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ncurses: Modify the header to always use the ABI of ncursesw

instead of the 8-bit ncurses.

We don't provide the 8-bit ncurses library and we are "faking" it using
ncursesw. Thus innocent package may be compiled with the 8-bit ABI
(because it does not know what we are doing and so it does not use
the "expected" preprocessor definitions to enable the wide ABI) but
linked against ncursesw, causing a potential ABI mismatch.

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7
8<sect1 id="ch-intro-changelog">
9 <?dbhtml filename="changelog.html"?>
10
11 <title>Changelog</title>
12
13 <para>This is version &version; of the Linux From Scratch book, dated
14 &releasedate;. If this book is more than six months old, a newer and better
15 version is probably already available. To find out, please check one of the
16 mirrors via <ulink url="&lfs-root;mirrors.html"/>.</para>
17
18 <para>Below is a list of changes made since the previous release of the
19 book.</para>
20
21 <itemizedlist>
22 <title>Changelog Entries:</title>
23
24<!-- Changelog template
25
26 <listitem>
27 <para>Date</para>
28 <itemizedlist>
29 <listitem>
30 <para>[name] - New changelog entry.</para>
31 </listitem>
32 <listitem>
33 <para>[name] - Previous changelog entry.</para>
34 </listitem>
35 </itemizedlist>
36 </listitem>
37
38 Note: If a change is only specific to sysv or systemd, then use
39 <listitem revision="sysv"> or <listitem revision="systemd"> as
40 appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
41 -->
42
43 <listitem>
44 <para>2024-01-18</para>
45 <itemizedlist>
46 <listitem>
47 <para>[xry111] - Edit a ncurses header to always use the
48 wide-character ABI compatible with libncursesw.so because we
49 are faking the 8-bit libncurses.so with it. Fixes
50 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;5415">#5415</ulink>.</para>
51 </listitem>
52 </itemizedlist>
53 </listitem>
54
55 <listitem>
56 <para>2024-01-09</para>
57 <itemizedlist>
58 <listitem>
59 <para>[renodr] - Fix the definition of the C.UTF-8 locale. Fixes
60 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;5409">#5409</ulink>.</para>
61 </listitem>
62 </itemizedlist>
63 </listitem>
64
65 <listitem>
66 <para>2023-12-31</para>
67 <itemizedlist>
68 <listitem>
69 <para>[xry111] - Add --enable-default-hash-style=gnu configuring
70 binutils. Fixes
71 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5401'>#5401</ulink>.</para>
72 </listitem>
73 <listitem>
74 <para>[xry111] - Fix CVE-2023-7008 for systemd-255. Fixes
75 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5405'>#5405</ulink>.</para>
76 </listitem>
77 <listitem>
78 <para>[xry111] - Update to iana-etc-20231205. Addresses
79 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5006'>#5006</ulink>.</para>
80 </listitem>
81 <listitem>
82 <para>[xry111] - Update to tzdata-2023d. Fixes
83 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5399'>#5399</ulink>.</para>
84 </listitem>
85 <listitem>
86 <para>[xry111] - Update to linux-6.6.8. Fixes
87 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5397'>#5397</ulink>.</para>
88 </listitem>
89 <listitem>
90 <para>[xry111] - Update to meson-1.3.1. Fixes
91 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5402'>#5402</ulink>.</para>
92 </listitem>
93 <listitem>
94 <para>[xry111] - Update to grub-2.12. Fixes
95 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5396'>#5396</ulink>.</para>
96 </listitem>
97 <listitem>
98 <para>[xry111] - Update to inetutils-2.5. Fixes
99 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5404'>#5404</ulink>.</para>
100 </listitem>
101 <listitem>
102 <para>[xry111] - Update to setuptools-69.0.3. Fixes
103 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5400'>#5400</ulink>.</para>
104 </listitem>
105 <listitem>
106 <para>[xry111] - Update to xml-parser-2.47. Fixes
107 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5403'>#5403</ulink>.</para>
108 </listitem>
109 <listitem>
110 <para>[xry111] - Update to vim-9.0.2189. Addresses
111 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;4500'>#4500</ulink>.</para>
112 </listitem>
113 <listitem>
114 <para>[xry111] - Update to autoconf-2.72. Fixes
115 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5398'>#5398</ulink>.</para>
116 </listitem>
117 </itemizedlist>
118 </listitem>
119
120 <listitem>
121 <para>2023-12-16</para>
122 <itemizedlist>
123 <listitem>
124 <para>[xry111] - Update to <phrase revision='sysv'>udev
125 from </phrase>systemd-255. Fixes
126 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5390'>#5390</ulink>.</para>
127 </listitem>
128 </itemizedlist>
129 </listitem>
130
131 <listitem>
132 <para>2023-12-14</para>
133 <itemizedlist>
134 <listitem>
135 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to util-linux v2.39.3. Fixes
136 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5388'>#5388</ulink>.</para>
137 </listitem>
138 <listitem>
139 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to python3-3.12.1. Fixes
140 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5392'>#5392</ulink>.</para>
141 </listitem>
142 <listitem>
143 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.6.7. Fixes
144 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5387'>#5387</ulink>.</para>
145 </listitem>
146 <listitem>
147 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.6.4. Fixes
148 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5393'>#5393</ulink>.</para>
149 </listitem>
150 <listitem>
151 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.7.4. Fixes
152 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5389'>#5389</ulink>.</para>
153 </listitem>
154 <listitem>
155 <para>[bdubbs] - Reformat util-linux configure parameters. Fixes
156 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5395'>#5395</ulink>.</para>
157 </listitem>
158 </itemizedlist>
159 </listitem>
160
161 <listitem>
162 <para>2023-12-04</para>
163 <itemizedlist>
164 <listitem>
165 <para>[thomas] - Modify commands for install Python docs to avoid
166 too restrictive permissions on the files and dirs.</para>
167 </listitem>
168 </itemizedlist>
169 </listitem>
170
171 <listitem revision='sysv'>
172 <para>2023-12-01</para>
173 <itemizedlist>
174 <listitem>
175 <para>[xry111] - Restore NIC naming based on physical system
176 characteristics. Fixes
177 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5386'>#5386</ulink>.</para>
178 </listitem>
179 </itemizedlist>
180 </listitem>
181
182 <listitem>
183 <para>2023-11-30</para>
184 <itemizedlist>
185 <listitem>
186 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.2136. Addresses
187 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;4500'>#4500</ulink>.</para>
188 </listitem>
189 <listitem>
190 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20231117. Addresses
191 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5006'>#5006</ulink>.</para>
192 </listitem>
193 <listitem>
194 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.7.3. Fixes
195 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5385'>#5385</ulink>.</para>
196 </listitem>
197 <listitem>
198 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.42.0 (Python Module). Fixes
199 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5384'>#5384</ulink>.</para>
200 </listitem>
201 <listitem>
202 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.38.2. Fixes
203 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5383'>#5383</ulink>.</para>
204 </listitem>
205 <listitem>
206 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to pkgconf-2.1.0. Fixes
207 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5382'>#5382</ulink>.</para>
208 </listitem>
209 <listitem>
210 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to readline patches 002 through 007. Fixes
211 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5381'>#5381</ulink>.</para>
212 </listitem>
213 <listitem>
214 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.2.0. Fixes
215 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5380'>#5380</ulink>.</para>
216 </listitem>
217 <listitem>
218 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-69.0.2. Fixes
219 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5379'>#5379</ulink>.</para>
220 </listitem>
221 <listitem>
222 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.6.3. Fixes
223 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5378'>#5378</ulink>.</para>
224 </listitem>
225 <listitem>
226 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.3.0. Fixes
227 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5377'>#5377</ulink>.</para>
228 </listitem>
229 <listitem>
230 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.22.4. Fixes
231 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5376'>#5376</ulink>.</para>
232 </listitem>
233 </itemizedlist>
234 </listitem>
235
236 <listitem>
237 <para>2023-11-13</para>
238 <itemizedlist>
239 <listitem>
240 <para>[xry111] - Update to elfutils-0.190. Fixes
241 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5373'>#5373</ulink>.</para>
242 </listitem>
243 <listitem>
244 <para>[xry111] - Update to vim-9.0.2103. Addresses
245 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;4500'>#4500</ulink>.</para>
246 </listitem>
247 <listitem>
248 <para>[xry111] - Update to linux-6.6.1. Fixes
249 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5369'>#5369</ulink>.</para>
250 </listitem>
251 <listitem>
252 <para>[xry111] - Update to xz-5.4.5. Fixes
253 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5371'>#5371</ulink>.</para>
254 </listitem>
255 <listitem>
256 <para>[xry111] - Update to iana-etc-20231107. Addresses
257 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5006'>#5006</ulink>.</para>
258 </listitem>
259 <listitem>
260 <para>[xry111] - Update to gawk-5.3.0. Fixes
261 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5372'>#5372</ulink>.</para>
262 </listitem>
263 <listitem>
264 <para>[xry111] - Update to bash-5.2.21. Fixes
265 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5375'>#5375</ulink>.</para>
266 </listitem>
267 <listitem>
268 <para>[xry111] - Update to iproute2-6.6.0. Fixes
269 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5374'>#5374</ulink>.</para>
270 </listitem>
271 </itemizedlist>
272 </listitem>
273
274 <listitem>
275 <para>2023-11-01</para>
276 <itemizedlist>
277 <listitem>
278 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20231019. Addresses
279 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5006'>#5006</ulink>.</para>
280 </listitem>
281 <listitem>
282 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.41.3. Fixes
283 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5370'>#5370</ulink>.</para>
284 </listitem>
285 <listitem>
286 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.14.2. Fixes
287 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5368'>#5368</ulink>.</para>
288 </listitem>
289 <listitem>
290 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.1.4. Fixes
291 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5367'>#5367</ulink>.</para>
292 </listitem>
293 <listitem>
294 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to texinfo-7.1. Fixes
295 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5364'>#5364</ulink>.</para>
296 </listitem>
297 <listitem>
298 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.2.3. Fixes
299 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5366'>#5366</ulink>.</para>
300 </listitem>
301 <listitem>
302 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.7.2. Fixes
303 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5363'>#5363</ulink>.</para>
304 </listitem>
305 <listitem>
306 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.5.9. Fixes
307 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5365'>#5365</ulink>.</para>
308 </listitem>
309 <listitem>
310 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.12.0. Fixes
311 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5357'>#5357</ulink>.</para>
312 </listitem>
313 <listitem>
314 <para>[bdubbs] - Add setuptools-68.2.2. Fixes
315 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5358'>#5358</ulink>.</para>
316 </listitem>
317 </itemizedlist>
318 </listitem>
319
320 <listitem>
321 <para>2023-10-15</para>
322 <itemizedlist>
323 <listitem>
324 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.5.7. Fixes
325 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5362'>#5362</ulink>.</para>
326 </listitem>
327 <listitem>
328 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.14.1. Fixes
329 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5361'>#5361</ulink>.</para>
330 </listitem>
331 <listitem>
332 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.22.3. Fixes
333 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5359'>#5359</ulink>.</para>
334 </listitem>
335 </itemizedlist>
336 </listitem>
337
338 <listitem>
339 <para>2023-10-03</para>
340 <itemizedlist>
341 <listitem>
342 <para>[xry111] - Update Glibc upstream fixes patch to fix
343 CVE-2023-4911.</para>
344 </listitem>
345 </itemizedlist>
346 </listitem>
347
348 <listitem>
349 <para>2023-10-01</para>
350 <itemizedlist>
351 <listitem>
352 <para>[bdubbs] - Disable building nscd in glibc. Fixes
353 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5349'>#5349</ulink>.</para>
354 </listitem>
355 <listitem>
356 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230929. Addresses
357 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5006'>#5006</ulink>.</para>
358 </listitem>
359 <listitem>
360 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.1968. Addresses
361 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;4500'>#4500</ulink>.</para>
362 </listitem>
363 <listitem>
364 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.1.3. Fixes
365 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5350'>#5350</ulink>.</para>
366 </listitem>
367 <listitem>
368 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.2.2. Fixes
369 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5356'>#5356</ulink>.</para>
370 </listitem>
371 <listitem>
372 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.12.0. Fixes
373 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5354'>#5354</ulink>.</para>
374 </listitem>
375 <listitem>
376 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.5.5. Fixes
377 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5352'>#5352</ulink>.</para>
378 </listitem>
379 <listitem>
380 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to kmod-31. Fixes
381 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5355'>#5355</ulink>.</para>
382 </listitem>
383 <listitem>
384 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.6.3. Fixes
385 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5351'>#5361</ulink>.</para>
386 </listitem>
387 <listitem>
388 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.22.2. Fixes
389 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5348'>#5348</ulink>.</para>
390 </listitem>
391 <listitem>
392 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.7.0. Fixes
393 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5353'>#5353</ulink>.</para>
394 </listitem>
395 </itemizedlist>
396 </listitem>
397
398 <listitem>
399 <para>2023-09-24</para>
400 <itemizedlist>
401 <listitem>
402 <para>[xry111] - Update Glibc upstream fixes patch to plug a
403 memory leak introduced by the security fix.</para>
404 </listitem>
405 </itemizedlist>
406 </listitem>
407
408 <listitem>
409 <para>2023-09-17</para>
410 <itemizedlist>
411 <listitem>
412 <para>[xry111] - Update to linux-6.5.3. Fixes
413 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5343'>#5343</ulink>.</para>
414 </listitem>
415 <listitem>
416 <para>[xry111] - Update to iana-etc-20230912. Addresses
417 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5006'>#5006</ulink>.</para>
418 </listitem>
419 <listitem>
420 <para>[xry111] - Update to iproute2-6.5.0. Fixes
421 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5342'>#5342</ulink>.</para>
422 </listitem>
423 </itemizedlist>
424 </listitem>
425
426 <listitem>
427 <para>2023-09-13</para>
428 <itemizedlist>
429 <listitem>
430 <para>[xry111] - Fix CVE-2023-4806 for Glibc-2.38. Fixes
431 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5347'>#5347</ulink>.</para>
432 </listitem>
433 </itemizedlist>
434 </listitem>
435
436 <listitem>
437 <para>2023-09-12</para>
438 <itemizedlist>
439 <listitem>
440 <para>[xry111] - Fix CVE-2023-4527 for Glibc-2.38. Fixes
441 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5346'>#5346</ulink>.</para>
442 </listitem>
443 </itemizedlist>
444 </listitem>
445
446 <listitem>
447 <para>2023-09-07</para>
448 <itemizedlist>
449 <listitem>
450 <para>[xry111] - Fix an issue in pkgconf-2.0.3 causing
451 BLFS packages fail to build. Fixes
452 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5341'>#5341</ulink>.</para>
453 </listitem>
454 </itemizedlist>
455 </listitem>
456
457 <listitem>
458 <para>2023-09-05</para>
459 <itemizedlist>
460 <listitem>
461 <para>[xry111] - Move pkgconf before binutils for binutils
462 building system to detect zstd properly. Fixes
463 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5340'>#5340</ulink>.</para>
464 </listitem>
465 <listitem>
466 <para>[xry111] - Update to linux-6.5.1. Fixes
467 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5332'>#5332</ulink>.</para>
468 </listitem>
469 <listitem>
470 <para>[xry111] - Update to pkgconf-2.0.3. Fixes
471 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5339'>#5339</ulink>.</para>
472 </listitem>
473 <listitem>
474 <para>[xry111] - Update to dbus-1.14.10. Fixes
475 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5337'>#5337</ulink>.</para>
476 </listitem>
477 </itemizedlist>
478 </listitem>
479
480 <listitem>
481 <para>2023-09-04</para>
482 <itemizedlist>
483 <listitem>
484 <para>[bdubbs] - Move caution regarding building by mixing
485 different version of LFS to General Compilation Instructions. Fixes
486 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5338'>#5338</ulink>.</para>
487 </listitem>
488 </itemizedlist>
489 </listitem>
490
491 <listitem>
492 <para>2023-09-02</para>
493 <itemizedlist>
494 <listitem>
495 <para>[xry111] - Add --no-cache-dir option for pip3 wheel
496 commands. Addresses
497 <ulink url='&blfs-ticket-root;18466'>BLFS #18466</ulink>.</para>
498 </listitem>
499 <listitem>
500 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.1837. Addresses
501 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;4500'>#4500</ulink>.</para>
502 </listitem>
503 <listitem>
504 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to zlib-1.3. Fixes
505 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5324'>#5324</ulink>.</para>
506 </listitem>
507 <listitem>
508 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.41.2 (Python Module). Fixes
509 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5328'>#5328</ulink>.</para>
510 </listitem>
511 <listitem>
512 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.39.2. Fixes
513 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5322'>#5322</ulink>.</para>
514 </listitem>
515 <listitem revision='sysv'>
516 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-3.08. Fixes
517 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5321'>#5321</ulink>.</para>
518 </listitem>
519 <listitem>
520 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.14.0. Fixes
521 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5319'>#5319</ulink>.</para>
522 </listitem>
523 <listitem>
524 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.11.5. Fixes
525 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5330'>#5330</ulink>.</para>
526 </listitem>
527 <listitem>
528 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to procps-ng-4.0.4. Fixes
529 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5335'>#5335</ulink>.</para>
530 </listitem>
531 <listitem>
532 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to pkgconf-2.0.2. Fixes
533 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5323'>#5323</ulink>.</para>
534 </listitem>
535 <listitem>
536 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to mpfr-4.2.1. Fixes
537 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5326'>#5326</ulink>.</para>
538 </listitem>
539 <listitem>
540 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.6.2. Fixes
541 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5318'>#5318</ulink>.</para>
542 </listitem>
543 <listitem>
544 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gzip-1.13. Fixes
545 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5325'>#5325</ulink>.</para>
546 </listitem>
547 <listitem>
548 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-9.4. Fixes
549 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5334'>#5334</ulink>.</para>
550 </listitem>
551 <listitem revision='systemd'>
552 <para>[bdubbs] - Specify the 'nobody-group' for systemd. Fixes
553 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5333'>#5333</ulink>.</para>
554 </listitem>
555 <listitem>
556 <para>[bdubbs] - Remove unused usb group. Fixes
557 <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5331'>#5331</ulink>.</para>
558 </listitem>
559 </itemizedlist>
560 </listitem>
561
562 <listitem>
563 <para>2023-09-01</para>
564 <itemizedlist>
565 <listitem>
566 <para>[bdubbs] - LFS-12.0 released.</para>
567 </listitem>
568 </itemizedlist>
569 </listitem>
570
571 </itemizedlist>
572</sect1>
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