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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>2010-07-02</para>
  33. <itemizedlist>
  34. <listitem>
  35. <para>[bdubbs] - Exapand and reformat notes concerning
  36. grub.cfg.</para>
  37. </listitem>
  38. <listitem>
  39. <para>[bdubbs] - Updated to util-linix-ng-2.18.
  40. Fixes
  41. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2681">#2681</ulink>.</para>
  42. </listitem>
  43. </itemizedlist>
  44. </listitem>
  45. <listitem>
  46. <para>2010-07-01</para>
  47. <itemizedlist>
  48. <listitem>
  49. <para>[ken] - Minor text correction.
  50. Fixes
  51. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2701">#2701</ulink>.</para>
  52. </listitem>
  53. </itemizedlist>
  54. </listitem>
  55. <listitem>
  56. <para>2010-06-27</para>
  57. <itemizedlist>
  58. <listitem>
  59. <para>[bdubbs] - Update to udev-158. Also add a new
  60. udev-testfiles tarball and an instuction to make check.
  61. Fixes
  62. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2692">#2692</ulink> and
  63. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2700">#2700</ulink>.</para>
  64. </listitem>
  65. <listitem>
  66. <para>[bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-2.88dsf.
  67. Fixes
  68. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2677">#2677</ulink>.</para>
  69. </listitem>
  70. <listitem>
  71. <para>[bdubbs] - Added new CFLAGS options to zlib configure
  72. instruction in order to prevent some seg faults when building
  73. with gcc-4.5.
  74. Fixes
  75. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2691">#2691</ulink>.</para>
  76. </listitem>
  77. <listitem>
  78. <para>[bdubbs] - Updated explanation of glibc timeout
  79. errors and added TIMEOUTFACTOR as a possible solution.
  80. Fixes
  81. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2683">#2683</ulink>.</para>
  82. </listitem>
  83. <listitem>
  84. <para>[bdubbs] - Update installed programs lists.
  85. Thanks to Chris Staub for the patch. Fixes
  86. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2678">#2678</ulink>.</para>
  87. </listitem>
  88. </itemizedlist>
  89. </listitem>
  90. <listitem>
  91. <para>2010-06-22</para>
  92. <itemizedlist>
  93. <listitem>
  94. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Man-Pages-3.25. Fixes
  95. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2695">#2695</ulink>.</para>
  96. </listitem>
  97. <listitem>
  98. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to MPFR-3.0.0. Fixes
  99. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2687">#2687</ulink>.</para>
  100. </listitem>
  101. </itemizedlist>
  102. </listitem>
  103. <listitem>
  104. <para>2010-06-21</para>
  105. <itemizedlist>
  106. <listitem>
  107. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Udev-157. Fixes
  108. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2676">#2676</ulink>.</para>
  109. </listitem>
  110. <listitem>
  111. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Gettext-0.18.1.1. Fixes
  112. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2686">#2686</ulink>.</para>
  113. </listitem>
  114. <listitem>
  115. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Libtool-2.2.10. Fixes
  116. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2690">#2690</ulink>.</para>
  117. </listitem>
  118. <listitem>
  119. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Expect-5.44.1.15. Fixes
  120. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2689">#2689</ulink>.</para>
  121. </listitem>
  122. </itemizedlist>
  123. </listitem>
  124. <listitem>
  125. <para>2010-06-19</para>
  126. <itemizedlist>
  127. <listitem>
  128. <para>[bdubbs] - Add a consolidated set of patches to DejaGNU.
  129. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2684">#2684</ulink>.</para>
  130. </listitem>
  131. </itemizedlist>
  132. </listitem>
  133. <listitem>
  134. <para>2010-06-18</para>
  135. <itemizedlist>
  136. <listitem>
  137. <para>[bdubbs] - Update to Module-Init-Tools-3.12.
  138. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2675">#2675</ulink>
  139. and <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2688">#2688</ulink>.</para>
  140. </listitem>
  141. <listitem>
  142. <para>[bdubbs] - Add a sed to the current kernel to work around
  143. a bug in linux-2.6.34 and earlier. This change will be removed
  144. when incorporated into a subsequent verion of the kernel.
  145. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2662">#2662</ulink>.</para>
  146. </listitem>
  147. </itemizedlist>
  148. </listitem>
  149. <listitem>
  150. <para>2010-06-16</para>
  151. <itemizedlist>
  152. <listitem>
  153. <para>[bdubbs] - Update kernel version specified in Chapter 5
  154. glibc instructions to be consistent with host requirements and
  155. Chapter 6 glibc.</para>
  156. </listitem>
  157. </itemizedlist>
  158. </listitem>
  159. <listitem>
  160. <para>2010-06-14</para>
  161. <itemizedlist>
  162. <listitem>
  163. <para>[robert] - Make rmdir verbose when installing udev.</para>
  164. </listitem>
  165. </itemizedlist>
  166. </listitem>
  167. <listitem>
  168. <para>2010-06-01</para>
  169. <itemizedlist>
  170. <listitem>
  171. <para>[bdubbs] - Update host requirements to those packages
  172. built in LFS-6.3.</para>
  173. </listitem>
  174. </itemizedlist>
  175. </listitem>
  176. <listitem>
  177. <para>2010-05-29</para>
  178. <itemizedlist>
  179. <listitem>
  180. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Udev-156. Fixes
  181. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2671">#2671</ulink>.</para>
  182. </listitem>
  183. <listitem>
  184. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Pkg-config-0.25. Fixes
  185. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2670">#2670</ulink>.</para>
  186. </listitem>
  187. <listitem>
  188. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Glibc-2.11.2. Fixes
  189. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2669">#2669</ulink>.</para>
  190. </listitem>
  191. <listitem>
  192. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Gettext-0.18. Fixes
  193. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2660">#2660</ulink>.</para>
  194. </listitem>
  195. </itemizedlist>
  196. </listitem>
  197. <listitem>
  198. <para>2010-05-26</para>
  199. <itemizedlist>
  200. <listitem>
  201. <para>[bdubbs] - Add additional information to clarify the
  202. build process.</para>
  203. </listitem>
  204. </itemizedlist>
  205. </listitem>
  206. <listitem>
  207. <para>2010-05-23</para>
  208. <itemizedlist>
  209. <listitem>
  210. <para>[ken] - Reword the ABI note in gmp (chapter06) to correct
  211. it, and to stress that it is for 32-bit. Fixes
  212. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2648">#2648</ulink></para>
  213. </listitem>
  214. <listitem>
  215. <para>[bdubbs] - Add a patch to fix some internal problems
  216. in Man-DB when viewing some pages. Thanks to William Immendorf
  217. for posting the patch. Fixes
  218. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2652">#2652</ulink></para>
  219. </listitem>
  220. <listitem>
  221. <para>[bdubbs] - Add installed directories information to
  222. each package. Thanks to Chris Staub for the patch. Fixes
  223. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2657">#2655</ulink></para>
  224. </listitem>
  225. </itemizedlist>
  226. </listitem>
  227. <listitem>
  228. <para>2010-05-21</para>
  229. <itemizedlist>
  230. <listitem>
  231. <para>[matthew] - Remove an empty documentation directory created by
  232. Udev-154.</para>
  233. </listitem>
  234. <listitem>
  235. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to IPRoute2-2.6.34. Fixes
  236. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2668">#2668</ulink>.</para>
  237. </listitem>
  238. <listitem>
  239. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to E2fsprogs-1.41.12. Fixes
  240. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2667">#2667</ulink>.</para>
  241. </listitem>
  242. <listitem>
  243. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Perl-5.12.1. Fixes
  244. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2666">#2666</ulink>.</para>
  245. </listitem>
  246. <listitem>
  247. <para>[matthew] - Added latest upstream patches for Bash. Fixes
  248. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2665">#2665</ulink>.</para>
  249. </listitem>
  250. <listitem>
  251. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to MPC-0.8.2. Fixes
  252. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2664">#2664</ulink>.</para>
  253. </listitem>
  254. <listitem>
  255. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Inetutils-1.8. Fixes
  256. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2663">#2663</ulink>.</para>
  257. </listitem>
  258. <listitem>
  259. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Gawk-3.1.8. Fixes
  260. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2659">#2659</ulink>.</para>
  261. </listitem>
  262. <listitem>
  263. <para>[matthew] - Install Man-DB's documentation in a versioned
  264. directory. Fixes
  265. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2658">#2658</ulink>.</para>
  266. </listitem>
  267. <listitem>
  268. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Diffutils-3.0. Fixes
  269. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2656">#2656</ulink>.</para>
  270. </listitem>
  271. <listitem>
  272. <para>[matthew] - Correct documentation installation instructions for
  273. MPFR. Thanks to Chris Staub for the patch. Fixes
  274. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2655">#2655</ulink>.</para>
  275. </listitem>
  276. <listitem>
  277. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Coreutils-8.5. Fixes
  278. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2643">#2643</ulink>.</para>
  279. </listitem>
  280. <listitem>
  281. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Udev-154. Fixes
  282. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2639">#2639</ulink>.</para>
  283. </listitem>
  284. <listitem>
  285. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Zlib-1.2.5. Fixes
  286. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2638">#2638</ulink>.</para>
  287. </listitem>
  288. <listitem>
  289. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-2.6.34. Fixes
  290. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2628">#2628</ulink>.</para>
  291. </listitem>
  292. <listitem>
  293. <para>[matthew] - Add a patch to fix incorrect version numbers in
  294. Bzip2. Thanks to Jeremy Huntwork (LightCube OS) for the patch. Fixes
  295. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2624">#2624</ulink>.</para>
  296. </listitem>
  297. </itemizedlist>
  298. </listitem>
  299. <listitem>
  300. <para>2010-05-06</para>
  301. <itemizedlist>
  302. <listitem>
  303. <para>[bdubbs] - Removed a sed in Chapter 6 GCC instructions that
  304. has been fixed in GCC-4.5.0.
  305. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2653">#2653</ulink>.</para>
  306. </listitem>
  307. </itemizedlist>
  308. </listitem>
  309. <listitem>
  310. <para>2010-05-03</para>
  311. <itemizedlist>
  312. <listitem>
  313. <para>[bdubbs] - Added a patch to fix a buffer overflow
  314. errror in tar. The fix is specific to building with gcc-4.5
  315. and later.
  316. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2651">#2610</ulink>.</para>
  317. </listitem>
  318. <listitem>
  319. <para>[bdubbs] - Added precedures for the new diffutils test
  320. suite.
  321. Thanks to Chris Staub.
  322. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2650">#2650</ulink>.</para>
  323. </listitem>
  324. <listitem>
  325. <para>[bdubbs] - Made minor text changes in Chapter 5, gawk
  326. and Chapter 6, patch.
  327. Thanks to Chris Staub.
  328. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2649">#2649</ulink>.</para>
  329. </listitem>
  330. <listitem>
  331. <para>[bdubbs] - Made several text changes in Section v,
  332. Rationale for Packages in the Book. Thanks to Chris
  333. Staub for the patch.
  334. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2644">#2644</ulink>.</para>
  335. </listitem>
  336. <listitem>
  337. <para>[bdubbs] - Add file to Chapter 5 to remove several warning
  338. messages in Chapter 6 binutils.
  339. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2640">#2640</ulink>.</para>
  340. </listitem>
  341. </itemizedlist>
  342. </listitem>
  343. <listitem>
  344. <para>2010-04-20</para>
  345. <itemizedlist>
  346. <listitem>
  347. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to GCC-4.5.0, including the addition of its
  348. new dependency, MPC. Fixes
  349. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2636">#2636</ulink>.</para>
  350. </listitem>
  351. <listitem>
  352. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Perl-5.12.0. Fixes
  353. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2635">#2635</ulink>.</para>
  354. </listitem>
  355. <listitem>
  356. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Kbd-1.15.2. Fixes
  357. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2634">#2634</ulink>.</para>
  358. </listitem>
  359. <listitem>
  360. <para>[matthew] Remove the now unused --docdir parameter for Udev.
  361. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2633">#2633</ulink>.</para>
  362. </listitem>
  363. <listitem>
  364. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Psmisc-22.11. Fixes
  365. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2631">#2631</ulink>.</para>
  366. </listitem>
  367. <listitem>
  368. <para>[matthew] Move <command>killall</command> to
  369. <filename class="directory">/bin</filename> so that installs with a
  370. separate <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> partition and no
  371. <package>Sysvinit</package> installed will boot. Fixes
  372. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2622">#2622</ulink>.</para>
  373. </listitem>
  374. <listitem>
  375. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Grep-2.6.3. Fixes
  376. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2621">#2621</ulink>.</para>
  377. </listitem>
  378. <listitem>
  379. <para>[matthew] Add upstream fixes 001-005 for Bash. Fixes
  380. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2620">#2620</ulink>.</para>
  381. </listitem>
  382. <listitem>
  383. <para>[matthew] Remove the Vim fixes patch as it is out of date and
  384. looks to be applying fixes still in upstream's development cycle.
  385. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2597">#2597</ulink>.</para>
  386. </listitem>
  387. </itemizedlist>
  388. </listitem>
  389. <listitem>
  390. <para>2010-04-12</para>
  391. <itemizedlist>
  392. <listitem>
  393. <para>[bdubbs] - Adjust zlib instructions to ensure .pc
  394. file and all libraries are in the proper location.
  395. Thanks to Chris Staub.
  396. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2630">#2630</ulink>.</para>
  397. </listitem>
  398. </itemizedlist>
  399. </listitem>
  400. <listitem>
  401. <para>2010-03-27</para>
  402. <itemizedlist>
  403. <listitem>
  404. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Grep-2.6.1. Fixes
  405. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2617">#2617</ulink>.</para>
  406. </listitem>
  407. <listitem>
  408. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Util-Linux-NG-2.17.2. Fixes
  409. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2616">#2616</ulink>.</para>
  410. </listitem>
  411. <listitem>
  412. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Bison-2.4.2. Fixes
  413. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2615">#2615</ulink>.</para>
  414. </listitem>
  415. </itemizedlist>
  416. </listitem>
  417. <listitem>
  418. <para>2010-03-20</para>
  419. <itemizedlist>
  420. <listitem>
  421. <para>[bdubbs] - Add a sed to the tar command to fix an
  422. error in the latest release. The fix is from upstream.</para>
  423. </listitem>
  424. </itemizedlist>
  425. </listitem>
  426. <listitem>
  427. <para>2010-03-18</para>
  428. <itemizedlist>
  429. <listitem>
  430. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Linux-2.6.33.1. Fixes
  431. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2608">#2608</ulink>.</para>
  432. </listitem>
  433. <listitem>
  434. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to E2fsprogs-1.41.11. Fixes
  435. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2607">#2607</ulink>.</para>
  436. </listitem>
  437. <listitem>
  438. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Zlib-1.2.4. Fixes
  439. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2606">#2606</ulink>.</para>
  440. </listitem>
  441. <listitem>
  442. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Tar-1.23. Fixes
  443. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2603">#2603</ulink>.</para>
  444. </listitem>
  445. <listitem>
  446. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Grub-1.98. Fixes
  447. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2602">#2602</ulink>.</para>
  448. </listitem>
  449. <listitem>
  450. <para>[matthew] Remove commands no longer necessary in order to run
  451. the Bash test suite. Fixes
  452. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2601">#2601</ulink>.</para>
  453. </listitem>
  454. <listitem>
  455. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Binutils-2.20.1. Fixes
  456. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2599">#2599</ulink>.</para>
  457. </listitem>
  458. </itemizedlist>
  459. </listitem>
  460. <listitem>
  461. <para>2010-03-01</para>
  462. <itemizedlist>
  463. <listitem>
  464. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Man-pages-3.24. Fixes
  465. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2596">#2596</ulink>.</para>
  466. </listitem>
  467. <listitem>
  468. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to M4-1.4.14. Fixes
  469. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2594">#2594</ulink>.</para>
  470. </listitem>
  471. <listitem>
  472. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to IPRoute2-2.6.33. Fixes
  473. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2592">#2592</ulink>.</para>
  474. </listitem>
  475. <listitem>
  476. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Linux-2.6.33. Fixes
  477. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2587">#2587</ulink>.</para>
  478. </listitem>
  479. <listitem>
  480. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Man-DB-2.5.7. Fixes
  481. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2583">#2583</ulink>.</para>
  482. </listitem>
  483. <listitem>
  484. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Util-Linux-NG-2.17.1. Fixes
  485. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2581">#2581</ulink>.</para>
  486. </listitem>
  487. <listitem>
  488. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Diffutils-2.9. Fixes
  489. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2577">#2577</ulink>. This also drops
  490. the i18n patch as it has been rejected upstream.</para>
  491. </listitem>
  492. <listitem>
  493. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to GMP-5.0.1. Fixes
  494. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2572">#2572</ulink>.</para>
  495. </listitem>
  496. <listitem>
  497. <para>[matthew] Post-LFS-6.6 cleanup.</para>
  498. </listitem>
  499. </itemizedlist>
  500. </listitem>
  501. </itemizedlist>
  502. </sect1>