%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. 2016-05-18 [dj] - Enhance the stripping commands at the end of Chapter 6. Merged from trunk r11064. [dj] - Added stages page to Chapter 2. Merged from trunk r11063. [dj] - Made editorial changes to the kernel section. Merged from trunk r11062. [dj] - Moved Host System Requirements to Chapter 2 and made minor editorial changes. Merged from trunk r11061. 2016-05-18 [renodr] - Updated to tar-1.29. Merged from trunk r11060. [renodr] - Updated to linux-4.6. Merged from trunk r11060. [renodr] - Updated to perl-5.24.0. Merged from trunk r11060. 2016-05-15 [renodr] - Updated to file-5.27. Merged from trunk r11057. [renodr] - Updated to man-pages-4.06. Merged from trunk r11057. [renodr] - Updated to perl-5.22.2. Merged from trunk r11057. [renodr] - Updated size requirements. Merged from trunk r11057. 2016-05-14 [renodr] - Update to Linux-4.5.4. 2016-05-13 [renodr] - Fixed gzip instructions. 2016-05-06 [renodr] - Updated to util-linux-2.28. Merged from trunk r11046. [renodr] - Simplified gzip instructions. Merged from trunk r11046. [renodr] - Update to dejagnu-1.6. Merged from trunk r11048. [renodr] - Wording change in Chapter 6 GCC. Merged from trunk r11048. [renodr] - Update to file-5.26. Merged from trunk r11049. [renodr] - Update to gcc-6.1.0. Merged from trunk r11049. [renodr] - Update to grep-2.25. Merged from trunk r11049. [renodr] - Update to gzip-1.8. Merged from trunk r11049. [renodr] - Update to linux-4.5.2. Merged from trunk r11049. [renodr] - Update to tzdata-2016d. Merged from trunk r11049. [renodr] - Updated the binutils upstream fixes patch. Merged from trunk r11049. [renodr] - Added a patch for glibc which addresses a security issue and build failure with GCC-6.x. Merged from trunk r11049. [renodr] - Note that configure in texinfo-6.1 incorrectly complains about the --disable-static switch. Merged from trunk r11051. 2016-04-07 [renodr] - 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. Merged from trunk r11044. [renodr] - Remove obsolete note about iconv() in Chapter 6 Glibc. Minor adjustments to the text in the same section as well. Merged from trunk r11043. [renodr] - Add a note about UEFI and Secure Boot to Chapter 8 "Using GRUB to Set Up the Boot Process". Merged from trunk r11043. [renodr] - Add notes about paths for 64-bit systems in Chapter 6 "Adjusting the Toolchain". Merged from trunk r11043. [renodr] - Update to linux-4.5. Merged from trunk r11042. [renodr] - Update to grep-2.24. Merged from trunk r11042. [renodr] - Update to expat-2.1.1. Merged from trunk r11042. [renodr] - Update to tzdata-2016c. Merged from trunk r11042. [renodr] - Update to iproute2-4.5.0. Merged from trunk r11042. [renodr] - Update to man-pages-4.05. Merged from trunk r11042. [renodr] - Update to gzip-1.7. Merged from trunk r11042. 2016-03-30 [renodr] - Added DJ Lucas to the list of authors. [renodr] - Updated dependencies for Gawk. Merged from trunk r11036. [renodr] - Updated to linux-4.4.4. Merged from trunk r11034. [renodr] - Updated to mpfr-3.1.4. Merged from trunk r11034. [renodr] - Updated to pkg-config-0.29.1. Merged from trunk r11034. [renodr] - Updated to tcl-core-8.6.5. Merged from trunk r11034. [renodr] - Removed pcprofiledump and libpcprofile.so from the installed files list on the Glibc page. Merged from trunk r11034. [renodr] - Added the creation of /var/log/faillog. Merged from trunk r11034. [renodr] - Removed the --disable-profile and --enable-obsolete-rpc options from Glibc. Merged from trunk r11034 [renodr] - Cleaned up patches file. [renodr] - Cleaned up whatsnew file. [renodr] - Cleaned up changelog of former changes. [renodr] - Merged various spelling changes from r11030, r11031, [renodr] - Disable static libraries in texinfo and document installation of XSParagraph.so. Merged from trunk r11032. 2016-03-29 [renodr] - LFS 7.9-systemd released.