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  7. <sect1 id="ch-scatter-changelog">
  8. <?dbhtml filename="changelog.html"?>
  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>2009-11-29</para>
  33. <itemizedlist>
  34. <listitem>
  35. <para>[bdubbs] Provided more information about grub
  36. configuration.
  37. </para>
  38. </listitem>
  39. </itemizedlist>
  40. </listitem>
  41. <listitem>
  42. <para>2009-11-24</para>
  43. <itemizedlist>
  44. <listitem>
  45. <para>[bdubbs] Create separate standards and rationale pages
  46. and reformated. Provided more information about packages
  47. needed to satisfy LSB.
  48. </para>
  49. </listitem>
  50. </itemizedlist>
  51. </listitem>
  52. <listitem>
  53. <para>2009-11-23</para>
  54. <itemizedlist>
  55. <listitem>
  56. <para>[bdubbs] Add a page describing the Linux standards LFS
  57. uses to guide its procedures. Included a sub-section on why
  58. each package is in the book.
  59. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;1673">#1673</ulink>
  60. and <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2196">#2196</ulink></para>
  61. </listitem>
  62. </itemizedlist>
  63. </listitem>
  64. <listitem>
  65. <para>2009-11-22</para>
  66. <itemizedlist>
  67. <listitem>
  68. <para>[bdubbs] Update host requirements script to
  69. print a comment that makeinfo is used to identify
  70. the Texinfo package version.</para>
  71. </listitem>
  72. <listitem>
  73. <para>[bdubbs] Added a section to each package's dependencies
  74. in the Appendix to list external (non-LFS) dependencies for
  75. LFS packages. Fixes
  76. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;1682">#1682</ulink>.</para>
  77. </listitem>
  78. </itemizedlist>
  79. </listitem>
  80. <listitem>
  81. <para>2009-11-21</para>
  82. <itemizedlist>
  83. <listitem>
  84. <para>[matthew] Remove unneccessary .install and ..install.cmd
  85. files that were being installed by the Linux headers.</para>
  86. </listitem>
  87. <listitem>
  88. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Coreutils-8.1. Fixes
  89. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2518">#2518</ulink>.</para>
  90. </listitem>
  91. <listitem>
  92. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Tcl-8.4.8. Fixes
  93. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2517">#2517</ulink>.</para>
  94. </listitem>
  95. <listitem>
  96. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Libtool-2.2.6b. Fixes
  97. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2514">#2514</ulink>.</para>
  98. </listitem>
  99. </itemizedlist>
  100. </listitem>
  101. <listitem>
  102. <para>2009-11-16</para>
  103. <itemizedlist>
  104. <listitem>
  105. <para>[bdubbs] Removed paragraph in LFS Target Architectures
  106. that said that we can't build a 64-bit loader.</para>
  107. </listitem>
  108. </itemizedlist>
  109. </listitem>
  110. <listitem>
  111. <para>2009-11-16</para>
  112. <itemizedlist>
  113. <listitem>
  114. <para>[bdubbs] Clarified explanation of why we use cross
  115. compilation techniques in the Toolchain Technical Notes.
  116. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2412">#2412</ulink>.</para>
  117. </listitem>
  118. </itemizedlist>
  119. </listitem>
  120. <listitem>
  121. <para>2009-11-15</para>
  122. <itemizedlist>
  123. <listitem>
  124. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Patch-2.6. Fixes
  125. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2513">#2513</ulink>.</para>
  126. </listitem>
  127. <listitem>
  128. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Udev-147. Fixes
  129. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2512">#2512</ulink>.</para>
  130. </listitem>
  131. <listitem>
  132. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.31.6. Fixes
  133. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2511">#2511</ulink>.</para>
  134. </listitem>
  135. </itemizedlist>
  136. </listitem>
  137. <listitem>
  138. <para>2009-11-14</para>
  139. <itemizedlist>
  140. <listitem>
  141. <para>[bdubbs] Removed obsolete note on the Host System
  142. requirements page.</para>
  143. </listitem>
  144. </itemizedlist>
  145. </listitem>
  146. <listitem>
  147. <para>2009-11-12</para>
  148. <itemizedlist>
  149. <listitem>
  150. <para>[bdubbs] Added a note to 'About SBUs' to address
  151. parallel make procedures and how SBU values will be
  152. affected.</para>
  153. </listitem>
  154. <listitem>
  155. <para>[bdubbs] Minor changes to GRUB-1.97.1 instructions.</para>
  156. </listitem>
  157. </itemizedlist>
  158. </listitem>
  159. <listitem>
  160. <para>2009-11-09</para>
  161. <itemizedlist>
  162. <listitem>
  163. <para>[bdubbs] Upgraded to GRUB-1.97.1 Fixes
  164. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2510">#2510</ulink>.</para>
  165. </listitem>
  166. </itemizedlist>
  167. </listitem>
  168. <listitem>
  169. <para>2009-11-06</para>
  170. <itemizedlist>
  171. <listitem>
  172. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Glibc-2.11. Fixes
  173. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2509">#2509</ulink>.</para>
  174. </listitem>
  175. <listitem>
  176. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to latest upstream patches for Bash.</para>
  177. </listitem>
  178. <listitem>
  179. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.31.5. Fixes
  180. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2508">#2508</ulink>.</para>
  181. </listitem>
  182. <listitem>
  183. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Module-Init-Tools-3.11.1. Fixes
  184. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2507">#2507</ulink>.</para>
  185. </listitem>
  186. </itemizedlist>
  187. </listitem>
  188. <listitem>
  189. <para>2009-10-29</para>
  190. <itemizedlist>
  191. <listitem>
  192. <para>[bdubbs] Upgraded to GRUB-1.97. Split the
  193. build/install portion from the configuration of /boot and
  194. the mbr and placed the build portion in Chapter 6.
  195. Expanded the discussion about the /boot mbr portion in Chapter 8.
  196. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2093">#2093</ulink>.
  197. This also eliminates the need for an initramfs as
  198. specified in
  199. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2033">#2033</ulink>.</para>
  200. </listitem>
  201. </itemizedlist>
  202. </listitem>
  203. <listitem>
  204. <para>2009-10-20</para>
  205. <itemizedlist>
  206. <listitem>
  207. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.31.4. Fixes
  208. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2503">#2503</ulink>.</para>
  209. </listitem>
  210. <listitem>
  211. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to GCC-4.4.2. Fixes
  212. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2504">#2504</ulink>.</para>
  213. </listitem>
  214. <listitem>
  215. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Binutils-2.20. Fixes
  216. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2505">#2505</ulink>.</para>
  217. </listitem>
  218. </itemizedlist>
  219. </listitem>
  220. <listitem>
  221. <para>2009-10-12</para>
  222. <itemizedlist>
  223. <listitem>
  224. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Kbd-1.15.1. Fixes
  225. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2501">#2501</ulink>.</para>
  226. </listitem>
  227. <listitem>
  228. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Man-Pages-3.23. Fixes
  229. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2498">#2498</ulink>.</para>
  230. </listitem>
  231. <listitem>
  232. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.31.3. Fixes
  233. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2499">#2499</ulink>.</para>
  234. </listitem>
  235. <listitem>
  236. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Gzip-1.3.13. Fixes
  237. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2500">#2500</ulink>.</para>
  238. </listitem>
  239. </itemizedlist>
  240. </listitem>
  241. <listitem>
  242. <para>2009-09-29</para>
  243. <itemizedlist>
  244. <listitem>
  245. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.31.1. Fixes
  246. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2496">#2496</ulink>.</para>
  247. </listitem>
  248. <listitem>
  249. <para>[matthew] Install psmisc's binaries in
  250. <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename> instead of
  251. <filename class="directory">/bin</filename> as they are only
  252. called whilst <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> is mounted.
  253. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2469">#2469</ulink>.</para>
  254. </listitem>
  255. </itemizedlist>
  256. </listitem>
  257. <listitem>
  258. <para>2009-09-25</para>
  259. <itemizedlist>
  260. <listitem>
  261. <para>[bryan] Upgrade to udev-config-20090925. Fixes <ulink
  262. url="&lfs-ticket-root;2497">#2497</ulink>.</para>
  263. </listitem>
  264. </itemizedlist>
  265. </listitem>
  266. <listitem>
  267. <para>2009-09-24</para>
  268. <itemizedlist>
  269. <listitem>
  270. <para>[matthew] Update list of installed headers for Linux. Thanks to
  271. Chris Staub for the patch. Fixes
  272. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2495">#2495</ulink>.</para>
  273. </listitem>
  274. <listitem>
  275. <para>[matthew] Update list of installed programs for various
  276. packages. Thanks to Chris Staub for the patch. Fixes
  277. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2494">#2494</ulink>.</para>
  278. </listitem>
  279. </itemizedlist>
  280. </listitem>
  281. <listitem>
  282. <para>2009-09-17</para>
  283. <itemizedlist>
  284. <listitem>
  285. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Bash-4.0-fixes-4.patch. Fixes
  286. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2484">#2484</ulink>.</para>
  287. </listitem>
  288. <listitem>
  289. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.31. Fixes
  290. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2485">#2485</ulink>.</para>
  291. </listitem>
  292. <listitem>
  293. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Util-Linux-NG-2.16.1. Fixes
  294. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2483">#2483</ulink>.</para>
  295. </listitem>
  296. <listitem>
  297. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Coreutils-7.6. Fixes
  298. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2487">#2487</ulink>.</para>
  299. </listitem>
  300. <listitem>
  301. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Man-DB-2.5.6. Fixes
  302. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2481">#2481</ulink>.</para>
  303. </listitem>
  304. </itemizedlist>
  305. </listitem>
  306. <listitem>
  307. <para>2009-09-11</para>
  308. <itemizedlist>
  309. <listitem>
  310. <para>[bdubbs] - Deleted the reference to the outdated and
  311. incomplete optimization hint.</para>
  312. </listitem>
  313. </itemizedlist>
  314. </listitem>
  315. <listitem>
  316. <para>2009-09-10</para>
  317. <itemizedlist>
  318. <listitem>
  319. <para>[bdubbs] - Added a section to the Preface about LFS
  320. supported architectures.</para>
  321. </listitem>
  322. </itemizedlist>
  323. </listitem>
  324. <listitem>
  325. <para>2009-09-02</para>
  326. <itemizedlist>
  327. <listitem>
  328. <para>[bdubbs] - Removed more documentation in the Chapter 5
  329. stripping section.</para>
  330. </listitem>
  331. </itemizedlist>
  332. </listitem>
  333. <listitem>
  334. <para>2009-08-26</para>
  335. <itemizedlist>
  336. <listitem>
  337. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Udev-146. Fixes
  338. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2473">#2473</ulink>.</para>
  339. </listitem>
  340. <listitem>
  341. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Perl-5.10.1. Fixes
  342. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2479">#2479</ulink>.</para>
  343. </listitem>
  344. <listitem>
  345. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.30.5. Fixes
  346. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2475">#2475</ulink>.</para>
  347. </listitem>
  348. <listitem>
  349. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Less-436. Fixes
  350. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2471">2471</ulink>.</para>
  351. </listitem>
  352. <listitem>
  353. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to E2fsprogs-1.41.9. Fixes
  354. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2478">2478</ulink>.</para>
  355. </listitem>
  356. <listitem>
  357. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Coreutils-7.5. Fixes
  358. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2477">#2477</ulink>.</para>
  359. </listitem>
  360. </itemizedlist>
  361. </listitem>
  362. <listitem>
  363. <para>2009-08-19</para>
  364. <itemizedlist>
  365. <listitem>
  366. <para>[bdubbs] - Reworded the notes in the General Compilation
  367. Instructions and added a note to bin-utils to have users
  368. actually read the General Compilation Instructions.</para>
  369. </listitem>
  370. </itemizedlist>
  371. </listitem>
  372. </itemizedlist>
  373. <para>LFS 6.5 released August 16, 2009.</para>
  374. </sect1>