%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. 2008-12-06 [matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.27.8. Fixes #2282. [matthew] - Upgraded to Kbd-1.15. Fixes #2291. [matthew] - Upgraded to Bison-2.4. Fixes #2281. [matthew] - Upgraded to Binutils-2.19. Fixes #2268. [matthew] - Upgraded to bash-3.2-fixes-9.patch. Fixes #2294. [matthew] - Upgraded to Automake-1.10.2. Fixes #2286. 2008-12-04 [jhuntwork] - Introduce new build method in Chapter 5 originating in DIY-Linux. Thanks, Greg Schafer. [jhuntwork] - Move instructions for GRUB to chapter 8 just after the compilation of the kernel. Merge GRUB build and configuration instructions into one page. 2008-12-03 [jhuntwork] - Initial addition of support for building on x86_64. Several ideas, principles and build instructions originated in DIY-Linux. Thanks, Greg Schafer. 2008-12-02 [jhuntwork] - Moved grep up in the build order of chapter 6 to be before libtool which hardcodes references to grep in its installed files. Was previously circumvented by a symlink, but this approach sticks more closely to our build order policy. Thanks to Greg Schafer for the reminder. 2008-12-01 [jhuntwork] - Adjusted the line break in the adjusting toolchain section so that the output redirection does not look like a secondary bash prompt. Thanks to Chris Staub for the idea. 2008-11-23 [ken] - Added note to gmp about CFLAGS on 64-bit-capable machines. Reported by Tobias Gasser, thanks to Greg Schafer for the analysis. LFS 6.3 released August 28, 2007.