%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. 2023-02-19 [xry111] - Apply a patch for GRUB for an issue triggered with e2fsprogs-1.47.0. Fixes #5219. 2023-02-13 [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.03. Fixes #5216. 2023-02-11 [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230202. Addresses #5006. [bdubbs] - Update to zstd-1.5.4. Fixes #5215. [bdubbs] - Update to Python3-3.11.2. Fixes #5214. [bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.47.0. Fixes #5213. [bdubbs] - Update to dbus-1.14.6. Fixes #5212. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.1.11. Fixes #5210. [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.67. Fixes #5209. [bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.2.4. Fixes #5207. 2023-02-07 [renodr] - Update to OpenSSL-3.0.8 (Security Update). Fixes #5211. [renodr] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.46.6 (Security Update). Fixes #5208. 2023-02-06 [renodr] - Repackage the systemd man pages to prevent stray man pages from ending up in /usr/share/man. 2023-02-02 [xry111] - Update to glibc-2.37. Fixes #5203. [xry111] - Update to bc-6.2.3. Fixes #5204. [xry111] - Update to linux-6.1.9. Fixes #5205. [xry111] - Update to vim-9.0.1273. Addresses #4500. [xry111] - Remove --disable-exec-static-tramp for libffi. 2023-02-01 [bdubbs] - Update to texinfo-7.0.2. Fixes #5202. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.1.8. Fixes #5201. [bdubbs] - Update to diffutils-3.9. Fixes #5199. 2023-01-22 [bdubbs] - Update to MarkupSafe-2.1.2. Fixes #5200. 2023-01-15 [thomas] - Add libsframe to online_usrlib in stripping. libsframe.so.0.0.0 is in use by strip. [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230109. Addresses #5006. [bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.40. Fixes #5198. [bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.2.2. Fixes #5192. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.1.6. Fixes #5193. [bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.11.2. Fixes #5196. [bdubbs] - Update to mpfr-4.2.0. Fixes #5195. [bdubbs] - Update to ncurses-6.4. Fixes #5194. [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.4.1. Fixes #5197. 2023-01-01 [thomas] - Remove an obsolete sed from mpc. 2022-12-31 [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20221220. Addresses #5006. [bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-3.06. Fixes #5186. [bdubbs] - Update to mpc-1.3.1. Fixes #5185. [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.0.0. Fixes #5190. [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.02. Fixes #5188. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.1.1. Fixes #5179. [bdubbs] - Update to file-5.44. Fixes #5191. [bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.2.1. Fixes #5189. 2022-12-28 [renodr] - Patch systemd against CVE-2022-4415. Fixes #5187. 2022-12-15 [bdubbs] - Ensure a gawk hard link is updated in Chapter 8. Fixes #5180. [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20221209. Addresses #5006. [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.1060. Addresses #4500. [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-6.1.0. Fixes #5184. [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.4.0. Fixes #5183. [bdubbs] - Update to bash-5.2.15. Fixes #5182. [bdubbs] - Update to psmisc-23.6. Fixes #5181. [bdubbs] - Update to mpc-1.3.0. Fixes #5178. [bdubbs] - Update to python3-3.11.1. Fixes #5177. [bdubbs] - Update to procps-ng-4.0.2. Fixes #5176. 2022-12-01 [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.0.11 (Security update). Fixes #5175. 2022-12-01 [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20221122. Addresses #5006. [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.2.9. Fixes #5174. [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2022g. Fixes #5172. [bdubbs] - Update to texinfo-7.0.1. Fixes #5173. [bdubbs] - Update to tcl-8.6.13. Fixes #5170. [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.64.1. Fixes #5169. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.0.10. Fixes #5171. [bdubbs] - Update to gawk-5.2.1. Fixes #5168. 2022-11-22 [xry111] - Update to linux-6.0.9. Fixes #5162. [xry111] - Update to libpipeline-1.5.7. Fixes #5163. [xry111] - Update to xz-5.2.8. Fixes #5164. [xry111] - Update to man-db-2.11.1. Fixes #5166. [xry111] - Update to mpfr-4.1.1. Fixes #5167. [xry111] - Stop disabling decimal float for temporary GCC, so mpfr will be built with decimal float support. [xry111] - Update instruction for wheel to avoid relying on deprecated Python features. 2022-11-10 [bdubbs] - Fix make-4.4 bug. Fixes #5160. [bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.38.4 (Python Module). Fixes #5155. [bdubbs] - Update to texinfo-7.0. Fixes #5159. [bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-3.05. Fixes #5153. [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.13. Fixes #5161. [bdubbs] - Update to sed-4.9. Fixes #5157. [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.64.0. Fixes #5156. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.0.7. Fixes #5154. [bdubbs] - Update to elfutils-0.188. Fixes #5152. [bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.1.1. Fixes #5151. [bdubbs] - Update to bash-5.2.9. Fixes #5158. 2022-11-03 [renodr] - Update to systemd-252. Fixes #5150. 2022-11-01 [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.0.7 (Security update). Fixes #5132. [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20221025. Addresses #5006. [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2022f. Fixes #5148. [bdubbs] - Update to Python3-3.11.0. Fixes #5145. [bdubbs] - Update to procps-ng-4.0.1. Fixes #5141. [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.01. Fixes #5140. [bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.11.0. Fixes #5139. [bdubbs] - Update to make-4.4. Fixes #5149. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.0.6. Fixes #5142. [bdubbs] - Update to libffi-3.4.4. Fixes #5144. [bdubbs] - Update to inetutils-2.4. Fixes #5147. [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.5.0. Fixes #5132. 2022-10-17 [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.0.2 (Security update). Fixes #5138. 2022-10-15 [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20221007. Addresses #5006. [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.0739. Addresses #5006. [bdubbs] - Add upstream patches to readline and bash. Fixes #5131. [bdubbs] - Update to zlib-1.2.13. Fixes #5137. [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.00. Fixes #5136. [bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.21.1. Fixes #5130. [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-6.0.0. Fixes #5127. [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.63.3. Fixes #5129. [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.10.8. Fixes #5133. [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.2.7. Fixes #5133. [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2022e. Fixes #5134. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.0.1. Fixes #5135. [bdubbs] - Update to dbus-1.14.4. Fixes #5128. 2022-10-04 [renodr] - Update to Linux-5.19.13. If you are using an Intel GPU on a laptop, please update from Linux-5.19.12 immediately to prevent damage to your display. Fixes #5125. 2022-10-01 [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20220922. Addresses #5006. [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2022d. Fixes #5119. [bdubbs] - Update to readline-8.2. Fixes #5121. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.19.12. Fixes #5115. [bdubbs] - Update to libffi-3.4.3. Fixes #5116. [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.66. Fixes #5120. [bdubbs] - Update to dbus-1.14.2. Fixes #5123. [bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.0.4. Fixes #5114. [bdubbs] - Update to bash-5.2. Fixes #5122. 2022-09-22 [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.4.9 (Security Update). Fixes #5117. 2022-09-20 [bdubbs] - Adapt instructions depending on host setup of /dev/shm when creating virtual filesystems for chroot. 2022-09-15 [bdubbs] - Update to file-5.43. Fixes #5113. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.19.8. Fixes #5111. [bdubbs] - Update to gawk-5.2.0. Fixes #5108. [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.63.2. Fixes #5106. [bdubbs] - Update to ninja-1.11.1. Fixes #5103. [bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.0.2. Fixes #5102. [bdubbs] - Fix the location of udev rules in eudev. Fixes #5112. [bdubbs] - Remove a warning for egrep and fgrep that makes tests for some packages fail. [bdubbs] - Delete an empty binutils man page. Fixes #5100. 2022-09-10 [pierre] - Add --enable-default-pie and --enable-default-ssp to GCC build. Rationale and some reports at #5107. 2022-09-07 [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.12.3. Fixes #5101. [bdubbs] - Update to Python3-3.10.7. Fixes #5109. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.19.7. Fixes #5099. [bdubbs] - Update to less-608. Fixes #5104. [bdubbs] - Update to grep-3.8. Fixes #5105. 2022-09-01 [bdubbs] - LFS-11.2 released.