Merge "releasetools: Skip copying split super images while signing."
diff --git a/Changes.md b/Changes.md
index 2d5cd97..1ed6bf8 100644
--- a/Changes.md
+++ b/Changes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Build System Changes for Android.mk Writers
 
+## `USER` deprecation  {#USER}
+
+`USER` will soon be `nobody` in many cases due to the addition of a sandbox
+around the Android build. Most of the time you shouldn't need to know the
+identity of the user running the build, but if you do, it's available in the
+make variable `BUILD_USERNAME` for now.
+
+Similarly, the `hostname` tool will also be returning a more consistent value
+of `android-build`. The real value is available as `BUILD_HOSTNAME`.
+
 ## `BUILD_NUMBER` removal from Android.mk  {#BUILD_NUMBER}
 
 `BUILD_NUMBER` should not be used directly in Android.mk files, as it would
diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index c0a159d..a3be194 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
   GLOBAL_CFLAGS_NO_OVERRIDE GLOBAL_CPPFLAGS_NO_OVERRIDE \
   ,GCC support has been removed. Use Clang instead)
 $(KATI_obsolete_var DIST_DIR dist_goal,Use dist-for-goals instead. See $(CHANGES_URL)#dist)
+$(KATI_deprecated_var USER,Use BUILD_USERNAME instead. See $(CHANGES_URL)#USER)
 
 # This is marked as obsolete in envsetup.mk after reading the BoardConfig.mk
 $(KATI_deprecate_export It is a global setting. See $(CHANGES_URL)#export_keyword)
diff --git a/core/main.mk b/core/main.mk
index 0a99e7c..282821c 100644
--- a/core/main.mk
+++ b/core/main.mk
@@ -1089,12 +1089,6 @@
   static_whitelist_patterns := $(TARGET_OUT_FAKE)/% $(HOST_OUT)/%
   # RROs become REQUIRED by the source module, but are always placed on the vendor partition.
   static_whitelist_patterns += %__auto_generated_rro.apk
-  # $(PRODUCT_OUT)/apex is where shared libraries in APEXes get installed.
-  # The path can be considered as a fake path, as the shared libraries
-  # are installed there just to have symbols files for them under
-  # $(PRODUCT_OUT)/symbols/apex for debugging purpose. The /apex directory
-  # is never compiled into a filesystem image.
-  static_whitelist_patterns += $(PRODUCT_OUT)/apex/%
   ifeq (true,$(BOARD_USES_SYSTEM_OTHER_ODEX))
     # Allow system_other odex space optimization.
     static_whitelist_patterns += \
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/OWNERS b/tools/releasetools/OWNERS
index 39448cf..766adb4 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/OWNERS
+++ b/tools/releasetools/OWNERS
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 tbao@google.com
+xunchang@google.com