Core 5.3.2 (GA)

• Fixed several security vulnerabilities in Perl.
• Fixed several security and usability issues in the GNU C Library.

Core 5.3.1 (GA)

This is a feature and security update to the Core 5 series.

Updates:

• New architecture support: RISC-V 64-bit (riscv64)!
• Updated GNU C Library with the newest changes on the 2.27 branch.
  • Changed behaviour of locale generation, which is now done during
    compile time - no more hour-long waiting!
  • Static libraries are longer stripped.
  • Multiple security fixes.
• Updated Binutils with the newest changes on the 2.30 branch.
  • Multiple security fixes.
• Updated GCC with the newest changes on the 7.3.1 branch.
• Updated Perl with security fixes.
• Updated Linux API Headers to 4.16.2.
• Updated Ncurses to 6.1+20180407.
• Updated Bash to 4.4.19.
• Updated ISL to 0.19.

What to Expect:

• A smooth update with little incompatibility, though it could happen.
• Much faster installation times.

Core 5.3.0

This is a feature and security update to the Core 5 series.

Updates:

• New architecture support: RISC-V 64-bit (riscv64)!
• Updated GNU C Library with the newest changes on the 2.27 branch.
  • Changed behaviour of locale generation, which is now done during
    compile time - no more hour-long waiting!
  • Static libraries are longer stripped.
  • Multiple security fixes.
• Updated Binutils with the newest changes on the 2.30 branch.
  • Multiple security fixes.
• Updated GCC with the newest changes on the 7.3.1 branch.
• Updated Linux API Headers to 4.16.2.
• Updated Ncurses to 6.1+20180407.
• Updated Bash to 4.4.19.
• Updated ISL to 0.19.

What to Expect:

• A smooth update with little incompatibility, though it could happen.
• Much faster installation times.

Core 5.2.0

This is a feature and security update to the Core 5 series.

Updates:

• Updated GNU C Library with the newest changes on the 2.26 branch.
• Updated Linux API Headers to 4.14.16.
• Updated Ncurses to 6.1+20180129.
• Updated MPC to 1.1.0.
• Updated GCC to 7.3.1, with included Retpoline implementation.
• Updated Ncurses to 2.30.
• Updated Bash to 4.4.18.

What to Expect:

• A smooth update with little incompatibility, though it could happen.

Core 5.1.1

This is a feature and security update to the Core 5 series.

Updates:

• Updated GNU C Library with the newest changes on the 2.26 branch.
• Updated Linux API Headers to 4.14.12.
• Updated Ncurses to 6.0+20171230 to include security and bug fixes.
• Updated Binutils with the newest changes on the 2.29.1 branch.
• Updated MPFR to 4.0.0 (ABI version 6).
• Updated GDBM to 1.14.1.
• Introduced Retpoline patches from Clear Linux for GCC 7.2, to mitigate a
  variant of the Spectre vulnerability.

Changes and Fixes:

• Disabled binary stripping in GNU C Library to aid with debugging.
• Rebuilt GMP to adapt to ABI changes in LibLTO.

What to Expect:

• A smooth update with little incompatibility, though it could happen.

Core 5.1.0 (Deprecated)

This release will be deprecated since it doesn't include the "Retpoline" patches for GCC, to partially workaround "Spectre". More information here.

This is a feature update to the Core 5 series...

Updates:

• Updated GNU C Library with the newest changes on the 2.26 branch.
• Updated Linux API Headers to 4.14.12.
• Updated Ncurses to 6.0+20171230 to include security and bug fixes.
• Updated Binutils with the newest changes on the 2.29.1 branch.
• Updated MPFR to 4.0.0 (ABI version 6).
• Updated GDBM to 1.14.1.

Changes and Fixes:

• Disabled binary stripping in GNU C Library to aid with debugging.
• Rebuilt GMP to adapt to ABI changes in LibLTO.

What to Expect:

• A smooth update with little incompatibility, though it could happen.

Core 5.0.0 (GA)

Welcome to AOSC OS (5.0.0)!

This is a new series of AOSC OS Core with major updates and fixes over the old
Core 4 series.

Updates:

• Updated GNU C Library to 2.26.
• Updated GNU Binutils to 2.29.1.
• Updated GNU MPFR Library to 3.1.3.
• Updated Interger Set Library to 0.18.
• Updated GNU Compiler Compilation (GCC) to 7.2.0.
• Updated GNU DBM to 1.13.
• Updated Berkeley DB to 6.2.32.
• Updated Perl to 5.24.3.

Changes:

• Moved GCC specs from autobuild3 to gcc, avoids potential build failures
  with software that records build-time compiler flags - when Autobuild3 is
  not installed.
• Moved Timezone Data out of Core tree, to allow for more timely updates.

Fixes:

• /etc/locale.gen is now included as a configuration file so it won't be replaced during upgrades.
• Fixes gold linker for AArch64 (build failure with perl when binutils is updated to 2.29.
• Fixes GCC build on 32-bit architectures and ARMv7 in particular.
• Fixes a typo in readline package description (#51).

What to Expect:

• A smooth update with little incompatibility, though it could happen.
• Minor performance gain from GNU C Library and GCC Runtime enhancements.

Core 5.0.0 (RC4)

Welcome to AOSC OS (5.0.0)!

This is a new series of AOSC OS Core with major updates and fixes over the old
Core 4 series.

Updates:

• Updated GNU C Library to 2.26.
• Updated GNU Binutils to 2.29.
• Updated GNU MPFR Library to 3.1.3.
• Updated Interger Set Library to 0.18.
• Updated GNU Compiler Compilation (GCC) to 7.2.0.
• Updated GNU DBM to 1.13.
• Updated Berkeley DB to 6.2.32.
• Updated Perl to 5.24.3.

Changes:

• Moved GCC specs from autobuild3 to gcc, avoids potential build failures
  with software that records build-time compiler flags - when Autobuild3 is
  not installed.
• Moved Timezone Data out of Core tree, to allow for more timely updates.

Fixes:

• /etc/locale.gen is now included as a configuration file so it won't be replaced during upgrades.
• Fixes gold linker for AArch64 (build failure with perl when binutils is updated to 2.29.
• Fixes GCC build on 32-bit architectures and ARMv7 in particular.
• Fixes a typo in readline package description (#51).

What to Expect:

• A smooth update with little incompatibility, though it could happen.
• Minor performance gain from GNU C Library and GCC Runtime enhancements.

Core 5.0.0 (RC3)

Welcome to AOSC OS (5.0.0)!

This is a new series of AOSC OS Core with major updates and fixes over the old
Core 4 series.

Updates:

• Updated GNU C Library to 2.26.
• Updated GNU Binutils to 2.29.
• Updated GNU MPFR Library to 3.1.3.
• Updated Interger Set Library to 0.18.
• Updated GNU Compiler Compilation (GCC) to 7.2.0.
• Updated GNU DBM to 1.13.
• Updated Berkeley DB to 6.2.32.
• Updated Perl to 5.24.3.

Changes:

• Moved GCC specs from autobuild3 to gcc, avoids potential build failures
  with software that records build-time compiler flags - when Autobuild3 is
  not installed.
• Moved Timezone Data out of Core tree, to allow for more timely updates.

What to Expect:

• A smooth update with little incompatibility, though it could happen.
• Minor performance gain from GNU C Library and GCC Runtime enhancements.

Core 5.0.0 (RC2)

Welcome to AOSC OS (5.0.0)!

This is a new series of AOSC OS Core with major updates and fixes over the old
Core 4 series.

Updates:

• Updated GNU C Library to 2.26.
• Updated GNU Binutils to 2.29.
• Updated GNU MPFR Library to 3.1.3.
• Updated Interger Set Library to 0.18.
• Updated GNU Compiler Compilation (GCC) to 7.2.0.
• Updated GNU DBM to 1.13.
• Updated Berkeley DB to 6.2.32.
• Updated Perl to 5.24.3.

Changes:

• Moved GCC specs from autobuild3 to gcc, avoids potential build failures
  with software that records build-time compiler flags - when Autobuild3 is
  not installed.
• Moved Timezone Data out of Core tree, to allow for more timely updates.

What to Expect:

• A smooth update with little incompatibility, though it could happen.
• Minor performance gain from GNU C Library and GCC Runtime enhancements.