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# System prepended metadata

title: Weekly updates

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When preparing for a new weekly updates, paste contents of the following command here:

(Assuming that HEAD points to the checked out weekly updates branch.)

git log --pretty=format:%s origin/main..HEAD | cut -d: -f1 | tac | sed -e 's/^/- /'

# Weekly updates (29082023)
-  app-arch/gzip [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at 1.12-r4
    - no changes
- app-arch/libarchive [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at 3.7.1
    - no changes
-  app-arch/pigz [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at 2.7-r1
    - add lower bound lib dependency on zlib
-  app-arch/tar [PROD] [DEV]
    - from 1.34-r3 to 1.35
    - release notes: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2023-07/msg00005.html
-  app-crypt/libmd [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at 1.1.0
    - no changes
-  app-crypt/mit-krb5 [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at 1.20.1
    - no changes
-  app-crypt/rhash
    - still at 1.4.3
    - no changes
-  app-editors/vim [PROD] [DEV]
	- still at 9.0.1678
	- the current version is still marked unstable
	- no changes
-  app-editors/vim-core [PROD] [DEV]
	- still at 9.0.1678
	- the current version is still marked unstable
	- no changes
-  app-emulation/qemu
    - from 8.0.3 to 8.0.4
-  app-eselect/eselect-iptables
    - still at 20220320
    - update the LICENSE
-  app-portage/portage-utils
    - from 0.96-r1 to 0.96.1
    - release notes: https://github.com/gentoo/portage-utils/releases/tag/v0.96.1
-  app-portage/gentoolkit [DEV]
    - still at 0.6.1-r3
    - no changes
-  sec-keys/openpgp-keys-gentoo-release [DEV]
    - still at 20230329
    - no changes
-  dev-lang/perl
    - still at 5.36.1-r3
    - Fix segfault w/ cross + musl, filter LTO properly
-  dev-lang/python [DEV]
	- from 3.11.4 to 3.11.5
	- fix broken LTO configure test
	- release notes: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3115/
-  dev-libs/boost
    - still at 1.82.0-r1
    - no changes
-  dev-libs/elfutils [PROD] [DEV] *
    - still at 0.189-r1
    - stabilize amd64; drop keywords from coreos-overlay
    - no changes
-  dev-libs/glib [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at 2.76.3
    - no changes
-  dev-libs/inih [PROD] [DEV]
    - from 56-r1 to 57
    - release notes: https://github.com/benhoyt/inih/releases/tag/r57
-  dev-libs/libksba [PROD] [DEV]
    - stil at 1.6.4
    - no changes
-  dev-libs/libxslt
    - still at 1.1.38
    - no changes
-  dev-libs/nettle [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at 3.9.1
    - no changes
-  dev-libs/protobuf [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at 21.9
    - no changes
-  dev-python/cython
    - from 0.29.35 to 0.29.36
    - no changes
-  dev-python/docutils
    - still at 0.20.1
    - Fix License
    - no changes
-  dev-python/gpep517
    - still at 13
    - no changes
-  dev-python/inflect ?
-  dev-python/jaraco-functools
    - still at 3.8.0
    - no changes
-  dev-python/jaraco-text
    - from 3.11.1 to 3.11.1-r1
    - drop CLI tools
-  dev-python/lxml *
    - from 4.9.2 to 4.9.3-r1
    - update the pinned versions for couple of DEPEND packages
    - release notes: https://github.com/lxml/lxml/blob/lxml-4.9.3/CHANGES.txt
-  dev-python/setuptools
    - from 67.8.0-r1 to 68.0.0-r1.ebuild
    - no changes
    - release notes: https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/stable/history.html#v68-0-0
-  dev-python/wheel
    - from 0.40.0 to 0.41.1
    - no changes
-  dev-util/b2
    - from 4.9.6 to 4.10.1
    - no changes
-  dev-util/checkbashisms
    - from 2.22.2 to 2.23.5
    - use {MY_PN} instead of {MY_P} in source directory construct
-  dev-util/cmake 
    - from 3.26.4-r2 to 3.26.5-r2
    - fix License
    - use 3.26.4 for DOCS_VERSION
-  dev-util/gdbus-codegen
    - still at 2.76.3
    - no changes
-  dev-util/glib-utils 
    - still at 2.76.3
    - no changes
-  dev-util/meson
    - still at 1.1.1
    - no changes
-  dev-util/patchelf
    - still at 0.18.0
    - updated keywords for other arches
-  dev-util/pkgconf
    - still at 1.8.1
    - no changes
-  dev-util/strace [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at 6.3
    - no changes
-  dev-vcs/git [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at 2.41.0
    - no changes
-  eclass/cmake
    - Add CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS
-  eclass/distutils-r1 
    - minor fixes
-  eclass/elisp-common
    -  add couple of helper function and documentation
-  eclass/flag-o-matic 
    -  code improvments to _filter-hardened
-  eclass/kernel-2 
    -  move around the ppc64 hack
-  eclass/python-any-r1 
    -  update code examples
-  eclass/python-r1 
    -  update code examples
-  eclass/python-utils-r1 
    -  update PYTHON_SITEDIR/INCLUDEDIR 
-  eclass/toolchain-funcs 
    -  replace _LIBCPP_ENABLE_HARDENED_MODE instead of _LIBCPP_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS (deprecated)
-  eclass/toolchain 
    -  downgrade znver4 to znver3
-  licenses 
    -  drop CMake, update unicde, and typo fix
-  media-libs/libpng 
    - from 1.6.40 to 1.6.40-r1
    - Introduce APNG_REPO to better handle libpng-apng
-  net-dns/bind-tools [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at 9.16.41
    - no changes
-  net-firewall/ipset [PROD] [DEV] *
    - still at 7.17-r1
    - arm64 stabilized; drop the keywords from the profiles
-  net-libs/libmicrohttpd [PROD] [DEV]
    - from 0.9.76 to 0.9.77
    - release notes: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2023-05/msg00012.html
-  net-libs/libnftnl [PROD] [DEV]
    - from 1.2.5 to 1.2.6
    - release notes: https://www.spinics.net/lists/netfilter/msg61017.html
-  net-libs/libnsl [DEV]
    - still at 2.0.0-r1
    - update copyright year and license
-  net-misc/curl [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at 8.2.1
    - bump dependencies
-  profiles 
-  sys-apps/coreutils [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at 9.3-r3
    - no changes
-  sys-apps/debianutils
    - from 5.7 to 5.8
    - no changes
-  sys-apps/ethtool [PROD] [DEV]
    - from 6.3 to 6.4
    - release notes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230701224307.dcqapriuieos4l6w@lion.mk-sys.cz/T/
-  sys-apps/findutils [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at 4.9.0-r2
    - update metadata
-  sys-apps/gentoo-functions [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at 0.19
    - no changes
-  sys-apps/gptfdisk [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at 1.0.9-r2
    - no changes
-  sys-apps/hwdata [PROD] [DEV]
    - from 0.371 to 0.372
    - release notes: https://github.com/vcrhonek/hwdata/commits/v0.372
-  sys-apps/iproute2 [PROD] [DEV]
    - from 6.3.0 to 6.4.0
    - adjust patches
    - release notes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230626093137.2f302acc@hermes.local/t/
-  sys-apps/kbd [DEV]
    - still at 2.5.1
    - no changes
-  sys-apps/nvme-cli [PROD] [DEV]
    - from 2.4-r2 to 2.5
    - adjust patches
    - drop src_install and a add post_install steps
    - release notes: https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli/releases/tag/v2.5
-  sys-apps/portage [DEV]
    - still at 3.0.49-r2
    - no changes
-  sys-apps/sandbox [DEV]
    - still at 2.37
    - no changes
-  sys-apps/texinfo 
    - still at 7.0.3
    - no changes
-  sys-apps/util-linux [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at 2.38.1-r2
    - no changes
-  sys-devel/binutils [DEV]
    - still at 2.40-r5
    - no changes
-  sys-devel/gcc [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at 12.3.1_p20230526
    - no changes
-  sys-devel/gdb [DEV]
    - still at 13.2-r1
    - no changes
-  sys-firmware/edk2-ovmf-bin
    - still at 202202 
-  sys-firmware/ipxe 
    - from 1.21.1 to 1.21.1_p20230601
    - add efi32 and efi64 use flags for compiling/installing 32bit and 64bit variants of the ipxe.efi binary
-  sys-fs/xfsprogs [PROD] [DEV]
    - from 6.3.0 to 6.4.0
    - drop a gettext patch
-  sys-libs/binutils-libs [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at 2.40-r5
    - no changes
-  sys-libs/libnvme [PROD] [DEV]
    - from 1.4 to 1.5
    - release notes: https://github.com/linux-nvme/libnvme/releases/tag/v1.5
-  sys-libs/zlib [PROD] [DEV]
    - still at  1.2.13-r1
    - no changes
-  sys-process/lsof [PROD] [DEV]
    - from 4.98.0 to 4.98.0-r1
    - include strftime fix
-  virtual/perl-Exporter 
    -  still at 5.770.0-r1
    -  no changes
-  virtual/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker 
    -  still at 7.640.0
    -  no changes
-  virtual/perl-File-Spec
    -  still at 3.840.0
    -  no changes
-  virtual/perl-IO 
    -  still at 1.500.0
    -  no changes
-  x11-base/xorg-proto 
    -  still at 2023.2
    -  no changes


# Weekly updates

- app-editors/vim: (PROD) (DEV)
  - from 9.0.1677 to 9.0.1678
  - still unstable to updated accept keywords in the overlay profiles
  - version bump to the last commit of Bram Moolenaar
  - release notes: https://github.com/vim/vim/commits/v9.0.1678

- app-editors/vim-core: (PROD) (DEV)
  - from 9.0.1677 to 9.0.1678
  - still unstable to updated accept keywords in the overlay profiles
  - version bump to the last commit of Bram Moolenaar
  - release notes: https://github.com/vim/vim/commits/v9.0.1678

- app-emulation/qemu:
  - still at 8.0.3
  - no changes

- app-emulation/qemu-guest-agent: (PROD) (DEV)
  - from 8.0.0 to 8.0.3
  - disable feature autodetection during configure
  - release notes: https://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/8.0#Guest_agent

- app-text/sgml-common:
  - still at 0.6.3-r7
  - dropped GPL-2 and added MIT to licenses

- dev-lang/python: (DEV)
  - still at 3.11.4
  - no changes

- dev-libs/boost:
  - still at 1.82.0-r1
  - no changes

- dev-libs/glib: (PROD) (DEV)
  - still at 2.76.3
  - updated keywords for other arches

- dev-libs/libbsd: (PROD) (DEV)
  - still at 0.11.7-r2
  - added BEER-WARE and MIT to licenses

- dev-libs/libpcre2: (PROD) (DEV)
  - still at 10.42-r1
  - fixed github link

- dev-libs/libuv: (PROD) (DEV)
  - still at 1.46.0
  - updated keywords for other arches

- dev-libs/libxml2: (PROD) (DEV)
  - still at 2.11.4
  - no changes

- dev-python/platformdirs:
  - from 3.8.0 to 3.10.0
  - release notes: https://github.com/platformdirs/platformdirs/releases/tag/3.10.0

- dev-util/cmake:
  - still at 3.26.4-r2
  - no changes

- dev-util/meson:
  - still at 1.1.1
  - no changes

- dev-util/pkgconf:
  - still at 1.8.1
  - no changes

- dev-vcs/git: (PROD) (DEV)
  - still at 2.41.0
  - no changes

- eclass/python-utils-r1
  - some fixes in occluded package checks (drops a dep on diff in favor of comm)
  - revert some EAPI hack

- licenses:
  - updated the Business Source License 1.1 file

- net-fs/cifs-utils: (PROD) (DEV)
  - from 6.15-r1 to 7.0
  - release notes: https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2022-August/137528.html

- net-libs/gnutls: (PROD) (DEV)
  - still at 3.8.0
  - no changes

- net-misc/curl: (PROD) (DEV)
  - still at 8.2.1
  - require net-nds/openldap with a static USE (not relevant to us, we don't enable ldap in curl)

- profiles:
  - no interesting changes

- sys-apps/less: (PROD) (DEV)
  - still at 633
  - no changes

- sys-apps/portage: (DEV)
  - from 3.0.49-r1 to 3.0.49-r2
  - added a fix for prefix bootstraps

- sys-devel/binutils: (DEV)
  - still at 2.40-r5
  - updated keywords for other arches

- sys-devel/gcc: (PROD) (DEV)
  - still at 12.3.1_p20230526
  - no changes

- sys-devel/gdb: (DEV)
  - still at 13.2
  - no changes

- sys-firmware/intel-microcode: (PROD) (DEV)
  - from 20230512_p20230512 to 20230808_p20230804
  - release notes: https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-Files/releases/tag/microcode-20230808

- sys-libs/binutils-libs: (PROD) (DEV)
  - still at 2.40-r5
  - updated keywords for other arches

- x11-base/xorg-proto:
  - still at 2023.2
  - updated keywords for other arches
