%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 differences between the Testing and Unstable versions of the LFS Book. Upgraded to: binutils-2.15.94.0.1 findutils-4.2.9 gcc-3.4.3 glibc-20041122 perl-5.8.6 util-linux-2.12j Added: binutils-2.15.94.0.1-fix_strip-1.patch December 6th, 2004 [jeremy]: Fixed incorrect CR in ch 6 binutils, causing the patch name to be split on 2 lines. Thanks Robert Connolly! December 6th, 2004 [jim]: Fixes a few typo's done by me. Added a patch for IPRoute2 to fix usage with the newer findutils. Updated Readline and Zlib library location changes. Bumped findutils to 4.2.9 and util-linux 2.12j. Used the same methodology used on zlib and readline on shadow. December 4th, 2004 [jeremy]: Added binutils fix_strip patch December 3rd, 2004 [jim]: Changed readline and zlib instructions to use --libdir for the libraries. Bumped perl to 5.8.6. Corrected wording in readline. December 1st, 2004 [jeremy]: Minor entity revisions in the XML sources, patch courtesy of Boris Buegling. November 13th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded toolchain packages to GCC 3.4.3, and Glibc weekly snapshot from 2004-11-08.