python-h2, python-hpack, python-hyperframe,
	python-hyperlink, python-ipython-genutils, python-pathlib2,
	python-pickleshare, python-priority, python-portend,
	python-scandir, python-systemd, python-tempora,
	python-traitlets, python-typepy, qt5virtualkeyboard,
	ratpoison, rauc, refpolicy, rhash, sdl2_mixer, sdl2_net,
	xr819-xradio, zstd

	Removed packages: cloog, input-tools, mke2img

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

	#7892: systemd-journald is broken
	#9341: avahi-utils does not compile with uClibc +  libglib2
	#9441: Link BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GDB_SERVER_COPY to
	       BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG
	#9746: ext4 image generated by Buildroot is not working
	       properly with U-Boot
	#9886: Build fails with "unexpected EOF while looking for
	       matching `"'" if PATH contains a newline
	#9891: parted 3.1 => 3.2?
	#9911: qt5 does not build on sparc
	#9916: qt5 does not build on
	       arm-buildroot-linux-uclibcgnueabihf for ARMv8 cores
	#9936: Host QEMU does not build with SDL support because of
	       pkg-config
	#9941: nodejs option disappears for arm
	#9951: SCANCPAN failure
	#9966: util-linux-2.30/.stamp_built' failed
	#9976: License file for package 'rtl8821au' incorrect
	#9991: SGX Error implicit declaration of function
	       ‘dmac_map_area’
	#10011: wget does not work from Buildroot
	#10036: Buildroot builds Raspbian Jessie headless image
		presenting incorrect prompt
	#10051: make: *** No rule to make target
		'raspberrpi3_defconfig'. Stop reported with Buildroot
		v2017.05.1
	#10056: No .config file was produced in /buildroot folder
	#10061: gcc5.4 buildroot toolchain for powerpc libsanitizer
		failure
	#10071: fakeroot: replace hard-coded paths in post install
	#10076: Makefile:4113: recipe for target 'all-gcc'  failed
	#10091: gcc7.1 does not build with graphite support due to old
		isl
	#10121: webkit without the multimedia option causes build
		error

2017.05.2, Released July 27th, 2017

	Important / security related fixes.

	Webkitgtk bumped to the 2.16.x series, fixing a large number
	of security issues.

	host-aespipe compile fix for Debian/Gentoo/Ubuntu toolchains
	which default to PIE mode.

	Updated/fixed packages: aespipe, apache, bind, binutils,
	busybox, ccache, collectd, dieharder, efibootmgr, efivar,
	expat, ffmpeg, gcc, heimdal, iproute2, irssi, libglib2,
	libmemcached, libosip2, libtirpc, libxml-parser-perl,
	linux-fusion, linux-zigbee, mpg123, orc, pcre, php, protobuf,
	pulseaudio, python-setproctitle, qt5base, rpi-firmware,
	samba4, syslinux, systemd, spice, tcpdump, tiff, uboot-tools,
	webkitgtk, x265, xserver_xorg-server, xvisor

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

	#10061: gcc5.4 buildroot toolchain for powerpc libsanitizer...

2017.05.1, Released July 4th, 2017

	Important / security related fixes.

	Update support/scripts/scancpan to use METACPAN v1 API as v0
	has been shutdown.

	Update support/scripts/mkusers to handle setups where
	/etc/shadow is a symlink.

	External toolchain: Don't create musl dynamic loader symlink
	for static builds.

	Setlocalversion: Correct detection of mercurial revisions for
	non-tagged versions.

	Defconfigs: at91sam9x5ek_mmc: workaround boot rom issue.

	Updated/fixed packages: apache, automake, bind, botan, c-ares,
	dhcp, expat, fcgiwrap, gcc, gdb, gesftpserver, glibc, glmark2,
	gnutls, gst1-plugins-bad, imagemagick, imx-uuc, intltool,
	iperf, ipsec-tools, irssi, kmod, libcurl, libgcrypt, libmad,
	libnl, lugaro, mosquitto, mpg123, ncurses, nodejs, ntp,
	openssh, openvpn, pngquant, python-simplegeneric, qt5base,
	qt5multimedia, rtl8821au, socat, spice, systemd, tor, trinity,
	tslib, vlc, x264, xen, xlib_libxshmfenc, xserver_xorg-server

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

	#9976: License file for package 'rtl8821au' incorrect

2017.05, Released May 31st, 2017

	Minor fixes.

	External toolchain: musl dynamic linker symlink for mips-sf
	corrected.

	Updated/fixed packages: agentpp, bash, exim, hans, madplay,
	qpid-proton, rtl8188eu, snmppp, stm32flash, strongswan, sudo,
	xen

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

	#9906: genimage: Disk full

2017.05-rc3, Released May 30th, 2017

	Fixes all over the tree.

	ARC toolchain bumped to 2017.03

	Runtime testing improvements and cleanups.

	Updated/fixed packages: acpica, armadillo, audiofile, c-icap,
	cppcms, dhcp, docker-engine, dropbear, elfutils, erlang,
	fbgrab, ffmpeg, flashrom, ftop, gnutls, google-breakpad,
	keepalived, kodi, libcdio, libepoxy, libev, libminiupnpc,
	libqmi, libtasn1, libv4l, mariadb, mono, mosh, mosquitto,
	mxml, ntp, opencv, openpowerlink, oracle-mysql, popt,
	pulseview, python-enum34, rabbitmq-c, redis, samba4, stella,
	xen

	Removed packages: firejail, ola

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

	#9871: fbgrab 1.3 won't build with BR2_REPRODUCIBLE set
	#9876: aarch64 support with gcc 4.8 toolchain
	#9896: host-gcc-initial error downloading because incorrect URL

2017.05-rc2, Released May 17th, 2017

	Fixes all over the tree.

	ARC toolchain bumped to 2017.03-rc2

	Updated/fixed packages: bluez_utils, boost, clamav, daemon,
	efibootmgr, efl, espeak, expedite, faketime, ffmpeg, fxload,
	git, gpsd, kvm-unit-tests, libcdio, libv4l, lua, mke2img,
	mpir, mpv, odroid-scripts, openblas, opencv3, openvpn, php,
	postgresql, protobuf, qt5declarative, qwt, radvd, rpcbind,
	rtmpdump, strongswan, sudo, ltp-testsuite, uclibc-ng-test,
	vlc, x11vnc, xfsprogs

	Issues resolved (http://bugs.buildroot.org):

	#9796: source-check broken for Git downloads
	#9866: BASE_DIR usage

2017.05-rc1, Released May 8th, 2017

	Fixes all over the tree and new features.

	Infrastructure:

	- Installed binaries are now checked for correct architecture
	  to catch natively built binaries or binaries built for other
	  architecture variants.

	- Luarocks infrastructure improvements to extraction handling,
	  support for upstream name != Buildroot package name.

	- 'make printvars' output format has changed to make it easier
	  to use in scripts. It now has options to quote the variables
	  and to show the expanded/unexpanded values.

	- Automatic ext2 rootfs size calculation has been removed. The
	  logic was not working working reliable in all setups as it
	  depends on the host filesystem behaviour, so instead now the
	  size has to be specified explicitly (defaults to 60MB).

	- The git download infrastructure now ensures that GNU format
	  tar files are created.

	- Fixed a variable clashing issue in the mkusers script with
	  internal bash variables.

	- Fakeroot now links against libacl to fix issues on
	  distributions using acls.

	- Correct permissions for /dev/pts/ptmx when systemd is used
	  with recent glibc versions.

	- br2-external: Improve error reporting.

	- A wrapper script for genimage has been added in
	  support/scripts/genimage.sh for easy use of genimage from
	  post-image scripts.

	- A script to check for common style issues in new packages
	  before submitting has been added in support/scripts/check-package

	- Defconfigs are now tested by gitlab-CI instead of Travis:
	  https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot

	- Infrastructure for runtime testing has been added to
          support/testing

	Toolchain:

	- External linaro toolchains updated to 2017.02, ARC toolchain
          updated to 2017.03-rc1, NIOSII CodeSourcery to 2017.05

	- A number of fixes and improvements to the external toolchain
	  handling, including C library detection, multilib and ld.so