%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. 2016-05-16 [bdubbs] - Made editorial changes to the kernel section. [bdubbs] - Moved Host System Requirements to Chapter 2 and made minor editorial changes. [bdubbs] - Updated to tar-1.29. Fixes #3932. [bdubbs] - Updated to linux-4.6. Fixes #3930. [bdubbs] - Updated to perl-5.24.0. Fixes #3931. 2016-05-15 [bdubbs] - Updated to file-5.27. Fixes #3929. [bdubbs] - Updated to man-pages-4.06. Fixes #3928. [bdubbs] - Updated to linux-4.5.4. Fixes #3927. [bdubbs] - Updated to perl-5.22.2. Fixes #3926. 2016-05-03 [ken] - Note that configure in texinfo-6.1 incorrectly complains about the --disable-static switch. 2016-04-28 [krejzi] - Updated to file-5.26. Fixes #3919. [krejzi] - Updated to gcc-6.1.0. Fixes #3924. [krejzi] - Updated to grep-2.25. Fixes #3922. [krejzi] - Updated to gzip-1.8. Fixes #3923. [krejzi] - Updated to linux-4.5.2. Fixes #3921. [krejzi] - Updated to tzdata-2016d. Fixes #3920. [krejzi] - Updated binutils upstream fixes patch. [krejzi] - Added a patch for glibc which addresses a security issue and a build failure with GCC 6. 2016-04-16 [bdubbs] - Update to dejagnu-1.6. Fixes #3918. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.5.1. Fixes #3917. [bdubbs] - Wording change in Chapter 6 GCC. Fixes #3915. 2016-04-12 [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.28. Fixes #3906. [bdubbs] - Simlify gzip instructions. Fixes #3914. 2016-04-07 [bdubbs] - Add a caution in the gmp section about possible "Illegal Instruction" errors if the host is misidentified or the libraries are copied to different systems. 2016-04-05 [bdubbs] - Remove obsolete note about iconv() in Chapter 6 Glibc. Minor adjustments to text in the same section. Fixes #3904. [bdubbs] - Add a note about UEFI and Secure Boot to Chapter 8 "Using GRUB to Set Up the Boot Process". Fixes #3908. [bdubbs] - Add notes about paths for 64-bit systems in Chapter 6 "Adjusting the Toolchain". Fixes #3912. 2016-04-04 [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.5. Fixes #3903. [bdubbs] - Update to grep-2.24. Fixes #3905. [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.1.1. Fixes #3907. [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2016c. Fixes #3909. [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-4.5.0. Fixes #3910. [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-4.05. Fixes #3911. [bdubbs] - Update to gzip-1.7. Fixes #3913. 2016-03-13 [Chris] - Updated dependencies - Gawk can use GMP, MPFR, Readline. 2016-03-09 [bdubbs] - Update to mpfr-3.1.4. Fixes #3902. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.4.4. Fixes #3893. [bdubbs] - Update to pkg-config-0.29.1. Fixes #3901. [bdubbs] - Update to tcl-6.8.5. Fixes #3898. [bdubbs] - Remove --disable-profile from Glibc instructions. Fixes #3895. [bdubbs] - Create /var/log/faillog. Fixes #3899. [bdubbs] - Remove --enable-obsolete-rpc from Chapter 5 glibc. Fixes #3900. 2016-03-08 [bdubbs] - LFS-7.9 released.