diff --git a/package/azmq/Config.in b/package/azmq/Config.in
index 7bdd07ebf820..75cbeabf53eb 100644
--- a/package/azmq/Config.in
+++ b/package/azmq/Config.in
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_AZMQ
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_CHRONO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_DATE_TIME
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_RANDOM
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_SYSTEM
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_THREAD
 	help
 	  This library provides Boost Asio style bindings for ZeroMQ.
diff --git a/package/azmq/azmq.mk b/package/azmq/azmq.mk
index 99fb3212dfb5..bb918bd529d3 100644
--- a/package/azmq/azmq.mk
+++ b/package/azmq/azmq.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ AZMQ_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE-BOOST_1_0
 AZMQ_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 AZMQ_INSTALL_TARGET = NO
 
-AZMQ_CONF_OPTS = -DAZMQ_NO_TESTS=ON
+AZMQ_CONF_OPTS = -DAZMQ_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
 
 $(eval $(cmake-package))
diff --git a/package/dash/Config.in b/package/dash/Config.in
index b816ac7837b5..3573a40aa38b 100644
--- a/package/dash/Config.in
+++ b/package/dash/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DASH
 	bool "dash"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	help
 	  DASH is a POSIX-compliant implementation of /bin/sh that
 	  aims to be as small as possible. It does this without
@@ -10,3 +11,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DASH
 	  for most tasks.
 
 	  http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash
+
+comment "dash needs a toolchain w/ wchar"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR
diff --git a/package/llvm-project/clang/clang.mk b/package/llvm-project/clang/clang.mk
index 2f17a04efcec..3e41cb3b13a3 100644
--- a/package/llvm-project/clang/clang.mk
+++ b/package/llvm-project/clang/clang.mk
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ CLANG_CONF_OPTS += -DLLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB=ON
 HOST_CLANG_CONF_OPTS += -DLLVM_DYLIB_COMPONENTS=all
 CLANG_CONF_OPTS += -DLLVM_DYLIB_COMPONENTS=all
 
+# host-python3 is a permanent dependency of clang, so we can build the
+# python bindings unconditionally:
+HOST_CLANG_CONF_OPTS += -DCLANG_PYTHON_BINDINGS_VERSIONS=$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR)
+
 # Help host-clang to find our external toolchain, use a relative path from the clang
 # installation directory to the external toolchain installation directory in order to
 # not hardcode the toolchain absolute path.
diff --git a/package/mupdf/mupdf.hash b/package/mupdf/mupdf.hash
index 580235eecaac..80de6f3b2c98 100644
--- a/package/mupdf/mupdf.hash
+++ b/package/mupdf/mupdf.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# From https://mupdf.com/downloads/index.html:
+# From https://mupdf.com/releases:
 sha1  d79600bccd70ab9d0e8ee19dae4e275f2af95ced  mupdf-1.23.9-source.tar.lz
 
 # Locally computed:
diff --git a/package/mupdf/mupdf.mk b/package/mupdf/mupdf.mk
index 57501ab9546a..fe4f3e675621 100644
--- a/package/mupdf/mupdf.mk
+++ b/package/mupdf/mupdf.mk
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ endef
 
 define MUPDF_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(MUPDF_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(MUPDF_MAKE_OPTS) \
-		DESTDIR="$(TARGET_DIR)" install
+		DESTDIR="$(TARGET_DIR)" install-libs install-apps
 endef
 
 $(eval $(generic-package))
diff --git a/package/squeezelite/0001-ir.c-fix-build-with-gcc-15.patch b/package/squeezelite/0001-ir.c-fix-build-with-gcc-15.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4fe61e25c05f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/squeezelite/0001-ir.c-fix-build-with-gcc-15.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+From 787961d52130bd3c6c18b19218219650786e5352 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Bernd Kuhls <bernd@kuhls.net>
+Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2025 12:25:08 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] ir.c: fix build with gcc-15
+
+ir.c: In function 'ir_init':
+ir.c:273:48: error: passing argument 3 of 'pthread_create' from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
+  273 |                 pthread_create(&thread, &attr, ir_thread, NULL);
+      |                                                ^~~~~~~~~
+      |                                                |
+      |                                                void * (*)(void)
+In file included from squeezelite.h:300,
+                 from ir.c:36:
+/home/buildroot/br/output/per-package/squeezelite/host/lib/gcc/x86_64-buildroot-linux-gnu/15.2.0/include-fixed/pthread.h:213:36:
+ note: expected 'void * (*)(void *)' but argument is of type 'void * (*)(void)'
+  213 |                            void *(*__start_routine) (void *),
+      |                            ~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ir.c:169:14: note: 'ir_thread' declared here
+  169 | static void *ir_thread() {
+      |              ^~~~~~~~~
+
+Upstream: https://github.com/ralph-irving/squeezelite/commit/1e8fb181366467b6c4046119eedb821e4a5f9adb
+
+Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd@kuhls.net>
+---
+ ir.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/ir.c b/ir.c
+index 84294b6..aeea23c 100644
+--- a/ir.c
++++ b/ir.c
+@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static u32_t ir_key_map(const char *c, const char *r) {
+ 	return 0;
+ }
+ 
+-static void *ir_thread() {
++static void *ir_thread(void *vargp) {
+ 	char *code;
+ 	
+ 	while (fd > 0 && LIRC(i, nextcode, &code) == 0) {
+-- 
+2.47.3
+
diff --git a/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk b/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
index e1cf12fa68de..69eb73510e3b 100644
--- a/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
+++ b/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
@@ -449,6 +449,14 @@ define UCLIBC_INSTALL_UTILS_TARGET
 		PREFIX=$(TARGET_DIR) \
 		utils install_utils
 endef
+
+define UCLIBC_INSTALL_UTILS_STAGING
+	$(MAKE1) -C $(@D) \
+		CC="$(TARGET_CC)" CPP="$(TARGET_CPP)" LD="$(TARGET_LD)" \
+		ARCH="$(UCLIBC_TARGET_ARCH)" \
+		PREFIX=$(STAGING_DIR) \
+		utils install_utils
+endef
 endif
 
 define UCLIBC_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
@@ -463,7 +471,7 @@ endef
 
 # STATIC has no ld* tools, only getconf
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),)
-define UCLIBC_INSTALL_UTILS_STAGING
+define UCLIBC_INSTALL_HOST_UTILS
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/utils/ldd.host $(HOST_DIR)/bin/ldd
 	ln -sf ldd $(HOST_DIR)/bin/$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)-ldd
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/utils/ldconfig.host $(HOST_DIR)/bin/ldconfig
@@ -478,6 +486,7 @@ define UCLIBC_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 		DEVEL_PREFIX=/usr/ \
 		RUNTIME_PREFIX=/ \
 		install_runtime install_dev
+	$(UCLIBC_INSTALL_HOST_UTILS)
 	$(UCLIBC_INSTALL_UTILS_STAGING)
 endef
 
diff --git a/system/Config.in b/system/Config.in
index 98bbd9309243..8f2dde59e7f2 100644
--- a/system/Config.in
+++ b/system/Config.in
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ config BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ROOT_PASSWD
 
 choice
 	bool "/bin/sh"
-	default BR2_SYSTEM_BIN_SH_DASH if !BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX
+	default BR2_SYSTEM_BIN_SH_BASH if !BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX
 	help
 	  Select which shell will provide /bin/sh.
 
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ config BR2_SYSTEM_BIN_SH_DASH
 	bool "dash"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # dash
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # dash
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DASH
 
 config BR2_SYSTEM_BIN_SH_MKSH