%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. 2007-08-07 [jhuntwork] - Use a loop, find and sed instead of the gcc specs patch [jhuntwork] - Upgraded to Glibc 2.6.1 [jhuntwork] - Add --disable-shared to gcc pass 1. Requires adding a libgcc_eh.a -> libgcc.a symlink. [jhuntwork] - Since we're using HJL Binutils, add m4, bison and flex back to chatper 5. [jhuntwork] - Upgraded to GCC 4.2.1 [jhuntwork] - Upgraded to HJL Binutils-2.17.50.0.18 [jhuntwork] - Update commands to work with both x86 and x86_64 [jhuntwork] - Use '-n' when creating /tools/lib64 symlink. Will fail if that directory or symlink already exists, instead of creating an unwanted lib -> lib symlink inside of /tools/lib. Fix from Dan Nicholson. 2007-08-06 [dnicholson] - Fixed a typo and clarified text on the Perl page. Reported by Shawn. 2007-08-04 [dnicholson] - Added the --disable-werror parameter to Binutils Pass 1. 2007-07-31 [dnicholson] - Updated to glibc-2.5.1. LFS 6.3-rc1 released July 24, 2007.