%general-entities; ]> Changelog 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. Changelog Entries: 2017-02-08 [dj] - Restore chapter 5 build of bison for binutils. [dj] - Build gold linker with binutils. The bfd linker remains default. 2017-02-07 [bdubbs] - Add bash-4.4 upstream fixes patch. 2017-02-05 [bdubbs] - Update to glibc-2.25. Fixes #4043. [bdubbs] - Revert gperf to version 3.0.4. Fixes #4044. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.9.8.tar.xz. Fixes #4036. [bdubbs] - Update to check-0.11.0. Fixes #4035. [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.4. Fixes #4037. [bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.43.4. Fixes #4039. [bdubbs] - Update to sed-4.4. Fixes #4041. 2017-01-22 [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.9.5.tar.xz. Fixes #4030. [bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.0.4. Fixes #4029. [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.24.1. Fixes #4031. [bdubbs] - Update to zlib-1.2.11. Fixes #4032. [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.29.1. Fixes #4034. 2017-01-08 [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.9.1.tar.xz. Fixes #4028. [bdubbs] - Update to sed-4.3.tar.xz. Fixes #4025. [bdubbs] - Update to gperf-3.1. Fixes #4026. 2017-01-03 [dj] - Update to zlib-1.2.10. Fixes #4023. [dj] - Update to m4-1.4.18. Fixes #4022. [dj] - Make binutils build against system zlib and enable plugins for LTO. 2017-01-01 [bdubbs] - Update to flex-2.6.3. Fixes #4020. [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.2.3. Fixes #4021. 2016-12-21 [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-6.3.0. Fixes #4018. [bdubbs] - Update to gmp-6.1.2. Fixes #4017. [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-4.9.0. Fixes #4016. [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-4.09. Fixes #4015. [bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.7.6.1. Fixes #4014. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.9. Fixes #4013. [bdubbs] - Update to eudev-3.2.1. Fixes #4013. 2016-12-18 [dj] - Update toolchain sanity checks to use values for x86_64. 2016-12-17 [dj] - Remove {,/usr}/lib64 symlinks for x86_64 builds. Add /lib64 directory with symlinks to dynamic loader. Adjust installation of glibc, gcc, and libcap to account for directory layout changes. 2016-12-10 [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.8.14. Fixes #4012. [bdubbs] - Update to grep-2.27. Fixes #4011. [bdubbs] - Add a note about a false Error in texinfo configure phase in Chapter 5. Fixes #4004. 2016-12-03 [dj] - Update to coreutils-8.26. Fixes #4010. [dj] - Update to dbus-1.10.14. Fixes #4009. [dj] - Update to linux-4.8.12 and fix recent OOM issue. Fixes #4008. [dj] - Update to tzdata-2016j. Fixes #4007. 2016-11-22 [dj] - Update to linux-4.8.10. Fixes #4005. [dj] - Added flex-2.6.2-fixes-1.patch. Fixes #4003. [dj] - Fix issue with systemd and sulogin. Fixes #4006. Thanks to Eric S. Stone for the report. 2016-11-17 [renodr] - Update to linux-4.8.8. Fixes #4002. [renodr] - Update to systemd-232. Fixes #4000. 2016-11-09 [bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.0.069. Fixes #4001. [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2016i. Fixes #3999. [bdubbs] - Update to file-5.29. Fixes #3998. [bdubbs] - Update to flex-2.6.2. Fixes #3997. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.8.6. Fixes #3996. [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.29. Fixes #3987. 2016-11-07 [bdubbs] - Clarified the function of /etc/inputrc. 2016-10-27 [dj] - Moved /etc/resolv.conf symlink to Chapter 7. 2016-10-23 [renodr] - Update to dbus-1.10.12. Fixes #3993. 2016-10-22 [ken] - Update to iproute2-4.8.0. Fixes #3992. [ken] - Update to tzdata-2016h. Fixes #3995. [ken] - Update to linux-4.8.3. Fixes #3994. 2016-10-10 [renodr] - Added a note about using the systemd source tarball generated by the LFS systemd team. [renodr] - Fixed the symlink for /etc/resolv.conf in the systemd page in Chapter 6. Thanks goes to DJ Lucas and Wayne for reporting this. 2016-10-09 [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.8.1. Fixes #3983. [bdubbs] - Update to mpfr-3.1.5. Fixes #3984. [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2016g. Fixes #3985. [bdubbs] - Update to grep-2.26. Fixes #3988. [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-4.08. Fixes #3991. 2016-09-29 [renodr] - Added a security patch for systemd. Fixes #3986. 2016-09-16 [bdubbs] - Update to bash-4.4. Fixes #3981. [bdubbs] - Update to readline-7.0. Fixes #3982. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.7.4. Fixes #3980. 2016-09-14 [bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.0. Fixes #3979. 2016-09-12 [bdubbs] - Update to texinfo-6.3. Fixes #3978. 2016-09-10 [bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.43.3. Fixes #3977. 2016-09-09 [bdubbs] - Update to gawk-4.1.4. Fixes #3973. [bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.43.2. Fixes #3974. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.7.3. Fixes #3975. [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.28.2. Fixes #3976. 2016-09-07 [bdubbs] - LFS-7.10 released.