%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. 2017-08-08 [bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.43.5. Fixes #4122. [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.2.3. Fixes #4121. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.12.5. Fixes #4119. 2017-07-23 [dj] - Update to util-linux-2.30.1. Fixes #4114. [dj] - Update to linux-4.12.3. Fixes #4115. [dj] - Update to man-pages-4.12. Fixes #4116. 2017-07-21 [dj] - Fix EXTRA_DIST files in systemd tarball. 2017-07-18 [dj] - Update to linux-4.12.2. Fixes #4113. [dj] - Update to expat-2.2.2. Fixes #4112. [dj] - Update to systemd-234. Fixes #4111. [dj] - Postpone systemd test suite until BLFS. Fixes #4107. 2017-07-13 [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.12.1. Fixes #4110. [bdubbs] - Update to libpipeline-1.4.2. Fixes #4109. [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-4.12.0. Fixes #4108. [bdubbs] - Fix the test procedure in make. Fixes #4105. [bdubbs] - Fix the test procedure in procps-ng. Fixes #4106. [bdubbs] - Update to glibc-2.25+adc7e06. Fixes #4097. 2017-07-03 [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.12. 2017-07-02 [bdubbs] - Fix the test procedure in attr. Fixes #4103. [bdubbs] - Update to grep-3.1. Fixes #4104. 2017-06-30 [bdubbs] - Update to dbus-1.10.20. Fixes #4101. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.11.8. Fixes #4099. 2017-06-26 [bdubbs] - Fix an error in the mountfs bootscript. [bdubbs] - Remove outdated seds for diffutils in both Chapters 5 and 6. 2017-06-24 [bdubbs] - Update to texinfo-6.4. Fixes #4100. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.11.7. Fixes #4099. [bdubbs] - Remove section disussing configuration without a network card. [bdubbs] - Update boot scripts to unmount network file systems before bringing down the network. 2017-06-21 [bdubbs] - Update to automake-1.15.1. Fixes #4098. [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.2.1. Fixes #4096. [bdubbs] - Update to psmisc-23.1. Fixes #4094. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.11.6. Fixes #4095. 2017-06-07 [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.11.4. Fixes #4093. 2017-06-02 [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.30. Fixes #4092. [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.26.0. Fixes #4091. [bdubbs] - Update to file-5.31. Fixes #4090. [bdubbs] - Update to diffutils-3.6. Fixes #4089. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.11.3. Fixes #4088. 2017-05-25 [renodr] - Fix the build for i686 systems. Includes a modification to Chapter 06 Glibc. 2017-05-19 [bdubbs] - Move library versions for presevation of debugging symbols to packages.ent. Fixes #4085. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.11.1. Fixes #4086. [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.5. Fixes #4087. 2017-05-13 [dj] - Introduce -isystem to use the final system location of gcc's internal headers in the Glibc build. [ken] - Update some library versions in Stripping Again, partly fixes #4085. [dj] - Add additional symlinks to avoid "/tools" references in final system. 2017-05-07 [bdubbs] - Update to flex-2.6.4. Fixes #4084. 2017-05-05 [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-4.11. Fixes #4083. 2017-05-03 [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-7.1.0. Fixes #4082. [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-4.11.0. Fixes #4081. [bdubbs] - Fix a problem with glibc tests and add some explanations to the configure options. [bdubbs] - Add a command to touch /root/.vimrc so that the default vim options don't override those in /etc/vimrc. 2017-05-01 [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.11. Fixes #4080. [bdubbs] - Update flex patch. 2017-04-29 [dj] - Remove fix for systemd with with gperf < 3.1. 2017-04-26 [bdubbs] - Add a patch to fix a flex regresion in version 2.6.3. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.10.13. Fixes #4079. 2017-04-26 [bdubbs] - Update to grub-2.02. Fixes #4042. 2017-04-25 [bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.0.586. Fixes #4078. [bdubbs] - Update to eudev-3.2.2. Fixes #4077. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.10.12. Fixes #4075. [bdubbs] - Update to gperf-3.1. Fixes #4053. [bdubbs] - Improve instructions to save debugging information for selected libraries when stripping at the end of Chapter 6. Fixes #4076 (again). 2017-04-22 [bdubbs] - Add instructions to save debugging information for selected libraries when stripping at the end of Chapter 6. Fixes #4076. 2017-04-11 [dj] - Update to dbus-1.10.18. Fixes #4072. [bdubbs] - Remove unneeded --disable-compile-warnings from pkg-config instructions. Thanks to Jeffery Smith for pointing this out. 2017-04-10 [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.10.9. Fixes #4073. [bdubbs] - Update to bc-1.07.1. Fixes #4074. 2017-04-07 [bdubbs] - Fix an error in bc-1.07. 2017-04-03 [bdubbs] - Update to bc-1.07. Fixes #4071. 2017-03-31 [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.10.8. Fixes #4070. [bdubbs] - Update to less-487. Fixes #4069. 2017-03-28 [bdubbs] - Move readline to be before bc in Chapter 6. Fixes #4068. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.10.6. Fixes #4065. [bdubbs] - Update to pkg-config-0.29.2. Fixes #4066. [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2017b. Fixes #4067. [bdubbs] - Add option -Dusethreads to perl in Chapter 6. 2017-03-25 [dj] - Update to lfs-bootscripts-20170825. Fix a scope issue in the rc script. Thanks to "quesker" in #lfs-support for the report and subsequent testing. 2017-03-18 [bdubbs] - Update formats of error messages in checkfs boot script. Fixes #4064. [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-4.10. Fixes #4063. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.10.3. Fixes #4062. [bdubbs] - Update to gdbm-1.13. Fixes #4061. [bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-8.27. Fixes #4060. 2017-03-11 [dj] - Fix description of modifications to gcc/config/{linux,i386/linux{,64}}.h in gcc pass 1. 2017-03-08 [dj] - Update /etc/hosts in network configuration. 2017-03-03 [bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.28. Moved m4 and bc to before binutils to accommodate the gold linker regression tests. Fixes #4059. [renodr] - Update to dbus-1.10.16. Fixes #4050. [renodr] - Update to linux-4.10.1. Fixes #4056. [renodr] - Update to tzdata2017a. Fixes #4057. [renodr] - Update to systemd-233. Fixes #4058. 2017-02-28 [bdubbs] - Update to kmod-24. Fixes #4054. [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux 2.29.2. Fixes #4052. [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-4.10.0. Fixes #4051. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.10. Fixes #4049. 2017-02-25 [bdubbs] - LFS-8.0 released.