1 2010.02-rc2, Not yet released:
3 Fixes all over the tree and new features.
5 Updated/fixed packages: alsa-lib, alsa-utils, argus, at,
6 gst-plugins-good, libpcap, rsync, tcl, xproto_trapproto
8 Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
10 #1069: [PATCH] The AT91BOOTSTRAP makefile contains a typo
12 2010.02-rc1, Released February 9th, 2010:
14 Fixes all over the tree and new features.
16 Generalized autotools infrastructure to be usable for
17 non-autotools packages, see package/Makefile.package.in for
20 Cleaned up avr32 toolchain config, external source-based
21 toolchain support is gone.
23 Dependency checks: Also check for makeinfo, only print output
26 Toolchain: uClibc 0.9.30.2, gcc 4.4.3
28 New packages: libcdaudio, libdvdnav, libdvdread, hostapd, ser2net,
31 Updated/fixed packages: alsa-lib, alsa-utils, at, autoconf, bash,
32 bind, binutils, bootutils, busybox, dbus, directfb, dnsmasq,
33 e2fsprogs, gstreamer, gperf, gst-plugins-bad, gvfs, fbdump, flex,
34 hal, iptables, iw, jpeg, kismet, libfuse, libglib2, liboil, libpcap,
35 libungif, libxml2, libxslt, lighttpd, mesa, mpg123, mtd-utils, nbd,
36 neon, netstat-nat, newt, openvpn, pcre, php, qt, rdesktop, readline,
37 rpm, sawman, sdl, sdl_ttf, sqlite, sshfs, tremor, u-boot,
38 usb_modeswitch, usbutils, webkit, wpa_supplicant, xfsprogs, zlib
40 Removed package: asterisk, openswan
42 Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
44 #515: tcpreplay: new package
45 #553: Wrong DirectFB ps2mouse limitation
46 #559: mesa3d build fails
47 #679: Autoconf cannot find M4
48 #739: New/updated hostapd package
49 #749: Bump usbutils package to version 0.86
50 #751: Kernel 2.6 snapshot fetch fail
51 #753: Bump lighttpd package to 1.4.25
52 #757: U-Boot: mkimage cannot be installed using external toolchain
53 #761: Add binutils 2.20 to toolchain options
54 #763: [SECURITY] Update pcre to 7.9
55 #765: Add buildroot branding to gcc
56 #767: Bump iw package to 0.9.18
57 #773: [SECURITY] Update bind to 9.5.2-P1
58 #795: Minor edits to fix typos, grammar, spelling, usage in documen...
59 #813: Drop not very useful generic package selection options ...
60 #823: Editor backup files (~) is copied from the target_skeleton
61 #827: Bump mtd-utils package to version 1.2.0
63 #913: Bump iptables to 1.4.6
64 #919: Bump usb_modeswitch package to 1.0.7
65 #925: Bump wpa_supplicant package to 0.6.10
66 #931: Bump kismet package to 2010-01-R1
67 #937: Bump openvpn package to 2.1.1
68 #943: Bump sqlite package to 3.6.22
69 #961: Bump dnsmasq to 2.52
70 #967: Bump netstat-nat to 1.4.10
71 #973: Bump iw to 0.9.19
72 #1003: DHCP options disabled with busybox-1.16.0
73 #1009: [SECURITY] Bump php to 5.2.12
74 #1015: [SECURITY] Bump bind to 9.5.1-P2
75 #1027: Busybox flash commands conflict with those from mtd-utils
76 #1063: [SECURITY] Update lighttpd to 1.4.26
78 2009.11, Released December 1st, 2009:
80 Additional fixes and cleanups.
82 Updated/fixed packages: alsamixergui, autoconf, coreutils, fltk,
83 microperl, ncurses, vim
85 Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
87 #707: Cant configure fltk-1.1.7. configure: error: Configure could ...
89 2009.11-rc2, Released November 29th, 2009:
91 Additional fixes and cleanups.
93 Updated/fixed packages: busybox, dbus, fltk, gvfs, ltrace
95 2009.11-rc1, Released November 23rd, 2009:
97 Fixes all over the tree and new features.
99 Cleaned up / Simplified build directory layout. Refer to
100 docs/buildroot.html#using for details.
102 Target defconfig files moved to configs/ and listed in 'make help'
105 Fixed *clean targets. Now clean removes everything generated,
106 so you can do a fresh rebuild. Distclean furthermore removes
107 kbuild tools and .config, bringing the source tree back in a
110 Toolchain: ARM cortex A8 support, GCC 4.4.2, sensible default
111 soft / hardfloat setting for architecture, ensure target-ldd
114 New packages: divine, gvfs, libarchive, libmicrohttpd,
115 sdl_sound, swfdec, sysstat
117 Updated/fixed packages: alsa-lib, alsamixergui, autoconf, bootutils,
118 busybox, gcc, directfb, dnsmasq, e2fsprogs, festival, gamin, gperf,
119 gqview, gstreamer, gst-plugins-bad, gst-plugins-base, gst-plugins-good,
120 imagemagick, ipkg, iptables, iw, kernel-headers, kismet, leafpad,
121 libelf, libevent, libglib2, libidn, liblockfile, libmad, libpcap,
122 libupnp, libuuid, libxml2, lighttpd, ltrace, lua, lzma, magiccube4d,
123 matchbox, mdadm, nbd, ncftp, ncurses, netkittelnet, netsnmp,
124 ng-spice-rework, ntfs-3g, openntp, openssl, pcmanfm, php, psmisc,
125 python, quagga, radvd, rpm, rsync, rubix, samba, sawman, sdl, sdl_image,
126 shared-mime-info, sfdisk, spawn-fcgi, speech-tools, sqlite, squashfs,
127 synergy, syslinux, sysklogd, target-binutils, tcpdump, torsmo, u-boot,
128 udpcast, util-linux, valgrind, vsftpd, wipe, wpa-supplicant, x11vnc,
129 xdata_xcursor-themes, xboard, xfsprogs, xstroke, zlib[5~
131 Removed package: mdnsresponder, mpatrol, gcc 3.4.6 + 4.0.4, vice
133 Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
135 #301: allow to install libsmbclient
136 #303: add gvfs package
137 #477: Add sdl_sound package
138 #487: Make kismet package sexier
139 #511: New package usb_modeswitch
140 #527: misc fixes for dnsmasq package
141 #565: libevent: Bump version and clean up makefile
142 #587: Use iptables multipurpose binaries and bump to 1.4.4
143 #593: Missing early check for patch(1)
144 #597: (REOP) Selecting busybox in buildroot's config clobbers ar ...
145 #609: libmicrohttpd: New package
146 #615: python: Don't delete .py files unless asked
147 #617: netkit/inetd requires RPC and fails to build if RPC is disabled
148 #619: netkittelnet requires netkitbase to install, but there's no ...
149 #645: allow to build nbd-server with NBD package
150 #653: [SECURITY] Update php package to version 5.2.11
151 #655: Update sqlite package to version 3.6.18
152 #657: Bug in imagemagick-clean target
153 #663: Add option for NAND flash with 512B Page and 16 kB erasesize ...
154 #665: [PATCH] Samba package
155 #667: [PATCH] e2fsprogs
156 #683: SDL-dfb does not select directfb
157 #701: make install problem with unstripped binaries
158 #703: [SECURITY] Update openssl package to 0.9.8l
159 #705: Bump spawn-fcgi package to 1.6.3
160 #709: Bump lighttpd package to 1.4.24
161 #713: Migrate openntpd package to Makefile.autotools.in
162 #715: Bump libidn package to 1.15 and other fixes
163 #717: Bump dnsmasq to 2.51 and introduce new IDN option
164 #731: Bump iw package to 0.9.17
166 2009.08, Released August 31th, 2009:
168 Additional fixes and cleanups.
170 Updated/fixed packages: ctorrent, saveconfig/getconfig,
173 Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
175 #529: util-linux doesn't find headers and include libs correctly
176 #557: Build ctorrent with SSL support if available
178 2009.08-rc3, Released August 26th, 2009:
180 Additional fixes and cleanups.
182 Updated/fixed packages: alsa-utils, berkeleydb, busybox, dbus,
183 directfb, enchant, kernel headers.
185 Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
187 #471: Allow directfb compilation with debug
188 #541: Removal of CVS directories in target filesystem broken
189 #547: berkeleydb: Update config.{sub, guess}
190 #549: enchant: Fix dependencies.
191 #569: Fix alsa-utils build for x86 on x86-64
193 2009.08-rc2, Released August 6th, 2009:
195 Additional fixes and new features.
197 New packages: libuuid, gcc 4.3.4.
199 Updated/fixed packages: busybox, classpath, gzip, ipsec-tools,
200 jamvm, libusb, microperl, neon, popt, sed, webkit.
202 Fixed issue with 'make oldconfig'
204 Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
206 #525: sed broken with external toolchain
207 #537: Fix gzip build with recent glibc
209 2009.08-rc1, Released August 2nd, 2009:
211 Fixes all over the tree and new features.
213 Improvement of external toolchain support:
214 - Support for glibc toolchains.
215 - The toolchain configuration announced to Buildroot is
216 verified against the real toolchain configuration.
217 - Fixes, documentation.
219 Cleanup X.org support: clarified configuration options, and
220 removed mandatory dependency on useless libraries such as
223 New QT-based configurator, usable using 'make xconfig'.
225 Support for the Xtensa architecture.
227 Toolchain: GCC 4.4.1, 2.6.30 kernel headers, removed < 2.6.26
230 New packages: bmon, ctorrent, dosfstools, enchant,
231 gst-plugins-bad, iw, libmms, libnl, netstat-nat, ntfsprogs,
234 Updated packages: bind, busybox, coreutils, sqlite, directfb,
235 expat, gamin, gnuconfig, haserl, ipsec-tools, classpath,
236 libcurl, libglib2, liblockfile, libpng, libsoup, libxml2,
237 lighttpd, ltp-testsuite, lvm2, matchbox, memstat,
238 gst-plugins-good, gstreamer, libogg, libvorbis, mplayer,
239 neon, openssl, pciutils, php, qt, ruby, sawman, webkit,
240 wpa-supplicant, xdriver_xf86-input-synaptics,
241 xdriver_xf86-video-intel, xlib_libXfont, xlib_libXft,
242 xlib_libXt, xproto_xproto, xserver-xorg, xutil_makedepend,
245 Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
247 #83: liblockfile fails to compile due to eaccess redefinition
248 #163: Xtensa architecture port
249 #171: xorg-server / kernel headers 2.6.26 - vm86.c compilation issue
250 #241: device mapper + lvm2: build together
251 #243: ctorrent: new package
252 #247: ntfsprogs: new package
253 #271: Library 'libgcc_s.so.1' not installed in search path
254 #287: New package libnl
256 #331: Update MPlayer to version 1.0rc2
257 #333: Bump sqlite package to 3.6.15
258 #349: update libsoup to version 2.26.2
259 #357: New package netstat-nat
260 #359,#413: Upgrade openvpn to Makefile.autotools.in
261 #367: linux kernel compile error for arm926t
262 #369: Add SDL_gfx package
263 #373: Support for building gstreamer without libxml
264 #379: update DirectFB to version 1.4.0
265 #383: gst-plugins-good: Allow soup plugin to be configured
266 #385: neon: Fix pkgconfig dependency
267 #387: Tremor not installed to toolchain
268 #389: New package bmon
269 #391: gstreamer: Bump version to 0.10.23
270 #393: gst-plugins-base: Bump version to 0.10.23
271 #395: gst-plugins-bad: New package
272 #403: Error while building iso9660 image
273 #409: Bump php package to 5.2.10
274 #411: ipsec-tools: Bump version to 0.7.2
275 #417: New package spawn-fcgi
276 #419: Bump lighttpd package to 1.4.23
277 #421: toolchain: Clean up toolchain locale support menu
278 #427: webkit: Update to WebKit svn r44552
279 #437: ltp-testsuite: Bump version to 20090630
280 #451: Upgrade from unmaintained dosfstools-2.11 to dosfstools-3.0.3
282 #473: memstat_0.5.tar.gz has install with -D and that fails "make"
283 #491: libxml2: Bump version to 0.7.3
284 #495: Bump bind package to 9.5.1-P3 (security)
285 #497: OpenSSL RSA key generation hangs on x86_64
286 #509: Bump sqlite package to 3.6.16
287 #523: pciutils broken with external toolchain
288 #533: Update gamin to 0.1.10 to fix compilation
290 2009.05, Released June 1st, 2009:
292 Fixes for dropbear & diffutils, bump linux-advanced 2.6.29.x
293 version and marked ubifsroot as broken.
295 2009.05-rc3, Released May 27th, 2009:
297 Fixes for toolchain (gcc arm pr37436), stable kernel versions,
298 busybox, curl, libusb, readline, python and strace.
300 Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
302 #345: libcurl package needs a urandom fix
304 2009.05-rc2, Released May 19th, 2009:
306 Fixes for toolchain (gcc w/softfloat on ppc, 3.4.6 buildfix
307 for newer hosts), stable kernel versions, busybox, cups,
308 dmraid, docker, mesa3d, rsync and updated defconfigs.
310 xserver marked as broken on AVR32 and atngw100-expanded
313 Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
315 #167: metacity does not build
316 #295: gamin installs python support even if python is disabled
317 #323: gen_matypes fails to execute during build of Mesa when us...
319 2009.05-rc1, Released May 5th, 2009:
321 Fixes all over the tree, further conversion of packages to
322 Makefile.autotools.in and we now build host versions of
323 packages where needed for build time dependencies instead of
324 relying on the correct versions being available on the build
325 host. Ancient toolchain / busybox versions have furthermore
326 been removed as announced in the 2009.02 release notes.
328 New packages: flac, gob2, lzop, taglib, wpa_supplicant
330 Updated packages: avahi, bind, binutils, busybox, dbus, dbus-glib,
331 directfb, dnsmasq, freetype, gcc, gmp, gstreamer, iptables, kernel
332 headers, kexec, libglib2, libpng, libsndfile, lua, mpfr, ntfs-3g,
333 openssl, php, qtopia4, rsync, samba, sqlite, tar, uboot, uclibc,
334 util-linux, xorg7, xerces
336 Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
338 #5,#77,#141,#143: Convert php package to Makefile.autotools.in
339 and a ton of other improvements
340 #19: page.h missing by util-linux
341 #37: update libglib2 to version 2.18.4
342 #61: tslib puts staging_dir into pkgconfig file
343 #69: tar refuses to build
344 #71,#175: ./wchar.h:41:12: error: empty filename in #include
345 #73: Bump openssl package to the latest version
346 #81: New package wpa_supplicant
347 #99: new package: flac
348 #101: update gstreamer packages
349 #105,#313: menuconfig segfaults on tinyx if wchar is not
351 #107: convert libvorbis to Makefile.autotools.in
352 #109: Make pppd package avoid bsd err
353 #111: binutils 2.17 fails to build when texinfo >= 4.10
354 #133: Modify ncurses5-config to get correct include path
355 #137: Bump php to version 5.2.9
356 #139: Bump sqlite to 3.6.11 and convert to
357 Makefile.autotools.in
358 #145: Bump bind package to 9.5.1-P1 (security)
359 #147: buildroot toolchain fails to build w/binutils-2.19.1
360 #151: openssl package trivial fixes
361 #161: vim fails on patching with errors in configure.patch
362 #169: blackbox-0.70.1 does not build
363 #177: xdriver_xf86-input-keyboard does not build
364 #179: Upgrade dropbear to Makefile.autotools.in
365 #181: Update to Xorg 7.4
366 #187: ntfs-3g: could not build cross
367 #191: alsa-lib ARM binaries always built with EABI
368 #213: Bump wpa_supplicant package to version 0.6.9
369 #217: Bump openssl package to 0.9.8k (security)
370 #219: Toolchain build fails on m4
371 #225: m4 macros are out of place
372 #233: make ipv6 optional in iptables
373 #237: ncftp: convert to Makefile.autotools.in
374 #239: ntfs-3g: convert to Makefile.autotools.in
375 #245: lzop: new package
376 #271: Bump bind package to 9.5.1-P2 (security)
377 #277: Bump sqlite package to 3.6.16
378 #279: update libglib2 to version 2.20.1
379 #281: update DirectFB to version 1.2.8
381 #285: compilation of samba fails if IPV6 support is missing
382 #293: update samba to version 3.3.3
383 #299: add shared-mime-info package
384 #307: make openssl package respect build flags