This is version 6.0 of the Linux From Scratch book, dated October 06, 2004. If this book is more than two months old, a newer and better version is probably already available. To find out, please check one of the mirrors via http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/.
Below is a list of changes made since the previous release of the book, first a summary, then a detailed log.
Upgraded to:
automake-1.9.1
bash-3.0
binutils-2.15.91.0.2
bison-1.875a
expect-5.42.1
file-4.10
flex-2.5.31
gawk-3.1.4
gcc-3.4.1
glibc-2.3.4-20040701
groff-1.19.1
lfs-bootscripts-2.2.2
libtool-1.5.8
linux-2.6.8.1
m4-1.4.2
man-1.5o
man-pages-1.67
perl-5.8.5
procps-3.2.3
psmisc-21.5
sed-4.1.2
tar-1.14
tcl-8.4.7
util-linux-2.12b
vim-6.3
Added:
bash-3.0-display_wrap-1.patch
coreutils-5.2.1-suppress_hostname_uptime_kill_su-1.patch
flex-2.5.31-debian_fixes-2.patch
gcc-3.4.1-linkonce-1.patch
inetutils-1.4.2-kernel_headers-1.patch
iproute2-2.6.8-040823
iproute2-2.6.8_040823-remove_db-1.patch
linux-libc-headers-2.6.8.1
module-init-tools-3.0
readline-5.0
readline-5.0-display_wrap-1.patch
sysklogd-1.4.1-kernel_headers-1.patch
sysklogd-1.4.1-signal-1.patch
sysvinit-2.85-proclen-1.patch
texinfo-4.7-segfault-1.patch
udev-030
udev-config-1.permissions
udev-config-1.rules
util-linux-2.12b-sfdisk-2.patch
vim-6.3 language files
zlib-1.2.1-security-1.patch
Removed:
bison-1.875-attribute.patch
coreutils-5.2.1-hostname-1.patch
ed-0.2
gcc-2.95.3
kbd-1.12-more-programs-1.patch
modutils-2.4.25
net-tools-1.60
net-tools-1.60-miitool-gcc33-1.patch
procinfo-18
September 30th, 2004 [gerard]: Minor textual edits. Added page to explain bootable CD included with the printed book.
September 29th, 2004 [matt]: chapter08/kernel - Removed redundant comment regarding hotplug configuration (fixes bug 914 - Alexander E. Patrakov).
September 28th, 2004 [matt]: chapter06/texinfo - Added a description for the texinfo segfault patch (fixes bug 917 - Randy McMurchy).
September 28th, 2004 [matt]: chapter06/zlib - Added a description for the zlib security patch (fixes bug 916 - Randy McMurchy).
September 28th, 2004 [matt]: chapter06/glibc - glibcbug isn't installed in recent versions of glibc (bug 915 - Randy McMurchy).
September 28th, 2004 [matt]: chapter05/introduction - we never explain how to unpack a tarball (Jeremy Huntwork).
September 28th, 2004 [matt]: Minor correction - test suites are simply not mandatory in chapter 5, rather than not being recommended (bug 913 - Randy McMurchy).
September 28th, 2004 [matt]: Added description of libexpect, and corrected the version number of the installed file (bug 912 - Randy McMurchy).
September 28th, 2004 [matt]: Corrected the command used to verify the status of the hardware clock (Anderson Lizardo)
September 28th, 2004 [matt]: Added “su” to the list of files installed by shadow
September 28th, 2004 [matt]: Remove potential confusion caused by incorrect text in replaceable tags (bug 906 - Igor Zivkovic).
September 28th, 2004 [matt]: Small typo correction (Igor Zivkovic).
September 28th, 2004 [matt]: Added a note regarding a known failure in the GRUB testsuite
September 23rd, 2004 [jeremy]: Changed the util-linux patch to the new, corrected fix, courtesy of Jim Gifford and Greg Schafer
September 13th, 2004 [jeremy]: Added the security patch for Zlib
September 13th, 2004 [jeremy]: Added the patch to resolve a segfault problem in the info program.
September 13th, 2004 [jeremy]: Replaced the util-linux sed with a patch file instead.
September 12th, 2004 [manuel]: Fixed some URLs.
September 10th, 2004 [manuel]: Appendix{a,b} - Changes in the XML, XSL and CSS code to do a better output.
September 9th, 2004 [gerard]: Added missing colon to group name in Chapter 6-Coreutils used by the test suite.
September 9th, 2004 [manuel]: Added support to can have different contextual phrases for HTML or PDF output.
September 9th, 2004 [manuel]: Chapter 6 - Moved the para about the missing /etc/fstab from kernfs.xml to devices.xml.
September 4th, 2004 [manuel]: Tags corrections.
August 31th, 2004 [manuel]: stylesheets. Several changes to improve HTML and PDF output. Some XML tags changes related with the stylesheets changes.
August 30th, 2004 [matt]: chapter06/util-linux.xml. -funit-at-a-time is implied by -O2, and it was this specific option that was causing the runtime problems with sfdisk. Instead of dropping to -O1 optimisation, we simply prevent the problematic optimisation by specifying -fno-unit-at-a-time.
August 30th, 2004 [matt]: chapter06/udev.xml. Renumber udev permissions and rules files to allow easier customisation. Fixes bug 887.
August 30th, 2004 [matt]: Minor typo corrections in appendixb/acronymlist.xml (Tero Tamminen)
August 30th, 2004 [matt]: Drop optimisation level of util-linux from O2 to O1, so as sfdisk works properly when compiled with gcc-3.4.1
August 29th, 2004 [matt]: Upgraded to linux-libc-headers-2.6.8.1
August 29th, 2004 [matt]: Added gcc-3.4.1-linkonce-1.patch, so as our toolchain can compile Mozilla and kdegraphics (to name but 2 packages) once again. See http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16625 for more details.
August 29th, 2004 [gerard]: Added Appendix B - Acronyms.
August 29th, 2004 [gerard]: Moved acknowledgements to Appendix A.
August 29th, 2004 [matt]: Upgraded to autoconf-1.9.1, gawk-3.1.4, iproute2-2.6.8-040823, linux-2.6.8.1, m4-1.4.2, man-1.5o, procps-3.2.3 (removing unnecessary rm command, sed-4.1.2 and util-linux-2.12b (removing kernel-headers patch as the issue has been fixed upstream).
August 29th, 2004 [gerard]: Added missing SBU for readline.
August 29th, 2004 [gerard]: Completed second global textual edits.
August 17th, 2004 [gerard]: Added Bash and Readline Display Wrap patches.
August 8th, 2004 [gerard]: Upgraded to iproute2-2.6.8-ss040730.
August 8th, 2004 [gerard]: Added notes regarding missing test suites for diffutils, ncurses, patch, utils-linux and udev. Added note to chapter05/perl not to run the test suite.
August 7th, 2004 [gerard]: Completed global textual edits.
August 7th, 2004 [gerard]: Upgraded to expect-5.42.1.
August 7th, 2004 [gerard]: hostname binary moved to /bin as well.
August 3rd, 2004 [jim]: Made suggested change to the home location of pt_chown
July 30, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to automake-1.9, man-1.5n, file-4.10, bash-3.0, perl-5.8.5, readline-5.0, tcl-8.4.7, binutils-2.15.91.0.2
July 22, 2004 [manuel]: Prologue: Added a para about replaceable text
July 20, 2004 [jeremy]: Corrected the double-creation of /var/tmp (Kris van Rens and others)
July 19, 2004 [matt]: Upgraded to udev-030.
July 19, 2004 [matt]: Upgraded to procps-3.2.2.
July 16, 2004 [matt]: Install iproute2 to /sbin to comply with the FHS and to allow the bootscripts to run even if /usr is mounted on a separate filesystem. (Oliver Brakmann)
July 15, 2004 [matt]: Fixed various networking inaccuracies (Kevin P. Fleming)
July 14, 2004 [matt]: chapter07/network.xml - A couple of minor fixes for the network configuration
July 14, 2004 [matt]: chapter06/iproute2.xml - Fixed remaining reference to net-tools
July 14, 2004 [matt]: chapter06/udev.xml - Explained udevdir option
July 12, 2004 [matt]: Network bootscripts now support directory based configurations.
July 12, 2004 [matt]: Upgraded to lfs-bootscripts-2.2.0.
July 12, 2004 [matt]: Swapped iproute2 in for net-tools (kudos and many thanks to Jim Gifford)
July 7, 2004 [matt]: Removed hotplug.
July 6, 2004 [matt]: Upgraded to sed-4.1.1.
July 5, 2004 [alexander]: Updated GCC testresults link.
July 3, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to Glibc 2.3.4-20040701.
July 2, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to GCC 3.4.1.
July 2, 2004 [winkie]: Updated the Udev permissions configuration to include the nvidia kernel modules.
June 29, 2004 [alexander]: Explained the benefits of setting LC_ALL properly.
June 28, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to Udev 028, and dropped the Udev permissions patch.
June 28, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to LFS-Bootscripts 2.1.2.
June 27, 2004 [matt]: Moved glibc test result discussion to chapter 6 (where it is actually recommended to be run). Also made it clearer that the tests in chapter 5 are optional, as opposed to not recommended
June 26, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to GCC 3.4.1-20040625.
June 26, 2004 [matt]: Added descriptions for udev package contents (Alexander Patrakov)
June 24, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to Linux-Libc-Headers 2.6.7.0 and updated the Net-tools GCC 3.4 patch.
June 24, 2004 [alexander]: Wordings changed on the hotplug page
June 24, 2004 [alexander]: Removed hotplug isapnp patch for a while until bugs are fixed
June 23, 2004 [matt]: Removed the note regarding the use of GRUB's --no-mem-option
June 23, 2004 [matt]: Removed dpasswd from shadow's list of installed files.
June 23, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to LFS-Bootscripts 2.1.2-pre2.
June 21, 2004 [winkie]: Added the Udev permissions patch to fix a regression from version 023 (really nasty bug, too).
June 20, 2004 [matt]: chapter07 - console. Add a note regarding the screen font not being set automatically when the console script isn't run. (Alexander Patrakov)
June 20, 2004 [matt]: chapter03 - packages. Point people at the FTP mirrors and GnuPG.
June 19, 2004 [winkie]: Modified Flex installation to only touch the flex.1 manual page, since that's the only one that exists.
June 19, 2004 [matt]: chapter05 - hostreqs. Provide clearer information regarding determining whether the host kernel is suitable for passing glibcs test suite
June 19, 2004 [matt]: chapter06 - creatingdirs. Use `install -d` instead of `mkdir` (fixes bug #821)
June 19, 2004 [matt]: chapter04 - addinguser. Make the lfs user a member of the lfs group, in case hosts add a new user to a non-existent gid by default (which causes the glibc test suite to fail). Fixes bug #856.
June 19, 2004 [matt]: chapter07 - console & chapter 08 - kernel. Improved wording and re-introduced the option for compiling the keymap directly into the kernel.
June 19, 2004 [matt]: chapter06 - e2fsprogs, brought instructions inline with upstream recommendations.
June 19, 2004 [manuel]: Applied the Index entries for Hotplug and Linux-Libc-Headers. Tags corrections.
June 18, 2004 [winkie]: Instead of using the udev binary, use the udev daemon instead.
June 17, 2004 [matt]: Added the sed permissions patch.
June 17, 2004 [matt]: Clarify that a gcc-3.x compiled 2.6.x kernel is required on the host.
June 16, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.7 and dropped the FPU patch.
June 16, 2004 [alexander]: Removed the fileencodings line due to a bug which causes Vim to default to UTF-8.
June 15, 2004 [winkie]: Corrected installation of Readline.
June 15, 2004 [winkie]: Recreate Udev's entry in /etc/hotplug.d, since it's not correct for our purposes by default.
June 15, 2004 [winkie]: Dropped the Udev patch in favor copying the configuration file(s) to /etc/udev after installation.
June 15, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to Sed 4.1.
June 15, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to Udev 027.
June 15, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to LFS-Bootscripts 2.1.2-pre1.
June 15, 2004 [winkie]: Patched the kernel sources so that it defaults to /bin/true as the hotplug manager.
June 14, 2004 [matt]: Removed GNU/Linux in line with common usage regarding the recurring GNU/Linux vs. Linux debate (Larry Lawrence).
June 14, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to GRUB 0.95. Removed the “--no-mem-option” argument from GRUB's menu.lst, since it is now the default.
June 13, 2004 [alexander]: Security: added linux-2.6.6-fpu-1.patch
June 12, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Hotplug - corrected the name of the bogus deps patch
June 12, 2004 [alexander]: British people speak English but need loadkeys and setfont (reported by Dave Mascall on IRC). Corrected the text on the console page to account for this
June 12, 2004 [alexander]: Re-added the “background” option to /etc/vimrc, since it has some educational value. Put this option inside an “if” statement because it applies to some, not all, terminals
June 11, 2004 [winkie]: Dropped hackish GRUB instructions in favor of a patch from upstream.
June 11, 2004 [winkie]: Force Readline to link against Ncurses.
June 11, 2004 [alexander]: Added sysvinit-2.85-proclen-1.patch
June 10, 2004 [alexander]: Reverted the bogus change of package order. Removed the “background” line from /etc/vimrc because it matches the default on Linux console
June 10, 2004 [alexander]: Added a command to autodetect the character set of files being edited to /etc/vimrc
June 10, 2004 [alexander]: Added vim language files. Moved vim after gettext in order for them to work
June 9, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to M4-1.4.1, after 9 years!
June 9, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to Linux-Libc-Headers 2.6.6.0.
June 9, 2004 [winkie]: Updated locations of the Glibc & GCC tarballs.
June 7, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to Udev 026.
June 7, 2004 [winkie]: Dropped Net-tools patch for kernel headers in favor of a simple sed.
June 7, 2004 [winkie]: Normalized “sed” usage throughout the book.
June 7, 2004 [winkie]: Use the “gcc --print-file specs” command to determine the location of the “specs” file.
June 7, 2004 [winkie]: Updated patch names to match those used by the patches project.
June 7, 2004 [winkie]: Globally changed “DejaGnu” to “DejaGNU”.
June 7, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to Vim 6.3.
June 2, 2004 [matt]: Prologue - acknowledgments, Added Thomas Reitelbach as the German translator
June 2nd, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to GCC 3.4.1-20040601. This release fixes bugs with reference to both GCC 3.4.0 and GCC 3.4.1-20040517. Also upgraded to Glibc 2.3.4-20040529 which includes lots of fixes for non-x86 architectures.
June 1st, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to Binutils 2.15.91.0.1. This release provides the “-z relro” option.
June 1st, 2004 [winkie]: Inconsequential wrapping fixes.
May 29, 2004 [alexander]: Mentioned the hotplug+udev+modules problem. Removed the effectively dead link to the Kernel HOWTO.
May 29, 2004 [alexander]: Corrected usbfs line in /etc/fstab.
May 29, 2004 [alexander]: New LFS bootscripts already come with the /etc/sysconfig/console file. Corrected the text.
May 25, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Upgraded psmisc to 21.5.
May 25, 2004 [jeremy]: Corrected download location for the lfs-bootscripts package
May 24, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to libc-headers 2.6.5.2
May 23, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Vim - added an option to the vimrc config file
May 23th, 2004 [alexander]: Don't list the initscript in the contents of the Hotplug package. The reason is that we use winkie's replacement script from LFS-Bootscripts.
May 23th, 2004 [alexander]: Fixed XML validation error.
May 20th, 2004 [winkie]: Moved group “usb” to GID 14, instead of 15.
May 20th, 2004 [winkie]: Dropped Hotplug's “cosmetic” patch in favor of the script from LFS-Bootscripts and some general textual/rendering cleanups.
May 20th, 2004 [winkie]: Point to the correct GCC patches.
May 20th, 2004 [alexander]: Added Hotplug 2004_04_01.
May 19th, 2004 [winkie]: Change permissions of /dev/random to 0444 instead of 0666.
May 19th, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to Binutils 2.15 & GCC 3.4.1-20040517.
May 18th, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to LFS-Bootscripts 2.1.1.
May 16th, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to Automake-1.8.5.
May 15th, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to LFS-Bootscripts 2.1.1-pre2.
May 14th, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to Groff 1.19.1.
May 14th, 2004 [alexander]: Several textual changes on Vim page.
May 12th, 2004 [winkie]: Apply patch to assure Coreutils doesn't install any binaries that we don't need/want.
May 12th, 2004 [winkie]: Don't pass “-default” to Man's configure, since it's not needed anymore.
May 12th, 2004 [winkie]: Shorten the “sed” used on Gzip's gzexe.in file.
May 12th, 2004 [winkie]: Fixed Coreutils test suite execution.
May 11th, 2004 [winkie]: Don't build the PCH header for libstdc++ in Chapter 5 -- it's just a waste of space.
May 11th, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to Glibc 2.3.4-20040510 and Tar 1.14.
May 10th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 8 - Upgraded to Linux 2.6.6.
May 7th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 6 - When configuring Vim, pass the “--enable-multibyte” option.
May 6th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 6 - Add Readline installation and use it when building Bash.
May 6th, 2004 [winkie]: Added Alexander Patrakov's I18n patch.
May 4th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 6 - Create and use the “utmp” group.
May 4th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 7 - Upgraded to LFS-Bootscripts 2.1.0 and modify the book to work with it.
May 4th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 6 - Install the “passwd” binary in /bin instead of /usr/bin.
May 4th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 6 - Switch the uname patch we use, so that we get correct results.
May 4th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 8 - Use the full LFS version for the GRUB title.
May 4th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 5 & 6 - Use new patch naming “standard”.
May 3rd, 2004 [winkie]: Merged BE-LFS content - thanks to Ron and Jason Scott for the help they gave to BE-LFS before integration.
Release of version 5.1.1 on June 6th, 2004.