%general-entities; ]> Changelog 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 Bison 2.0 E2fsprogs 1.36 Expect 5.43.0 File 4.13 Findutils 4.2.17 GCC 3.4.3 Glibc 20041011 Grep 2.5.1a Grub 0.96 Iana-Etc 1.03 Iproute2 2.6.9-041019 LFS-Bootscripts 3.1.0 Libtool 1.5.14 Linux 2.6.10 Linux-libc-headers 2.6.10.0 Man 1.5p Man-pages 2.01 Module-init-tools 3.1 Perl 5.8.6 Procps 3.2.5 Sed 4.1.4 Shadow 4.0.7 Sysvinit 2.86 Tar 1.15.1 Texinfo 4.8 Tcl 8.4.9 Udev 050 Util-linux 2.12q Zlib 1.2.2 Added: bash-3.0-fixes-1.patch bash-3.0-avoid_WCONTINUED-1.patch Hotplug 2004_09_23 iproute2-2.6.9_041019-find_update-1.patch Libol 0.3.15 linux-2.6.10-security_fix-1.patch Syslog-ng 1.6.6 util-linux-2.12p-cramfs-1.patch vim-6.0-security_fix-1.patch Removed: bash-3.0-display_wrap-1.patch man-1.5o1-80cols-1.patch Sysklogd 1.4.1 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 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 correct 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