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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>2009-07-08</para>
  33. <itemizedlist>
  34. <listitem>
  35. <para>[bdubbs] - Remove obsolete instructions about installing
  36. man pages for optional programs. Thanks to Chris Staub for the
  37. report and patch. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2436">#2436</ulink>.
  38. </para>
  39. </listitem>
  40. </itemizedlist>
  41. </listitem>
  42. <listitem>
  43. <para>2009-07-06</para>
  44. <itemizedlist>
  45. <listitem>
  46. <para>[matthew] - Add description of the --disable-libuud and
  47. --disable-blkid parameters for E2fsprogs.
  48. </para>
  49. </listitem>
  50. </itemizedlist>
  51. </listitem>
  52. <listitem>
  53. <para>2009-07-04</para>
  54. <itemizedlist>
  55. <listitem>
  56. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Util-Linux-NG-2.16-rc2. This
  57. is temporary until the release version of 2.16 comes out.
  58. See <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2391">#2391</ulink> for
  59. more details.</para>
  60. <itemizedlist>
  61. <listitem>
  62. <para>Remove E2fsprogs in Chapter 5. It was only there as a
  63. dependency of Util-Linux-NG to provide
  64. <systemitem class="library">libuuid</systemitem> and
  65. <systemitem class="library">libblkid</systemitem>, which
  66. Util-Linux-NG provides for itself now.</para>
  67. </listitem>
  68. <listitem>
  69. <para>Move Util-Linux-NG to before E2fsprogs in Chapter 6 and add
  70. &quot;--disable-libblkid&quot; and &quot;--disable-libuuid&quot;
  71. configure switches to E2fsprogs so that it uses Util-Linux-NG's
  72. versions.</para>
  73. </listitem>
  74. <listitem>
  75. <para>Add Pkg-Config as it's a pre-requisite of E2fsprogs' new
  76. configure switches.</para>
  77. </listitem>
  78. <listitem>
  79. <para>Remove &quot;--with-col&quot; from Man-DB's configure
  80. command as Man-DB is now installed after Util-Linux-NG so
  81. <command>col</command> is found automatically.</para>
  82. </listitem>
  83. </itemizedlist>
  84. </listitem>
  85. <listitem>
  86. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Sed-4.2.1. Fixes
  87. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2427">#2427</ulink>.</para>
  88. </listitem>
  89. <listitem>
  90. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-2.6.30.1. Fixes
  91. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2430">#2430</ulink>.</para>
  92. </listitem>
  93. <listitem>
  94. <para>[matthew] - Correct GCC <command>sed</command> command to add
  95. -fomit-frame-pointer for non-bootstrapped builds of GCC-4.4.x. Thanks
  96. to Guy Dalziel for the report and fix.
  97. </para>
  98. </listitem>
  99. <listitem>
  100. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to E2fsprogs-1.41.7. Fixes
  101. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2428">#2428</ulink>.</para>
  102. </listitem>
  103. </itemizedlist>
  104. </listitem>
  105. <listitem>
  106. <para>2009-06-29</para>
  107. <itemizedlist>
  108. <listitem>
  109. <para>[matthew] - Fixed the generation of the HTML documentation for
  110. Sed. Thanks to Chris Staub for the report and patch. Fixes
  111. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2422">#2422</ulink>.</para>
  112. </listitem>
  113. <listitem>
  114. <para>[matthew] - Added upstream Readline patches. Fixes
  115. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2426">#2426</ulink>.</para>
  116. </listitem>
  117. <listitem>
  118. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Module-Init-Tools-3.9. Fixes
  119. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2420">#2420</ulink>.</para>
  120. </listitem>
  121. <listitem>
  122. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-2.6.30. Fixes
  123. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2424">#2424</ulink>.</para>
  124. </listitem>
  125. <listitem>
  126. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Findutils-4.4.2. Fixes
  127. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2423">#2423</ulink>.</para>
  128. </listitem>
  129. <listitem>
  130. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to E2fsprogs-1.41.6. Fixes
  131. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2421">#2421</ulink>.</para>
  132. </listitem>
  133. </itemizedlist>
  134. </listitem>
  135. <listitem>
  136. <para>2009-06-28</para>
  137. <itemizedlist>
  138. <listitem>
  139. <para>[bryan] - Upgrade to Udev-143. Remove the testsuite
  140. dependencies from Appendix C. Fixes <ulink
  141. url="&lfs-ticket-root;2425">#2425</ulink>.</para>
  142. </listitem>
  143. </itemizedlist>
  144. </listitem>
  145. <listitem>
  146. <para>2009-06-23</para>
  147. <itemizedlist>
  148. <listitem>
  149. <para>[bdubbs] - Added a list entry in the help section to
  150. suggest that the results of the version check script be
  151. posted when asking for help.</para>
  152. </listitem>
  153. </itemizedlist>
  154. </listitem>
  155. <listitem>
  156. <para>2009-06-11</para>
  157. <itemizedlist>
  158. <listitem>
  159. <para>[bryan] - Add a sed to glibc to fix the constants passed
  160. to futex(2) in 32-bit builds with certain --enable-kernel values,
  161. including our 2.6.18.</para>
  162. </listitem>
  163. </itemizedlist>
  164. </listitem>
  165. <listitem>
  166. <para>2009-06-06</para>
  167. <itemizedlist>
  168. <listitem>
  169. <para>[bdubbs] - Change instruction for minimum kernel version
  170. to 2.6.18 in glibc. This corresponds to the stealth changes made to
  171. the host requirements page made on May 26.</para>
  172. </listitem>
  173. </itemizedlist>
  174. </listitem>
  175. <listitem>
  176. <para>2009-06-01</para>
  177. <itemizedlist>
  178. <listitem>
  179. <para>[bdubbs] - Remove no longer used zlib patch from patches
  180. list in Chapter 3.</para>
  181. </listitem>
  182. </itemizedlist>
  183. </listitem>
  184. <listitem>
  185. <para>2009-05-28</para>
  186. <itemizedlist>
  187. <listitem>
  188. <para>[bdubbs] - Update grub make instruction to ensure all
  189. checks pass.</para>
  190. </listitem>
  191. <listitem>
  192. <para>[bdubbs] - Add a reference to the kernel-configuration hint.
  193. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2184">#2184</ulink>.</para>
  194. </listitem>
  195. </itemizedlist>
  196. </listitem>
  197. <listitem>
  198. <para>2009-05-27</para>
  199. <itemizedlist>
  200. <listitem>
  201. <para>[gerard] - Commented out the <quote>LFS next to
  202. existing systems</quote> hint reference. Addresses <ulink
  203. url="&lfs-ticket-root;2411">#2411</ulink>.</para>
  204. </listitem>
  205. <listitem>
  206. <para>[bdubbs] - Update build sizes and SBU times for all
  207. packages.
  208. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2419">#2419</ulink>.</para>
  209. </listitem>
  210. <listitem>
  211. <para>[bdubbs] - Revert zlib to doing separate builds for
  212. static and dynamic libraries to ensure the -fPIC parameter
  213. is set properly in both cases.
  214. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2329">#2329</ulink> (again).</para>
  215. </listitem>
  216. <listitem>
  217. <para>[bdubbs] - Update gettext patch to -2 for an additional
  218. bug fix. Thanks to Robert Connolly for the patch.
  219. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2417">#2417</ulink>.</para>
  220. </listitem>
  221. </itemizedlist>
  222. </listitem>
  223. <listitem>
  224. <para>2009-05-26</para>
  225. <itemizedlist>
  226. <listitem>
  227. <para>[gerard] - Split the Linux API Headers index terms into
  228. individual entries rather than one long line. Fixes excessive
  229. long lines in the Index.</para>
  230. </listitem>
  231. <listitem>
  232. <para>[bdubbs] - Update Chapter 5 glibc wording concerning
  233. locales.
  234. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2410">#2410</ulink>.</para>
  235. </listitem>
  236. <listitem>
  237. <para>[gerard] - Removed <quote>From Power Up To Bash Prompt</quote>
  238. reference. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2409">#2409</ulink>.</para>
  239. </listitem>
  240. </itemizedlist>
  241. </listitem>
  242. <listitem>
  243. <para>2009-05-25</para>
  244. <itemizedlist>
  245. <listitem>
  246. <para>[bdubbs] - Updated to GMP-4.3.1.
  247. Fixes
  248. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2416">#2416</ulink>.</para>
  249. </listitem>
  250. <listitem>
  251. <para>[bdubbs] - Various edits. Update glibc to fix a
  252. make check error.</para>
  253. </listitem>
  254. </itemizedlist>
  255. </listitem>
  256. <listitem>
  257. <para>2009-05-24</para>
  258. <itemizedlist>
  259. <listitem>
  260. <para>[gerard] - Various edits. Partialy addresses <ulink
  261. url="&lfs-ticket-root;2092">#2092</ulink> and <ulink
  262. url="&lfs-ticket-root;2326">#2326</ulink>.</para>
  263. </listitem>
  264. </itemizedlist>
  265. </listitem>
  266. <listitem>
  267. <para>2009-05-23</para>
  268. <itemizedlist>
  269. <listitem>
  270. <para>[bdubbs] - Clarified the interpretation of test results
  271. in GMP. Fixes
  272. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2406">#2406</ulink>.</para>
  273. </listitem>
  274. <listitem>
  275. <para>[bdubbs] - Removed redundencies in ncurses. Thanks to Chris
  276. Staub. Fixes
  277. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2403">#2403</ulink>.</para>
  278. </listitem>
  279. <listitem>
  280. <para>[bdubbs] - Various minor text changes. Thanks to Chris
  281. Staub. Fixes
  282. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2407">#2407</ulink>.</para>
  283. </listitem>
  284. <listitem>
  285. <para>[bdubbs] - Change the bootsripts and udev configuration
  286. so the rtc is set by udev upon boot. Removed aio device
  287. from udev configuration. Fixes
  288. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2266">#2266</ulink> and
  289. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2297">#2297</ulink>.</para>
  290. </listitem>
  291. <listitem>
  292. <para>[bdubbs] - Expand package management discussion and
  293. add a section on deploying an LFS system to another host. Fixes
  294. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2073">#2073</ulink>.</para>
  295. </listitem>
  296. <listitem>
  297. <para>[matthew] - Shorten the command used to adjust the linker in
  298. Chapter 6. Thanks to Chris Staub for the improvement. Fixes
  299. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2404">#2404</ulink>.</para>
  300. </listitem>
  301. <listitem>
  302. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Shadow-4.1.4.1. Fixes
  303. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2408">#2408</ulink>.</para>
  304. </listitem>
  305. <listitem>
  306. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Glibc-2.10.1. Fixes
  307. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2401">#2401</ulink>.</para>
  308. </listitem>
  309. <listitem>
  310. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-2.6.29.4. Fixes
  311. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2402">#2402</ulink>.</para>
  312. </listitem>
  313. <listitem>
  314. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Automake-1.11. Fixes
  315. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2400">#2400</ulink>.</para>
  316. </listitem>
  317. <listitem>
  318. <para>[matthew] - Add GDBM as a pre-requisite for Man-DB. Fixes
  319. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2298">#2298</ulink>.</para>
  320. </listitem>
  321. <listitem>
  322. <para>[matthew] - Add upstream Bash patches. Fixes
  323. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2397">#2397</ulink>.</para>
  324. </listitem>
  325. </itemizedlist>
  326. </listitem>
  327. <listitem>
  328. <para>2009-05-17</para>
  329. <itemizedlist>
  330. <listitem>
  331. <para>[bdubbs] - Change reference to /etc/udev/rules.d to /lib/udev/rules.d
  332. in two instances. Add a sed to fix zdiff operation.
  333. Finishes problems identified in
  334. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2315">#2315</ulink>.</para>
  335. </listitem>
  336. <listitem>
  337. <para>[bdubbs] - Ignore error in ifdown script when determining status.</para>
  338. </listitem>
  339. <listitem>
  340. <para>[bdubbs] - Add gettext upstream patches.
  341. Fixes
  342. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2264">#2264</ulink>.</para>
  343. </listitem>
  344. <listitem>
  345. <para>[bdubbs] - Add optimization (-O3 and -pipe) to
  346. glibc in Chapter 6.
  347. Fixes
  348. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2299">#2299</ulink>.</para>
  349. </listitem>
  350. </itemizedlist>
  351. </listitem>
  352. <listitem>
  353. <para>2009-05-16</para>
  354. <itemizedlist>
  355. <listitem>
  356. <para>[bdubbs] - Remove reference to watch program not
  357. supporting UTF-8 locales in the Bash Shell Startup
  358. Files section.
  359. Fixes
  360. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2310">#2310</ulink>.</para>
  361. </listitem>
  362. <listitem>
  363. <para>[bdubbs] - Update gcc instruction explanations.
  364. Thanks to Chris Staub for the patch.
  365. Fixes
  366. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2363">#2363</ulink>.</para>
  367. </listitem>
  368. <listitem>
  369. <para>[bdubbs] - Add an explanation about using the barrier
  370. option in fstab.
  371. Fixes
  372. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2318">#2318</ulink>.</para>
  373. </listitem>
  374. <listitem>
  375. <para>[bdubbs] - Add zlib-1.2.3-fPIC-1.patch which allows
  376. building static and dynamic libraries in one step. Also
  377. moved the libraries to /usr/lib.
  378. Fixes
  379. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2329">#2329</ulink>.</para>
  380. </listitem>
  381. <listitem>
  382. <para>[bdubbs] - Make symbolic links installed by bzip2 relative.
  383. Fixes
  384. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2396">#2396</ulink>.</para>
  385. </listitem>
  386. <listitem>
  387. <para>[matthew] - Add creation of
  388. <filename>/etc/modprobe.conf</filename> to prevent ohci_hcd and
  389. uhci_hcd modules being loaded before ehci_hcd, and thus avoid a
  390. boot-time warning. Fixes
  391. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2280">#2280</ulink>.</para>
  392. </listitem>
  393. <listitem>
  394. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Udev-142. Fixes
  395. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2395">#2395</ulink>.</para>
  396. </listitem>
  397. <listitem>
  398. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Shadow-4.1.4. Fixes
  399. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2394">#2394</ulink>.</para>
  400. </listitem>
  401. <listitem>
  402. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Psmisc-22.7. Fixes
  403. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2392">#2392</ulink>.</para>
  404. </listitem>
  405. <listitem>
  406. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Procps-3.2.8. Fixes
  407. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2393">#2393</ulink>.</para>
  408. </listitem>
  409. <listitem>
  410. <para>[matthew] - Update table of languages &amp; encodings supported
  411. by Man-DB. Remove alteration of man_db.conf, as the latest version of
  412. Man-DB handles the <filename class="symlink">/usr/share/man</filename>
  413. symlink correctly. Also, remove <command>convert-mans</command> as
  414. the latest version of Man-DB correctly detects the encoding of manual
  415. pages. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2298">#2298</ulink>.</para>
  416. </listitem>
  417. </itemizedlist>
  418. </listitem>
  419. <listitem>
  420. <para>2009-05-10</para>
  421. <itemizedlist>
  422. <listitem>
  423. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Tcl-8.5.7. Fixes
  424. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2385">#2385</ulink>.</para>
  425. </listitem>
  426. <listitem>
  427. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Shadow-4.1.3.1. Fixes
  428. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2382">#2382</ulink>.</para>
  429. </listitem>
  430. <listitem>
  431. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Sed-4.2. Fixes
  432. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2389">#2389</ulink>.</para>
  433. </listitem>
  434. <listitem>
  435. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Module-Init-Tools-3.8. Fixes
  436. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2381">#2381</ulink>.</para>
  437. </listitem>
  438. <listitem>
  439. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Man-pages-3.21. Fixes
  440. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2384">#2384</ulink>.</para>
  441. </listitem>
  442. <listitem>
  443. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to M4-1.4.13. Fixes
  444. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2377">#2377</ulink>.</para>
  445. </listitem>
  446. <listitem>
  447. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-2.6.29.3. Fixes
  448. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2374">#2374</ulink>.</para>
  449. </listitem>
  450. <listitem>
  451. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Less-429. Fixes
  452. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2380">#2380</ulink>.</para>
  453. </listitem>
  454. <listitem>
  455. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to IPRoute2-2.6.29-1. Fixes
  456. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2375">#2375</ulink>.</para>
  457. </listitem>
  458. <listitem>
  459. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to GMP-4.3.0. Fixes
  460. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2390">#2390</ulink>.</para>
  461. </listitem>
  462. <listitem>
  463. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to GCC-4.4.0. Fixes
  464. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2388">#2388</ulink>.</para>
  465. </listitem>
  466. <listitem>
  467. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Findutils-4.4.1. Fixes
  468. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2387">#2387</ulink>.</para>
  469. </listitem>
  470. <listitem>
  471. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to E2fsprogs-1.41.5. Fixes
  472. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2386">#2386</ulink>.</para>
  473. </listitem>
  474. <listitem>
  475. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Coreutils-7.4. Fixes
  476. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2376">#2376</ulink>.</para>
  477. </listitem>
  478. <listitem>
  479. <para>[matthew] - Add upstream Bash fixes patch.</para>
  480. </listitem>
  481. </itemizedlist>
  482. </listitem>
  483. <listitem>
  484. <para>2009-04-27</para>
  485. <itemizedlist>
  486. <listitem>
  487. <para>[ken] - Upgrade to Udev-141.</para>
  488. </listitem>
  489. </itemizedlist>
  490. </listitem>
  491. <listitem>
  492. <para>2009-04-13</para>
  493. <itemizedlist>
  494. <listitem>
  495. <para>[bdubbs] - Remove erroneous --enable threads from M4.</para>
  496. </listitem>
  497. </itemizedlist>
  498. </listitem>
  499. <listitem>
  500. <para>2009-03-21</para>
  501. <itemizedlist>
  502. <listitem>
  503. <para>[matthew] - Re-introduce the Glibc-libidn package, as the
  504. release tarball doesn't include it. Thanks to Alexander Kozlov for
  505. the report.</para>
  506. </listitem>
  507. <listitem>
  508. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Udev-140. Fixes
  509. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2370">#2370</ulink>.</para>
  510. </listitem>
  511. <listitem>
  512. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Man-DB-2.5.5. Fixes
  513. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2372">#2372</ulink>.</para>
  514. </listitem>
  515. <listitem>
  516. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-2.6.28.8. Fixes
  517. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2373">#2373</ulink>.</para>
  518. </listitem>
  519. </itemizedlist>
  520. </listitem>
  521. <listitem>
  522. <para>2009-03-20</para>
  523. <itemizedlist>
  524. <listitem>
  525. <para>[matthew] - Don't move readlink to /bin. It's not specified by
  526. the FHS and not required by the bootscripts, so can stay in
  527. /usr/bin. Thanks to Archaic for the report.</para>
  528. </listitem>
  529. </itemizedlist>
  530. </listitem>
  531. <listitem>
  532. <para>2009-03-15</para>
  533. <itemizedlist>
  534. <listitem>
  535. <para>[bryan] - Remove the uucp group (replace with dialout). Handle
  536. ISDN devices with a file from upstream.</para>
  537. </listitem>
  538. </itemizedlist>
  539. </listitem>
  540. <listitem>
  541. <para>2009-03-12</para>
  542. <itemizedlist>
  543. <listitem>
  544. <para>[matthew] - Correct some dependency info. Thanks to Chris Staub for the
  545. report and patch. Fixes
  546. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2368">#2368</ulink>.</para>
  547. </listitem>
  548. <listitem>
  549. <para>[matthew] - Fix a few typos. Thanks to Chris Staub for the report and
  550. patch. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2367">#2367</ulink>.</para>
  551. </listitem>
  552. <listitem>
  553. <para>[matthew] - Reword the explanation of the Expect tests in Binutils'
  554. instructions to clarify what the expected test output is. Thanks to Chris
  555. Staub for the report and patch. Fixes
  556. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2365">#2365</ulink>.</para>
  557. </listitem>
  558. <listitem>
  559. <para>[matthew] - Reorder the contents of chapter 7 to flow better. Thanks to
  560. Chris Staub for the report and suggested order. Fixes
  561. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2366">#2366</ulink>.</para>
  562. </listitem>
  563. <listitem>
  564. <para>[matthew] - Install Inetutils' version of hostname, rather than
  565. Coreutils' version, as it is more featureful. Thanks to Chris Staub &amp;
  566. DJ Lucas. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2364">#2364</ulink>.</para>
  567. </listitem>
  568. <listitem>
  569. <para>[matthew] - Build mkswap in chapter 5's Util-Linux-NG as it is
  570. required by the e2fsprogs test suite. Also, remove the now
  571. unnecessary BLKID_LIBS variable. Fixes
  572. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2361">#2361</ulink>. Thanks to Chris
  573. Staub for the reports.</para>
  574. </listitem>
  575. </itemizedlist>
  576. </listitem>
  577. <listitem>
  578. <para>2009-03-11</para>
  579. <itemizedlist>
  580. <listitem>
  581. <para>[matthew] - Mention Dejagnu test suite, as a C++ compiler is
  582. available in chapter 5. Fixes
  583. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2362">#2362</ulink>. Thanks to Chris
  584. Staub for the report and patch.</para>
  585. </listitem>
  586. <listitem>
  587. <para>[matthew] - Remove an obsolete GCC fixup command from Inetutils'
  588. instructions. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2360">#2360</ulink>.
  589. Thanks to Chris Staub for the report.</para>
  590. </listitem>
  591. <listitem>
  592. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Udev-139. Fixes
  593. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2350">#2350</ulink>.</para>
  594. </listitem>
  595. <listitem>
  596. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Tar-1.22. Fixes
  597. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2358">#2358</ulink>.</para>
  598. </listitem>
  599. <listitem>
  600. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Readline-6.0. Fixes
  601. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2353">#2353</ulink>.</para>
  602. </listitem>
  603. <listitem>
  604. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to MPFR-2.4.1. Fixes
  605. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2359">#2359</ulink>.</para>
  606. </listitem>
  607. <listitem>
  608. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-Pages-3.19. Fixes
  609. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2352">#2352</ulink>.</para>
  610. </listitem>
  611. <listitem>
  612. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-DB-2.5.4. Fixes
  613. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2356">#2356</ulink> and
  614. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2338">#2338</ulink>.</para>
  615. </listitem>
  616. <listitem>
  617. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.28.7. Fixes
  618. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2349">#2349</ulink>.</para>
  619. </listitem>
  620. <listitem>
  621. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Glibc-2.9. Fixes
  622. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2357">#2357</ulink>.</para>
  623. </listitem>
  624. <listitem>
  625. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Coreutils-7.1. Fixes
  626. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2354">#2354</ulink>.</para>
  627. </listitem>
  628. <listitem>
  629. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Bash-4.0. Fixes
  630. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2351">#2351</ulink>.</para>
  631. </listitem>
  632. </itemizedlist>
  633. </listitem>
  634. <listitem>
  635. <para>2009-02-17</para>
  636. <itemizedlist>
  637. <listitem>
  638. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.28.5. Fixes
  639. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2348">#2348</ulink>.</para>
  640. </listitem>
  641. <listitem>
  642. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Grep-2.5.4. Fixes
  643. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2346">#2346</ulink>.</para>
  644. </listitem>
  645. <listitem>
  646. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-Pages-3.18. Fixes
  647. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2347">#2347</ulink>.</para>
  648. </listitem>
  649. <listitem>
  650. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Util-Linux-NG-2.14.2. Fixes
  651. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2345">#2345</ulink>.</para>
  652. </listitem>
  653. </itemizedlist>
  654. </listitem>
  655. <listitem>
  656. <para>2009-02-08</para>
  657. <itemizedlist>
  658. <listitem>
  659. <para>[matthew] - Remove the &quot;enable-multibyte&quot; configure
  660. switch from Groff, which is not required following the upgrade to
  661. Groff-1.20.1. Thanks to Robert Connolly for the report.</para>
  662. </listitem>
  663. <listitem>
  664. <para>[matthew] - Install sysklogd binaries to
  665. <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename> for FHS compatibility.
  666. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2317">#2317</ulink>.</para>
  667. </listitem>
  668. <listitem>
  669. <para>[matthew] - Replaced the link to the now non-existent udev-FAQ
  670. to a more general udev information page. Fixes
  671. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2306">#2306</ulink>.</para>
  672. </listitem>
  673. <listitem>
  674. <para>[matthew] - Added a link to the wget-list file. Fixes
  675. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2333">#2333</ulink>.</para>
  676. </listitem>
  677. <listitem>
  678. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Module-init-Tools-3.6. Fixes
  679. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2343">#2343</ulink>.</para>
  680. </listitem>
  681. <listitem>
  682. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to File-5.00. Fixes
  683. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2342">#2342</ulink>.</para>
  684. </listitem>
  685. <listitem>
  686. <para>[matthew] - Added a patch to suppress a warning added in
  687. Tar-1.21 that causes the Perl testsuite to fail.</para>
  688. </listitem>
  689. <listitem>
  690. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to MPFR-2.4.0. Fixes
  691. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2341">#2341</ulink>.</para>
  692. </listitem>
  693. <listitem>
  694. <para>[matthew] - Install MPFR's documentation. Fixes
  695. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2232">#2232</ulink>. Thanks to Randy
  696. McMurchy for the report and assistance with the fix.</para>
  697. </listitem>
  698. <listitem>
  699. <para>[matthew] - Remove an unneeded --sysconfdir parameter in
  700. Inetutils' instructions. Fixes
  701. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2313">#2313</ulink>.</para>
  702. </listitem>
  703. <listitem>
  704. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.28.4. Fixes
  705. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2340">#2340</ulink>.</para>
  706. </listitem>
  707. <listitem>
  708. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Binutils-2.19.1. Fixes
  709. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2339">#2339</ulink>.</para>
  710. </listitem>
  711. </itemizedlist>
  712. </listitem>
  713. <listitem>
  714. <para>2009-02-01</para>
  715. <itemizedlist>
  716. <listitem>
  717. <para>[matthew] - Remove the redundant SBINDIR parameter from
  718. IPRoute2's commands. Fixes the remaining part of
  719. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2307">#2307</ulink>.</para>
  720. </listitem>
  721. <listitem>
  722. <para>[matthew] - Install DRM-related Linux headers, as suggested by
  723. Chris Staub in <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2307">#2307</ulink>.
  724. </para>
  725. </listitem>
  726. <listitem>
  727. <para>[matthew] - Added preloadable_libintl.so to list of files
  728. installed by Gettext. Thanks to Chris Staub for the report and patch.
  729. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2312">#2312</ulink>.</para>
  730. </listitem>
  731. <listitem>
  732. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Udev-137. Fixes
  733. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2328">#2328</ulink>.</para>
  734. </listitem>
  735. <listitem>
  736. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Tcl-8.5.6. Fixes
  737. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2305">#2305</ulink>.</para>
  738. </listitem>
  739. <listitem>
  740. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Tar-1.21. Fixes
  741. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2309">#2309</ulink>.</para>
  742. </listitem>
  743. <listitem>
  744. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Patch-2.5.9. Fixes
  745. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2239">#2239</ulink>.</para>
  746. </listitem>
  747. <listitem>
  748. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-Pages-3.17. Fixes
  749. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2327">#2327</ulink>.</para>
  750. </listitem>
  751. <listitem>
  752. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.28.2. Fixes
  753. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2316">#2316</ulink>.</para>
  754. </listitem>
  755. <listitem>
  756. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to IPRoute2-2.6.28. Fixes
  757. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2324">#2324</ulink>.</para>
  758. </listitem>
  759. <listitem>
  760. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Inetutils-1.6. Fixes
  761. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2308">#2308</ulink>.</para>
  762. </listitem>
  763. <listitem>
  764. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Groff-1.20.1. Fixes
  765. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2322">#2322</ulink>.</para>
  766. </listitem>
  767. <listitem>
  768. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to GCC-4.3.3. Fixes
  769. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2334">#2334</ulink>.</para>
  770. </listitem>
  771. <listitem>
  772. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to E2fsprogs-1.41.4. Fixes
  773. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2336">#2336</ulink>.</para>
  774. </listitem>
  775. <listitem>
  776. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Bison-2.4.1. Fixes
  777. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2300">#2300</ulink>.</para>
  778. </listitem>
  779. <listitem>
  780. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Bash-3.2.48. Fixes
  781. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2319">#2319</ulink>.</para>
  782. </listitem>
  783. </itemizedlist>
  784. </listitem>
  785. <listitem>
  786. <para>2009-01-24</para>
  787. <itemizedlist>
  788. <listitem>
  789. <para>[matthew] - Corrected some package tarball sizes. Fixes
  790. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2290">#2290</ulink>.</para>
  791. </listitem>
  792. </itemizedlist>
  793. </listitem>
  794. <listitem>
  795. <para>2009-01-03</para>
  796. <itemizedlist>
  797. <listitem>
  798. <para>[bdubbs] - Reformatted several pages so pdf is properly
  799. generated. Thanks to Martin Miehe for the changes.
  800. </para>
  801. </listitem>
  802. </itemizedlist>
  803. </listitem>
  804. <listitem>
  805. <para>2008-12-29</para>
  806. <itemizedlist>
  807. <listitem>
  808. <para>[bdubbs] - Split one udev rule so it is not wider than the
  809. book's page.
  810. </para>
  811. </listitem>
  812. </itemizedlist>
  813. </listitem>
  814. <listitem>
  815. <para>2008-12-24</para>
  816. <itemizedlist>
  817. <listitem>
  818. <para>[bdubbs] - Updated the location of glibc-2.8-20080929.tar.bz2.
  819. </para>
  820. </listitem>
  821. </itemizedlist>
  822. </listitem>
  823. <listitem>
  824. <para>2008-12-19</para>
  825. <itemizedlist>
  826. <listitem>
  827. <para>[robert] - Added -v to the install command for the convert-mans
  828. script in the man-db page, for consistent use of verbose commands.</para>
  829. </listitem>
  830. </itemizedlist>
  831. </listitem>
  832. <listitem>
  833. <para>2008-12-18</para>
  834. <itemizedlist>
  835. <listitem>
  836. <para>[robert] - Removed the unneeded -e option from the Sed command
  837. in the chap6 Findutils page, for consistency.</para>
  838. </listitem>
  839. </itemizedlist>
  840. </listitem>
  841. <listitem>
  842. <para>2008-12-07</para>
  843. <itemizedlist>
  844. <listitem>
  845. <para>[jhuntwork] - Update Greg Schafer's entry in the acknowledgments section to
  846. properly reflect the work done in designing the build method.</para>
  847. </listitem>
  848. </itemizedlist>
  849. </listitem>
  850. <listitem>
  851. <para>2008-12-06</para>
  852. <itemizedlist>
  853. <listitem>
  854. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to vim-7.2-fixes-4.patch. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2296">#2296</ulink>.
  855. </para>
  856. </listitem>
  857. <listitem>
  858. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Udev-135. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2284">#2284</ulink>.</para>
  859. </listitem>
  860. <listitem>
  861. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Shadow-4.1.2.2. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2287">#2287</ulink>.</para>
  862. </listitem>
  863. <listitem>
  864. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to readline-5.2-fixes-6.patch. Fixes
  865. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2295">#2295</ulink>.</para>
  866. </listitem>
  867. <listitem>
  868. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Ncurses-5.7. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2276">#2276</ulink>.</para>
  869. </listitem>
  870. <listitem>
  871. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Module-Init-Tools-3.5. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2245">#2245</ulink>.
  872. </para>
  873. </listitem>
  874. <listitem>
  875. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-Pages-3.15. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2269">#2269</ulink>.</para>
  876. </listitem>
  877. <listitem>
  878. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-DB-2.5.3. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2283">#2283</ulink>.</para>
  879. </listitem>
  880. <listitem>
  881. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.27.8. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2282">#2282</ulink>.</para>
  882. </listitem>
  883. <listitem>
  884. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Kbd-1.15. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2291">#2291</ulink>.</para>
  885. </listitem>
  886. <listitem>
  887. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Bison-2.4. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2281">#2281</ulink>.</para>
  888. </listitem>
  889. <listitem>
  890. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Binutils-2.19. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2268">#2268</ulink>.</para>
  891. </listitem>
  892. <listitem>
  893. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to bash-3.2-fixes-9.patch. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2294">#2294</ulink>.
  894. </para>
  895. </listitem>
  896. <listitem>
  897. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Automake-1.10.2. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2286">#2286</ulink>.</para>
  898. </listitem>
  899. </itemizedlist>
  900. </listitem>
  901. <listitem>
  902. <para>2008-12-04</para>
  903. <itemizedlist>
  904. <listitem>
  905. <para>[jhuntwork] - Introduce new build method in Chapter 5 originating
  906. in DIY-Linux. Thanks, Greg Schafer.</para>
  907. </listitem>
  908. <listitem>
  909. <para>[jhuntwork] - Move instructions for GRUB to chapter 8 just after the
  910. compilation of the kernel. Merge GRUB build and configuration instructions
  911. into one page.</para>
  912. </listitem>
  913. </itemizedlist>
  914. </listitem>
  915. <listitem>
  916. <para>2008-12-03</para>
  917. <itemizedlist>
  918. <listitem>
  919. <para>[jhuntwork] - Initial addition of support for building on x86_64.
  920. Several ideas, principles and build instructions originated in DIY-Linux.
  921. Thanks, Greg Schafer.</para>
  922. </listitem>
  923. </itemizedlist>
  924. </listitem>
  925. <listitem>
  926. <para>2008-12-02</para>
  927. <itemizedlist>
  928. <listitem>
  929. <para>[jhuntwork] - Moved grep up in the build order of chapter 6
  930. to be before libtool which hardcodes references to grep in its installed
  931. files. Was previously circumvented by a symlink, but this approach sticks
  932. more closely to our build order policy. Thanks to Greg Schafer for the reminder.</para>
  933. </listitem>
  934. </itemizedlist>
  935. </listitem>
  936. <listitem>
  937. <para>2008-12-01</para>
  938. <itemizedlist>
  939. <listitem>
  940. <para>[jhuntwork] - Adjusted the line break in the adjusting toolchain
  941. section so that the output redirection does not look like a secondary
  942. bash prompt. Thanks to Chris Staub for the idea.</para>
  943. </listitem>
  944. </itemizedlist>
  945. </listitem>
  946. <listitem>
  947. <para>2008-11-23</para>
  948. <itemizedlist>
  949. <listitem>
  950. <para>[ken] - Added note to gmp about CFLAGS on 64-bit-capable
  951. machines. Reported by Tobias Gasser, thanks to Greg Schafer for
  952. the analysis.</para>
  953. </listitem>
  954. </itemizedlist>
  955. </listitem>
  956. </itemizedlist>
  957. <para>LFS 6.4 released November 23, 2008.</para>
  958. </sect1>