%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. 2020-08-10 [ken] - Ensure all the book's perl modules are installed to /usr/lib/perl5/5.32 (some were in /usr/share/perl5). Fixes #4710. 2020-08-06 [bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.2.1361. Addresses #4500. [bdubbs] - Update to glibc-2.32. Fixes #4709. [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.7.1. Fixes #4707. [bdubbs] - Update to bc-3.1.5. Fixes #4705. 2020-08-04 [bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.21. Fixes #4704. [bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.35. Fixes #4702. [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-10.2.0. Fixes #4701. [bdubbs] - Update to check-0.15.1. Fixes #4700. [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.7.1. Fixes #4699. [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux 2.36.0. Fixes #4698. [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.42. Fixes #4703. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.7.12. Fixes #4697. 2020-07-21 [bdubbs] - Update to Python3-3.8.5. Fixes #4695. [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.40. Fixes #4694. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.7.9. Fixes #4696. 2020-07-15 [bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.2.1206. Addresses #4500. [bdubbs] - Update to Python3-3.8.4. Fixes #4692. [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.55.0. Fixes #4691. [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.39. Fixes #4690. [bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.3.0. Fixes #4689. [bdubbs] - Update to mpfr-4.1.0. Fixes #4688. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.7.8. Fixes #4686. [bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-2.97. Fixes #4685. [bdubbs] - Update to bc-3.1.3. Fixes #4684. 2020-07-07 [pierre] - Make libelf install in /lib, since it may be needed by iproute2 before /usr is mounted (report by Roger). 2020-07-06 [pierre] - Change chapter 6 ncurses so that it matches what is done in chapter 8, and add explanations. [renodr] - Update to libcap-2.38. Fixes #4683. [renodr] - Update to linux-5.7.7. Fixes #4681. [renodr] - Update to dbus-1.12.20 (Security Update). Fixes #4682. 2020-07-04 [pierre] - Remove /tools and files containing {i686,x86_64}-lfs in their name at the end of chapter 8. [pierre] - Add --host= to libstdc++-pass2, so that host specific headers are installed in a host specific directory. [pierre] - Fix temporary Python so that static libraries are not installed. 2020-07-01 [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.32.0. Fixes #4676. [bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.9.3. Fixes #4680. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.7.6. Fixes #4674. [bdubbs] - Update to check-0.15.0. Fixes #4679. [bdubbs] - Update to bc-3.0.3. Fixes #4675. 2020-06-22 [renodr] - Fix a segfault in systemd-udevd. 2020-06-17 [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.54.3. Fixes #4673. [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-5.07. Fixes #4669. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.7.2. Fixes #4662. [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-5.7.0. Fixes #4668. [bdubbs] - Update to file-5.39. Fixes #4671. [bdubbs] - Update to elfutils-0.180. Fixes #4670. [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.6.4. Fixes #4672. 2020-06-16 [bdubbs] - Split Chapter 5 into three separate chapters. Implement a new method of cross-building the LFS tool chain and other tools to simplify the method of isolating the new system from the original host. This will be the start of LFS-10.0. 2020-06-03 [renodr] - Fix systemd's build with GCC-10 with a patch instead of CFLAGS. [renodr] - Update to perl-5.30.3 (security update). Fixes #4664. [renodr] - Update to dbus-1.12.18 (security update). Fixes #4665. [renodr] - Update to man-db-2.9.2. Fixes #4663. [renodr] - Update to libcap-2.36. Fixes #4666. [renodr] - Update to bison-3.6.3. Fixes #4667. 2020-05-31 [pierre] - Fix bash tests: add a couple of symlinks from /bin to /tools, create the tester user with the uid of the tty owner, run the bash tests with su << EOF, and explicitely defining stdin (with help from thomas and bdubbs). 2020-05-29 [xry111] - Move flex earlier in chapter 6, so that binutils can use it. [xry111] - Remove bzip2 and flex from chapter 5. [xry111] - Move zstd earlier in chapter 6, so that file and GCC can use it. [bdubbs] - Run sed and findutils tests as an unprivileged user. Fixes #4661. 2020-05-28 [bdubbs] - Add an unprivileged user, tester, at the beginning of Chapter 6 for running some tests. This user is then removed at the end of the chapter. [bdubbs] - Update to zstd-1.4.5. Fixes #4660. [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.35.2. Fixes #4659. [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.6.2. Fixes #4657. [pierre] - Update to linux-5.6.15. Fixes #4658. 2020-05-27 [pierre] - Bash: document test results. 2020-05-26 [pierre] - Bash: do not use "su -c command" to change user to nobody: it removes the controlling terminal and makes some tests fail. Use "su << EOF" instead. [pierre] - Mount /dev/pts with "--bind", so that "tty" knows there is a terminal. Fixes a test in coreutils. [pierre] - Add a patch to fix a failure in gold test suite, which really needs -fcommon in some tests. [pierre] - Fix a failure in automake test suite. [pierre] - Update to vim-8.2.0814. [pierre] - Add a symlink from /tools/lib/locale to /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive, to allow some programs to find the installed locales. Fixes test failures in bison and man-db. 2020-05-21 [pierre] - Fix a crash at early boot when using CONFIG_STACK_PROTECTOR_STRONG=y in kernel configuration. 2020-05-16 [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.54.2. Fixes #4656. [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.8.3. Fixes #4655. [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.6.1. Fixes #4654. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.6.13. Fixes #4653. 2020-05-09 [pierre] - Pass -Wno-format-overflow to systemd to prevent an error with GCC 10. 2020-05-09 [pierre] - Patch GCC pass 2 to allow cross-compile (specific to new cross method). 2020-05-08 [bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.2.0716. [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.6. Fixes #4652. [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-10.1.0. Fixes #4651. [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.34. Fixes #4650. [bdubbs] - Update to bc-2.7.2. Fixes #4648. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.6.11. Fixes #4649. 2020-05-01 [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2020a. Fixes #4644. [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.54.1. Fixes #4646. [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20200429. Fixes #4645. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.6.8. Fixes #4630. 2020-04-23 [ken] - Update to openssl-1.1.1g (Security Fix). Fixes #4643. 2020-04-20 [pierre] - Change -isystem to -idirafter in "Adjusting the toolchain". This allows to search g++ private headers before the public ones, which is the normal search order, with the drawback that it includes the headers in /tools if they exist in both /usr and /tools. Fix most of #4641. 2020-04-19 [pierre] - Build util-linux in chapter 5 for both books. link util-linux libraries and headers from /usr to /tools. Copy util-linux pkg-config files from /tools to /usr, changing any occurence of /tools to /usr. Also move eudev before util-linux. Fixes #4637, #4638, and #4642. [pierre] - Reinstate flex in chapter 5, so that ar and ranlib (binutils) link against libfl. This allows to run tests for bison, too. Fixes #4631. [pierre] - Prevent readline.pc from referencing termcap as a private library by adding --with-curses to configure switches. Fixes #4635. [pierre] - Allow bison to use the libtextstyle.so library from gettext, by moving gettext before bison. Fixes #4634. [pierre] - Allow some shadow programs to use "setcap" by moving libcap before shadow. Fixes #4633. [pierre] - Fix a wrong hardcoded path in some programs from the shadow package. Fixes #4632. 2020-04-15 [renodr] - Install the man pages in systemd. Fixes #4627. [bdubbs] - Update to gawk-5.1.0. Fixes #4629. [bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.20.2. Fixes #4628. [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-5.06. Fixes #4626. [bdubbs] - Update to bc-2.6.1. Fixes #4625. [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.5.4. Fixes #4623. [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-5.6.0. Fixes #4622. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.6.4. Fixes #4615. 2020-04-01 [bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.2.0486. Addresses #4500. [bdubbs] - Update to elfutils-0.179. Fixes #4621. [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.54.0. Fixes #4620. [bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.45.6. Fixes #4619. [bdubbs] - Update to automake-1.16.2. Fixes #4618. [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.2.5. Fixes #4617. [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-1.1.1f. Fixes #4616. [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.30.2. Fixes #4614. 2020-03-29 [bdubbs] - Textual updates thanks to Kevin Buckley. 2020-03-19 [renodr] - Update to systemd-245. Fixes #4593. 2020-03-18 [renodr] - Make minor modifications to the kernel configuration in order to match the configuration options to there current positions in Linux-5.5 2020-03-29 [bdubbs] - Textual updates thanks to Kevin Buckley. 2020-03-19 [renodr] - Update to systemd-245. Fixes #4593. 2020-03-18 [renodr] - Make minor modifications to the kernel configuration in order to match the configuration options to there current positions in Linux-5.5 2020-03-15 [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-9.3.0. Fixes #4613. [bdubbs] - Update to bc-2.6.0. Fixes #4612. [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.5.3. Fixes #4611. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.5.9. Fixes #4610. [bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-8.32. Fixes #4609. 2020-03-02 [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.8.2. Fixes #4606. [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.52.2. Fixes #4605. [bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.9.1. Fixes #4604. [bdubbs] - Update to kmod-27. Fixes #4603. [bdubbs] - Update to procps-3.3.16. Fixes #4602. [bdubbs] - Update to psmisc-23.3. Fixes #4601. [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.33. Fixes #4608. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.5.7. Fixes #4598. 2020-03-01 [bdubbs] - LFS-9.1 released.