%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 changes made since the previous release of the book, first a summary, then a detailed log. Upgraded to: Arch: All - Automake 1.9.5 Arch: All - Binutils 2.15.94.0.2.2 Arch: All - Bison 2.0 Arch: All - Bzip2 1.0.3 Arch: All - Diffutils 2.8.7 Arch: All - E2fsprogs 1.37 Arch: All - Expect 1.43.0 Arch: All - File 4.13 Arch: All - Findutils 4.2.20 Arch: All - GCC 3.4.3 Arch: All - Gettext 0.14.4 Arch: All - Glibc 2.3.5 Arch: All - Grep 2.5.1a Arch: x86 - Grub 0.96 Arch: All - Iana-Etc 1.04 Arch: All - Iproute2 2.6.11-050330 Arch: All - LFS-Bootscripts 3.2.0 Arch: All - Libtool 1.5.14 Arch: All - Linux 2.6.11.7 Arch: All - Linux-libc-headers 2.6.11.2 Arch: All - Man 1.5p Arch: All - Man-pages 2.02 Arch: All - M4 1.43 Arch: All - Patch 2.5.9 Arch: All - Perl 5.8.5 Arch: All - Procps 3.2.5 Arch: All - Psmisc 21.6 Arch: All - Sed 4.14 Arch: All - Shadow 4.0.7 Arch: All - Sysvinit 2.8.6 Arch: All - Tar 1.15.1 Arch: All - Texinfo 4.8 Arch: All - Tcl 8.4.9 Arch: All - Udev 057 Arch: All - Util-linux 2.12q Arch: All - Zlib 1.2.2 Arch: All - udev-config-2.rules Added: Arch: All - grep-2.5.1a-raq2_config_update-1.patch Arch: All - tar-1.15.1-sparse_fix-1.patch Arch: All - shadow-4.0.7-fix_lastlog-1.patch Arch: All - util-linux-2.12q-cramfs-1.patch Arch: PPC - Parted 1.6.22 Arch: PPC - Yaboot 1.3.13 Arch: RaQ2 - Colo 1.19 Arch: RaQ2 - glibc-2.3.4-mips_syscall-2.patch Arch: RaQ2 - linux-libc-headers-2.6.11.2-raq2_fix-1.patch Arch: RaQ2 - linux-2.6.11.6-raq2_fix-3.patch Removed: Arch: All - udev-config-2.permissions Arch: All - iproute2-2.6.11-050330-remove_db-1.patch Changelog Entries: April 15, 2005 [jim] Updated: Arch: All - Udev 057. April 14, 2005 [jim] Updated: Arch: All - Man-pages 2.02. April 13, 2005 [jim] Updated: Arch: All - Gettext to 0.14.4. Updated: Arch: All - Glibc to 2.3.5. Updated: Arch: All - Linux to 2.6.11.7. April 12, 2005 [manuel] Fixed: Arch: All - Small redaction changes ported from trunk. April 11, 2005 [manuel] Fixed: Arch: All - Tags and text corrections ported from trunk. April 6, 2005 [jim] Removed: Arch: All - Removed the Iproute2 patch and replaced with sed (Ryan Oliver). Updated: Arch: RaQ2 - Updated linux-libc-headers patch. April 6, 2005 [matt] Fixed: Arch: All - Move e2fsprogs sed command to before entering the build directory (Steffen R. Knollmann). April 4, 2005 [jim] Updated: Arch: Raq2 - Colo to 1.19. April 4, 2005 [matt] Added: Arch: All - Mention bzip2's testsuite. Fixed: Arch: All - Fix E2fsprogs compile problem (Ken Moffat +& Greg Schafer). Fixed: Arch: All - No need to manually create /var/log/hotplug as hotplug's Makefile creates it (Ken Moffat). Fixed: Arch: All - Also minor rewording to improve consistency, in hotplug. Typo: Arch: All - The udev initscript registers udevsend, not udev, as the hotplug handler (Bryan Kadzban). April 1, 2005 [jim] Added: Arch: All - IPRoute2 to 2.6.11-050330. Patch: Arch: RaQ2 - Updated linux kernel patch for tulip fixes. March 31, 2005 [jhuntwork] Added: Arch: PPC - Parted 1.6.22. March 31, 2005 [jim] Updated: Arch: Raq2 - Colo to 1.18. Updated: Arch: All - M4 to 1.4.3. Updated: Arch: All - LFS-Bootscritps to 3.2.0. Removed: RaQ2 - lfs-bootscripts-3.1.0-raq2-2.patch Fixed: Arch: All - Sysklogd missing files. Patch: Arch: RaQ2 - Updated linux kernel patch for 64 bit. March 30, 2005 [jim] Re-Added: Arch: All - Sysklogd 1.4.1. Removed: Arch: All - Syslog-ng 1.6.6. Removed: Arch: All - Libol 0.3.15. Fixed: Arch: All - Patches download locations. Patch: Arch: RaQ2 - Fix compile issue on sysklogd. March 26, 2005 [jim] Updated: Arch: All - Linux to 2.6.11.6. Updated: Arch: All - Linux-libc-headers to 2.6.11.2. Removed: Arch: RaQ2 - Patch for Linux-libc-headers, no longer needed March 23, 2005 [jim] Updated: Arch: RaQ2 - Linux to 2.6.11.5. Updated: Arch: PPC - Updated based on Jermey Huntwork's livecd build. March 22, 2005 [jim] Updated: Arch: All - E2fsprogs to 1.37. March 21, 2005 [jim] Patch: Arch: All - Shadow fix issue with shadow and lastlog. March 19, 2005 [jim] Updated: Arch: x86, PPC, Alpha - Linux to 2.6.11.5. Updated: Arch: All - Made the bootloader FHS symlink generic to all bootloaders. Updated: Arch: All - Udev to 056. Patch: Arch: All - Tar -S fail with files over 4 GB. March 18, 2005 [jim] Updated: Arch: All - Findutils to 4.2.20. Fixed: Arch: All - Updated to IPRoute2 file size. March 16, 2005 [jim] Updated: Arch: All - IPRoute2 to 2.6.11-050314. Updated: Arch: x86, PPC, Alpha - Linux to 2.6.11.4. March 14, 2005 [jim] Updated: Arch: All - Updated hotplug explanations from r4758. Thanx Matt Updated: Arch: All - Gettext to 0.14.3. March 13, 2005 [jim] Updated: Arch: All - IPRoute2 to 2.6.11-050310. Updated: Arch: x86, PPC, Alpha - Linux to 2.6.11.3. Updated: Arch: x86, PPC, Alpha - Linux-libc-headers to 2.6.11.0. Updated: Arch: All - Dynamically link the pass1 toolchain to workaround bug 1061 and remove all related explanatory text March 12, 2005 [jim] Updated: Arch: All - Psmisc to 21.6. Updated: Arch: All - Findutils to 4.2.19. Updated: Arch: All - Udev to 054. Updated: Arch: All - Hotplug instructions. Fixed: Arch: All - Typo in passwd file. March 6, 2005 [jim] Fixed: Arch: All - Removed --without-cvs from glibc. Fixed: Arch: All - Corrected fstab gid for devpts. Fixed: Arch: All - Fixed Typos in download links. March 2, 2005 [jim] Fixed: Arch: All - Bash Download Location. Fixed: Arch: All - Spelling of February. February 26, 2005 [jim] Updated: Arch: All - Udev to 054. February 25, 2005 [jim] Fixed: Arch: All - Duplicate tty in group file. February 24, 2005 [jim] Updated: Arch: All - Gettext 0.14.2. Changed: Book Format - Changelog format. Fixed: Arch: All - Bugzilla 1033 Gettext. Updated: Arch: Raq2 - Colo to 1.17. Updated: Arch: All - Bzip2 to 1.0.3. Updated: Arch: All - Download file sizes. February 23, 2005 [jim] Sync: With the 6.0 Release. Updated: Arch: All - Users and Groups to basic needs. Updated: Arch: All - Udev Configuration. Added Patch: Arch: RaQ2 glibc - which fixes the generation of the syscall.h file. Added Patch: Arch: RaQ2 grep - updated config.guess and config.sub. Added Patch: Arch: RaQ2 Linux - fixes MIPS Processor related issues. Added Patch: Arch: RaQ2 bootscripts - allows LCD Status during bootup. Added Patch: Arch: All iproute2 - fixes constant_htons build issue. Added: Arch: RaQ2 - Colo, OpenSSL, and OpenSSH. Added: Arch: PPC - Yaboot. Branch Synced from the Release of LFS 6.0 on February 23rd, 2005