%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. 2024-01-21 [xry111] - Apply upstream fix for pkgconf-2.1.0 regression. Fixes #5414. [xry111] - Update to jinja2-3.1.3 (security fix). Fixes #5411. [xry111] - Update to bc-6.7.5. Fixes #5408. [xry111] - Update to attr-2.5.2. Fixes #5412. [xry111] - Update to ncurses-6.4-20230520 (security fix). Fixes #5416. [xry111] - Update to markupsafe-2.1.4. Fixes #5418. [xry111] - Update to linux-6.7.1. Fixes #5406. [xry111] - Update to iproute2-6.7.0. Fixes #5410. [xry111] - Update to vim-9.1.0041. Addresses #4500. [xry111] - Update to iana-etc-20240117. Addresses #5006. [xry111] - Update to shadow-4.14.3. Fixes #5413. [xry111] - Fix CVE-2024-0684 for coreutils-9.4. Fixes #5417. 2024-01-18 [xry111] - Edit a ncurses header to always use the wide-character ABI compatible with libncursesw.so because we are faking the 8-bit libncurses.so with it. Fixes #5415. 2024-01-09 [renodr] - Fix the definition of the C.UTF-8 locale. Fixes #5409. 2023-12-31 [xry111] - Add --enable-default-hash-style=gnu configuring binutils. Fixes #5401. [xry111] - Fix CVE-2023-7008 for systemd-255. Fixes #5405. [xry111] - Update to iana-etc-20231205. Addresses #5006. [xry111] - Update to tzdata-2023d. Fixes #5399. [xry111] - Update to linux-6.6.8. Fixes #5397. [xry111] - Update to meson-1.3.1. Fixes #5402. [xry111] - Update to grub-2.12. Fixes #5396. [xry111] - Update to inetutils-2.5. Fixes #5404. [xry111] - Update to setuptools-69.0.3. Fixes #5400. [xry111] - Update to xml-parser-2.47. Fixes #5403. [xry111] - Update to vim-9.0.2189. Addresses #4500. [xry111] - Update to autoconf-2.72. Fixes #5398. 2023-12-16 [xry111] - Update to udev from systemd-255. Fixes #5390. 2023-12-14 [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux v2.39.3. Fixes #5388. [bdubbs] - Update to python3-3.12.1. Fixes #5392. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.6.7. Fixes #5387. [bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.6.4. Fixes #5393. [bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.7.4. Fixes #5389. [bdubbs] - Reformat util-linux configure parameters. Fixes #5395. 2023-12-04 [thomas] - Modify commands for install Python docs to avoid too restrictive permissions on the files and dirs. 2023-12-01 [xry111] - Restore NIC naming based on physical system characteristics. Fixes #5386. 2023-11-30 [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.2136. Addresses #4500. [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20231117. Addresses #5006. [bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.7.3. Fixes #5385. [bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.42.0 (Python Module). Fixes #5384. [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.38.2. Fixes #5383. [bdubbs] - Update to pkgconf-2.1.0. Fixes #5382. [bdubbs] - Update to readline patches 002 through 007. Fixes #5381. [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.2.0. Fixes #5380. [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-69.0.2. Fixes #5379. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.6.3. Fixes #5378. [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.3.0. Fixes #5377. [bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.22.4. Fixes #5376. 2023-11-13 [xry111] - Update to elfutils-0.190. Fixes #5373. [xry111] - Update to vim-9.0.2103. Addresses #4500. [xry111] - Update to linux-6.6.1. Fixes #5369. [xry111] - Update to xz-5.4.5. Fixes #5371. [xry111] - Update to iana-etc-20231107. Addresses #5006. [xry111] - Update to gawk-5.3.0. Fixes #5372. [xry111] - Update to bash-5.2.21. Fixes #5375. [xry111] - Update to iproute2-6.6.0. Fixes #5374. 2023-11-01 [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20231019. Addresses #5006. [bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.41.3. Fixes #5370. [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.14.2. Fixes #5368. [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.1.4. Fixes #5367. [bdubbs] - Update to texinfo-7.1. Fixes #5364. [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.2.3. Fixes #5366. [bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.7.2. Fixes #5363. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.5.9. Fixes #5365. [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.12.0. Fixes #5357. [bdubbs] - Add setuptools-68.2.2. Fixes #5358. 2023-10-15 [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.5.7. Fixes #5362. [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.14.1. Fixes #5361. [bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.22.3. Fixes #5359. 2023-10-03 [xry111] - Update Glibc upstream fixes patch to fix CVE-2023-4911. 2023-10-01 [bdubbs] - Disable building nscd in glibc. Fixes #5349. [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230929. Addresses #5006. [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.1968. Addresses #4500. [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.1.3. Fixes #5350. [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.2.2. Fixes #5356. [bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.12.0. Fixes #5354. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.5.5. Fixes #5352. [bdubbs] - Update to kmod-31. Fixes #5355. [bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.6.3. Fixes #5361. [bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.22.2. Fixes #5348. [bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.7.0. Fixes #5353. 2023-09-24 [xry111] - Update Glibc upstream fixes patch to plug a memory leak introduced by the security fix. 2023-09-17 [xry111] - Update to linux-6.5.3. Fixes #5343. [xry111] - Update to iana-etc-20230912. Addresses #5006. [xry111] - Update to iproute2-6.5.0. Fixes #5342. 2023-09-13 [xry111] - Fix CVE-2023-4806 for Glibc-2.38. Fixes #5347. 2023-09-12 [xry111] - Fix CVE-2023-4527 for Glibc-2.38. Fixes #5346. 2023-09-07 [xry111] - Fix an issue in pkgconf-2.0.3 causing BLFS packages fail to build. Fixes #5341. 2023-09-05 [xry111] - Move pkgconf before binutils for binutils building system to detect zstd properly. Fixes #5340. [xry111] - Update to linux-6.5.1. Fixes #5332. [xry111] - Update to pkgconf-2.0.3. Fixes #5339. [xry111] - Update to dbus-1.14.10. Fixes #5337. 2023-09-04 [bdubbs] - Move caution regarding building by mixing different version of LFS to General Compilation Instructions. Fixes #5338. 2023-09-02 [xry111] - Add --no-cache-dir option for pip3 wheel commands. Addresses BLFS #18466. [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.1837. Addresses #4500. [bdubbs] - Update to zlib-1.3. Fixes #5324. [bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.41.2 (Python Module). Fixes #5328. [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.39.2. Fixes #5322. [bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-3.08. Fixes #5321. [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.14.0. Fixes #5319. [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.11.5. Fixes #5330. [bdubbs] - Update to procps-ng-4.0.4. Fixes #5335. [bdubbs] - Update to pkgconf-2.0.2. Fixes #5323. [bdubbs] - Update to mpfr-4.2.1. Fixes #5326. [bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.6.2. Fixes #5318. [bdubbs] - Update to gzip-1.13. Fixes #5325. [bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-9.4. Fixes #5334. [bdubbs] - Specify the 'nobody-group' for systemd. Fixes #5333. [bdubbs] - Remove unused usb group. Fixes #5331. 2023-09-01 [bdubbs] - LFS-12.0 released.