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  <title>Changelog</title>

  <para>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 <ulink url="&lfs-root;mirrors.html"/>.</para>

  <para>Below is a list of changes made since the previous release of the
  book.</para>

  <itemizedlist>
    <title>Changelog Entries:</title>

<!-- Changelog template

    <listitem>
      <para>Date</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[name] - New changelog entry.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[name] - Previous changelog entry.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

-->

    <listitem>
      <para>2009-05-10</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Findutils-4.4.1. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2387">#2387</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to E2fsprogs-1.41.5. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2386">#2386</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Coreutils-7.4. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2376">#2376</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Add upstream Bash fixes patch.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2009-04-27</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[ken] - Upgrade to Udev-141.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2009-04-13</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[bdubbs] - Remove erroneous --enable threads from M4.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2009-03-21</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Re-introduce the Glibc-libidn package, as the
          release tarball doesn't include it. Thanks to Alexander Kozlov for
          the report.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Udev-140. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2370">#2370</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Man-DB-2.5.5. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2372">#2372</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-2.6.28.8. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2373">#2373</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2009-03-20</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Don't move readlink to /bin.  It's not specified by
          the FHS and not required by the bootscripts, so can stay in
          /usr/bin. Thanks to Archaic for the report.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2009-03-15</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[bryan] - Remove the uucp group (replace with dialout).  Handle
          ISDN devices with a file from upstream.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2009-03-12</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Correct some dependency info.  Thanks to Chris Staub for the
          report and patch. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2368">#2368</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Fix a few typos.  Thanks to Chris Staub for the report and
          patch. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2367">#2367</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Reword the explanation of the Expect tests in Binutils'
          instructions to clarify what the expected test output is.  Thanks to Chris
          Staub for the report and patch. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2365">#2365</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Reorder the contents of chapter 7 to flow better. Thanks to
          Chris Staub for the report and suggested order.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2366">#2366</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Install Inetutils' version of hostname, rather than
          Coreutils' version, as it is more featureful.  Thanks to Chris Staub &amp;
          DJ Lucas. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2364">#2364</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Build mkswap in chapter 5's Util-Linux-NG as it is
          required by the e2fsprogs test suite.  Also, remove the now
          unnecessary BLKID_LIBS variable.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2361">#2361</ulink>. Thanks to Chris
          Staub for the reports.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2009-03-11</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Mention Dejagnu test suite, as a C++ compiler is
          available in chapter 5. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2362">#2362</ulink>. Thanks to Chris
          Staub for the report and patch.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Remove an obsolete GCC fixup command from Inetutils'
          instructions.  Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2360">#2360</ulink>.
          Thanks to Chris Staub for the report.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Udev-139. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2350">#2350</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Tar-1.22. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2358">#2358</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Readline-6.0. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2353">#2353</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to MPFR-2.4.1. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2359">#2359</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-Pages-3.19. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2352">#2352</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-DB-2.5.4. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2356">#2356</ulink> and
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2338">#2338</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.28.7. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2349">#2349</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Glibc-2.9.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2357">#2357</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Coreutils-7.1.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2354">#2354</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Bash-4.0.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2351">#2351</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2009-02-17</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.28.5.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2348">#2348</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Grep-2.5.4.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2346">#2346</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-Pages-3.18.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2347">#2347</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Util-Linux-NG-2.14.2.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2345">#2345</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2009-02-08</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Remove the &quot;enable-multibyte&quot; configure
          switch from Groff, which is not required following the upgrade to
          Groff-1.20.1.  Thanks to Robert Connolly for the report.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Install sysklogd binaries to
          <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename> for FHS compatibility.
          Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2317">#2317</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Replaced the link to the now non-existent udev-FAQ
          to a more general udev information page.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2306">#2306</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Added a link to the wget-list file.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2333">#2333</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Module-init-Tools-3.6.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2343">#2343</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to File-5.00.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2342">#2342</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Added a patch to suppress a warning added in
          Tar-1.21 that causes the Perl testsuite to fail.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to MPFR-2.4.0.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2341">#2341</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Install MPFR's documentation.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2232">#2232</ulink>. Thanks to Randy
          McMurchy for the report and assistance with the fix.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Remove an unneeded --sysconfdir parameter in
          Inetutils' instructions. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2313">#2313</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.28.4.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2340">#2340</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Binutils-2.19.1.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2339">#2339</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2009-02-01</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Remove the redundant SBINDIR parameter from
          IPRoute2's commands.  Fixes the remaining part of
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2307">#2307</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Install DRM-related Linux headers, as suggested by
          Chris Staub in <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2307">#2307</ulink>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Added preloadable_libintl.so to list of files
          installed by Gettext. Thanks to Chris Staub for the report and patch.
          Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2312">#2312</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Udev-137.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2328">#2328</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Tcl-8.5.6.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2305">#2305</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Tar-1.21.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2309">#2309</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Patch-2.5.9.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2239">#2239</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-Pages-3.17.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2327">#2327</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.28.2.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2316">#2316</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to IPRoute2-2.6.28.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2324">#2324</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Inetutils-1.6.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2308">#2308</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Groff-1.20.1.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2322">#2322</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to GCC-4.3.3.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2334">#2334</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to E2fsprogs-1.41.4.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2336">#2336</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Bison-2.4.1.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2300">#2300</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Bash-3.2.48.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2319">#2319</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2009-01-24</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Corrected some package tarball sizes.  Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2290">#2290</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2009-01-03</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[bdubbs] - Reformatted several pages so pdf is properly
          generated.  Thanks to Martin Miehe for the changes.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-29</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[bdubbs] - Split one udev rule so it is not wider than the
          book's page.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-24</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[bdubbs] - Updated the location of glibc-2.8-20080929.tar.bz2.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-19</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[robert] - Added -v to the install command for the convert-mans
          script in the man-db page, for consistent use of verbose commands.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-18</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[robert] - Removed the unneeded -e option from the Sed command
          in the chap6 Findutils page, for consistency.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-07</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[jhuntwork] - Update Greg Schafer's entry in the acknowledgments section to
          properly reflect the work done in designing the build method.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-06</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to vim-7.2-fixes-4.patch. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2296">#2296</ulink>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Udev-135. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2284">#2284</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Shadow-4.1.2.2. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2287">#2287</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to readline-5.2-fixes-6.patch. Fixes
          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2295">#2295</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Ncurses-5.7. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2276">#2276</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Module-Init-Tools-3.5. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2245">#2245</ulink>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-Pages-3.15. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2269">#2269</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-DB-2.5.3. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2283">#2283</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.27.8. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2282">#2282</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Kbd-1.15. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2291">#2291</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Bison-2.4. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2281">#2281</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Binutils-2.19. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2268">#2268</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to bash-3.2-fixes-9.patch. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2294">#2294</ulink>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Automake-1.10.2.  Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2286">#2286</ulink>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-04</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[jhuntwork] - Introduce new build method in Chapter 5 originating
          in DIY-Linux. Thanks, Greg Schafer.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[jhuntwork] - Move instructions for GRUB to chapter 8 just after the
          compilation of the kernel. Merge GRUB build and configuration instructions
          into one page.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-03</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[jhuntwork] - Initial addition of support for building on x86_64.
	  Several ideas, principles and build instructions originated in DIY-Linux.
          Thanks, Greg Schafer.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-02</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[jhuntwork] - Moved grep up in the build order of chapter 6
          to be before libtool which hardcodes references to grep in its installed
          files. Was previously circumvented by a symlink, but this approach sticks
          more closely to our build order policy. Thanks to Greg Schafer for the reminder.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-12-01</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[jhuntwork] - Adjusted the line break in the adjusting toolchain
          section so that the output redirection does not look like a secondary
	  bash prompt. Thanks to Chris Staub for the idea.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>2008-11-23</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>[ken] - Added note to gmp about CFLAGS on 64-bit-capable
          machines.  Reported by Tobias Gasser, thanks to Greg Schafer for
	  the analysis.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>


  </itemizedlist>

  <para>LFS 6.4 released November 23, 2008.</para>

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