lfs-book/chapter01/changelog.xml

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<title>Changelog</title>
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<para>This is version &version; of the Linux From Scratch book, dated
&releasedate;. 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 <ulink url="&lfs-root;"/>.</para>

<para>Below is a list of differences between the Testing and Unstable versions
of the LFS Book.</para>

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<listitem><para>Upgraded to:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>automake-1.9.4</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>bison-2.0</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>findutils-4.2.10</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gcc-3.4.3</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>glibc-20041220</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>lfs-bootscripts-3.1.0</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>linux-2.6.10</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>man-pages-2.01</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>perl-5.8.6</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>sysvinit-2.86</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>tar-1.15.1</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>tcl-8.4.9</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>texinfo-4.8</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>udev-050</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>util-linux-2.12p</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>

<listitem><para>Added:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>util-linux-2.12p-cramfs-1.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>linux-2.6.10-security_fix-1.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>vim-6.3-security_fix-1.patch</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>

<listitem><para>Removed:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>sysvinit-2.85-proclen-1.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>texinfo-4.7-segfault-1.patch</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>

<listitem><para>January 5th, 2005 [jeremy]: Upgraded to Texinfo 4.8</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 31st, 2004 [jeremy]: Oops - forgot to remove the
separate targets for hotplug and syslog-ng - fixed.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 31st, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgrade to LFS-Bootscripts 3.1.0</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 30th, 2004 [jeremy]: Added Archaic's sed to stop
installation of shadow's groups binary, as well as it's man page.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 30th, 2004 [jeremy]: Added Vim security vulnerability patch - Thanks Matt</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 30th, 2004 [jeremy]: Added Linux kernel security vulnerability fix into chapter 8</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 30th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgrade Bison to version 2.0</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 25th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgrade to glibc snapshot
of 20041220</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 25th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgrade to Udev 050</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 25th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to Tar 1.15.1</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 25th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to util-linux 2.12p,
added patch from Alexander to fix compilation issue</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 25th, 2004 [jeremy]: Updated to man-pages 2.01</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 25th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to automake 1.9.4</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 19th, 2004 [jeremy]: Updated GCC-testresults link to
be appropriate for GCC 3.4.3</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 19th, 2004 [jeremy]: Fixed shadow instructions so the sed doesn't create a blank file, from Robert Conolly and David Jensen</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 17th, 2004 [jim]: Upgraded to findutils-4.2.10,
man-pages-2.00, sysvinit-2.86, tcl-8.4.9, udev-049 and
util-linux-2.12l.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 7th, 2004 [jim]: Fixed typo in shadow and in readline.
Made recommended change from Robert Connolly on sed for shadow.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 6th, 2004 [jeremy]: Fixed incorrect CR in ch 6
binutils, causing the patch name to be split on 2 lines.  Thanks Robert
Connolly!</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 6th, 2004 [jim]: Fixes a few typo's done by me.
Added a patch for IPRoute2 to fix usage with the newer findutils.
Updated Readline and Zlib library location changes.
Bumped findutils to 4.2.9 and util-linux 2.12j.
Used the same methodology used on zlib and readline on shadow.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 4th, 2004 [jeremy]: Added binutils fix_strip patch</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 3rd, 2004 [jim]: Changed readline and zlib instructions
to use --libdir for the libraries. Bumped perl to 5.8.6. Corrected wording in
readline.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>December 1st, 2004 [jeremy]: Minor entity revisions in the XML
sources, patch courtesy of Boris Buegling.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>November 13th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded toolchain packages to GCC 3.4.3, and Glibc weekly snapshot from 2004-11-08.</para></listitem>

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