%general-entities; ]> This is version &version; of the Linux From Scratch book, dated &releasedate;. If this book is more than six months old, a newer and better version is probably already available. To find out, please check one of the mirrors via . Below is a list of changes made since the previous release of the book. 2023-09-01 [bdubbs] - LFS-12.0 released. 2023-08-18 [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.4.12. Fixes #5320. 2023-08-18 [bdubbs] - Update to udev-lfs-20230818. 2023-08-15 [bdubbs] - Add a patch to fix a performance regression in glibc's posix_memalign() function. Fixes #5315. [bdubbs] - Update to less-643. Fixes #5317. [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.2.1. Fixes #5314. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.4.10. Fixes #5313. [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230810. Addresses #5006. [rahul] - Update to pkgconf-2.0.1. Fixes #5316. 2023-08-07 [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.4.4. Fixes #5307. [bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.41.1 (Python Module). Fixes #5311. [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.05.01. Fixes #5306. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.4.8. Fixes #5309. [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230804. Addresses #5006. [rahul] - Update to pkgconf-2.0.0. Fixes #5310. 2023-08-01 [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.1677. Addresses #4500. [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.1.2. Fixes #5305. [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.05. Fixes #5303. [bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.41. Fixes #5300. [bdubbs] - Update to gmp-6.3.0. Fixes #5301. [bdubbs] - Update to glibc-2.38. Fixes #5302. 2023-07-28 [bdubbs] - Update udev-lfs tarball to remove obsolete cdrom rules and references to ISDN devices. Fixes #5291. [bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.41.0 (Python Module). Fixes #5290. [bdubbs] - Update to tar-1.35. Fixes #5287. [bdubbs] - Update to udev from systemd-254. Fixes #5293. [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.2.0. Fixes #5286. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.4.7. Fixes #5288. [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-13.2.0. Fixes #5292. [bdubbs] - Update to file-5.45. Fixes #5294. 2023-07-28 [xry111] - Enable cgroup-based memory pressure information in kernel, and add the cgroup file system into /etc/fstab and the mountvirtfs bootscript. This is a preparation for udev from systemd-254. Addresses #5293. 2023-07-22 [xry111] - Make the mountvirtfs bootscript create essential symlinks in /dev. Fixes #5289. 2023-07-15 [xry111] - Replace eudev-3.2.12 with udev from systemd-253. Fixes #5085. [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230629. Addresses #5006. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.4.3. Fixes #5284. [bdubbs] - Update to libxcrypt-4.4.36. Fixes #5283. [bdubbs] - Update to groff-1.23.0. Fixes #5282. [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.38.0. Fixes #5281. 2023-07-02 [xry111] - Update to grub-2.12~rc1. 2023-07-02 [xry111] - Add libxcrypt-4.4.35. Fixes #5280. [xry111] - Update to iproute2-6.4.0. Fixes #5277. [xry111] - Update to linux-6.4.1. Fixes #5276. 2023-07-01 [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230615. Addresses #5006. [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.1671. Addresses #4500. [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.39.1. Addresses #5278. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.3.10. Addresses #5276. [rahul] - Update to kbd-2.6.1. Fixes #5279. [bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.22. Fixes #5275. 2023-06-20 [xry111] - Patch libelf for LoongArch support. 2023-06-17 [xry111] - Update to linux-6.3.8. Fixes #5272. [xry111] - Update to kbd-2.6.0. Fixes #5273. [rahul] - Changed from pkg-config to pkgconf-1.9.5. Fixes #5274. 2023-06-11 [xry111] - Update to grub-2.11-pre-gc016a969d for LoongArch support. 2023-06-09 [bdubbs] - Update to dbus-1.14.8. Fixes #5271. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.3.6. Fixes #5269. [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.11.4. Fixes #5271. 2023-06-03 [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230524. Addresses #5006. [bdubbs] - Update to MarkupSafe-2.1.3 (Python Module). Fixes #5268. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.3.5. Fixes #5264. [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.1.1. Fixes #5267. [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.1.1. Fixes #5266. [bdubbs] - Update to diffutils-3.10. Fixes #5262. [bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.6.0. Fixes #5263. 2023-05-25 [ken] - Remove unneeded group sgx from eudev rules. Fixes #5265. 2023-05-18 [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.39. Fixes #5259. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.3.3. Fixes #5261. [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.69. Fixes #5258. [bdubbs] - Update to grep-3.11. Fixes #5256. [bdubbs] - Update to flit_core-3.9.0. Fixes #5257. [bdubbs] - Update to eudev-3.2.12. Fixes #5260. 2023-05-13 [xry111] - Update to less-633. Fixes #5251. [xry111] - Update to linux-6.3.2. Fixes #5255. [xry111] - Update to xz-5.4.3. Fixes #5252. [xry111] - Update to gawk-5.2.2. Fixes #5253. [xry111] - Fix systemd runtime issue exploited by GCC 13. Fixes #5254. 2023-05-01 [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.1503. Addresses #4500. [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230418. Addresses #5006. [bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-3.07. Fixes #5250. [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-6.3.0. Fixes #5248. [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-13.1.0. Fixes #5247. [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.36.1. Fixes #5246. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.3.1. Fixes #5245. [bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-9.3. Fixes #5244. 2023-04-15 [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.1452. Addresses #4500. [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230405. Addresses #5006. [bdubbs] - Update to zstd-1.5.5. Fixes #5239. [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.11.3. Fixes #5240. [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.1.0. Fixes #5242. [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.04. Fixes #5238. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.2.11. Fixes #5241. 2023-03-31 [xry111] - Update to linux-6.2.9 (security fix). Fixes #5230. [xry111] - Update to grep-3.10. Fixes #5234. [xry111] - Update to wheel-0.40.0. Fixes #5229. [xry111] - Update to bc-6.5.0. Fixes #5228. [xry111] - Update to texinfo-7.0.3. Fixes #5235. [xry111] - Update to coreutils-9.2. Fixes #5232. [xry111] - Update to libcap-2.68. Fixes #5236. [xry111] - Update to tzdata-2023c. Fixes #5237. [xry111] - Update to xz-5.4.2. Fixes #5233. [xry111] - Update to openssl-3.1.0. Fixes #5227. [xry111] - Add flit-core-3.8.0. 2023-03-15 [bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.4.0. Fixes #5217. [bdubbs] - Update to grep-3.9. Fixes #5225. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.2.6. Fixes #5226. [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230306. Addresses #5006. 2023-03-04 [xry111] - Update to systemd-253. Fixes #5206. [xry111] - Update to bc-6.3.1. Fixes #5217. [xry111] - Update to linux-6.2.2 (security fixes). Fixes #5218. [xry111] - Update to procps-ng-4.0.3. Fixes #5220. [xry111] - Update to iproute2-6.2.0. Fixes #5221. [xry111] - Update to meson-1.0.1. Fixes #5222. [xry111] - Update to make-4.4.1. Fixes #5223. [xry111] - Update to libelf-0.189. Fixes #5224. [bdubbs] - Change to a better host requirements script in Chapter 2. 2023-03-01 [bdubbs] - LFS-11.3 released.