%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: autoconf-2.59 automake-1.8.4 coreutils-5.2.1 e2fsprogs-1.35 expect-5.41.0 file-4.09 gcc-3.3.3 gettext-0.14.1 grub-0.94 kbd-1.12 less-382 lfs-bootscripts-2.0.4 libtool-2.5.6 linux-2.4.26 man-pages-1.66 modutils-2.4.27 ncurses-5.4 perl-5.8.4 procps-3.2.1 psmisc-21.4 sed-4.0.9 shadow-4.0.4.1 tar-1.13.94 tcl-8.4.6 texinfo-4.7 util-linux-2.12a Added: iana-etc-1.00 inetutils-1.4.2-no_server_man_pages-1.patch make_devices-1.2 mktemp-1.5 + mktemp-1.5-add-tempfile.patch Removed: gcc-3.3.1-suppress-libiberty.patch lfs-utils-0.5 MAKEDEV-1.7 man-1.5m2-manpath.patch man-1.5m2-pager.patch ncurses-5.3-etip-2.patch ncurses-5.3-vsscanf.patch perl-5.8.0-libc-3.patch procps-3.1.11-locale-fix.patch shadow-4.0.3-newgrp-fix.patch zlib-1.1.4-vsnprintf.patch May 2nd, 2004 [matt]: Quoted chroot commands in chapter 6 (bug #818). May 2nd, 2004 [matt]: Removed description of the now non-existent part IV from the structure section in the prologue. May 1st, 2004 [jeremy]: Added creation of the /media and /srv directories, as well as 2 directories under /media for floppy and cdrom, as per FHS - fixes bugzilla bug #785 and #819. April 14th, 2004 [jeremy]: Updated to lfs-bootscripts-2.0.3, no textual changes needed March 24th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 7 - Updated to the new lfs-bootscripts-2.0.2, and all necessary changes to the bootscript configuration March 21st, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 6 - Replaced Lfs-Utils with Iana-Etc and Mktemp. February 27th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to Procps-3.2.0. February 27th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to Lfs-utils-0.5 - fixes a possible symlink attack in iana-get. February 27th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Altered the instructions for Findutils to be FHS-compliant. February 26th, 2004 [jeremy]: Removed the creation of the /usr/etc directory to conform with FHS - closes bug 775. February 26th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to Linux-2.4.25. February 23rd, 2004 [alex]: Chapters 6 + 9 - Cleaned up the Revision of chroot and Reboot sections. February 22nd, 2004 [alex]: Moved the stripping of the final system from chapter 9 to the end of chapter 6. February 22nd, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Coreutils and E2fsprogs: Clarified the prerequisites for running the tests. February 19th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 5 - Stripping: Removed an unnecessary {,share/} from the documentation's rm command. February 14th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Upgraded to Less-382. February 14th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapters 5 + 6 - Upgraded to Ncurses-5.4, and removed references to the etip patch. February 12th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Removed explicit paths from the pwconv and grpconv commands, since /usr/sbin is part of the default path. February 9th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Moved the Bootscripts installation section to chapter 7. February 8th, 2004 [matt]: Chapter 6 - Updated to Man-pages-1.66. February 7th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 1 - Moved the Conventions and Acknowledgments sections to the Preface. February 7th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Creating devices: replaced the MAKEDEV script with the make_devices script. Contributed by Matthias Benkmann. February 5th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Simplified the final install of the kernel headers to just copying them from the temporary tools directory. February 4th, 2004 [alex]: Chapters 5 + 6 - Moved the Mounting of proc and devpts to before Chrooting, dropped Util-linux from the tools, and added a little arch script for Perl. Release of version 5.1-pre1 on February 1st, 2004.