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  <title>Changelog</title>

  <para>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 <ulink url="&lfs-root;mirrors.html"/>.</para>

  <para>Below is a list of changes made since the previous release of the
  book.</para>

  <itemizedlist>
    <title>Changelog Entries:</title>

<!-- Changelog template

    <listitem>
      <para>Date</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[name] - New changelog entry.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[name] - Previous changelog entry.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

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    <listitem>
      <para>2009-02-08</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Install MPFR's documentation.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2232">#2232</ulink>. Thanks to Randy
          McMurchy for the report and assistance with the fix.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Remove an unneeded --sysconfdir parameter in
          Inetutils' instructions. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2313">#2313</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.28.4.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2340">#2340</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Binutils-2.19.1.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2339">#2339</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2009-02-01</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Remove the redundant SBINDIR parameter from
          IPRoute2's commands.  Fixes the remaining part of
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2307">#2307</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Install DRM-related Linux headers, as suggested by
          Chris Staub in <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2307">#2307</ulink>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Added preloadable_libintl.so to list of files
          installed by Gettext. Thanks to Chris Staub for the report and patch.
          Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2312">#2312</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Udev-137.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2328">#2328</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Tcl-8.5.6.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2305">#2305</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Tar-1.21.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2309">#2309</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Patch-2.5.9.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2239">#2239</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-Pages-3.17.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2327">#2327</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.28.2.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2316">#2316</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to IPRoute2-2.6.28.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2324">#2324</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Inetutils-1.6.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2308">#2308</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Groff-1.20.1.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2322">#2322</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to GCC-4.3.3.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2334">#2334</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to E2fsprogs-1.41.4.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2336">#2336</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Bison-2.4.1.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2300">#2300</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Bash-3.2.48.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2319">#2319</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2009-01-24</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Corrected some package tarball sizes.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2290">#2290</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2009-01-03</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[bdubbs] - Reformatted several pages so pdf is properly
          generated.  Thanks to Martin Miehe for the changes.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-29</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[bdubbs] - Split one udev rule so it is not wider than the
          book's page.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-24</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[bdubbs] - Updated the location of glibc-2.8-20080929.tar.bz2.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-19</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[robert] - Added -v to the install command for the convert-mans
          script in the man-db page, for consistent use of verbose commands.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-18</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[robert] - Removed the unneeded -e option from the Sed command
          in the chap6 Findutils page, for consistency.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-07</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[jhuntwork] - Update Greg Schafer's entry in the acknowledgments section to
          properly reflect the work done in designing the build method.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-06</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to vim-7.2-fixes-4.patch. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2296">#2296</ulink>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Udev-135. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2284">#2284</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Shadow-4.1.2.2. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2287">#2287</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to readline-5.2-fixes-6.patch. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2295">#2295</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Ncurses-5.7. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2276">#2276</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Module-Init-Tools-3.5. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2245">#2245</ulink>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-Pages-3.15. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2269">#2269</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-DB-2.5.3. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2283">#2283</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.27.8. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2282">#2282</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Kbd-1.15. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2291">#2291</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Bison-2.4. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2281">#2281</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Binutils-2.19. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2268">#2268</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to bash-3.2-fixes-9.patch. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2294">#2294</ulink>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Automake-1.10.2.  Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2286">#2286</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-04</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[jhuntwork] - Introduce new build method in Chapter 5 originating
          in DIY-Linux. Thanks, Greg Schafer.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[jhuntwork] - Move instructions for GRUB to chapter 8 just after the
          compilation of the kernel. Merge GRUB build and configuration instructions
          into one page.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-03</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[jhuntwork] - Initial addition of support for building on x86_64.
          Several ideas, principles and build instructions originated in DIY-Linux.
          Thanks, Greg Schafer.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-02</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[jhuntwork] - Moved grep up in the build order of chapter 6
          to be before libtool which hardcodes references to grep in its installed
          files. Was previously circumvented by a symlink, but this approach sticks
          more closely to our build order policy. Thanks to Greg Schafer for the reminder.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-01</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[jhuntwork] - Adjusted the line break in the adjusting toolchain
          section so that the output redirection does not look like a secondary
          bash prompt. Thanks to Chris Staub for the idea.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-11-23</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[ken] - Added note to gmp about CFLAGS on 64-bit-capable
          machines.  Reported by Tobias Gasser, thanks to Greg Schafer for
          the analysis.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>


  </itemizedlist>

  <para>LFS 6.4 released November 23, 2008.</para>

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