%general-entities; ]> 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 . Below is a list of changes made since the previous release of the book. First a summary, then a detailed log. Upgraded to: Automake 1.9.5 Binutils 2.15.94.0.2.2 Bison 2.0 Bzip2 1.0.3 E2fsprogs 1.37 Expect 5.43.0 File 4.13 Findutils 4.2.23 GCC 3.4.3 Gettext 0.14.2 Glibc 20041011 Grep 2.5.1a Grub 0.96 Iana-Etc 1.04 Iproute2 2.6.11-050330 LFS-Bootscripts 3.2.1 Libtool 1.5.14 Linux 2.6.11.12 Linux-libc-headers 2.6.11.2 M4 1.4.3 Man 1.5p Man-pages 2.01 Module-init-tools 3.1 Perl 5.8.6 Procps 3.2.5 Psmisc 21.6 Sed 4.1.4 Shadow 4.0.7 Sysvinit 2.86 Tar 1.15.1 Texinfo 4.8 Tcl 8.4.9 Udev 056 Util-linux 2.12q Zlib 1.2.2 Added: bash-3.0-fixes-3.patch bash-3.0-avoid_WCONTINUED-1.patch flex-2.5.31-debian_fixes-3.patch glibc-2.3.4-fix_test-1.patch gzip-1.3.5-security_fixes-1.patch Hotplug 2004_09_23 shadow-4.0.7-fix_lastlog-1.patch sysklogd-1.4.1-fixes-1.patch tar-1.15.1-sparse_fix-1.patch util-linux-2.12p-cramfs-1.patch vim-6.0-security_fix-1.patch Removed: bash-3.0-display_wrap-1.patch flex-2.5.31-debian_fixes-2.patch man-1.5o1-80cols-1.patch sysklogd-1.4.1-kernel_headers-1.patch sysvinit-2.85-proclen-1.patch texinfo-4.7-segfault-1.patch util-linux-2.12b-sfdisk-1.patch zlib-1.2.1-security-1.patch June 21st, 2005 [archaic]: Removed --with-included-regex from chapter05/grep since there seems to no longer be a valid reason to use it and the explanation of it was incorrect. June 21st, 2005 [archaic]: Updated to findutils-4.2.23. June 20th, 2005 [archaic]: Updated flex patch from -2 to -3. June 20th, 2005 [manuel]: Added a warning about kernel headers and Linux-Libc-Headers, plus fixed the list of installed files on kernel.xml (bug 1569). Some typos and tags fixes ported from trunk (r6048 to r6050 and r6053 to r6056.) Fixed top program description (bug 1549.) Fixed tar description (bug 1553.) Reworded Util-linux patch explanation (bug 1554.) June 19th, 2005 [jhuntwork]: Changed listing of IRC servers to show only irc.linuxfromscratch.org. June 19th, 2005 [jhuntwork]: Removed outdated bootcd page and added a brief description of the LiveCD to section 1.1. June 16th, 2005 [archaic]: Added installation dependencies for hotplug. June 16th, 2005 [matthew]: Another round of typo and markup fixes in chapter 7, as reported by Randy McMurchy. June 16th, 2005 [matthew]: Typo and markup fixes in chapter 7, as reported by Randy McMurchy. June 16th, 2005 [jhuntwork]: Adjusted description of the patch package. Thanks Randy McMurchy. June 16th, 2005 [archaic]: Fixed link to BLFS's db page referenced in iproute2. (merged from trunk r6006) June 15th, 2005 [archaic]: Added --disable-nls to pass2 binutils to avoid requirement of gettext. (merged from trunk r5983) June 14th, 2005 [archaic]: Updated all build sizes. (merged from trunk r5916, r5917, r5918, and r5972) June 14th, 2005 [archaic]: Removed --with-included-regex from chapter6's grep since it is less reliable than glibc's in non-C locales. June 14th, 2005 [archaic]: Removed references to separate gcc tarballs (gcc-core, gcc-g++, etc.) June 12th, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to linux-2.6.11.12. June 8th, 2005 [archaic]: Removed suggestion on where to move /sources, and reworded the rest of the page (chapter06/revisedchroot.xml). June 8th, 2005 [archaic]: Added a command to prevent module-init-tools from rewriting it's man page (which relies on docbook2man). Jun 1st, 2005 [manuel]: Changed patches root to lfs/svn/testing/ May 23nd, 2005 [manuel]: Minor wording improvements (thanks to Peter Ennis) May 22nd, 2005 [matt]: Updated to Linux-2.6.11.10. May 15th, 2005 [matt]: Added gzip security patch. May 15th, 2005 [matt]: Updated to Linux 2.6.11.9. May 15th, 2005 [matt]: Updated to LFS-Bootscripts 3.2.1. May 12th, 2005 [matt]: More wording and tagging improvements (thanks to Peter Ennis and Tony Morgan) May 12th, 2005 [matt]: Minor wording improvements (thanks to Peter Ennis) April 27th, 2005 [archaic]: Added a patch to fix 2 glibc testsuite failures when the running kernel is 2.6.11.x. April 18th, 2005 [manuel]: Adjusted the beginpage tags to match the previous text changes. April 17th, 2005 [manuel]: Updated the stylesheets to use DocBook-XSL 1.68.1. April 17, 2005 [matt]: Don't create hotplug's events log file; the bootscripts handle that for us. April 17, 2005 [matt]: Use canonical charmaps in /etc/profile and don't set LC_ALL (Ken Moffat and Alexander Patrakov) April 16, 2005 [matt]: Reword handling of hotpluggable devices now that we install the hotplug package (Andrew Benton) April 16, 2005 [matt]: Minor wording/typo fixes (Allard Welter) April 16, 2005 [matt]: Minor wording/typo fixes (Peter Ennis) April 16, 2005 [matt]: Removed references to statically linking the pass 1 toolchain which should have gone as part of bug 1061 (Andrew Benton) April 13, 2005 [manuel]: Spelling fixes pointed by Archiac. Added tags to fix the PDF look in chapter 06. April 12, 2005 [manuel]: Small redaction changes. Added tags to fix the PDF look in all chapters except chapter 06. April 11, 2005 [manuel]: Mention bzip2's testsuite. Several tags and text corrections. April 6, 2005 [matt]: Move e2fsprogs sed command to before entering the build directory (Steffen R. Knollmann). April 4, 2005 [matt]: Typo: The udev initscript registers udevsend, not udev, as the hotplug handler (Bryan Kadzban) April 4, 2005 [matt]: No need to manually create /var/log/hotplug as hotplug's Makefile creates it (Ken Moffat). Also minor rewording to improve consistency. April 4, 2005 [matt]: Fix e2fsprogs compile problem (Ken Moffat & Greg Schafer) April 2, 2005 [jhuntwork]: Fixed dtd url for sysklogd xml files March 31, 2005 [jhuntwork]: Changed the link for less to point to ftp.gnu.org March 31, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to LFS-Bootscripts 3.2.0 March 31, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to m4-1.4.3 March 30, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to iproute2-2.6.11-050330 March 30, 2005 [jhuntwork]: Removed syslog-ng-1.6.6, libol-0.3.15. Reinstated sysklogd-1.4.1. Thanks to Archaic for the patch. March 26, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to linux-libc-headers-2.6.11.2 March 26, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to linux-libc-headers-2.6.11.1 March 26, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to linux-2.6.11.6 March 22, 2005 [jim]: Upgraded to e2fsprogs-1.3.7. March 21, 2005 [jim]: Added patch to fix issue with shadow and lastlog. March 19, 2005 [jim]: Added patch to fix issue with tar -S March 19, 2005 [matt]: Removed references to kernel security patch March 19, 2005 [jim]: Upgraded to udev-056 March 19, 2005 [jim]: Upgraded to linux-2.6.11.5 March 19, 2005 [jim]: Change references to Iproute2 to IPRoute2 March 18, 2005 [jim]: Upgraded to Findutils 4.2.20 March 16, 2005 [jim]: Upgraded to linux-2.6.11.4 March 16, 2005 [jim]: Removed reference to kernel security patch March 16, 2005 [jim]: Removed find_update patch for IPRoute2, it is not needed anymore March 15, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to iproute2-2.6.11-050314 March 14, 2005 [matt]: List the installed files/directories descriptions in a somewhat more alphabetic order. March 14, 2005 [matt]: Fix typos, and reword some of the hotplug explanations for (hopefully) improved clarity March 14, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to gettext-0.14.3 March 14, 2005 [jim]: Added /var/log/hotplug for capturing of hotplug events. Added /lib/firmware for firmware loading with hotplug March 13, 2005 [jim]: Updated iproute2 db patch to iproute2-2.6.11-050310. Removed unneeded find_update patch also for iproute2-2.6.11-050310 March 13, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to iproute2-2.6.11-050310 March 13, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to linux-2.6.11.3 and linux-libc-headers-2.6.11.0 March 13, 2005 [matt]: Reword About SBUs section to reflect the earlier fix for bug 1061 March 13, 2005 [matt]: Dynamically link the pass1 toolchain to workaround bug 1061 and remove all related explanatory text March 12, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to udev-054 March 12, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to findutils-4.2.19 March 12, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded psmisc to 21.6 March 10, 2005 [matt]: gettext no longer installs libgettext{lib,src}.a (Jack Brown) March 3, 2005 [matt]: Remove --without-cvs from glibc instructions, as we're not using glibc CVS snapshots anymore March 3, 2005 [matt]: Fixed a couple of typo's in the download locations March 2, 2005 [matt]: Add note regarding potential custom features in a host distribution's version of e2fsprogs. Fixes bug 1047. Thanks to Steve Crosby for the suggested explanatory text. March 2, 2005 [jim]: Update download locations February 28, 2005 [jim]: Upgraded bash fixes patch to -3 February 28, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded binutils to 2.14.94.0.2.2 February 28, 2005 [matt]: Move /usr/bin/logger to /bin as the bootscripts need it there. Fixes bug 1035. February 28, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to iana-etc-1.04 February 28, 2005 [matt]: Correct the instructions for invoking udev's testsuite (Randy McMurchy) February 27, 2005 [matt]: Correct the title of the readline patch in chapter 3. Fixes bug 1049 February 27, 2005 [matt]: Mention udev's testsuite. Fixes bug 1042 February 27, 2005 [matt]: Use --without-csharp instead of --disable-csharp, as the latter doesn't work as intended. Fixes bug 1033 February 27, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to gettext-0.14.2 February 27, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to findutils-4.2.18 February 27, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to bzip2-1.0.3 February 19, 2005 [gerard]: Chapter 5-Stripping: removed doc from the directories to be removed in /tools. This directory is not created anymore. February 19, 2005 [jeremy]: Added correction to chapter 5 glibc build to fix the disabling of selinux functionality. Thanks to Bobson on IRC (bobson@bobson.net) for pointing this out. Closes bugzilla 1034. February 19, 2005 [gerard]: Synchronized Testing branch with current Unstable/Trunk. Move Testing branch to Trunk and discontinue Testing branch as per lfs-dev discussion on branch changes. February 5, 2005 [matt]: Copy hotplug's pnp.distmap file to silence its warnings. Also tidy up some explanatory text January 29, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to sed-4.1.4 January 29, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to procps-3.2.5 January 29, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to shadow-4.0.7 January 29, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to util-linux-2.12q. January 27, 2005 [matt]: Added a warning that the /usr/src/linux symlink shouldn't be created. Fixes bug 1012. January 27, 2005 [matt]: Added link to the live-cd FTP location. Fixes bug 1014. January 27, 2005 [matt]: Added bison, flex and m4 to binutils dependency list. Fixes Bug 1018. January 27, 2005 [manuel]: Updated to gcc-3.4.3-specs-2.patch. January 19, 2005 [jeremy]: Added an extra symlink for libgcc_s.so to chapter 6 - this never migrated from unstable until now. January 9, 2005 [matt]: Added a security patch for the kernel January 9, 2005 [matt]: Added a security patch for vim January 9, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to man-1.5p January 9, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to texinfo-4.8 January 9, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to util-linux-2.12p January 9, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to udev-050 January 9, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to tcl-8.4.9 January 9, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to tar-1.15.1 January 9, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to perl-5.8.6 January 9, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to man-pages-2.01 January 9, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to linux-libc-headers-2.6.10.0 January 9, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to linux-2.6.10 January 9, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to gcc-3.4.3 January 9, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to bison-2.0 January 9, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to autoconf-1.9.4 January 5, 2005 [jeremy]: Minor textual correction in network configuration, since iproute will not recognize the old eth0:1 format for ip aliasing. Closes bug 1013. January 5, 2005 [jeremy]: Added the --disable-selinux parameter to Ch 5 glibc. Allows building from hosts which use SELinux functionality, like Fedora Core 3 December 25, 2004 [jeremy]: Added text suggested by MSB, closing Bug 943 December 25, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded binutils to 2.14.94.0.2 - should fix the TLS strip issue that's been seen, at least on X86 December 22, 2004 [manuel]: Readded to chapter09/reboot.xml a para lost from version 5.1. December 20, 2004 [manuel]: Made grub's configuration location FHS compliant. December 19, 2004 [manuel]: Added the irc.lfs-matrix.de IRC server. December 5, 2004 [jeremy]: Added the DOCBOOKTOMAN parameter to Module-init-utils - without this, compilation fails. Thanks Boris Buegling December 2, 2004 [jeremy]: Removed the old display_wrap bash patch, in favor of the newer fixes patch, and added the avoid_WCONTINUED patch as well December 2, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to TCL 8.4.8, Grep 2.5.1a Util-linux 2.12i, Iana-etc 1.03, File 4.12, Module-init-tools 3.1, Procps 3.2.4 December 2, 2004 [jeremy]: Migrated change from unstable to build Glibc against sanitized linux-libc-headers instead of raw kernel headers, bringing us more in line with what the kernel developers think should be happening. December 1, 2004 [jeremy]: Dropped Udev from being built in Chapter 5, in favor of creating a minimal set of devices at the beginning of Chapter 6. All devices are created after the installation of Udev near the end of Chapter 6 December 1, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to Automake 1.9.3, Binutils 2.15.92.0.2, Findutils 4.2.3, GCC 3.4.2, Glibc 20041011, Iana-Etc 1.02 Iproute2 2.6.9-041019, LFS-Bootscripts 2.2.3, Libtool 1.5.10, Linux 2.6.9 Linux-libc-headers 2.6.9.1, Man 1.5o1, Man-pages 1.70, Shadow 4.0.6, Udev 046, Zlib 1.2.2, Hotplug 2004_09_23, Libol 0.3.14, Syslog-ng 1.6.5 Branch frozen for LFS 6.0 as of October 10, 2004