%general-entities; %patches-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: Automake &automake-version; Binutils &binutils-version; Bison &bison-version; Bzip2 &bzip2-version; E2fsprogs &e2fsprogs-version; Expect &expect-version; File &file-version; Findutils &findutils-version; GCC &gcc-version; Gettext &gettext-version; Glibc &glibc-version; Grep &grep-version; Grub &grub-version; Iana-Etc &iana-etc-version; Iproute2 &iproute2-version; LFS-Bootscripts &lfs-bootscripts-version; Libtool &libtool-version; Linux &linux-version; Linux-libc-headers &linux-libc-headers-version; M4 &m4-version; Man &man-version; Man-pages &man-pages-version; Module-init-tools &module-init-tools-version; Perl &perl-version; Procps &procps-version; Psmisc &psmisc-version; Sed &sed-version; Shadow &shadow-version; Sysvinit &sysvinit-version; Tar &tar-version; Texinfo &texinfo-version; Tcl &tcl-version; Udev &udev-version; Util-linux &util-linux-version; Zlib &zlib-version; Added: &bash-fixes-patch; &bash-avoid_WCONTINUED-patch; &flex-fixes-patch; &glibc-testfix-patch; &gzip-security_fix-patch; Hotplug &hotplug-version; &mktemp-tempfile-patch; &sysklogd-fixes-patch; &tar-sparse_fix-patch; &util-linux-cramfs-patch; &vim-security_fix-patch; Removed: bash-3.0-display_wrap-1.patch flex-2.5.31-debian_fixes-2.patch iproute2-2.6.11-050330-remove_db-1.patch man-1.5o1-80cols-1.patch mktemp-1.5-add_tempfile-1.patch shadow-4.0.7-fix_lastlog-1.patch sysklogd-1.4.1-kernel_headers-1.patch 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 June 29th, 2005 [archaic]: Added a livecd-root entity. June 29th, 2005 [archaic]: Moved the host requirements page to the preface section of the book. June 27th, 2005 [matthew]: Removed mention of test suite problems from chapter 1 as more comprehensive information is given in chapter 5 (archaic). June 27th, 2005 [matthew]: Reworded description of the glibc atime failure case, and removed the description of the shm test failure as we already mount a tmpfs (archaic). June 27th, 2005 [archaic]: Switched from mounting /dev on a ramfs to a tmpfs. June 27th, 2005 [archaic]: Filled in text for errata page. Thanks for the text, Steve! June 25th, 2005 [archaic]: Added placeholder for errata page and a temporary link (currently dead). June 25th, 2005 [archaic]: Added "generic-version" and "test-results" entities. June 25th, 2005 [matthew]: Updated to the latest version of the mktemp tempfile patch, which supports building outside the source directory June 24th, 2005 [archaic]: Added the compress symlink to gzip. June 24th, 2005 [jhuntwork]: Fixed the setting of the TCLPATH variable in the Tcl instructions. June 23rd, 2005 [jhuntwork]: Added --with-tclinclude in Expect build to ensure it finds the Tcl headers. June 23rd, 2005 [archaic]: Rewrote the inputrc page. June 22nd, 2005 [archaic]: Added a link to point to test results. June 21st, 2005 [archaic]: Removed --with-included-regex from chapter05/grep since there seems to no longer be a valid reason to use it and the explanation of it was incorrect. June 21st, 2005 [archaic]: Updated to findutils-4.2.23. June 20th, 2005 [archaic]: Updated flex patch from -2 to -3. June 17th, 2005 [jhuntwork]: Removed outdated bootcd page. Added a brief description of the cd and a link to how.xml, section 1.1. June 16th, 2005 [archaic]: Added installation dependencies for hotplug. June 16th, 2005 [matthew]: Another round of typo and markup fixes in chapter 7, as reported by Randy McMurchy. June 16th, 2005 [matthew]: Typo and markup fixes in chapter 7, as reported by Randy McMurchy. June 16th, 2005 [jhuntwork]: Adjusted description of the patch package. Thanks Randy McMurchy. June 16th, 2005 [archaic]: Fixed link to BLFS's db page referenced in iproute2. June 15th, 2005 [archaic]: Added --disable-nls to pass2 binutils to avoid requirement of gettext. June 14th, 2005 [archaic]: Removed --with-included-regex from chapter6's grep since it is less reliable than glibc's in non-C locales. June 14th, 2005 [archaic]: Removed references to separate gcc tarballs (gcc-core, gcc-g++, etc.) June 14th, 2005 [archaic]: Updated all build sizes. June 12th, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to linux-2.6.11.12. June 12th, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to shadow-4.0.9. June 12th, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to gettext-0.14.5. June 12th, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to perl-5.8.7. June 12th, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to tcl-8.4.10. June 12th, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to man-pages-2.03. June 8th, 2005 [archaic]: Removed suggestion on where to move /sources, and reworded the rest of the page (chapter06/revisedchroot.xml). June 5th, 2005 [archaic]: Added a command to prevent module-init-tools from rewriting it's man page (which relies on docbook2man). May 24th, 2005 [jim]: Changed gcc-specs patch to -2. May 23nd, 2005 [jim]: Changed changelog to use version entities. May 22nd, 2005 [matt]: Updated to Udev-058. May 22nd, 2005 [matt]: Updated to Libtool-1.5.18. May 22nd, 2005 [matt]: Updated to Linux-2.6.11.10. May 22nd, 2005 [matt]: Updated to Gcc-3.4.4. May 22nd, 2005 [matt]: Updated to Binutils-2.16. May 15th, 2005 [matt]: Added gzip security patch. May 15th, 2005 [matt]: Updated to Grub 0.97. May 15th, 2005 [matt]: Updated to Libtool 1.5.16. May 15th, 2005 [matt]: Updated to Linux 2.6.11.9. May 15th, 2005 [matt]: Updated to LFS-Bootscripts 3.2.1. May 12th, 2005 [matt]: More wording and tagging improvements (thanks to Peter Ennis and Tony Morgan) May 12th, 2005 [matt]: Minor wording improvements (thanks to Peter Ennis) April 27th, 2005 [archaic]: Added a patch to fix 2 glibc testsuite failures when the running kernel is 2.6.11.x. April 17th, 2005 [manuel]: Updated the stylesheets to use DoBook-XSL 1.68.1. April 17, 2005 [matt]: Don't create hotplug's events log file; the bootscripts handle that for us. April 17, 2005 [matt]: Use canonical charmaps in /etc/profile and don't set LC_ALL (Ken Moffat and Alexander Patrakov) April 16, 2005 [matt]: Reword handling of hotpluggable devices now that we install the hotplug package (Andrew Benton) April 16, 2005 [matt]: Minor wording/typo fixes (Allard Welter) April 16, 2005 [matt]: Minor wording/typo fixes (Peter Ennis) April 16, 2005 [matt]: Removed references to statically linking the pass 1 toolchain which should have gone as part of bug 1061 (Andrew Benton) April 15, 2005 [jim]: Updated to udev 057. April 15, 2005 [jim]: Updated to file to 4.13. April 14, 2005 [jim]: Updated to man-pages 2.02. April 13, 2005 [jim]: Updated to glibc 2.3.5. April 13, 2005 [jim]: Updated to linux 2.6.11.7. April 13, 2005 [jim]: Updated to gettext 0.14.4. April 12, 2005 [manuel]: Small redaction changes. April 11, 2005 [manuel]: Several tags and text corrections. April 6, 2005 [jim]: Removed IPRoute2 patch for a sed (Ryan Oliver). April 6, 2005 [matt]: Move e2fsprogs sed command to before entering the build directory (Steffen R. Knollmann). April 4, 2005 [matt]: Typo: The udev initscript registers udevsend, not udev, as the hotplug handler (Bryan Kadzban) April 4, 2005 [matt]: No need to manually create /var/log/hotplug as hotplug's Makefile creates it (Ken Moffat). Also minor rewording to improve consistency. April 4, 2005 [matt]: Fix e2fsprogs compile problem (Ken Moffat & Greg Schafer) April 4, 2005 [matt]: Mention bzip2's testsuite April 2, 2005 [jhuntwork]: Fixed dtd url for sysklogd xml files March 31, 2005 [jhuntwork]: Changed the link for less to point to ftp.gnu.org March 31, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to LFS-Bootscripts 3.2.0 March 31, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to m4-1.4.3 March 30, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to iproute2-2.6.11-050330 March 30, 2005 [jhuntwork]: Removed syslog-ng-1.6.6, libol-0.3.15. Reinstated sysklogd-1.4.1. Thanks to Archaic for the patch. March 26, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to linux-libc-headers-2.6.11.2 March 26, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to linux-libc-headers-2.6.11.1 March 26, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to linux-2.6.11.6 March 22, 2005 [jim]: Upgraded to e2fsprogs-1.3.7. March 21, 2005 [jim]: Added patch to fix issue with shadow and lastlog. March 19, 2005 [jim]: Added patch to fix issue with tar -S March 19, 2005 [matt]: Removed references to kernel security patch March 19, 2005 [jim]: Upgraded to udev-056 March 19, 2005 [jim]: Upgraded to linux-2.6.11.5 March 19, 2005 [jim]: Change references to Iproute2 to IPRoute2 March 18, 2005 [jim]: Upgraded to Findutils 4.2.20 March 16, 2005 [jim]: Upgraded to linux-2.6.11.4 March 16, 2005 [jim]: Removed reference to kernel security patch March 16, 2005 [jim]: Removed find_update patch for IPRoute2, it is not needed anymore March 15, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to iproute2-2.6.11-050314 March 14, 2005 [matt]: List the installed files/directories descriptions in a somewhat more alphabetic order. March 14, 2005 [matt]: Fix typos, and reword some of the hotplug explanations for (hopefully) improved clarity March 14, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to gettext-0.14.3 March 14, 2005 [jim]: Added /var/log/hotplug for capturing of hotplug events. Added /lib/firmware for firmware loading with hotplug March 13, 2005 [jim]: Updated iproute2 db patch to iproute2-2.6.11-050310. Removed unneeded find_update patch also for iproute2-2.6.11-050310 March 13, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to iproute2-2.6.11-050310 March 13, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to linux-2.6.11.3 and linux-libc-headers-2.6.11.0 March 13, 2005 [matt]: Reword About SBUs section to reflect the earlier fix for bug 1061 March 13, 2005 [matt]: Dynamically link the pass1 toolchain to workaround bug 1061 and remove all related explanatory text March 12, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to udev-054 March 12, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to findutils-4.2.19 March 12, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded psmisc to 21.6 March 10, 2005 [matt]: gettext no longer installs libgettext{lib,src}.a (Jack Brown) March 3, 2005 [matt]: Remove --without-cvs from glibc instructions, as we're not using glibc CVS snapshots anymore March 3, 2005 [matt]: Fixed a couple of typo's in the download locations March 2, 2005 [matt]: Add note regarding potential custom features in a host distribution's version of e2fsprogs. Fixes bug 1047. Thanks to Steve Crosby for the suggested explanatory text. March 2, 2005 [jim]: Update download locations February 28, 2005 [jim]: Upgraded bash fixes patch to -3 February 28, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded binutils to 2.14.94.0.2.2 February 28, 2005 [matt]: Move /usr/bin/logger to /bin as the bootscripts need it there. Fixes bug 1035. February 28, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to iana-etc-1.04 February 28, 2005 [matt]: Correct the instructions for invoking udev's testsuite (Randy McMurchy) February 27, 2005 [matt]: Correct the title of the readline patch in chapter 3. Fixes bug 1049 February 27, 2005 [matt]: Mention udev's testsuite. Fixes bug 1042 February 27, 2005 [matt]: Use --without-csharp instead of --disable-csharp, as the latter doesn't work as intended. Fixes bug 1033 February 27, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to gettext-0.14.2 February 27, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to findutils-4.2.18 February 27, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to bzip2-1.0.3 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 fix 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