[Buildroot] [git commit] Update for 2026.08-rc2

commit: https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/commit/212b7edc22623e38aa2b0165e34e2b9a541d5ba3
branch: https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/tree/master

Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <[email protected]>
---
 CHANGES                    | 15 +++++++++++++++
 Makefile                   |  4 ++--
 docs/website/download.html | 14 +++++++-------
 docs/website/news.html     | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 9a6ba4cae5..fa8671dad7 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+2026.08-rc2, released August 23th, 2026
+
+	Fixes all over the tree.
+
+        Infrastructure:
+        - Correct <pkg>_FLAT_STACKSIZE handling for nommu
+
+        Defconfigs: QEMU x86-64 EFI: Fix build issue after grub2 bump.
+
+	Updated/fixed packages: clamav, distribution-registry, dracut,
+	drogon, enscript, fluidsynth, gdb, igh-ethercat, kodi,
+	libgpiod2, libssh2, linux-tools, mesa3d, mtools, netsnmp,
+	putty, python-scp, uclibc, udisks, uhttpd, webkitgtk, wget,
+	wireshark, xilinx-embeddedsw
+
 2026.08-rc1, released August 18th, 2026
 
 	Fixes all over the tree and new features.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6d0c86794f..4e59c7b87f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ all:
 .PHONY: all
 
 # Set and export the version string
-export BR2_VERSION := 2026.08-rc1
+export BR2_VERSION := 2026.08-rc2
 # Actual time the release is cut (for reproducible builds)
-BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1787088000
+BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1787519000
 
 # Save running make version since it's clobbered by the make package
 RUNNING_MAKE_VERSION := $(MAKE_VERSION)
diff --git a/docs/website/download.html b/docs/website/download.html
index 9ed1ef6590..62783633ae 100644
--- a/docs/website/download.html
+++ b/docs/website/download.html
@@ -21,25 +21,25 @@
           <th>2026.08.x</th>
           <td>December 2026</td>
           <td>
-            2026.08-rc1<br/>
-            <a href="https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/blob/2026.08-rc1/CHANGES">
+            2026.08-rc2<br/>
+            <a href="https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/blob/2026.08-rc2/CHANGES">
               Changelog
             </a>
           </td>
-          <td>2026-08-18</td>
+          <td>2026-08-23</td>
           <td>
-            <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2026.08-rc1.tar.gz">
+            <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2026.08-rc2.tar.gz">
               <img src="images/zip.png" width="24" alt="">
               .tar.gz
             </a><br/>
-            <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2026.08-rc1.tar.gz.sign">[PGP sig]</a>
+            <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2026.08-rc2.tar.gz.sign">[PGP sig]</a>
           </td>
           <td>
-            <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2026.08-rc1.tar.xz">
+            <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2026.08-rc2.tar.xz">
               <img src="images/package.png" width="24" alt="">
               .tar.xz
             </a><br/>
-            <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2026.08-rc1.tar.xz.sign">[PGP sig]</a>
+            <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2026.08-rc2.tar.xz.sign">[PGP sig]</a>
           </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
diff --git a/docs/website/news.html b/docs/website/news.html
index efb1d0693d..4a4f2a3061 100644
--- a/docs/website/news.html
+++ b/docs/website/news.html
@@ -9,6 +9,27 @@
 <h2>News</h2>
 <ul class="timeline">
 
+  <li class="timeline-inverted">
+    <div class="timeline-badge"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i></div>
+    <div class="timeline-panel">
+      <div class="timeline-heading">
+	<h4 class="timeline-title">2026.08-rc2 released</h4>
+	<p><small class="text-muted"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-time"></i>23 August 2026</small></p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="timeline-body">
+        <p>Another week, another release candidate with more cleanups and build fixes. See the
+	  <a href="https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/blob/2026.08-rc2/CHANGES">CHANGES</a>
+	  file for more details.</p>
+
+	<p>Go to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the
+	  <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2026.08-rc2.tar.xz">2026.08-rc2
+	  release</a>, and report any problems found to the
+         <a href="support.html">mailing list</a> or
+         <a href="https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/issues">bug tracker</a>.</p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </li>
+
   <li class="timeline">
     <div class="timeline-badge"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i></div>
     <div class="timeline-panel">
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