From e6b06b8d9cb899a226eba62f6ec902115efbf27a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 21:08:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update for 2026.08-rc3

Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
---
 CHANGES                    | 11 +++++++++++
 Makefile                   |  4 ++--
 docs/website/download.html | 14 +++++++-------
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index fa8671dad7..4c60984b14 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2026.08-rc3, released August 29th, 2026
+
+	Fixes all over the tree.
+
+	Updated/fixed packages: avro-c, bind, bpftrace, collectd,
+	dahdi-linux, expat, fetchmail, flex, fluidsynth, gdb, glibc,
+	haproxy, jpeg-turbo, libbpf, libheif, libopenssl,
+	libxml-parser-perl, localedef, mesa3d, nodejs, olsr, perl,
+	php, python-avro, python-gobject, qt6, qt6declarative, redis,
+	rsyslog, taglib, uclibc, unbound, weston
+
 2026.08-rc2, released August 23th, 2026
 
 	Fixes all over the tree.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4e59c7b87f..71f6acac41 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ all:
 .PHONY: all
 
 # Set and export the version string
-export BR2_VERSION := 2026.08-rc2
+export BR2_VERSION := 2026.08-rc3
 # Actual time the release is cut (for reproducible builds)
-BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1787519000
+BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1788030000
 
 # 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 62783633ae..dade5d2441 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-rc2<br/>
-            <a href="https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/blob/2026.08-rc2/CHANGES">
+            2026.08-rc3<br/>
+            <a href="https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/blob/2026.08-rc3/CHANGES">
               Changelog
             </a>
           </td>
           <td>2026-08-23</td>
           <td>
-            <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2026.08-rc2.tar.gz">
+            <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2026.08-rc3.tar.gz">
               <img src="images/zip.png" width="24" alt="">
               .tar.gz
             </a><br/>
-            <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2026.08-rc2.tar.gz.sign">[PGP sig]</a>
+            <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2026.08-rc3.tar.gz.sign">[PGP sig]</a>
           </td>
           <td>
-            <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2026.08-rc2.tar.xz">
+            <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2026.08-rc3.tar.xz">
               <img src="images/package.png" width="24" alt="">
               .tar.xz
             </a><br/>
-            <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2026.08-rc2.tar.xz.sign">[PGP sig]</a>
+            <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2026.08-rc3.tar.xz.sign">[PGP sig]</a>
           </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
               Changelog
             </a>
           </td>
-          <td>2026-08-23</td>
+          <td>2026-08-29</td>
           <td>
             <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2026.05.2.tar.gz">
               <img src="images/zip.png" width="24" alt="">