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  9. <title>Changelog</title>
  10. <para>This is version &version; of the Linux From Scratch book, dated
  11. &releasedate;. If this book is more than six months old, a newer and better
  12. version is probably already available. To find out, please check one of the
  13. mirrors via <ulink url="&lfs-root;mirrors.html"/>.</para>
  14. <para>Below is a list of changes made since the previous release of the
  15. book.</para>
  16. <itemizedlist>
  17. <title>Changelog Entries:</title>
  18. <!-- Changelog template
  19. <listitem>
  20. <para>Date</para>
  21. <itemizedlist>
  22. <listitem>
  23. <para>[name] - New changelog entry.</para>
  24. </listitem>
  25. <listitem>
  26. <para>[name] - Previous changelog entry.</para>
  27. </listitem>
  28. </itemizedlist>
  29. </listitem>
  30. -->
  31. <listitem>
  32. <para>2012-02-04</para>
  33. <itemizedlist>
  34. <listitem>
  35. <para>[bdubbs] - Fixes to bootscripts:
  36. <itemizedlist>
  37. <listitem><para>Remove unneeded function literals.</para></listitem>
  38. <listitem><para>Fix pidlist logic in statusproc.</para></listitem>
  39. <listitem><para>Fix statusproc usage statement.</para></listitem>
  40. <listitem><para>Add nodevtmpfs in mountfs stop.</para></listitem>
  41. </itemizedlist>
  42. </para>
  43. </listitem>
  44. <listitem>
  45. <para>[bdubbs] Add nodump to xml so command to print out
  46. 70-persistent-net.rules will not be used in jhalfs.
  47. Fixes a problem in kvm.</para>
  48. </listitem>
  49. <listitem>
  50. <para>[bryan] - Fix up text in section 7.4 ("device and module
  51. handling"), and change the recommendation for wrapper modules to
  52. use kmod's support for soft post-dependencies instead. Fixes
  53. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3010">#3010</ulink>.</para>
  54. </listitem>
  55. </itemizedlist>
  56. </listitem>
  57. <listitem>
  58. <para>2012-02-02</para>
  59. <itemizedlist>
  60. <listitem>
  61. <para>[bdubbs] - Remove oblolete references to consolelog.</para>
  62. </listitem>
  63. <listitem>
  64. <para>[bdubbs] - Reformat udev configure command.</para>
  65. </listitem>
  66. </itemizedlist>
  67. </listitem>
  68. <listitem>
  69. <para>2012-02-01</para>
  70. <itemizedlist>
  71. <listitem>
  72. <para>[bdubbs] - Clarify (again) the extraction order
  73. in GCC Pass 1.</para>
  74. </listitem>
  75. <listitem>
  76. <para>[bdubbs] - Reformat Kmod configure command.</para>
  77. </listitem>
  78. </itemizedlist>
  79. </listitem>
  80. <listitem>
  81. <para>2012-01-30</para>
  82. <itemizedlist>
  83. <listitem>
  84. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Zlib-1.2.6. Fixes
  85. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3009">#3009</ulink>.</para>
  86. </listitem>
  87. <listitem>
  88. <para>[matthew] - Move Xz to before GRUB so that the latter can
  89. support compressed kernel images.</para>
  90. </listitem>
  91. <listitem>
  92. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Udev-180. Fixes
  93. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3008">#3008</ulink>.</para>
  94. </listitem>
  95. </itemizedlist>
  96. </listitem>
  97. <listitem>
  98. <para>2012-01-28</para>
  99. <itemizedlist>
  100. <listitem>
  101. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Psmisc-22.15. Fixes
  102. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3007">#3007</ulink>.</para>
  103. </listitem>
  104. <listitem>
  105. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to GMP-5.0.3. Fixes
  106. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3006">#3006</ulink>.</para>
  107. </listitem>
  108. <listitem>
  109. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-3.2.2. Fixes
  110. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3005">#3005</ulink>.</para>
  111. </listitem>
  112. <listitem>
  113. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Udev-179. Fixes
  114. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3004">#3004</ulink>.</para>
  115. </listitem>
  116. </itemizedlist>
  117. </listitem>
  118. <listitem>
  119. <para>2012-01-22</para>
  120. <itemizedlist>
  121. <listitem>
  122. <para>[bdubbs] - Update network bootscripts to support bridge
  123. devices in BLFS.</para>
  124. </listitem>
  125. <listitem>
  126. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-3.2.1. Fixes
  127. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2999">#2999</ulink>.</para>
  128. </listitem>
  129. <listitem>
  130. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Udev-178, including adding its new
  131. depdendency, Kmod-4. Fixes
  132. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2998">#2998</ulink> and
  133. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3001">#3001</ulink>.</para>
  134. </listitem>
  135. </itemizedlist>
  136. </listitem>
  137. <listitem>
  138. <para>2012-01-16</para>
  139. <itemizedlist>
  140. <listitem>
  141. <para>[bdubbs] - Change bootscripts to use devtmpfs for /dev.
  142. Move mounting of /dev to mountvirtfs and ensure /dev gets
  143. placed in /etc/mtab. Change fstab and kernel configuration
  144. sections to reflect these changes.</para>
  145. </listitem>
  146. </itemizedlist>
  147. </listitem>
  148. <listitem>
  149. <para>2012-01-11</para>
  150. <itemizedlist>
  151. <listitem>
  152. <para>[bdubbs] - Add clarification to the GRUB configuration about
  153. using a separate boot partition. </para>
  154. </listitem>
  155. <listitem>
  156. <para>[matthew] - Remove Libnl, as it's not actually required by
  157. IPRoute2 after all. Thanks to Markku Pesonen for the pointer to the
  158. upstream fix.</para>
  159. </listitem>
  160. </itemizedlist>
  161. </listitem>
  162. <listitem>
  163. <para>2012-01-08</para>
  164. <itemizedlist>
  165. <listitem>
  166. <para>[matthew] - Prevent Libnl from installing static libraries.
  167. Thanks to Ken Moffat for the report.</para>
  168. </listitem>
  169. <listitem>
  170. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Coreutils-8.15. Fixes
  171. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2996">#2996</ulink>.</para>
  172. </listitem>
  173. <listitem>
  174. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to IPRoute2-3.2.0, and add its new
  175. dependency, libnl-2.0. Fixes
  176. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2995">#2995</ulink>.</para>
  177. </listitem>
  178. <listitem>
  179. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-3.2. Fixes
  180. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2993">#2993</ulink>.</para>
  181. </listitem>
  182. <listitem>
  183. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Inetutils-1.9.1. Fixes
  184. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2992">#2992</ulink>.</para>
  185. </listitem>
  186. <listitem>
  187. <para>[matthew] - Fix typo in Linux tarball name. Fixes
  188. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2991">#2991</ulink>.</para>
  189. </listitem>
  190. <listitem>
  191. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to File-5.10. Fixes
  192. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2989">#2989</ulink>.</para>
  193. </listitem>
  194. </itemizedlist>
  195. </listitem>
  196. <listitem>
  197. <para>2012-01-06</para>
  198. <itemizedlist>
  199. <listitem>
  200. <para>[bdubbs] - Change to simpler command for version-check.sh's
  201. Glibc version detection on all platforms.
  202. Thanks to Pierre Labastie for the report and fix.</para>
  203. </listitem>
  204. <listitem>
  205. <para>[bdubbs] - Change to php script for 'get counted'.</para>
  206. </listitem>
  207. </itemizedlist>
  208. </listitem>
  209. <listitem>
  210. <para>2011-12-28</para>
  211. <itemizedlist>
  212. <listitem>
  213. <para>[matthew] - Fix version-check.sh's Glibc version detection
  214. on 64-bit Debian hosts.
  215. Thanks to Pierre Labastie for the report and fix.</para>
  216. </listitem>
  217. </itemizedlist>
  218. </listitem>
  219. <listitem>
  220. <para>2011-12-22</para>
  221. <itemizedlist>
  222. <listitem>
  223. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Automake-1.11.2. Fixes
  224. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2986">#2986</ulink>.</para>
  225. </listitem>
  226. <listitem>
  227. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-3.1.6. Fixes
  228. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2985">#2985</ulink>.</para>
  229. </listitem>
  230. <listitem>
  231. <para>[matthew] - Correct permissions on /run/shm. Fixes
  232. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2984">#2984</ulink>.</para>
  233. </listitem>
  234. <listitem>
  235. <para>[matthew] - Add upstream patches for MPFR. Fixes
  236. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2983">#2983</ulink>.</para>
  237. </listitem>
  238. </itemizedlist>
  239. </listitem>
  240. <listitem>
  241. <para>2011-12-10</para>
  242. <itemizedlist>
  243. <listitem>
  244. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-3.1.5. Fixes
  245. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2981">#2981</ulink>.</para>
  246. </listitem>
  247. </itemizedlist>
  248. </listitem>
  249. <listitem>
  250. <para>2011-12-05</para>
  251. <itemizedlist>
  252. <listitem>
  253. <para>[matthew] - Improve the accuracy of the list of installed files
  254. for a number of packages. Thanks to Chris Staub for the patch. Fixes
  255. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2979">#2979</ulink>.</para>
  256. </listitem>
  257. <listitem>
  258. <para>[matthew] - Prevent some arpd artefacts from being installed by
  259. IPRoute2. Fixes
  260. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2977">#2977</ulink>.</para>
  261. </listitem>
  262. <listitem>
  263. <para>[matthew] - Correct location of Coreutils' libstdbuf. Fixes
  264. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2976">#2976</ulink>.</para>
  265. </listitem>
  266. <listitem>
  267. <para>[matthew] - Move Psmisc to before E2fsprogs because the
  268. E2fsprogs testsuite uses killall. Fixes
  269. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2975">#2975</ulink>.</para>
  270. </listitem>
  271. </itemizedlist>
  272. </listitem>
  273. <listitem>
  274. <para>2011-12-01</para>
  275. <itemizedlist>
  276. <listitem>
  277. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to E2fsprogs-1.42. Fixes
  278. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2973">#2973</ulink>.</para>
  279. </listitem>
  280. <listitem>
  281. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-3.1.4. Fixes
  282. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2970">#2970</ulink>.</para>
  283. </listitem>
  284. <listitem>
  285. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to IPRoute2-3.1.0. Fixes
  286. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2969">#2969</ulink>.</para>
  287. </listitem>
  288. <listitem>
  289. <para>[matthew] - Add latest upstream patches for Bash. Fixes
  290. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2968">#2968</ulink>.</para>
  291. </listitem>
  292. </itemizedlist>
  293. </listitem>
  294. <listitem>
  295. <para>2011-11-28</para>
  296. <itemizedlist>
  297. <listitem>
  298. <para>[dj] - Update to lfs-bootscripts-20111128.</para>
  299. </listitem>
  300. <listitem>
  301. <para>[ken] - Fix daylight saving time bug in coreutils testsuite.</para>
  302. </listitem>
  303. </itemizedlist>
  304. </listitem>
  305. <listitem>
  306. <para>2011-11-26</para>
  307. <itemizedlist>
  308. <listitem>
  309. <para>[bdubbs] - Clean up console script.</para>
  310. </listitem>
  311. </itemizedlist>
  312. </listitem>
  313. <listitem>
  314. <para>2011-11-25</para>
  315. <itemizedlist>
  316. <listitem>
  317. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Binutils-2.22. Fixes
  318. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2967">#2967</ulink>.</para>
  319. </listitem>
  320. <listitem>
  321. <para>[matthew] - Install Glibc's NIS and RPC headers again. The
  322. headers have not been installed by default since Glibc-2.14, but that
  323. causes various BLFS packages to break. Fixes
  324. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2965">#2965</ulink>.</para>
  325. </listitem>
  326. <listitem>
  327. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Grep-2.10. Fixes
  328. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2964">#2964</ulink>.</para>
  329. </listitem>
  330. <listitem>
  331. <para>[matthew] - Add a patch to fix a security vulnerability in Perl.
  332. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2963">#2963</ulink>.</para>
  333. </listitem>
  334. <listitem>
  335. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to GDBM-1.10. Fixes
  336. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2962">#2962</ulink>.</para>
  337. </listitem>
  338. <listitem>
  339. <para>[matthew] - Install Coreutils'
  340. <filename class="libraryfile">libstdbuf.so</filename> to
  341. <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/coreutils</filename> to
  342. maintain consistency with other packages' shared library locations.
  343. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2961">#2961</ulink>.</para>
  344. </listitem>
  345. <listitem>
  346. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-3.1.2. Fixes
  347. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2960">#2960</ulink>.</para>
  348. </listitem>
  349. <listitem>
  350. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Tcl-8.5.11. Fixes
  351. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2959">#2959</ulink>.</para>
  352. </listitem>
  353. </itemizedlist>
  354. </listitem>
  355. <listitem>
  356. <para>2011-11-16</para>
  357. <itemizedlist>
  358. <listitem>
  359. <para>[bdubbs] - Make /var/log/btmp have 660 permissions.
  360. Suggestion from Michael Blanchard.</para>
  361. </listitem>
  362. </itemizedlist>
  363. </listitem>
  364. <listitem>
  365. <para>2011-11-14</para>
  366. <itemizedlist>
  367. <listitem>
  368. <para>[bdubbs] - Updates to boot scripts:
  369. general cleanup;
  370. move consolelog function to rc;
  371. clean up boot logging functions;
  372. fix interactive prompt between run level S and target run level.
  373. Thanks to DJ Lucas.</para>
  374. </listitem>
  375. </itemizedlist>
  376. </listitem>
  377. <listitem>
  378. <para>2011-10-29</para>
  379. <itemizedlist>
  380. <listitem>
  381. <para>[bdubbs] - Text correction in bootscripts description.</para>
  382. </listitem>
  383. <listitem>
  384. <para>[bdubbs] - Remove erroneous sourcing line in bootscript
  385. functions used for backward BLFS compatibility.</para>
  386. </listitem>
  387. </itemizedlist>
  388. </listitem>
  389. <listitem>
  390. <para>2011-10-29</para>
  391. <itemizedlist>
  392. <listitem>
  393. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to GCC-4.6.2. Fixes
  394. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2951">#2951</ulink>.</para>
  395. </listitem>
  396. <listitem>
  397. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Util-Linux-2.20.1. Fixes
  398. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2947">#2947</ulink>.</para>
  399. </listitem>
  400. <listitem>
  401. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Libtool-2.4.2. Fixes
  402. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2946">#2946</ulink>.</para>
  403. </listitem>
  404. <listitem>
  405. <para>[bdubbs] - LFS-7.0 released.
  406. </para>
  407. </listitem>
  408. </itemizedlist>
  409. </listitem>
  410. </itemizedlist>
  411. </sect1>