%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. 2016-04-05 [bdubbs] - Remove obsolete note about iconv() in Chapter 6 Glibc. Minor adjustments to text in the same section. Fixes #3904. [bdubbs] - Add a note about UEFI and Secure Boot to Chapter 8 "Using GRUB to Set Up the Boot Process". Fixes #3908. [bdubbs] - Add notes about paths for 64-bit systems in Chapter 6 "Adjusting the Toolchain". Fixes #3912. 2016-04-04 [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.5. Fixes #3903. [bdubbs] - Update to grep-2.24. Fixes #3905. [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.1.1. Fixes #3907. [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2016c. Fixes #3909. [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-4.5.0. Fixes #3910. [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-4.05. Fixes #3911. [bdubbs] - Update to gzip-1.7. Fixes #3913. 2016-03-13 [Chris] - Updated dependencies - Gawk can use GMP, MPFR, Readline. 2016-03-09 [bdubbs] - Update to mpfr-3.1.4. Fixes #3902. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.4.4. Fixes #3893. [bdubbs] - Update to pkg-config-0.29.1. Fixes #3901. [bdubbs] - Update to tcl-6.8.5. Fixes #3898. [bdubbs] - Remove --disable-profile from Glibc instructions. Fixes #3895. [bdubbs] - Create /var/log/faillog. Fixes #3899. [bdubbs] - Remove --enable-obsolete-rpc from Chapter 5 glibc. Fixes #3900. 2016-03-08 [bdubbs] - LFS-7.9 released.