%general-entities; ]> This is version &version; &versiond; 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. 2018-02-14 [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.15.3. Fixes #4218. 2018-02-09 [bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.8.1. Fixes #4216. 2018-02-09 [bdubbs] - Move OpenSSL-1.1.0g from BLFS to LFS to support wireless operations in the linux kernel. [bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.43.9. Fixes #4215. [bdubbs] - Update to dbus-1.12.4. Fixes #4214. [bdubbs] - Update to mpfr-4.0.1. Fixes #4213. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.15.2. Fixes #4212. [bdubbs] - Update to patch-2.7.6. Fixes #4211. 2018-02-05 [bdubbs] - Update to expect-5.45.4. Fixes #4208. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.15.1. Fixes #4209. [bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.8.0. Fixes #4210. 2018-02-02 [bdubbs] - Update to glibc-2.27. Fixes #4207. [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-4.15. Fixes #4206. [bdubbs] - Update to bash-4.4.18. Fixes #4205. [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-4.15.0. Fixes #4204. 2018-01-30 [bdubbs] - Make /etc/vimrc set defaults properly. [dj] - Update to systemd-237. Fixes #4203. [dj] - Update to linux-4.15. Fixes #4202. [dj] - Update to ncurses-6.1. Fixes #4201. 2018-01-28 [bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.30.0. Fixes #4200. [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-7.3.0. Fixes #4199. [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2018c. Fixes #4198. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.14.15. Fixes #4197. 2018-01-13 [bdubbs] - Add warnings about mounting /mnt/lfs and the export of $LFS if restarting the host system. Add comments to automate those actions. 2018-01-13 [bdubbs] - Update to mpfr-4.0.0. Fixes #4185. [bdubbs] - Update to mpc-1.1.0. Fixes #4196. 2018-01-13 [dj] - Simplify and correct Libelf instructions. 2018-01-12 [dj] - Add Libelf (Elfutils) 0.170. [dj] - Update to Linux-4.14.13. Fixes #4195. 2018-01-11 [dj] - Update to kmod-25. Fixes #4194. [dj] - Update to gzip-1.9. Fixes #4193. 2018-01-06 [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.14.12. Fixes #4192. [bdubbs] - Update to gdbm-1.14.1. Fixes #4191. [bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.43.8. Fixes #4190. 2018-01-01 [bdubbs] - Add comments to the kernel section to change the unwinder option. Fixes #4186. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.14.10. Fixes #4184. [bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-8.29. Fixes #4189. [bdubbs] - Remove old footer from non-chunks book. Fixes #4188. [bdubbs] - Make spacing between "Chapter" and digit non breaking. Fixes #4187. 2017-12-26 [bdubbs] - Update to tcl-8.6.8. Fixes #4183. 2017-12-25 [dj] - Update to Python-3.6.4. Fixes #4178. [dj] - Add glibc-2.26-local_glob_exploits-2.patch. Fixes #4157. 2017-12-22 [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.14.8. Fixes #4177. [bdubbs] - Add discussion of ethernet device names. Fixes #4180. [bdubbs] - Add discussion of audo file deletion. Fixes #4181. [bdubbs] - Add discussion of separate /tmp. Fixes #4182. 2017-12-22 [dj] - Update to util-linux-2.31.1. Fixes #4176. [dj] - Correct build issue with systemd-236 tests. 2017-12-19 [bdubbs] - Update tar-1.30. Fixes #4175. [bdubbs] - Update meson-0.44.0. Fixes #4173. [bdubbs] - Update to systemd-236. Fixes #4174. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.14.6. Fixes #4171. 2017-12-03 [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-4.14. Fixes #4170. [bdubbs] - Update to eudev-3.2.5. Fixes #4169. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.14.3. Fixes #4168. 2017-11-26 [bdubbs] - Prevent installation of unneeded gawk files. 2017-11-17 [bdubbs] - Update to libpipeline-1.5.0. Fixes #4167. [bdubbs] - Update to dbus-1.12.2. Fixes #4166. [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-4.14.1. Fixes #4164. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.14. Fixes #4165. 2017-11-11 [dj] - Update to linux-4.13.12. Fixes #4163. 2017-11-09 [dj] - Create additional symlinks to simplify build of systemd and remove text references to /tools/include. 2017-11-08 [dj] - Remove invalid links to util-linux static archives in /tools/lib. 2017-11-06 [dj] - Update to linux-4.13.11. Fixes #4162. [dj] - Update to expat-2.2.5. Fixes #4161. [dj] - Update to dbus-1.12.0. Fixes #4160. 2017-10-28 [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2017c. Fixes #4159. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.13.10. Fixes #4158. [bdubbs] - Update to check-0.12.0. Fixes #4155. 2017-10-27 [bdubbs] - Update rule in 83-cdrom-symlinks.rules in udev-lfs tarball. 2017-10-20 [bdubbs] - Update to gawk-4.2.0. Fixes #4155. [bdubbs] - Update to expect-5.45.3. Fixes #4154. [bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.43.7. Fixes #4152. [bdubbs] - Update to dejagnu-1.6.1. Fixes #4151. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.13.8. Fixes #4153. [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux v2.31. Fixes #4145. 2017-10-15 [dj] - Update to D-Bus-1.10.24. Fixes #4143. [dj] - Update to Systemd-235. Fixes #4147. [dj] - Create a simple replacement for /lib/systemd/systemd-user-sessions, to enable uprivileged user logins without systemd-logind. [bdubbs] - Add optional patch to ninja. 2017-10-14 [bdubbs] - Update to bash-4.4.12. Fixes #4149. [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.43.0. Fixes #4148. [bdubbs] - Update to python3-3.6.3. Fixes #4146. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.13.7. Fixes #4144. [bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.29.1. Fixes #4142. 2017-09-24 [bdubbs] - Reorder packages in Chapter 6 so Python can use gdbm. [dj] - Use upstream systemd tarball with meson build system and supply only prebuilt man pages. 2017-09-23 [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.26.1. Fixes #4141. [bdubbs] - Add Meson-0.42.1. [bdubbs] - Add Ninja-1.8.2. [bdubbs] - Add Python-3.6.2. [bdubbs] - Add libffi-3.2.1. [bdubbs] - Update to eudev-3.2.4. Fixes #4140. 2017-09-22 [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux 2.30.2. Fixes #4139. [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-4.13. Fixes #4138. [bdubbs] - Update to texinfo-6.5. Fixes #4137. [bdubbs] - Update to mpfr-3.1.6. Fixes #4136. [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-4.13.0. Fixes #4135. [bdubbs] - Update to eudev-3.2.3. Fixes #4133. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.13.3. Fixes #4134. 2017-09-02 [bdubbs] - Update to file-5.32. Fixes #4132. [bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-8.28. Fixes #4131. [bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.43.6. Fixes #4130. [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.2.4. Fixes #4127. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.12.10. Fixes #4126. 2017-09-01 [bdubbs] - LFS-8.1 released.