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From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
Subject: [PATCH 00/24] Upgrade binutils,gdb,gcc-4.8
Date: Mon,  6 Apr 2015 17:35:18 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <cover.1428341477.git.raj.khem@gmail.com> (raw)

Mainly it does following

Upgrade gcc-4.8, binutils, gdb to latest releases
Upgrade recipes e.g. ncurses to help gcc5 migration
Fix recipes to build with gcc5 and on musl libc
Add missing license for BSD claus 0
change mounting /var/volatile based on ro-rfs

Khem Raj (23):
  ncurses: Upgrade 4.9 stable to latest patchlevel 20150329
  mtd-utils: update to latest and fix static inlining
  binutils: Fix ICE in gold
  binuitls: Switch to using binutils stable/2.25 branch
  gdb: Upgrade 7.8.1 -> 7.9
  binutils: Fix linking issue for R_ARM_REL32 relocs
  var/volatile: Mount it if doing ro-rfs
  gcc-4.8: Upgrade 4.8.2 -> 4.8.4
  quota: Upgrade quota_4.01.bb -> quota_4.02.bb
  util-linux: Upgrade to 2.26
  libusb-compat: Include sys/types.h in usb.h
  libdaemon: Explicitly include unisttd.h instead of sys/unistd.h
  common-licenses: Add BSD-0-Clause
  libffi: Use proper compiler define for linux platform
  quota: Fix build with musl
  bluez4: Fix encrypt symbol namespace collision
  mesa: Fix building with musl
  at-spi2-core: Add nls.m4 from gettext
  ofono: Disable backtrace for non-glibc libraries
  pixman,libpciaccess: Fix build on musl
  wpa-supplicant: Replace non-standard base defines with c99 compliant
    ones
  libxml2: Contain glibc-extentions under __GLIBC__
  rpcbind: Fix build with musl

Robert Yang (1):
  binutils: upgrade to 2.25

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             reply	other threads:[~2015-04-06 17:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-04-06 17:35 Khem Raj [this message]
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 01/24] ncurses: Upgrade 4.9 stable to latest patchlevel 20150329 Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 02/24] mtd-utils: update to latest and fix static inlining Khem Raj
2015-04-09 10:23   ` Richard Purdie
2015-04-10  5:18     ` Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 03/24] binutils: upgrade to 2.25 Khem Raj
2015-04-07  9:32   ` Richard Purdie
2015-04-07 19:41     ` Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 04/24] binutils: Fix ICE in gold Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 05/24] binuitls: Switch to using binutils stable/2.25 branch Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 06/24] gdb: Upgrade 7.8.1 -> 7.9 Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 07/24] binutils: Fix linking issue for R_ARM_REL32 relocs Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 08/24] var/volatile: Mount it if doing ro-rfs Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 09/24] gcc-4.8: Upgrade 4.8.2 -> 4.8.4 Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 10/24] quota: Upgrade quota_4.01.bb -> quota_4.02.bb Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 11/24] util-linux: Upgrade to 2.26 Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 12/24] libusb-compat: Include sys/types.h in usb.h Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 13/24] libdaemon: Explicitly include unisttd.h instead of sys/unistd.h Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 14/24] common-licenses: Add BSD-0-Clause Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 15/24] libffi: Use proper compiler define for linux platform Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 16/24] quota: Fix build with musl Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 17/24] bluez4: Fix encrypt symbol namespace collision Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 18/24] mesa: Fix building with musl Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 19/24] at-spi2-core: Add nls.m4 from gettext Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 20/24] ofono: Disable backtrace for non-glibc libraries Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 21/24] pixman,libpciaccess: Fix build on musl Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 22/24] wpa-supplicant: Replace non-standard base defines with c99 compliant ones Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 23/24] libxml2: Contain glibc-extentions under __GLIBC__ Khem Raj
2015-04-06 17:36 ` [PATCH 24/24] rpcbind: Fix build with musl Khem Raj

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