7 files changed, 528 insertions, 100 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml
index a6f1b23257..bf48d4197c 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@
                system has a list of tasks that it believes it can "accelerate"
                and therefore does not need to run.
                There is a final function call to the function specified by the
-                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BB_URL;#var-BB_SETSCENE_VERIFY_FUNCTION2'><filename>BB_SETSCENE_VERIFY_FUNCTION2</filename></ulink>
+                <filename>BB_SETSCENE_VERIFY_FUNCTION2</filename>
                variable that is able to require the tasks to be run that
                that the OpenEmbedded build system initially was going to
                skip.
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
index ddd6644240..f46d230577 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
@@ -3689,7 +3689,7 @@ $ runqemu qemux86-64 tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/core-image-minimal-qemux86-64.
                    by <filename>BB_SETSCENE_VERIFY_FUNCTION</filename>
                    needed to change signature.
                    Consequently, a new variable named
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BB_URL;#var-BB_SETSCENE_VERIFY_FUNCTION2'><filename>BB_SETSCENE_VERIFY_FUNCTION2</filename></ulink>
+                    <filename>BB_SETSCENE_VERIFY_FUNCTION2</filename>
                    has been added allowing multiple versions of BitBake
                    to work with suitably written metadata, which includes
                    OpenEmbedded-Core and Poky.
@@ -3974,20 +3974,100 @@ $ runqemu qemux86-64 tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/core-image-minimal-qemux86-64.
            written custom recipes are missing declared dependencies,
            particularly those dependencies that are incidentally built
            earlier in a typical build process and thus are already likely
-            to be present in the shared sysroot in a previous release.
+            to be present in the shared sysroot in previous releases.
        </para>
        <para>
-            Because of this new feature, you must explicitly declare all
+            Consider the following:
-            build-time dependencies for your recipe.
+            <itemizedlist>
-            If you do not declare these dependencies, they are not
+                <listitem><para>
-            populated into the sysroot for the recipe.
+                    <emphasis>Declare Build-Time Dependencies:</emphasis>
-        </para>
+                    Because of this new feature, you must explicitly
+                    declare all build-time dependencies for your recipe.
+                    If you do not declare these dependencies, they are not
+                    populated into the sysroot for the recipe.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis>Specify Pre-Installation and Post-Installtion
+                    Native Tool Dependencies:</emphasis>
+                    You must specifically specify any special native tool
+                    dependencies of <filename>pkg_preinst</filename> and
+                    <filename>pkg_postinst</filename> scripts by using the
+                    <link linkend='var-PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS'><filename>PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS</filename></link>
+                    variable.
+                    Specifying these dependencies ensures that these tools
+                    are available if these scripts need to be run on the
+                    build host during the
+                    <link linkend='ref-tasks-rootfs'><filename>do_rootfs</filename></link>
+                    task.</para>
+                    <para>As an example, see the <filename>dbus</filename>
+                    recipe.
+                    You will see that this recipe has a
+                    <filename>pkg_postinst</filename> that calls
+                    <filename>systemctl</filename> if "systemd" is in
+                    <link linkend='var-DISTRO_FEATURES'><filename>DISTRO_FEATURES</filename></link>.
+                    In the example,
+                    <filename>systemd-systemctl-native</filename> is added to
+                    <filename>PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS</filename>, which is also
+                    conditional on "systemd" being in
+                    <filename>DISTRO_FEATURES</filename>.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis>Examine Recipes that Use
+                    <filename>SSTATEPOSTINSTFUNCS</filename>:</emphasis>
+                    You need to examine any recipe that uses
+                    <filename>SSTATEPOSTINSTFUNCS</filename> and determine
+                    steps to take.</para>
+                    <para>Functions added to
+                    <filename>SSTATEPOSTINSTFUNCS</filename> are still
+                    called as they were in previous Yocto Project releases.
+                    However, since a separate sysroot is now being populated
+                    for every recipe and if existing functions being called
+                    through <filename>SSTATEPOSTINSTFUNCS</filename> are
+                    doing relocation, then you will need to change these
+                    to use a post-installation script that is installed by a
+                    function added to
+                    <link linkend='var-SYSROOT_PREPROCESS_FUNCS'><filename>SYSROOT_PREPROCESS_FUNCS</filename></link>.
+                    </para>
-        <para>
+                    <para>For an example, see the
-            You can find information on how this works in the
+                    <filename>pixbufcache</filename> class in
-            <link linkend='ref-classes-staging'><filename>staging</filename></link>
+                    <filename>meta/classes/</filename> in the Yocto Project
-            class.
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-repositories'>Source Repositories</ulink>.
+                    <note>
+                        The <filename>SSTATEPOSTINSTFUNCS</filename> variable
+                        itself is now deprecated in favor of the
+                        <filename>do_populate_sysroot[postfuncs]</filename>
+                        task.
+                        Consequently, if you do still have any function or
+                        functions that need to be called after the sysroot
+                        component is created for a recipe, then you would be
+                        well advised to take steps to use a post installation
+                        script as described previously.
+                        Taking these steps prepares your code for when
+                        <filename>SSTATEPOSTINSTFUNCS</filename> is
+                        removed in a future Yocto Project release.
+                    </note>
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis>Specify Which
+                    <filename>STAGING_DIR_NATIVE</filename> is Used:</emphasis>
+                    Because the shared sysroot is now gone, the scripts
+                    <filename>oe-find-native-sysroot</filename> and
+                    <filename>oe-run-native</filename> have been changed such
+                    that you need to specify which recipe's
+                    <link linkend='var-STAGING_DIR_NATIVE'><filename>STAGING_DIR_NATIVE</filename></link>
+                    is used.
+                    </para></listitem>
+            </itemizedlist>
+            <note>
+                You can find more information on how recipe-specific sysroots
+                work in the
+                "<link linkend='ref-classes-staging'><filename>staging.bbclass</filename></link>"
+                section.
+            </note>
        </para>
    </section>
@@ -3997,16 +4077,21 @@ $ runqemu qemux86-64 tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/core-image-minimal-qemux86-64.
        <para>
            Within the environment used to run build tasks, the environment
            variable <filename>PATH</filename> is now sanitized such that
-            symbolic links linking only the binaries from the host mentioned
+            the normal native binary paths
-            in the
+            (<filename>/bin</filename>, <filename>/sbin</filename>,
+            <filename>/usr/bin</filename> and so forth) are
+            removed and a directory containing symbolic links linking only
+            to the binaries from the host mentioned in the
            <link linkend='var-HOSTTOOLS'><filename>HOSTTOOLS</filename></link>
            and
            <link linkend='var-HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL'><filename>HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL</filename></link>
-            variables into
+            variables is added to <filename>PATH</filename>.
-            their own directory are added to <filename>PATH</filename>.
+        </para>
-            Consequently, any native binaries that you need to call should
-            either be in one of these two variables at the configuration
+        <para>
-            level.
+            Consequently, any native binaries provided by the host that you
+            need to call needs to be in one of these two variables at
+            the configuration level.
        </para>
        <para>
@@ -4024,6 +4109,60 @@ $ runqemu qemux86-64 tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/core-image-minimal-qemux86-64.
        </para>
    </section>
+    <section id='migration-2.3-scripts'>
+        <title>Changes to Scripts</title>
+        <para>
+            The following changes to scripts took place:
+            <itemizedlist>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis><filename>oe-find-native-sysroot</filename>:</emphasis>
+                    The usage for the
+                    <filename>oe-find-native-sysroot</filename> script has
+                    changed to the following:
+                    <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     $ . oe-find-native-sysroot <replaceable>recipe</replaceable>
+                    </literallayout>
+                    You must now supply a recipe for
+                    <replaceable>recipe</replaceable> as part of the command.
+                    Prior to the Yocto Project &DISTRO; release, it was not
+                    necessary to provide the script with the command.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis><filename>oe-run-native</filename>:</emphasis>
+                    The usage for the
+                    <filename>oe-run-native</filename> script has changed
+                    to the following:
+                    <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     $ oe-run-native <replaceable>native_recipe</replaceable> <replaceable>tool</replaceable>
+                    </literallayout>
+                    You must supply the name of the native recipe and the tool
+                    you want to run as part of the command.
+                    Prior to the Yocto Project &DISTRO; release, it was not
+                    necessary to provide the native recipe with the command.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis><filename>cleanup-workdir</filename>:</emphasis>
+                    The <filename>cleanup-workdir</filename> script has been
+                    removed because the script was found to be deleting
+                    files it should not have, which lead to broken build
+                    trees.
+                    Rather than trying to delete portions of
+                    <link linkend='var-TMPDIR'><filename>TMPDIR</filename></link>
+                    and getting it wrong, it is recommended that you
+                    delete <filename>TMPDIR</filename> and have it restored
+                    from shared state (sstate) on subsequent builds.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis><filename>wipe-sysroot</filename>:</emphasis>
+                    The <filename>wipe-sysroot</filename> script has been
+                    removed as it is no longer needed with recipe-specific
+                    sysroots.
+                    </para></listitem>
+            </itemizedlist>
+        </para>
+    </section>
    <section id='migration-2.3-functions'>
        <title>Changes to Functions</title>
@@ -4055,7 +4194,7 @@ $ runqemu qemux86-64 tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/core-image-minimal-qemux86-64.
                    provides a graphical way of exploring the
                    <filename>task-depends.dot</filename> file.
                    The data presented by Task Explorer is much more
-                    accurate than the data that is presented by
+                    accurate than the data that was presented by
                    <filename>depexp</filename>.
                    Being able to visualize the data is an often requested
                    feature as standard <filename>*.dot</filename> file
@@ -4063,7 +4202,7 @@ $ runqemu qemux86-64 tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/core-image-minimal-qemux86-64.
                    the <filename>task-depends.dot</filename> file.
                    </para></listitem>
                <listitem><para>
-                    <emphasis>Dependency Tree Information Removals:</emphasis>
+                    <emphasis>BitBake "-g" Output Changes:</emphasis>
                    The <filename>package-depends.dot</filename> and
                    <filename>pn-depends.dot</filename> files as previously
                    generated using the <filename>bitbake -g</filename> command
@@ -4080,6 +4219,48 @@ $ runqemu qemux86-64 tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/core-image-minimal-qemux86-64.
                    into account task-level dependencies between recipes,
                    which could be misleading.
                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis>Mirror Variable Splitting Changes:</emphasis>
+                    Mirror variables including
+                    <link linkend='var-MIRRORS'><filename>MIRRORS</filename></link>,
+                    <link linkend='var-PREMIRRORS'><filename>PREMIRRORS</filename></link>,
+                    and
+                    <link linkend='var-SSTATE_MIRRORS'><filename>SSTATE_MIRRORS</filename></link>
+                    can now separate values entirely with spaces.
+                    Consequently, you no longer need "\\n".
+                    BitBake looks for pairs of values, which simplifies usage.
+                    There should be no change required to existing mirror
+                    variable values themselves.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis>The Subversion (SVN) Fetcher Uses an "ssh" Parameter and Not an "rsh" Parameter:</emphasis>
+                    The SVN fetcher now takes an "ssh" parameter instead of an
+                    "rsh" parameter.
+                    This new optional parameter is used when the "protocol"
+                    parameter is set to "svn+ssh".
+                    You can only use the new parameter to specify the
+                    <filename>ssh</filename> program used by SVN.
+                    The SVN fetcher passes the new parameter through the
+                    <filename>SVN_SSH</filename> environment variable during
+                    the
+                    <link linkend='ref-tasks-fetch'><filename>do_fetch</filename></link>
+                    task.</para>
+                    <para>See the
+                    "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BB_URL;#svn-fetcher'>Subversion (SVN) Fetcher (svn://)</ulink>"
+                    section in the Yocto Project BitBake User Manual for
+                    additional information.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis><filename>BB_SETSCENE_VERIFY_FUNCTION</filename>
+                    and <filename>BB_SETSCENE_VERIFY_FUNCTION2</filename>
+                    Removed:</emphasis>
+                    Because the mechanism they were part of is no longer
+                    necessary with recipe-specific sysroots, the
+                    <filename>BB_SETSCENE_VERIFY_FUNCTION</filename> and
+                    <filename>BB_SETSCENE_VERIFY_FUNCTION2</filename>
+                    variables have been removed.
+                    </para></listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
        </para>
    </section>
@@ -4117,8 +4298,8 @@ $ runqemu qemux86-64 tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/core-image-minimal-qemux86-64.
            <link linkend='var-INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE'><filename>INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE</filename></link>
            to exclude GPLv3 or set
            <link linkend='var-PREFERRED_VERSION'><filename>PREFERRED_VERSION</filename></link>
-            to select recipes that use GPLv3, then you must add the
+            to substitute a GPLv2 version of a GPLv3 recipe, then you must add
-            <filename>meta-gplv2</filename> layer to your configuration.
+            the <filename>meta-gplv2</filename> layer to your configuration.
            <note>
                You can find <filename>meta-gplv2</filename> layer in the
                OpenEmbedded layer index at
@@ -4127,7 +4308,7 @@ $ runqemu qemux86-64 tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/core-image-minimal-qemux86-64.
        </para>
        <para>
-            These relocated GPLv3 recipes do not receive the same level of
+            These relocated GPLv2 recipes do not receive the same level of
            maintenance as other core recipes.
            The recipes do not get security fixes and upstream no longer
            maintains them.
@@ -4153,11 +4334,11 @@ $ runqemu qemux86-64 tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/core-image-minimal-qemux86-64.
            The following package management changes took place:
            <itemizedlist>
                <listitem><para>
-                    Smart package manager is replaced by Dnf package manager.
+                    Smart package manager is replaced by DNF package manager.
                    Smart has become unmaintained upstream, is not ported
                    to Python 3.x.
                    Consequently, Smart needed to be replaced.
-                    Dnf is the only feasible candidate.</para>
+                    DNF is the only feasible candidate.</para>
                    <para>The change in functionality is that the on-target
                    runtime package management from remote package feeds is
                    now done with a different tool that has a
@@ -4165,14 +4346,14 @@ $ runqemu qemux86-64 tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/core-image-minimal-qemux86-64.
                    If you have scripts that call the
                    tool directly, or use its API, they need to be fixed.</para>
                    <para>For more information, see the
-                    <ulink url='http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/'>Dnf Documentation</ulink>.
+                    <ulink url='http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/'>DNF Documentation</ulink>.
                    </para></listitem>
                <listitem><para>
                    Rpm 5.x is replaced with Rpm 4.x.
                    This is done for two major reasons:
                    <itemizedlist>
                        <listitem><para>
-                            Dnf is API-incompatible with Rpm 5.x and porting
+                            DNF is API-incompatible with Rpm 5.x and porting
                            it and maintaining the port is non-trivial.
                            </para></listitem>
                        <listitem><para>
@@ -4193,8 +4374,6 @@ $ runqemu qemux86-64 tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/core-image-minimal-qemux86-64.
                            As a result, most mainstream open source projects
                            that require DB are still developed and tested with
                            DB 5.x.
-                            By extension,all the open source projects are still
-                            developed and tested with DB 5.x
                            </para></listitem>
                        <listitem><para>
                            In OE-core, the only thing that was requiring
@@ -4220,7 +4399,7 @@ $ runqemu qemux86-64 tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/core-image-minimal-qemux86-64.
                    Architecture-independent RPM packages are "noarch"
                    instead of "all".</para>
                    <para>This change was made because too many places in
-                    dnf/rpm4 stack already make that assumption.
+                    DNF/RPM4 stack already make that assumption.
                    Only the filenames and the architecture tag has changed.
                    Nothing else has changed in OE-core system, particularly
                    in the
@@ -4233,16 +4412,307 @@ $ runqemu qemux86-64 tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/core-image-minimal-qemux86-64.
                    is not currently supported.
                    This issue will be fully addressed in a future
                    Yocto Project release.
+                    See <ulink url='https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11209'>defect 11209</ulink>
+                    for more information on a solution to package feed
+                    signing with RPM in the Yocto Project 2.3 release.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    OPKG now uses the libsolv backend for resolving package
+                    dependencies by default.
+                    This is vastly superior to OPKG's internal ad-hoc solver
+                    that was previously used.
+                    This change does have a small impact on disk (around
+                    500 KB) and memory footprint.
                    <note>
-                        See the defect
+                        For further details on this change, see the
-                        <ulink url='https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11209'>11209</ulink>
+                        <ulink url='http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/?
-                        for more information on a solution to package feed
+id=f4d4f99cfbc2396e49c1613a7d237b9e57f06f81'>commit message</ulink>.
-                        signing with RPM in the Yocto Project 2.3 release.
                    </note>
                    </para></listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
        </para>
    </section>
+    <section id='migration-2.3-removed-recipes'>
+        <title>Removed Recipes</title>
+        <para>
+            The following recipes have been removed:
+            <itemizedlist>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis><filename>linux-yocto 4.8:</filename></emphasis>
+                    Version 4.8 has been removed.
+                    Versions 4.1 (LTSI), 4.4 (LTS), 4.9 (LTS/LTSI) and 4.10
+                    are now present.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis><filename>python-smartpm:</filename></emphasis>
+                    Functionally replaced by <filename>dnf</filename>.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis><filename>createrepo:</filename></emphasis>
+                    Replaced by the <filename>createrepo-c</filename> recipe.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                 <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis><filename>rpmresolve:</filename></emphasis>
+                    No longer needed with the move to RPM 4 as RPM itself is
+                    used instead.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                 <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis><filename>gstreamer:</filename></emphasis>
+                    Removed the GStreamer Git version recipes as they have
+                    been stale.
+                    <filename>1.10.</filename><replaceable>x</replaceable>
+                    recipes are still present.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                 <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis><filename>alsa-conf-base:</filename></emphasis>
+                    Merged into <filename>alsa-conf</filename> since
+                    <filename>libasound</filename> depended on both.
+                    Essentially, no way existed to install only one of these.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                 <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis><filename>tremor:</filename></emphasis>
+                    Moved to <filename>meta-multimedia</filename>.
+                    Fixed-integer Vorbis decoding is not
+                    needed by current hardware.
+                    Thus, GStreamer's ivorbis plugin has been disabled
+                    by default eliminating the need for the
+                    <filename>tremor</filename> recipe in OE-Core.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                 <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis><filename>gummiboot:</filename></emphasis>
+                    Replaced by <filename>systemd-boot</filename>.
+                    </para></listitem>
+           </itemizedlist>
+        </para>
+    </section>
+    <section id='migration-2.3-wic-changes'>
+        <title>Wic Changes</title>
+        <para>
+            The following changes have been made to Wic:
+            <note>
+                For more information on Wic, see the
+                "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#creating-partitioned-images'>Creating Partitioned Images</ulink>"
+                section in the Yocto Project Development Manual.
+            </note>
+            <itemizedlist>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis>Default Output Directory Changed:</emphasis>
+                    Wic's default output directory is now the current directory
+                    by default instead of the unusual
+                    <filename>/var/tmp/wic</filename>.</para>
+                    <para>The "-o" and "--outdir" options remain unchanged
+                    and are used to specify your preferred output directory
+                    if you do not want to use the default directory.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis>fsimage Plug-in Removed:</emphasis>
+                    The Wic fsimage plug-in has been removed as it duplicates
+                    functionality of the rawcopy plug-in.
+                    </para></listitem>
+            </itemizedlist>
+        </para>
+    </section>
+    <section id='migration-2.3-qa-changes'>
+        <title>QA Changes</title>
+        <para>
+            The following QA checks have changed:
+            <itemizedlist>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis><filename>unsafe-references-in-binaries</filename>:</emphasis>
+                    The <filename>unsafe-references-in-binaries</filename>
+                    QA check, which was disabled by default, has now been
+                    removed.
+                    This check was intended to detect binaries in
+                    <filename>/bin</filename> that link to libraries in
+                    <filename>/usr/lib</filename> and have the case where
+                    the user has <filename>/usr</filename> on a separate
+                    filesystem to <filename>/</filename>.</para>
+                    <para>The removed QA check was buggy.
+                    Additionally, <filename>/usr</filename> residing on a
+                    separate partition from <filename>/</filename> is now
+                    a rare configuration.
+                    Consequently,
+                    <filename>unsafe-references-in-binaries</filename> was
+                    removed.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    <emphasis><filename>file-rdeps</filename>:</emphasis>
+                    The <filename>file-rdeps</filename> QA check is now an
+                    error by default instead of a warning.
+                    Because it is an error instead of a warning, you need to
+                    address missing runtime dependencies.</para>
+                    <para>For additional information, see the
+                    <link linkend='ref-classes-insane'><filename>insane</filename></link>
+                    class and the
+                    "<link linkend='qa-errors-and-warnings'>Errors and Warnings</link>"
+                    section.
+                    </para></listitem>
+            </itemizedlist>
+        </para>
+    </section>
+    <section id='migration-2.3-miscellaneous-changes'>
+        <title>Miscellaneous Changes</title>
+        <para>
+            The following miscellaneous changes have occurred:
+            <itemizedlist>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    In this release, a number of recipes have been changed to
+                    ignore the <filename>largefile</filename>
+                    <link linkend='var-DISTRO_FEATURES'><filename>DISTRO_FEATURES</filename></link>
+                    item, enabling large file support unconditionally.
+                    This feature has always been enabled by default.
+                    Disabling the feature has not been widely tested.
+                    <note>
+                        Future releases of the Yocto Project will remove
+                        entirely the ability to disable the
+                        <filename>largefile</filename> feature,
+                        which would make it unconditionally enabled everywhere.
+                    </note>
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    If the
+                    <link linkend='var-DISTRO_VERSION'><filename>DISTRO_VERSION</filename></link>
+                    value contains the value of the
+                    <link linkend='var-DATE'><filename>DATE</filename></link>
+                    variable, which is the default between Poky releases,
+                    the <filename>DATE</filename> value is explicitly excluded
+                    from <filename>/etc/issue</filename> and
+                    <filename>/etc/issue.net</filename>, which is displayed at
+                    the login prompt, in order to avoid conflicts with
+                    Multilib enabled.
+                    Regardless, the <filename>DATE</filename> value is
+                    inaccurate if the <filename>base-files</filename>
+                    recipe is restored from shared state (sstate) rather
+                    than rebuilt.</para>
+                    <para>If you need the build date recorded in
+                    <filename>/etc/issue*</filename> or anywhere else in your
+                    image, a better method is to define a post-processing
+                    function to do it and have the function called from
+                    <link linkend='var-ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND'><filename>ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND</filename></link>.
+                    Doing so ensures the value is always up-to-date with the
+                    created image.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    Dropbear's <filename>init</filename> script now disables
+                    DSA host keys by default.
+                    This change is in line with the systemd service
+                    file, which supports RSA keys only, and with recent
+                    versions of OpenSSH, which deprecates DSA host keys.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    The
+                    <link linkend='ref-classes-buildhistory'><filename>buildhistory</filename></link>
+                    class now correctly uses tabs as separators between all
+                    columns in <filename>installed-package-sizes.txt</filename>
+                    in order to aid import into other tools.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    The <filename>USE_LDCONFIG</filename> variable has been
+                    replaced with the "ldconfig"
+                    <link linkend='var-DISTRO_FEATURES'><filename>DISTRO_FEATURES</filename></link>
+                    feature.
+                    Distributions that previously set:
+                    <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     USE_LDCONFIG = "0"
+                    </literallayout>
+                    should now instead use the following:
+                    <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED_append = " ldconfig"
+                    </literallayout>
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    The default value of
+                    <link linkend='var-COPYLEFT_LICENSE_INCLUDE'><filename>COPYLEFT_LICENSE_INCLUDE</filename></link>
+                    now includes all versions of AGPL licenses in addition
+                    to GPL and LGPL.
+                    <note>
+                        The default list is not intended to be guaranteed
+                        as a complete safe list.
+                        You should seek legal advice based on what you are
+                        distributing if you are unsure.
+                    </note>
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    Kernel module packages are now suffixed with the kernel
+                    version in order to allow module packages from multiple
+                    kernel versions to co-exist on a target system.
+                    If you wish to return to the previous naming scheme
+                    that does not include the version suffix, use the
+                    following:
+                    <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     KERNEL_MODULE_PACKAGE_SUFFIX to ""
+                    </literallayout>
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    Removal of <filename>libtool</filename>
+                    <filename>*.la</filename> files is now enabled by default.
+                    The <filename>*.la</filename> files are not actually
+                    needed on Linux and relocating them is an unnecessary
+                    burden.</para>
+                    <para>If you need to preserve these
+                    <filename>.la</filename> files (e.g. in a custom
+                    distribution), you must change
+                    <link linkend='var-INHERIT_DISTRO'><filename>INHERIT_DISTRO</filename></link>
+                    such that "remove-libtool" is not included in the value.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    Extensible SDKs built for GCC 5+ now refuse to install on a
+                    distribution where the host GCC version is 4.8 or 4.9.
+                    This change resulted from the fact that the installation
+                    is known to fail due to the way the
+                    <filename>uninative</filename> shared state (sstate)
+                    package is built.
+                    See the
+                    <link linkend='ref-classes-uninative'><filename>uninative</filename></link>
+                    class for additional information.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    All native and nativesdk recipes now use a separate
+                    <link linkend='var-DISTRO_FEATURES'><filename>DISTRO_FEATURES</filename></link>
+                    value instead of sharing the value used by recipes for the
+                    target, in order to avoid unnecessary rebuilds.</para>
+                    <para>The <filename>DISTRO_FEATURES</filename> for
+                    <filename>native</filename> recipes is
+                    <filename>DISTRO_FEATURES_NATIVE</filename> added to an
+                    intersection of <filename>DISTRO_FEATURES</filename> and
+                    <filename>DISTRO_FEATURES_FILTER_NATIVE</filename>.</para>
+                    <para>For nativesdk recipes, the
+                    corresponding variables are
+                    <filename>DISTRO_FEATURES_NATIVESDK</filename> and
+                    <filename>DISTRO_FEATURES_FILTER_NATIVESDK</filename>.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    The <filename>FILESDIR</filename>
+                    variable, which was previously deprecated and rarely used,
+                    has now been removed.
+                    You should change any recipes that set
+                    <filename>FILESDIR</filename> to set
+                    <link linkend='var-FILESPATH'><filename>FILESPATH</filename></link>
+                    instead.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>
+                    The <filename>MULTIMACH_HOST_SYS</filename>
+                    variable has been removed as it is no longer needed
+                    with recipe-specific sysroots.
+                    </para></listitem>
+            </itemizedlist>
+        </para>
+    </section>
 </section>
 </chapter>
 <!--
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 8fc0449ff9..5769e7a051 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -1755,6 +1755,9 @@
                <link linkend='qa-issue-textrel'><filename>ELF binary</filename></link>
                message for more information regarding runtime performance issues.
                </para></listitem>
+<!--
+This check was removed for YP 2.3 release
            <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>unsafe-references-in-binaries:</filename></emphasis>
                Reports when a binary installed in
                <filename>${base_libdir}</filename>,
@@ -1776,6 +1779,7 @@
                    <filename>/usr</filename>.
                </note>
                </para></listitem>
+-->
            <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>unsafe-references-in-scripts:</filename></emphasis>
                Reports when a script file installed in
                <filename>${base_libdir}</filename>,
@@ -3671,6 +3675,14 @@
        For an example, see the
        <filename>meta/conf/distro/include/yocto-uninative.inc</filename>.
    </para>
+    <para>
+        The <filename>uninative</filename> class is also used unconditionally
+        by the extensible SDK.
+        When building the extensible SDK,
+        <filename>uninative-tarball</filename> is built and the resulting
+        tarball is included within the SDK.
+    </para>
 </section>
 <section id='ref-classes-update-alternatives'>
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-features.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-features.xml
index a4516a2665..7e1c5ef2f1 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-features.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-features.xml
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@
                <listitem><para><emphasis>keyboard:</emphasis> Include keyboard
                    support (e.g. keymaps will be loaded during boot).
                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para><emphasis>ldconfig:</emphasis>
+                    Include support for ldconfig and
+                    <filename>ld.so.conf</filename> on the target.
+                    </para></listitem>
                <listitem><para><emphasis>nfs:</emphasis> Include NFS client
                    support (for mounting NFS exports on device).
                    </para></listitem>
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml
index 86456bd429..515106ae68 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml
@@ -1170,45 +1170,6 @@ can be found then it should be implemented.  I can't find one at the moment.
            </listitem>
        </itemizedlist>
    </para>
-<!--
-Here are some messages that might be documented in the future.
-Right now we are not documenting them because the QA checks are not
-enabled by default:
-    <para>
-        <itemizedlist>
-            <listitem><para>
-                <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     Desktop file issue: &lt;error&gt; [desktop]
-                </literallayout>
-                NEED A DESCRIPTION AND SOLUTION
-                </para></listitem>
-        </itemizedlist>
-    </para>
-    <para>
-        <itemizedlist>
-            <listitem><para>
-                <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     &lt;packagename&gt;: &lt;file&gt;, installed in the base_prefix, requires a shared library under exec_prefix (&lt;exec_prefix&t;g) [unsafe-references-in-binaries]
-                </literallayout>
-                NEED A DESCRIPTION AND SOLUTION
-                </para></listitem>
-        </itemizedlist>
-    </para>
-    <para>
-        <itemizedlist>
-            <listitem><para>
-                <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     &lt;packagename&gt;: Found a reference to &lt;exec_prefix&gt;/ in &lt;path&gt; - Shell scripts in base_bindir and base_sbindir should not reference anything in exec_prefix [unsafe-references-in-scripts]
-                </literallayout>
-                NEED A DESCRIPTION AND SOLUTION
-                </para></listitem>
-        </itemizedlist>
-    </para>
-->
 </section>
 <section id='configuring-and-disabling-qa-checks'>
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 3258402288..bf34dadcd1 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -2421,12 +2421,11 @@
                </para>
                <para>
-                    The default value, which is "GPL* LGPL*", for
+                    The default value is set by the
-                    <filename>COPYLEFT_LICENSE_INCLUDE</filename> is set
-                    by the
                    <link linkend='ref-classes-copyleft_filter'><filename>copyleft_filter</filename></link>
                    class, which is inherited by the
                    <filename>archiver</filename> class.
+                    The default value includes "GPL*", "LGPL*", and "AGPL*".
                </para>
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
@@ -8406,13 +8405,16 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
+<!--
        <glossentry id='var-MULTIMACH_HOST_SYS'><glossterm>MULTIMACH_HOST_SYS</glossterm>
            <info>
                MULTIMACH_HOST_SYS[doc] = "Separates files for different machines such that you can build for multiple host machines using the same output directories."
            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para role="glossdeffirst">
+-->
 <!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
+<!--
                    Serves the same purpose as
                    <link linkend='var-MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS'><filename>MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS</filename></link>,
                    but for the "HOST" system, in situations that involve a
@@ -8430,6 +8432,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                </para>
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
+-->
        <glossentry id='var-MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS'><glossterm>MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS</glossterm>
            <info>
@@ -8459,9 +8462,6 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                    See the
                    <link linkend='var-STAMP'><filename>STAMP</filename></link>
                    variable for an example.
-                    <link linkend='var-MULTIMACH_HOST_SYS'><filename>MULTIMACH_HOST_SYS</filename></link>
-                    is the corresponding variable for the host system in
-                    situations that involve a "HOST" and a "TARGET" system.
                    See the
                    <link linkend='var-STAGING_DIR_TARGET'><filename>STAGING_DIR_TARGET</filename></link>
                    variable for more information.
@@ -13065,12 +13065,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                                they make use of host headers and libraries.
                                </para>
                                </note>
-                           </para></listitem>
+                            </para></listitem>
-                        <listitem><para>For native SDK
-                           recipes that build for the SDK
-                           (<filename>nativesdk</filename>), the value is
-                           "${STAGING_DIR}/${<link linkend='var-MULTIMACH_HOST_SYS'>MULTIMACH_HOST_SYS</link>}".
-                           </para></listitem>
                    </itemizedlist>
                </para>
            </glossdef>
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
index 9bd435b008..325dbd9593 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
@@ -791,20 +791,6 @@
            which is usually
            <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-BUILDDIR'><filename>BUILDDIR</filename></link><filename>}/tmp</filename>,
            as it includes the staging sysroots.
-            Another, faster method to empty the staging sysroots is to use the
-            <filename>scripts/wipe-sysroot</filename> script,
-            which removes just the staging sysroots and keeps everything else
-            in <filename>TMPDIR</filename>.
-            <note>
-                The <filename>scripts/</filename> directory appears in
-                <filename>PATH</filename> after running the build environment
-                initialization script (i.e.
-                <link linkend='structure-core-script'><filename>oe-init-build-env</filename></link>
-                or
-                <link linkend='structure-memres-core-script'><filename>oe-init-build-env-memres</filename></link>),
-                which results in the ability to to run
-                <filename>wipe-sysroot</filename> immediately.
-            </note>
        </para>
    </section>