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<sect1 id="ch-scatter-changelog">
<title>Changelog</title>
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<para>This is version &version; of the Linux From Scratch book, dated
&releasedate;. If this book is more than two 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;"/>.</para>

<para>Below is a list of changes made since the previous release of the book,
first a summary, then a detailed log.</para>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>Upgraded to:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>autoconf-2.59</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>automake-1.8.4</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>binutils-2.15.90.0.3</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>bison-1.875a</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>coreutils-5.2.1</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>e2fsprogs-1.35</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>expect-5.41.0</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>file-4.09</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>flex-2.5.31</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gcc-3.4.0</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gettext-0.14.1</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>glibc-2.3.4-20040408</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>grub-0.94</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>kbd-1.12</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>less-382</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>lfs-bootscripts-2.0.4</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>libtool-2.5.6</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>linux-2.6.5</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>man-pages-1.66</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>ncurses-5.4</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>perl-5.8.4</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>procps-3.2.1</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>psmisc-21.4</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>sed-4.0.9</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>shadow-4.0.4.1</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>tar-1.13.94</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>tcl-8.4.6</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>texinfo-4.7</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>util-linux-2.12a</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>

<listitem><para>Added:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>flex-2.5.31-debian-fixes-2.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>iana-etc-1.00</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>inetutils-1.4.2-kernel-headers-1.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>inetutils-1.4.2-no-server-man-pages-1.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>linux-libc-headers-2.6.5.1</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>mktemp-1.5</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>mktemp-1.5-add-tempfile-1.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>module-init-tools-3.0</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>net-tools-1.60-gcc34-2.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>net-tools-1.60-kernel-headers-1.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>readline-4.3</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>readline-4.3-gnu-fixes-1.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>sysklogd-1.4.1-kernel-headers-1.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>udev-025</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>udev-025-config-1.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>util-linux-2.12a-kernel-headers-1.patch</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
 
<listitem><para>Removed:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>bison-1.875-attribute.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>ed-0.2</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gcc-2.95.3</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gcc-3.3.1-suppress-libiberty.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>kbd-1.12-more-programs-1.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>lfs-utils-0.5</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>MAKEDEV-1.7</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>man-1.5m2-manpath.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>man-1.5m2-pager.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>modutils-2.4.25</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>ncurses-5.3-etip-2.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>ncurses-5.3-vsscanf.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>net-tools-1.60-miitool-gcc33-1.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>procinfo-18</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>procps-3.1.11-locale-fix.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>shadow-4.0.3-newgrp-fix.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>zlib-1.1.4-vsnprintf.patch</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>

<listitem><para>May 7th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 6 - When configuring Vim, pass
the <quote>--enable-multibyte</quote> option.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>May 6th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 6 - Removed unused and broken
entries from <filename>nsswitch.conf</filename>.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>May 6th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 6 - Add Readline installation
and use it when building Bash.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>May 6th, 2004 [winkie]: Added Alexander Patrakov's I18n patch.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>May 4th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 6 - Create and use the
<quote>utmp</quote> group.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>May 4th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 7 - Upgraded to LFS-Bootscripts
2.1.0 and modify the book to work with it.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>May 4th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 6 - Install the
<quote>passwd</quote> binary in /bin instead of /usr/bin.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>May 4th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 6 - Switch the uname patch we
use, so that we get correct results.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>May 4th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 8 - Use the full LFS version for
the GRUB title.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>May 4th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 5 &amp; 6 - Use new patch
naming <quote>standard</quote>.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>May 3rd, 2004 [winkie]: Merged BE-LFS content - thanks to Ron
and Jason Scott for the help they gave to BE-LFS before integration.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>May 2nd, 2004 [matt]: Quoted chroot commands in chapter 6 (bug
#818).</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>May 2nd, 2004 [matt]: Removed description of the now
non-existent part IV from the structure section in the prologue.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>May 1st, 2004 [jeremy]: Added creation of the /media and /srv
directories, as well as 2 directories under /media for floppy and cdrom, as per
FHS - fixes bugzilla bug #785 and #819.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>April 14th, 2004 [jeremy]: Updated to lfs-bootscripts-2.0.3, no
textual changes needed</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>March 24th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 7 - Updated to the new
lfs-bootscripts-2.0.2, and all necessary changes to the bootscript
configuration</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>March 21st, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 6 - Replaced Lfs-Utils
with Iana-Etc and Mktemp.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>February 27th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to
Procps-3.2.0.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>February 27th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to Lfs-utils-0.5 -
fixes a possible symlink attack in iana-get.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>February 27th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Altered the
instructions for Findutils to be FHS-compliant.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>February 26th, 2004 [jeremy]: Removed the creation of the
/usr/etc directory to conform with FHS - closes bug 775.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>February 26th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to
Linux-2.4.25.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>February 23rd, 2004 [alex]: Chapters 6 + 9 - Cleaned up the
Revision of chroot and Reboot sections.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>February 22nd, 2004 [alex]: Moved the stripping of the final
system from chapter 9 to the end of chapter 6.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>February 22nd, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Coreutils and
E2fsprogs: Clarified the prerequisites for running the tests.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>February 19th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 5 - Stripping: Removed
an unnecessary <quote>{,share/}</quote> from the documentation's <command>rm</command>
command.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>February 14th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Upgraded to
Less-382.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>February 14th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapters 5 + 6 - Upgraded to
Ncurses-5.4, and removed references to the etip patch.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>February 12th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Removed explicit
paths from the pwconv and grpconv commands, since /usr/sbin is part of
the default path.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>February 9th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Moved the Bootscripts
installation section to chapter 7.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>February 8th, 2004 [matt]: Chapter 6 - Updated to
Man-pages-1.66.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>February 7th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 1 - Moved the Conventions
and Acknowledgments sections to the Preface.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>February 7th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Creating devices:
replaced the MAKEDEV script with the make_devices script. Contributed by
Matthias Benkmann.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>February 5th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Simplified the final
install of the kernel headers to just copying them from the temporary tools
directory.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>February 4th, 2004 [alex]: Chapters 5 + 6 - Moved the Mounting
of proc and devpts to before Chrooting, dropped Util-linux from the tools, and
added a little arch script for Perl.</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<para>Release of version 5.1-pre1 on February 1st, 2004.</para>

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