CHANGES

	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

2018.02.12, Released March 29th, 2019

	Important / security related fixes.

	Updated/fixed packages: avahi, beecrypt, busybox, clamav,
	cups, devmem2, fetchmail, file, fltk, gcc, gdb, git, jq,
	leveldb, libopenssl, libraw, libseccomp, libssh2,
	libunistring, mariadb, mosquitto, nodejs, ntp, openjpeg, perl,
	php, putty, qt5webkit, rdesktop, systemd, wireshark, vsftpd,
	xapp_xdm, xlib_libXdmcp

2018.02.11, Released February 23th, 2019

	Important / security related fixes.

	Ensure the PLATFORM and OS environment variables are not set,
	as they cause build issues for some packages.

	The package list infrastructure now correctly handles packages
	installing files with old mtime.

	Linux: Skip hash checks for user supplied downloadable
	patches, as no hash checksums are available for those.

	scanpypi: protect against zip-slip vulnerability in zip/tar
	handling

	Updated/fixed packages: bind, dhcpcd, dovecot, ghostscript,
	gnuradio, imagemagick, jpeg-turbo, libarchive, libb64,
	libcurl, libid3tag, madplay, mosquitto, openssh, php,
	postgresql, proftpd, python, python-django, python3, qt5base,
	sqlcipher, swupdate, systemd, unzip, webkitgtk

2018.02.10, Released January 31th, 2019

	Important / security related fixes.

	Defconfigs: Fixes for Lego EV3, QEMU AArch64-virt

	check-package: fix Python 3 support

	get-developers: Fix behaviour when called from elsewhere than
	the toplevel directory.

	cmake: Also set CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION in toolchainfile.cmake

	Updated/fixed packages: acpica, apache, apr, asterisk,
	avrdude, cargo, cc-tool, dash, dhcpdump, dmalloc, gnuchess,
	gnupg2, leveldb, libarchive, libassuan, libftdi1,
	libgpg-error, libhttpparser, libmad, libsndfile, libsquish,
	liburiparser, libwebsock, libxml2, lighttpd, lm-sensors,
	lua-msgpack-native, mbedtls, mosquitto, netatalk, nodejs,
	openssh, pango, patchelf, php, python-django, python-pyyaml,
	rauc, rp-pppoe, s6-networking, samba4, sdl_sound,
	shairport-sync, sqlite, subversion, sunxi-cedarx, tcpreplay,
	tekui, usb_modeswitch, webkitgtk, wireshark, wolfssl,
	xapp_rgb, xenomai, xerces

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

	#11576: Unable to start apache with event MPM on raspberry pi 3

2018.02.9, Released December 20th, 2018

	Important / security related fixes.

	defconfigs: Fixes for ci20

	Updated/fixed packages: c-ares, dante, freetype, ghostscript,
	glibc, gnutls, go, libcurl, libgpgme, libid3tag, libiscsi,
	libmpd, libopenssl, libpjsip, linux, liquid-dsp, luvi, lynx,
	msgpack, nginx, nodejs, php, popt, pps-tools, python-numpy,
	python-requests, samba4, sdl2_net, squashfs, swupdate, uclibc,
	wine, webkitgtk, xfsprogs

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

	#11426: pps-tools bash dependency

2018.02.8, Released November 26th, 2018

	Important / security related fixes.

	fs: Drop intermediate tarball from the filesystem handling to
	fix an issue with xattrs handling related to fakeroot. Ensure
	tarball target includes xattrs.

	download: Fix confusion in git submodule handling if dl/ is a
	symlink.

	toolchain: Only allow enabling stack protection on
	architectures with control flow integrity (CFI) support. Only
	allow FORTIFY_SOURCE support on gcc >= 6.

	genrandconfig: Fix missing newline in BR2_WGET handling,
	causing the following line to be ignored. This would affect
	BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG, BR2_INIT_BUSYBOX, BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD,
	BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_EUDEV, BR2_STATIC_LIBS or
	BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PY_ONLY depending on the randomization.

	show-build-order: Also include the dependencies of
	rootfs-common.

	Defconfigs: Fixes for Armadeus APF27, imx6sabre.

	graph-depends: Fix for package names starting with a non-alpha
	character.

	Updated/fixed packages: attr, audit, bind, brotli, easydbus,
	elfutils, gauche, gcc, giflib, gpsd, lcdproc, libcurl,
	libiscsi, libnfs, libnspr, libnss, libkcapi, libsemanage,
	liburiparser, lighttpd, linux, lua-curl, mariadb, mmc-utils,
	mosquitto, mysql, neardal, netplug, network-manager,
	nfs-utils, nginx, openocd, openswan, p11-kit, postgresql,
	prosody, qemu, qt, rpm, ruby, samba4, squid, supertuxkart,
	systemd, tar, trace-cmd, traceroute, twolame, uclibc,
	usb_modeswitch, vtun, webkitgtk, xdriver_xf86-video-geode,
	xlib_libfontenc, xproto_inputproto, xserver_xorg-server

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

	#11086: download/git submodule breaks on symlinked dl folder
	#11251: Util scanpypi failes when package change - to _ in..
	#11476: stdio2.h error invalid use of __builtin_va_arg_pack
	#11481: Docs: Is external.desc required?

2018.02.7, Released October 25th, 2018

	Important / security related fixes.

	Detect and reject build paths containing '@', as this confuses
	a number of packages, including GCC.

	utils/get-developers: Add -e option for use with git
	send-email.

	utils/diffconfig: Make it work for (non-Buildroot) config
	files not using the BR2_ prefix.

	u-boot: Fix for environment image handling on big endian
	systems.

	Updated/fixed packages: binutils, ca-certificates,
	cups-filters, erlang, file, freetype, gcc, git, gvfs, leveldb,
	libarchive, libcurl, libssh, live555, ljlinenoise, mariadb,
	mongoose, netsnmp, nmap, nodejs, ntp, open-plc-utils, poco,
	psmisc, ptpd2, python-enum34, qemu, qt, qt5base, setools,
	spice, spice-protocol, tinc, ustr, wireshark

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

	#11396: uboot environment image checksum invalid if target is big endian

2018.02.6, Released October 7th, 2018

	Important / security related fixes.

	Add a number of patches to fix build errors for host utilities
	on modern distributions using glibc-2.28.

	mkusers: Ensure existing group members are preserved when a
	group is reprocessed.

	printvars: Fix issue with exceeding shell command line length
	limits for certain setups.

	Updated/fixes packages: acpid, android-tools, apache,
	arp-scan, bandwidthd, bind, bison, clamav, connman, cppcms,
	cramfs, fio, gcc, ghostscript, glibc, gnupg, httping,
	igmpproxy, imagemagick, imlib2, ipsec-tools, lcms2, libcurl,
	libesmtp, libnfs, libssh, libxslt, links, linuxptp,
	mediastreamer, minicom, moarvm, nilfs-utils, ocrad, parted,
	php, pv, python-django, qt, qt5quickcontrols, qt5webengine,
	screen, sdl2, shairport-sync, squashfs, strongswan,
	vboot-utils, webkitgtk, wireguard, x265, xen, xlib_libXfont,
	xlib_libXft

	New packages: brotli, woff2

2018.02.5, Released August 29th, 2018

	Important / security related fixes.

	Defconfigs: Raspberrypi2: Bump rootfs size, T7680: Fix
	genimage.cfg issue, ARM Juno: Bump ATF to v1.3 to fix build
	issue.

	Updated/fixed packages: acl, apache, attr, bind,
	boot-wrapper-aarch64, brltty, bzip2, chrony, crda, cryptsetup,
	dahdi-tools, dmidecode, dropbear, eigen, erlang, ffmpeg, gawk,
	gcc, ghostscript, gnutls, ipsec-tools, libarchive, libfuse,
	libopenssl, libselinux, libsoup, lighttpd, linuxptp,
	lttng-modules, lttng-tools, lua-flu, lvm2, m4, makedevs,
	mariadb, mbedtls, mesa3d-headers, mtd, ncurses, nodejs,
	openssh, php, postgresql, python-django, qt5xmlpatterns, ruby,
	samba4, shairport-sync, stress-ng, ti-utils, uboot-tools, vim,
	waylandpp, wireless_tools, wireshark, wpa_supplicant, xorriso,
	znc

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

	#10781: cryptsetup luksOpen container_file container causes..
	#10986: Installing package attr when already supplied by..
	#11191: xattr and check-package issue

2018.02.4, Released July 21th, 2018

	Important / security related fixes.

	U-Boot: 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.

	Linux: Enable CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS when perf is enabled.

	Defconfigs: Raspberrypi3: Bump rootfs size, Minnowboard-max:
	Support ethernet on Turbot variant.

	Updated/fixed packages: bind, clamav, collectd, dos2unix,
	edid-decode, gcc, gdb, heimdal, hidapi, imx-gpu-viv, libcurl,
	libglib2, liblogging, libostree, libsoup, libv4l, lm-sensors,
	ncurses, network-manager, patchelf, pinentry, procps-ng, qpdf,
	qt5, qt53d, qt5base, qt5charts, qt5script, qt5serialport,
	systemd, wireguard, wireless-regdb

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

	#11101: host-patchelf Endian Issue with relative RPATH

2018.02.3, Released June 18th, 2018

	Important / security related fixes.

	Various fixes for building on modern distributions (GCC 8.x,
	no rpcgen utility).

	ARM: Default to binutils 2.28 and warn about newer binutils
	versions, which are known to cause boot failures for Linux
	kernels built in thumb mode.

	Busybox/mdev: Fix module autoloading.

	Busybox/sysvinit: inittab: Add /dev/{stdin,stdout,stderr}
	symlinks, call swapon -a to activate any configured swap
	devices.

	Dependencies: Check that PATH does not contain current working
	directory, which triggers a number of build failures.

	Infrastructure: Error out for packages erroneously using the
	'local' site method but not defining a _SITE.

	Linux: Fix cuImage.<dtb> / simpleImage.<dtb> handling.  Ensure
	kconfig uses ncurses from the host to fix a ncurses/ncursesw
	mixup, causing menuconfig display corruption.

	Toolchain: Workarounds for fix-rpath issues with binutils and
	elf2flt.

	Util-linux: Fix blocking on getrandom() issue with recent
	kernels.

	Remove broken freescale_imx31_3stack,
	freescale_imx6sololiteevk and freescale_imx6ulevk defconfigs.

	Updated/fixed packages: apr-util, asterisk, attr, audit,
	autofs, binutils, busybox, cifs-utils, cups-filters, dash,
	ebtables, exim, expect, f2fs-tools, faketime, file, gdb, git,
	glibc, gnupg, gnupg2, gst1-plugins-bad, imagemagick, jamvm,
	jpeg-turbo, libcap, libcoap, libcurl, libgcrypt, libjpeg,
	libnss, libressl, libtirpc, libvncserver, libvorbis, libxslt,
	log4cplus, lrzsz, ltrace, lynx, mariadb, mbedtls, mpg123,
	nasm, netplug, network-manager, nfs-utils, nodejs,
	openvmtools, patch, perl, php-amqp, poppler, procps-ng,
	python, python-websockets, quota, redis, samba4, sysvinit,
	transmission, triggerhappy, util-linux, wavpack, wget,
	wireshark, xen, zmqpp

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

	#10986: Installing package attr when already supplied by busybox..
	#11031: ld-elf2flt: host/bin/ld.real': execvp: No such file or..

2018.02.2, Released May 4th, 2018

	Important / security related fixes.

	Tweak package size/file instrumentation to better handle
	package rebuilds.

	Revert /etc/shells creation when bash is enabled.

	Exclude /lib/firmware from the rpath fixup logic, as it may
	contain non-native ELF files.

	Scanpypi: Support the new PyPi infrastructure.

	Handle GCC 8.x on the host.

	Ensure timestamp of /usr is updated to support the systemd
	ConditionNeedsUpdate option.

	Updated/fixed packages: bluez5_utils, flann, gdb, gnupg2,
	grub2, libcec, libcgi, libglib2, libgpg-error, libgpgme,
	libtomcrypt, mbedtls, mkpasswd, php, python, python-requests,
	python-watchdog, qt53d, qt5websockets, sdl2, sdl2_image,
	syslog-ng, systemd, tcl, tcllib, uclibc, usb_modeswitch,
	wireguard, wmctrl

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

	#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.