%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. 2007-09-07 [manuel] - Added sect1info metainformation blocks to packages pages to help adding package manager support into jhalfs. 2007-09-03 [jhuntwork] - Remove -m64 from binutils and gcc pass 1. Tests show that the 32-bit binary versions still produce the wanted 64-bit code. 2007-08-31 [jhuntwork] - Update explanatory text for the use of -m64. [jhuntwork] - Update explanatory text for GCC's --with-arch parameter. [jhuntwork] - Add --disable-bootstrap flags to GCC pass 2 and chapter 6 GCC, to achieve traditional LFS build methods with GCC 4.2.1. 2007-08-30 [jhuntwork] - Upgraded to FSF Binutils version 2.18. [jhuntwork] - Use --with-arch=i486 only for x86. Also force '-m64' for 64-bit builds. Lastly, use 'make' instead of 'make bootstrap' on gcc pass 1. The bootstrap is now default. 2007-08-27 [bdubbs] - Upgrade to Linux-2.6.22.5. Fixes #2065. [dnicholson] - Changed the Shadow download URL to a more stable location. [dnicholson] - Updated the acknowledgements page again. 2007-08-21 [bdubbs] - Synced to 6.3 updates: linux 2.6.22.4, man-db patch, update acknowledgements page. 2007-08-20 [jhuntwork] - Use --with-arch=i486 on GCC instead of -march=i486 with Glibc. [bryan] - Fix typo in acknowledgements. 2007-08-19 [bdubbs] - Upgrade to Linux-2.6.22.3, fixes #2060.. [bdubbs] - Updated acknowledgements. 2007-08-13 [dnicholson] - Updated to LFS-Bootscripts-20070813. 2007-08-11 [bdubbs] - Upgrade to Linux-2.6.22.2, fixes #2059. [dnicholson] - Changed the Bash testsuite standard input fix to only affect the necessary test script. [jhuntwork] - Add -march=i486 to Glibc for x86 builds as default of i386 is incompatible. [jhuntwork] - Make the sed to Glibc's test-installation.pl file architecture independent. 2007-08-07 [jhuntwork] - Fix Perl-5.8.8 to build with GCC-4.2.1. Have makedepend.SH check for 'command-line' as well as 'command line'. [jhuntwork] - Fix Coreutils-6.9 and Gzip-1.3.12 to work with Glibc-2.6.1. Rename the futimens function. [jhuntwork] - Use a loop, find and sed instead of the gcc specs patch [jhuntwork] - Upgraded to Glibc 2.6.1 [jhuntwork] - Add --disable-shared to gcc pass 1. Requires adding a libgcc_eh.a -> libgcc.a symlink. [jhuntwork] - Since we're using HJL Binutils, add m4, bison and flex back to chatper 5. [jhuntwork] - Upgraded to GCC 4.2.1 [jhuntwork] - Upgraded to HJL Binutils-2.17.50.0.18 [jhuntwork] - Update commands to work with both x86 and x86_64 [jhuntwork] - Use '-n' when creating /tools/lib64 symlink. Will fail if that directory or symlink already exists, instead of creating an unwanted lib -> lib symlink inside of /tools/lib. Fix from Dan Nicholson. LFS 6.3 released August 28, 2007.