%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. First a summary, then a detailed log. Upgraded to: Perl 5.8.7 Zlib 1.2.3 Added: &binutils-gcc4-patch; &bzip2-docs-patch; &bzip2-bzgrep-patch; &glibc-rtld-patch; &texinfo-tempfile_fix-patch; &util-linux-umount-patch; &vim-security_fix-patch; Removed: zlib-1.2.2-security_fix-1.patch; October 19, 2005 [manuel]: Updated the acknowledgements to current trunk version. October 19, 2005 [manuel]: Updated the stylesheets, Makefile and related files to current trunk versions. October 15, 2005 [matt]: Use an updated version of the Udev rules file (fixes bug 1639). October 15, 2005 [matt]: Add a cdrom group as required by the Udev rules file October 14th, 2005 [ken]: Added a patch to allow binutils to be built from a host running gcc-4, updated glibc instructions for the rtld patch, updated space/time for perl and zlib. October 14th, 2005 [matt]: Added a patch to fix a security vulnerability in util-linux. October 14th, 2005 [matt]: Added the updated vim security patch. October 14th, 2005 [jhuntwork]: Added the bzip2 security and install docs patches. October 14th, 2005 [jhuntwork]: Added the tempfile patch for texinfo. October 14th, 2005 [ken]: Update packages and patches in the changelog to only reflect changes since 6.1. Update zlib. October 13th, 2005 [ken]: Fix known errors in lists of installed files and bump the perl version.