%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. 2009-02-01 [matthew] - Remove the redundant SBINDIR parameter from IPRoute2's commands. Fixes the remaining part of #2307. [matthew] - Install DRM-related Linux headers, as suggested by Chris Staub in #2307. [matthew] - Added preloadable_libintl.so to list of files installed by Gettext. Thanks to Chris Staub for the report and patch. Fixes #2312. [matthew] - Upgraded to Udev-137. Fixes #2328. [matthew] - Upgraded to Tcl-8.5.6. Fixes #2305. [matthew] - Upgraded to Tar-1.21. Fixes #2309. [matthew] - Upgraded to Patch-2.5.9. Fixes #2239. [matthew] - Upgraded to Man-Pages-3.17. Fixes #2327. [matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.28.2. Fixes #2316. [matthew] - Upgraded to IPRoute2-2.6.28. Fixes #2324. [matthew] - Upgraded to Inetutils-1.6. Fixes #2308. [matthew] - Upgraded to Groff-1.20.1. Fixes #2322. [matthew] - Upgraded to GCC-4.3.3. Fixes #2334. [matthew] - Upgraded to E2fsprogs-1.41.4. Fixes #2336. [matthew] - Upgraded to Bison-2.4.1. Fixes #2300. [matthew] - Upgraded to Bash-3.2.48. Fixes #2319. 2009-01-24 [matthew] - Corrected some package tarball sizes. Fixes #2290. 2009-01-03 [bdubbs] - Reformatted several pages so pdf is properly generated. Thanks to Martin Miehe for the changes. 2008-12-29 [bdubbs] - Split one udev rule so it is not wider than the book's page. 2008-12-24 [bdubbs] - Updated the location of glibc-2.8-20080929.tar.bz2. 2008-12-19 [robert] - Added -v to the install command for the convert-mans script in the man-db page, for consistent use of verbose commands. 2008-12-18 [robert] - Removed the unneeded -e option from the Sed command in the chap6 Findutils page, for consistency. 2008-12-07 [jhuntwork] - Update Greg Schafer's entry in the acknowledgments section to properly reflect the work done in designing the build method. 2008-12-06 [matthew] - Upgraded to vim-7.2-fixes-4.patch. Fixes #2296. [matthew] - Upgraded to Udev-135. Fixes #2284. [matthew] - Upgraded to Shadow-4.1.2.2. Fixes #2287. [matthew] - Upgraded to readline-5.2-fixes-6.patch. Fixes #2295. [matthew] - Upgraded to Ncurses-5.7. Fixes #2276. [matthew] - Upgraded to Module-Init-Tools-3.5. Fixes #2245. [matthew] - Upgraded to Man-Pages-3.15. Fixes #2269. [matthew] - Upgraded to Man-DB-2.5.3. Fixes #2283. [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 6.4 released November 23, 2008.