13 files changed, 354 insertions, 42 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/README b/documentation/README
index 8a47fd4a3f..02037e0f7e 100644
--- a/documentation/README
+++ b/documentation/README
@@ -406,5 +406,22 @@ both the Yocto Project and BitBake manuals:
 Submitting documentation changes
 ================================
 
-Please see the top level README file in this repository for details of where
-to send patches.
+Please refer to our contributor guide here: https://docs.yoctoproject.org/contributor-guide/
+for full details on how to submit changes.
+
+As a quick guide, patches should be sent to docs@lists.yoctoproject.org
+The git command to do that would be:
+
+     git send-email -M -1 --to docs@lists.yoctoproject.org
+
+The 'To' header can be set as default for this repository:
+
+     git config sendemail.to docs@lists.yoctoproject.org
+
+Now you can just do 'git send-email origin/master..' to send all local patches.
+
+Read the other sections in this document and documentation/standards.md for
+rules to follow when contributing to the documentation.
+
+Git repository: https://git.yoctoproject.org/yocto-docs
+Mailing list: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org
diff --git a/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst b/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst
index fed511c2b6..4a6f13d7ea 100644
--- a/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst
+++ b/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ following requirements:
    :ref:`dev-manual/start:preparing the build host`
    section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
 
--
+-  Ensure that the following utilities have these minimum version numbers:
 
    -  Git &MIN_GIT_VERSION; or greater
    -  tar &MIN_TAR_VERSION; or greater
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ following requirements:
    -  gcc &MIN_GCC_VERSION; or greater.
    -  GNU make &MIN_MAKE_VERSION; or greater
 
-If your build host does not meet any of these three listed version
+If your build host does not satisfy all of the above version
 requirements, you can take steps to prepare the system so that you
 can still use the Yocto Project. See the
 :ref:`ref-manual/system-requirements:required git, tar, python, make and gcc versions`
diff --git a/documentation/conf.py b/documentation/conf.py
index ad60d91139..1eca8756ab 100644
--- a/documentation/conf.py
+++ b/documentation/conf.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class DashFriendlySearchEnglish(SearchEnglish):
     # Accept words that can include hyphens
     _word_re = re.compile(r'[\w\-]+')
 
-    js_splitter_code = """
+    js_splitter_code = r"""
 function splitQuery(query) {
     return query
         .split(/[^\p{Letter}\p{Number}_\p{Emoji_Presentation}-]+/gu)
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-4.0.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-4.0.rst
index 7c13a33d7b..1053ec4c0b 100644
--- a/documentation/migration-guides/release-4.0.rst
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-4.0.rst
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ Release 4.0 (kirkstone)
    release-notes-4.0.24
    release-notes-4.0.25
    release-notes-4.0.26
+   release-notes-4.0.27
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-5.2.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-5.2.rst
index 5c39b99e03..68c524c29d 100644
--- a/documentation/migration-guides/release-5.2.rst
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-5.2.rst
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ Release 5.2 (walnascar)
 
    migration-5.2
    release-notes-5.2
+   release-notes-5.2.1
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.0.27.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.0.27.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e37e2f78b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.0.27.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+Release notes for Yocto-4.0.27 (Kirkstone)
+------------------------------------------
+
+Security Fixes in Yocto-4.0.27
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  binutils: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-1178`
+-  busybox: fix :cve_nist:`2023-39810`
+-  connman :fix :cve_nist:`2025-32743`
+-  curl: Ignore :cve_nist:`2025-0725`
+-  ghostscript: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-27830`, :cve_nist:`2025-27831`, :cve_nist:`2025-27832`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-27834`, :cve_nist:`2025-27835` and :cve_nist:`2025-27836`
+-  ghostscript: Ignore :cve_nist:`2024-29507`, :cve_nist:`2025-27833` and :cve_nist:`2025-27837`
+-  glib-2.0: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-3360`
+-  go: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-22871`
+-  libarchive: Ignore :cve_nist:`2024-48615`
+-  libpam: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-10041`
+-  libsoup-2.4: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-52532`, :cve_nist:`2025-32906` and :cve_nist:`2025-32909`
+-  libsoup: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-52532`, :cve_nist:`2025-32906`, :cve_nist:`2025-32909`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-32910`, :cve_nist:`2025-32911`, :cve_nist:`2025-32912`, :cve_nist:`2025-32913`
+   and :cve_nist:`2025-32914`
+-  libxml2: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-32414` and :cve_nist:`2025-32415`
+-  ofono: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-7537`
+-  perl: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-56406`
+-  ppp: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-58250`
+-  python3-setuptools: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-6345`
+-  qemu: Ignore :cve_nist:`2023-1386`
+-  ruby: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-43398`
+-  sqlite3: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-29088`
+-  systemd: Ignore :cve_nist:`2022-3821`, :cve_nist:`2022-4415` and :cve_nist:`2022-45873`
+
+
+Fixes in Yocto-4.0.27
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Revert "cve-update-nvd2-native: Tweak to work better with NFS DL_DIR"
+-  build-appliance-image: Update to kirkstone head revision
+-  cve-update-nvd2-native: add workaround for json5 style list
+-  docs: Fix dead links that use the :term:`DISTRO` macro
+-  docs: manuals: remove repeated word
+-  docs: poky.yaml: introduce DISTRO_LATEST_TAG
+-  glibc: Add single-threaded fast path to rand()
+-  glibc: stable 2.35 branch updates
+-  module.bbclass: add KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS to install
+-  perl: enable _GNU_SOURCE define via d_gnulibc
+-  poky.conf: bump version for 4.0.27
+-  ref-manual/variables.rst: document autotools class related variables
+-  scripts/install-buildtools: Update to 4.0.26
+-  systemd: backport patch to fix journal issue
+-  systemd: systemd-journald fails to setup LogNamespace
+-  tzdata/tzcode-native: upgrade to 2025b
+
+
+Known Issues in Yocto-4.0.27
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- N/A
+
+
+Contributors to Yocto-4.0.27
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Aleksandar Nikolic
+-  Alexander Kanavin
+-  Alon Bar-Lev
+-  Andrew Kreimer
+-  Antonin Godard
+-  Chen Qi
+-  Deepesh Varatharajan
+-  Divya Chellam
+-  Haitao Liu
+-  Haixiao Yan
+-  Hitendra Prajapati
+-  Peter Marko
+-  Praveen Kumar
+-  Priyal Doshi
+-  Shubham Kulkarni
+-  Soumya Sambu
+-  Steve Sakoman
+-  Vijay Anusuri
+-  Yogita Urade
+
+
+Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-4.0.27
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+poky
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/poky`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </poky/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.27 </poky/log/?h=yocto-4.0.27>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`ab9a994a8cd8e06b519a693db444030999d273b7 </poky/commit/?id=ab9a994a8cd8e06b519a693db444030999d273b7>`
+-  Release Artefact: poky-ab9a994a8cd8e06b519a693db444030999d273b7
+-  sha: 77a366c17cf29eef15c6ff3f44e73f81c07288c723fd4a6dbd8c7ee9b79933f3
+-  Download Locations:
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.27/poky-ab9a994a8cd8e06b519a693db444030999d273b7.tar.bz2
+   https://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.27/poky-ab9a994a8cd8e06b519a693db444030999d273b7.tar.bz2
+
+openembedded-core
+
+-  Repository Location: :oe_git:`/openembedded-core`
+-  Branch: :oe_git:`kirkstone </openembedded-core/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :oe_git:`yocto-4.0.27 </openembedded-core/log/?h=yocto-4.0.27>`
+-  Git Revision: :oe_git:`e8be08a624b2d024715a5c8b0c37f2345a02336b </openembedded-core/commit/?id=e8be08a624b2d024715a5c8b0c37f2345a02336b>`
+-  Release Artefact: oecore-e8be08a624b2d024715a5c8b0c37f2345a02336b
+-  sha: cc5b0fadab021c6dc61f37fc4ff01a1cf657e7c219488ce264bede42f7f6212f
+-  Download Locations:
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.27/oecore-e8be08a624b2d024715a5c8b0c37f2345a02336b.tar.bz2
+   https://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.27/oecore-e8be08a624b2d024715a5c8b0c37f2345a02336b.tar.bz2
+
+meta-mingw
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/meta-mingw`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </meta-mingw/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.27 </meta-mingw/log/?h=yocto-4.0.27>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`87c22abb1f11be430caf4372e6b833dc7d77564e </meta-mingw/commit/?id=87c22abb1f11be430caf4372e6b833dc7d77564e>`
+-  Release Artefact: meta-mingw-87c22abb1f11be430caf4372e6b833dc7d77564e
+-  sha: f0bc4873e2e0319fb9d6d6ab9b98eb3f89664d4339a167d2db6a787dd12bc1a8
+-  Download Locations:
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.27/meta-mingw-87c22abb1f11be430caf4372e6b833dc7d77564e.tar.bz2
+   https://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.27/meta-mingw-87c22abb1f11be430caf4372e6b833dc7d77564e.tar.bz2
+
+meta-gplv2
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/meta-gplv2`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </meta-gplv2/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.27 </meta-gplv2/log/?h=yocto-4.0.27>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a </meta-gplv2/commit/?id=d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a>`
+-  Release Artefact: meta-gplv2-d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a
+-  sha: c386f59f8a672747dc3d0be1d4234b6039273d0e57933eb87caa20f56b9cca6d
+-  Download Locations:
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.27/meta-gplv2-d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a.tar.bz2
+   https://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.27/meta-gplv2-d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a.tar.bz2
+
+bitbake
+
+-  Repository Location: :oe_git:`/bitbake`
+-  Branch: :oe_git:`2.0 </bitbake/log/?h=2.0>`
+-  Tag:  :oe_git:`yocto-4.0.27 </bitbake/log/?h=yocto-4.0.27>`
+-  Git Revision: :oe_git:`046871d9fd76efdca7b72718b328d8f545523f7e </bitbake/commit/?id=046871d9fd76efdca7b72718b328d8f545523f7e>`
+-  Release Artefact: bitbake-046871d9fd76efdca7b72718b328d8f545523f7e
+-  sha: e9df0a9f5921b583b539188d66b23f120e1751000e7822e76c3391d5c76ee21a
+-  Download Locations:
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.27/bitbake-046871d9fd76efdca7b72718b328d8f545523f7e.tar.bz2
+   https://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.27/bitbake-046871d9fd76efdca7b72718b328d8f545523f7e.tar.bz2
+
+yocto-docs
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/yocto-docs`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </yocto-docs/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag: :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.27 </yocto-docs/log/?h=yocto-4.0.27>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`0d51e553d5f83eea6634e03ddc9c7740bf72fcea </yocto-docs/commit/?id=0d51e553d5f83eea6634e03ddc9c7740bf72fcea>`
+
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.2.1.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.2.1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b223cff17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.2.1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+Release notes for Yocto-5.2.1 (Walnascar)
+-----------------------------------------
+
+Security Fixes in Yocto-5.2.1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  connman :Fix :cve_nist:`2025-32366` and :cve_nist:`2025-32743`
+-  ffmpeg: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-22921`
+-  go: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-22871` and CVE-2025-22873
+-  iputils: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-47268`
+-  libsoup-2.4: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-52532` and :cve_nist:`2025-32911`
+-  libxml2: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-32414` and :cve_nist:`2025-32415`
+-  openssh: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-32728`
+-  perl: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-56406`
+-  qemu: Ignore :cve_nist:`2023-1386`
+-  ruby: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-27219`, :cve_nist:`2025-27220` and :cve_nist:`2025-27221`
+-  webkitgtk: Fix :cve_nist:`2024-54551`, :cve_nist:`2025-24208`, :cve_nist:`2025-24209`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-24213`, :cve_nist:`2025-24216`, :cve_nist:`2025-24264` and :cve_nist:`2025-30427`
+
+
+Fixes in Yocto-5.2.1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  binutils: stable 2.44 branch updates
+-  bluez5: add missing tools to noinst-tools package
+-  build-appliance-image: Update to walnascar head revision
+-  buildtools-tarball: Make buildtools respects host CA certificates
+-  buildtools-tarball: add envvars into :term:`BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS`
+-  buildtools-tarball: move setting of envvars to respective envfile
+-  cdrtools-native: fix booting EFI ISO live failed
+-  contributor-guide/submit-changes: encourage patch version changelogs
+-  gcc: Fix LDRD register overlap in register-indexed mode
+-  glibc-y2038-tests: remove glibc-y2038-tests_2.41.bb recipe
+-  glibc: Add single-threaded fast path to rand()
+-  glibc: stable 2.41 branch update
+-  go: upgrade to 1.24.3
+-  gobject-introspection: Fix wrong :term:`PN` used in MULTILIB_SCRIPTS
+-  icu: set ac_cv_path_install to ensure install tool reproducibility
+-  initscripts: add function log_success_msg/log_failure_msg/log_warning_msg
+-  insane.bbclass: Move test for invalid PACKAGECONFIGs to do_recipe_qa
+-  insane.bbclass: Report all invalid PACKAGECONFIGs for a recipe at once
+-  libxml2: upgrade to 2.13.8
+-  makedumpfile: upgrade to 1.7.7
+-  migration-guides: add release notes for 4.0.26 and 5.0.9
+-  module.bbclass: add KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS to install
+-  patch.py: set commituser and commitemail for addNote
+-  perl: upgrade to 5.40.2
+-  perlcross: upgrade to 1.6.2
+-  poky.conf: bump version for 5.2.1
+-  ref-manual/release-process: update releases.svg
+-  ref-manual/variables.rst: document :term:`WIC_CREATE_EXTRA_ARGS`
+-  ref-manual/variables.rst: update :term:`ROOT_HOME` documentation
+-  ref-manual: classes: uki: Fix git links
+-  ref-manual: kernel-fitimage.bbclass does not use :term:`SPL_SIGN_KEYNAME`
+-  ruby: upgrade to 3.4.3
+-  sbom.rst: how to disable :term:`SPDX` generation
+-  scripts/install-buildtools: Update to 5.2
+-  sphinx-lint: various fixes
+-  syslinux: improve isohybrid to process extra sector count for ISO 9660 image
+-  test-manual/intro: remove Buildbot version used
+-  tzdata/tzcode-native: upgrade to 2025b
+-  webkitgtk: Use WTF_CPU_UNKNOWN when building for riscv64
+-  webkitgtk: upgrade to 2.48.1
+
+
+Known Issues in Yocto-5.2.1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- N/A
+
+
+Contributors to Yocto-5.2.1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Adrian Freihofer
+-  Aleksandar Nikolic
+-  Alon Bar-Lev
+-  Antonin Godard
+-  Archana Polampalli
+-  Changqing Li
+-  Deepesh Varatharajan
+-  Divya Chellam
+-  Enrico Jörns
+-  Guðni Már Gilbert
+-  Haixiao Yan
+-  Hongxu Jia
+-  Jiaying Song
+-  Khem Raj
+-  Lee Chee Yang
+-  Leonard Anderweit
+-  Madhu Marri
+-  Mikko Rapeli
+-  Peter Kjellerstedt
+-  Peter Marko
+-  Praveen Kumar
+-  Priyal Doshi
+-  Steve Sakoman
+-  Trevor Woerner
+-  Yi Zhao
+-  Yogita Urade
+-  rajmohan r
+
+
+Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-5.2.1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+poky
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/poky`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`walnascar </poky/log/?h=walnascar>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-5.2.1 </poky/log/?h=yocto-5.2.1>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`fd9b605507a20d850a9991316cd190c1d20dc4a6 </poky/commit/?id=fd9b605507a20d850a9991316cd190c1d20dc4a6>`
+-  Release Artefact: poky-fd9b605507a20d850a9991316cd190c1d20dc4a6
+-  sha: 0234a96fc28e60e0acaae2a03118ecde76810c47e8bb259f4950492bd75fc050
+-  Download Locations:
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-5.2.1/poky-fd9b605507a20d850a9991316cd190c1d20dc4a6.tar.bz2
+   https://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-5.2.1/poky-fd9b605507a20d850a9991316cd190c1d20dc4a6.tar.bz2
+
+openembedded-core
+
+-  Repository Location: :oe_git:`/openembedded-core`
+-  Branch: :oe_git:`walnascar </openembedded-core/log/?h=walnascar>`
+-  Tag:  :oe_git:`yocto-5.2.1 </openembedded-core/log/?h=yocto-5.2.1>`
+-  Git Revision: :oe_git:`17affdaa600896282e07fb4d64cb23195673baa1 </openembedded-core/commit/?id=17affdaa600896282e07fb4d64cb23195673baa1>`
+-  Release Artefact: oecore-17affdaa600896282e07fb4d64cb23195673baa1
+-  sha: b6c3c15004fcd1efbaa26c9695202806402730dde8e41552a70140cff67c97c9
+-  Download Locations:
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-5.2.1/oecore-17affdaa600896282e07fb4d64cb23195673baa1.tar.bz2
+   https://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-5.2.1/oecore-17affdaa600896282e07fb4d64cb23195673baa1.tar.bz2
+
+meta-mingw
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/meta-mingw`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`walnascar </meta-mingw/log/?h=walnascar>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-5.2.1 </meta-mingw/log/?h=yocto-5.2.1>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`edce693e1b8fabd84651aa6c0888aafbcf238577 </meta-mingw/commit/?id=edce693e1b8fabd84651aa6c0888aafbcf238577>`
+-  Release Artefact: meta-mingw-edce693e1b8fabd84651aa6c0888aafbcf238577
+-  sha: 6cfed41b54f83da91a6cf201ec1c2cd4ac284f642b1268c8fa89d2335ea2bce1
+-  Download Locations:
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-5.2.1/meta-mingw-edce693e1b8fabd84651aa6c0888aafbcf238577.tar.bz2
+   https://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-5.2.1/meta-mingw-edce693e1b8fabd84651aa6c0888aafbcf238577.tar.bz2
+
+bitbake
+
+-  Repository Location: :oe_git:`/bitbake`
+-  Branch: :oe_git:`2.12 </bitbake/log/?h=2.12>`
+-  Tag:  :oe_git:`yocto-5.2.1 </bitbake/log/?h=yocto-5.2.1>`
+-  Git Revision: :oe_git:`5b4e20377eea8d428edf1aeb2187c18f82ca6757 </bitbake/commit/?id=5b4e20377eea8d428edf1aeb2187c18f82ca6757>`
+-  Release Artefact: bitbake-5b4e20377eea8d428edf1aeb2187c18f82ca6757
+-  sha: 48cff22c1e61f47adce474b636ca865e7e0b62293fc5c8829d09e7f1ac5252af
+-  Download Locations:
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-5.2.1/bitbake-5b4e20377eea8d428edf1aeb2187c18f82ca6757.tar.bz2
+   https://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-5.2.1/bitbake-5b4e20377eea8d428edf1aeb2187c18f82ca6757.tar.bz2
+
+yocto-docs
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/yocto-docs`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`walnascar </yocto-docs/log/?h=walnascar>`
+-  Tag: :yocto_git:`yocto-5.2.1 </yocto-docs/log/?h=yocto-5.2.1>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`6b7019c13054bf11fb16657a3fac85831352cea9 </yocto-docs/commit/?id=6b7019c13054bf11fb16657a3fac85831352cea9>`
+
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index 9768d8f5b8..5c18b852d1 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -5036,15 +5036,8 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       options not explicitly specified will be disabled in the kernel
       config.
 
-      In case :term:`KCONFIG_MODE` is not set the behaviour will depend on where
-      the ``defconfig`` file is coming from. An "in-tree" ``defconfig`` file
-      will be handled in ``alldefconfig`` mode, a ``defconfig`` file placed
-      in ``${WORKDIR}`` through a meta-layer will be handled in
-      ``allnoconfig`` mode.
-
-      An "in-tree" ``defconfig`` file can be selected via the
-      :term:`KBUILD_DEFCONFIG` variable. :term:`KCONFIG_MODE` does not need to
-      be explicitly set.
+      In case :term:`KCONFIG_MODE` is not set the ``defconfig`` file
+      will be handled in ``allnoconfig`` mode.
 
       A ``defconfig`` file compatible with ``allnoconfig`` mode can be
       generated by copying the ``.config`` file from a working Linux kernel
diff --git a/documentation/tools/host_packages_scripts/almalinux_essential.sh b/documentation/tools/host_packages_scripts/almalinux_essential.sh
index 16f25fa1f2..76c5280eeb 100644
--- a/documentation/tools/host_packages_scripts/almalinux_essential.sh
+++ b/documentation/tools/host_packages_scripts/almalinux_essential.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ sudo dnf install -y epel-release
 sudo yum install dnf-plugins-core
 sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
 sudo dnf makecache
-sudo dnf install bzip2 ccache chrpath cpio cpp diffstat diffutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ git glibc-devel glibc-langpack-en gzip libacl lz4 make patch perl perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue python3 python3-GitPython python3-jinja2 python3-pexpect python3-pip rpcgen socat tar texinfo unzip wget which xz zstd
+sudo dnf install bzip2 ccache chrpath cpio cpp diffstat diffutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ git glibc-devel glibc-langpack-en gzip libacl make patch perl perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue python3 python3-GitPython python3-jinja2 python3-pexpect python3-pip rpcgen socat tar texinfo unzip wget which xz zstd
diff --git a/documentation/tools/host_packages_scripts/fedora_essential.sh b/documentation/tools/host_packages_scripts/fedora_essential.sh
index 4841853e1e..ea14134398 100644
--- a/documentation/tools/host_packages_scripts/fedora_essential.sh
+++ b/documentation/tools/host_packages_scripts/fedora_essential.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sudo dnf install bzip2 ccache chrpath cpio cpp diffstat diffutils file findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ git glibc-devel glibc-langpack-en gzip hostname libacl lz4 make patch perl perl-Data-Dumper perl-File-Compare perl-File-Copy perl-FindBin perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue perl-bignum perl-locale python python3 python3-GitPython python3-jinja2 python3-pexpect python3-pip rpcgen socat tar texinfo unzip wget which xz zstd
+sudo dnf install bzip2 ccache chrpath cpio cpp diffstat diffutils file findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ git glibc-devel glibc-langpack-en gzip hostname libacl make patch perl perl-Data-Dumper perl-File-Compare perl-File-Copy perl-FindBin perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue perl-bignum perl-locale python python3 python3-GitPython python3-jinja2 python3-pexpect python3-pip rpcgen socat tar texinfo unzip wget which xz zstd
diff --git a/documentation/tools/host_packages_scripts/opensuse_essential.sh b/documentation/tools/host_packages_scripts/opensuse_essential.sh
index a784f4a5dc..0d37e9bd5a 100644
--- a/documentation/tools/host_packages_scripts/opensuse_essential.sh
+++ b/documentation/tools/host_packages_scripts/opensuse_essential.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-sudo zypper install bzip2 chrpath diffstat gcc gcc-c++ git gzip hostname libacl1 lz4 make makeinfo patch python python-curses python-xml python3 python3-Jinja2 python3-curses python3-pexpect python3-pip rpcgen socat tar wget which xz zstd
+sudo zypper install bzip2 chrpath diffstat gcc gcc-c++ git gzip hostname libacl1 make makeinfo patch python python-curses python-xml python3 python3-Jinja2 python3-curses python3-pexpect python3-pip rpcgen socat tar wget which xz zstd
 sudo pip3 install GitPython
diff --git a/documentation/tools/host_packages_scripts/ubuntu_essential.sh b/documentation/tools/host_packages_scripts/ubuntu_essential.sh
index f3388c88c9..6584a0403d 100644
--- a/documentation/tools/host_packages_scripts/ubuntu_essential.sh
+++ b/documentation/tools/host_packages_scripts/ubuntu_essential.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sudo apt-get install build-essential chrpath cpio debianutils diffstat file gawk gcc git iputils-ping libacl1 liblz4-tool locales python3 python3-git python3-jinja2 python3-pexpect python3-pip python3-subunit socat texinfo unzip wget xz-utils zstd
+sudo apt-get install build-essential chrpath cpio debianutils diffstat file gawk gcc git iputils-ping libacl1 locales python3 python3-git python3-jinja2 python3-pexpect python3-pip python3-subunit socat texinfo unzip wget xz-utils zstd
diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/update-alternatives.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/update-alternatives.bbclass
index b153e1b297..5f40dc23ea 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/update-alternatives.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/update-alternatives.bbclass
@@ -73,24 +73,6 @@ UPDALTVARS  = "ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME ALTERNATIVE_TARGET ALTERNATIVE_
 
 PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS += "virtual/update-alternatives-native"
 
-def gen_updatealternativesvardeps(d):
-    pkgs = (d.getVar("PACKAGES") or "").split()
-    vars = (d.getVar("UPDALTVARS") or "").split()
-
-    # First compute them for non_pkg versions
-    for v in vars:
-        for flag in sorted((d.getVarFlags(v) or {}).keys()):
-            if flag == "doc" or flag == "vardeps" or flag == "vardepsexp":
-                continue
-            d.appendVar('%s_VARDEPS' % (v), ' %s:%s' % (flag, d.getVarFlag(v, flag, False)))
-
-    for p in pkgs:
-        for v in vars:
-            for flag in sorted((d.getVarFlags("%s:%s" % (v,p)) or {}).keys()):
-                if flag == "doc" or flag == "vardeps" or flag == "vardepsexp":
-                    continue
-                d.appendVar('%s_VARDEPS_%s' % (v,p), ' %s:%s' % (flag, d.getVarFlag('%s:%s' % (v,p), flag, False)))
-
 def ua_extend_depends(d):
     if not 'virtual/update-alternatives' in d.getVar('PROVIDES'):
         d.appendVar('DEPENDS', ' virtual/${MLPREFIX}update-alternatives')
@@ -112,9 +94,6 @@ python __anonymous() {
     if not update_alternatives_enabled(d):
         return
 
-    # compute special vardeps
-    gen_updatealternativesvardeps(d)
-
     # extend the depends to include virtual/update-alternatives
     ua_extend_depends(d)
 }
@@ -124,13 +103,20 @@ def gen_updatealternativesvars(d):
     pkgs = (d.getVar("PACKAGES") or "").split()
     vars = (d.getVar("UPDALTVARS") or "").split()
 
+    # First compute them for non_pkg versions
     for v in vars:
-        ret.append(v + "_VARDEPS")
+        for flag in sorted((d.getVarFlags(v) or {}).keys()):
+            if flag == "doc" or flag == "vardeps" or flag == "vardepsexp":
+                continue
+            ret.append(v + "[" + flag + "]")
 
     for p in pkgs:
         for v in vars:
-            ret.append(v + ":" + p)
-            ret.append(v + "_VARDEPS_" + p)
+            for flag in sorted((d.getVarFlags("%s:%s" % (v,p)) or {}).keys()):
+                if flag == "doc" or flag == "vardeps" or flag == "vardepsexp":
+                    continue
+                ret.append('%s:%s' % (v,p) + "[" + flag + "]")
+
     return " ".join(ret)
 
 # Now the new stuff, we use a custom function to generate the right values