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  7. <sect1 id="ch-scatter-changelog">
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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>2012-05-18</para>
  33. <itemizedlist>
  34. <listitem>
  35. <para>[ken] - Remove the redundant program resizecons from kbd and
  36. remove its man page (program was only installed on i?86, but man page
  37. was always installed).</para>
  38. </listitem>
  39. </itemizedlist>
  40. </listitem>
  41. <listitem>
  42. <para>2012-05-14</para>
  43. <itemizedlist>
  44. <listitem>
  45. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-3.3.6. Fixes
  46. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3089">#3089</ulink>.</para>
  47. </listitem>
  48. </itemizedlist>
  49. </listitem>
  50. <listitem>
  51. <para>2012-05-13</para>
  52. <itemizedlist>
  53. <listitem>
  54. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Coreutils-8.17. Fixes
  55. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3083">#3083</ulink>.</para>
  56. </listitem>
  57. </itemizedlist>
  58. </listitem>
  59. <listitem>
  60. <para>2012-05-11</para>
  61. <itemizedlist>
  62. <listitem>
  63. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Man-Pages-3.41. Fixes
  64. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3084">#3084</ulink>.</para>
  65. </listitem>
  66. <listitem>
  67. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-3.3.5. Fixes
  68. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3080">#3080</ulink>.</para>
  69. </listitem>
  70. <listitem>
  71. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to GMP-5.0.5. Fixes
  72. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3079">#3079</ulink>.</para>
  73. </listitem>
  74. <listitem>
  75. <para>[matthew] - Remove sed from GCC pass 2 and chapter 6, which
  76. prevented the fixincludes script from being run; it is no longer run
  77. by default. Reported by Jeremy Huntwork.</para>
  78. </listitem>
  79. </itemizedlist>
  80. </listitem>
  81. <listitem>
  82. <para>2012-05-10</para>
  83. <itemizedlist>
  84. <listitem>
  85. <para>[bdubbs] - Add /etc/lsb-release file in Chapter 9.</para>
  86. </listitem>
  87. </itemizedlist>
  88. </listitem>
  89. <listitem>
  90. <para>2012-05-09</para>
  91. <itemizedlist>
  92. <listitem>
  93. <para>[bdubbs] - Update LSB packages in BLFS.</para>
  94. </listitem>
  95. </itemizedlist>
  96. </listitem>
  97. <listitem>
  98. <para>2012-05-06</para>
  99. <itemizedlist>
  100. <listitem>
  101. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Zlib-1.2.7. Fixes
  102. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3078">#3078</ulink>.</para>
  103. </listitem>
  104. <listitem>
  105. <para>[matthew] - Apply latest upstream patches for Bash. Fixes
  106. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3077">#3077</ulink>.</para>
  107. </listitem>
  108. <listitem>
  109. <para>[matthew] - Add back a patch for Glibc that prevents various
  110. BLFS programs, such as aplay, from segfaulting.</para>
  111. </listitem>
  112. </itemizedlist>
  113. </listitem>
  114. <listitem>
  115. <para>2012-05-05</para>
  116. <itemizedlist>
  117. <listitem>
  118. <para>[bdubbs] - Various minor text changes to
  119. both book and bootscripts.</para>
  120. </listitem>
  121. </itemizedlist>
  122. </listitem>
  123. <listitem>
  124. <para>2012-05-01</para>
  125. <itemizedlist>
  126. <listitem>
  127. <para>[ken] - Upgrade to Kbd-1.15.3. Fixes
  128. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2990">#2990</ulink>.</para>
  129. </listitem>
  130. </itemizedlist>
  131. </listitem>
  132. <listitem>
  133. <para>2012-04-29</para>
  134. <itemizedlist>
  135. <listitem>
  136. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-3.3.4. Fixes
  137. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3074">#3074</ulink>.</para>
  138. </listitem>
  139. <listitem>
  140. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Man-Pages-3.40. Fixes
  141. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3072">#3072</ulink>.</para>
  142. </listitem>
  143. <listitem>
  144. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Autoconf-2.69. Fixes
  145. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3071">#3071</ulink>.</para>
  146. </listitem>
  147. <listitem>
  148. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Automake-1.12. Fixes
  149. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3070">#3070</ulink>.</para>
  150. </listitem>
  151. <listitem>
  152. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Grep-2.12. Fixes
  153. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3068">#3068</ulink>.</para>
  154. </listitem>
  155. </itemizedlist>
  156. </listitem>
  157. <listitem>
  158. <para>2012-04-26</para>
  159. <itemizedlist>
  160. <listitem>
  161. <para>[ken] - tidy some minor issues from the merge.
  162. </para>
  163. </listitem>
  164. </itemizedlist>
  165. </listitem>
  166. <listitem>
  167. <para>2012-04-25</para>
  168. <itemizedlist>
  169. <listitem>
  170. <para>[bdubbs] - Incorporate changes developed and tested in the jh branch.
  171. </para>
  172. </listitem>
  173. <listitem>
  174. <para>[jhuntwork] - Update chapter 5 toolchain technical notes to match changes
  175. in build method.</para>
  176. </listitem>
  177. <listitem>
  178. <para>[jhuntwork] - Use --with-native-system-header-dir
  179. switch in chapter 5 gcc. This replaces seds that were used previously
  180. to alter the CROSS_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR and NATIVE_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR
  181. values to keep the toolchain searching for headers only in
  182. /tools/include and not /usr/include. Thanks to Pierre Labastie. Fixes
  183. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3066">#3066</ulink>.</para>
  184. </listitem>
  185. <listitem>
  186. <para>[jhuntwork] - Remove --without-cloog and --without-ppl from chapter 5 gcc.
  187. These are unnecessary since it doesn't matter if pass 1 gcc is linked against
  188. host libs and it should be impossible for the build of pass 2 gcc to find host
  189. headers or libs.</para>
  190. </listitem>
  191. <listitem>
  192. <para>[jhuntwork] - Adjust build method to use sysroot.</para>
  193. </listitem>
  194. </itemizedlist>
  195. </listitem>
  196. <listitem>
  197. <para>2012-04-24</para>
  198. <itemizedlist>
  199. <listitem>
  200. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-3.3.3. Fixes
  201. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3067">#3067</ulink>.</para>
  202. </listitem>
  203. <listitem>
  204. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Man-Pages-3.39. Fixes
  205. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3065">#3065</ulink>.</para>
  206. </listitem>
  207. <listitem>
  208. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Kmod-8. Fixes
  209. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3064">#3064</ulink>.</para>
  210. </listitem>
  211. </itemizedlist>
  212. </listitem>
  213. <listitem>
  214. <para>2012-04-19</para>
  215. <itemizedlist>
  216. <listitem>
  217. <para>[bdubbs] - Change two group IDs to support a
  218. legacy program. Fixes
  219. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3061">#3061</ulink>.</para>
  220. </listitem>
  221. </itemizedlist>
  222. </listitem>
  223. <listitem>
  224. <para>2012-04-15</para>
  225. <itemizedlist>
  226. <listitem>
  227. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-3.3.2. Fixes
  228. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3063">#3063</ulink>.</para>
  229. </listitem>
  230. <listitem>
  231. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Automake-1.11.5. Fixes
  232. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3062">#3062</ulink>.</para>
  233. </listitem>
  234. <listitem>
  235. <para>[matthew] - Use su from chapter 6 Coreutils in the Bash
  236. instructions, instead of the one from chapter 5. Install su as su
  237. rather than su-tools in chapter 5. Fixes
  238. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3057">#3057</ulink>.</para>
  239. </listitem>
  240. </itemizedlist>
  241. </listitem>
  242. <listitem>
  243. <para>2012-04-09</para>
  244. <itemizedlist>
  245. <listitem>
  246. <para>[bdubbs] - Update networking bootscripts. See
  247. bootscripts change log for details.
  248. Fixes
  249. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3053">#3053</ulink>.</para>
  250. </listitem>
  251. </itemizedlist>
  252. </listitem>
  253. <listitem>
  254. <para>2012-04-05</para>
  255. <itemizedlist>
  256. <listitem>
  257. <para>[bdubbs] - Change the location for the python gdb module
  258. generated by gcc to the correct location. Fixes (again)
  259. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3048">#3048</ulink>.</para>
  260. </listitem>
  261. </itemizedlist>
  262. </listitem>
  263. <listitem>
  264. <para>2012-04-03</para>
  265. <itemizedlist>
  266. <listitem>
  267. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-3.3.1. Fixes
  268. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3059">#3059</ulink>.</para>
  269. </listitem>
  270. <listitem>
  271. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Automake-1.11.4. Fixes
  272. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3058">#3058</ulink>.</para>
  273. </listitem>
  274. <listitem>
  275. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Gawk-4.0.1. Fixes
  276. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3056">#3056</ulink>.</para>
  277. </listitem>
  278. <listitem>
  279. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Util-Linux-2.21.1. Fixes
  280. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3055">#3055</ulink>.</para>
  281. </listitem>
  282. <listitem>
  283. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to E2fsprogs-1.42.2. Fixes
  284. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3051">#3051</ulink>.</para>
  285. </listitem>
  286. <listitem>
  287. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Coreutils-8.16 and drop the uname patch.
  288. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3048">#3048</ulink>.</para>
  289. </listitem>
  290. </itemizedlist>
  291. </listitem>
  292. <listitem>
  293. <para>2012-03-28</para>
  294. <itemizedlist>
  295. <listitem>
  296. <para>[bdubbs] - Move a python module for gdb generated by gcc
  297. to a better location. Fixes
  298. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3048">#3048</ulink>.</para>
  299. </listitem>
  300. <listitem>
  301. <para>[bdubbs] - Adjust minimum version of xz-utils in Host
  302. Requirements.</para>
  303. </listitem>
  304. <listitem>
  305. <para>[bdubbs] - Reword description of log files in section
  306. Creating Essential Files.</para>
  307. </listitem>
  308. </itemizedlist>
  309. </listitem>
  310. <listitem>
  311. <para>2012-03-27</para>
  312. <itemizedlist>
  313. <listitem>
  314. <para>[matthew] - Add a patch to fix building of Binutils with the
  315. -O3 compiler flag. Thanks to Pierre Labastie for the report.</para>
  316. </listitem>
  317. <listitem>
  318. <para>[matthew] - Add the GCC fix patch back to Glibc instructions
  319. to fix a build issue on 32-bit hosts. Thanks to Pierre Labastie for
  320. the report.</para>
  321. </listitem>
  322. </itemizedlist>
  323. </listitem>
  324. <listitem>
  325. <para>2012-03-26</para>
  326. <itemizedlist>
  327. <listitem>
  328. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Man-Pages-3.38. Fixes
  329. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3047">#3047</ulink>.</para>
  330. </listitem>
  331. <listitem>
  332. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to E2fsprogs-1.42.1. Fixes
  333. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3046">#3046</ulink>.</para>
  334. </listitem>
  335. <listitem>
  336. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Glibc-2.15. Fixes
  337. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3045">#3045</ulink>. Thanks to Andy
  338. Benton for the patch.</para>
  339. </listitem>
  340. <listitem>
  341. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to GCC-4.7.0. Fixes
  342. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3044">#3044</ulink>. Thanks to Andy
  343. Benton for the patch.</para>
  344. </listitem>
  345. <listitem>
  346. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to IPRoute2-3.3.0. Fixes
  347. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3043">#3043</ulink>.</para>
  348. </listitem>
  349. </itemizedlist>
  350. </listitem>
  351. <listitem>
  352. <para>2012-03-22</para>
  353. <itemizedlist>
  354. <listitem>
  355. <para>[bdubbs] - Fix corner case in ipv4-static script. </para>
  356. </listitem>
  357. </itemizedlist>
  358. </listitem>
  359. <listitem>
  360. <para>2012-03-20</para>
  361. <itemizedlist>
  362. <listitem>
  363. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-3.3. Fixes
  364. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3042">#3042</ulink>.</para>
  365. </listitem>
  366. <listitem>
  367. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Kmod-7. Fixes
  368. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3041">#3041</ulink>.</para>
  369. </listitem>
  370. <listitem>
  371. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Udev-182. Fixes
  372. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3040">#3040</ulink>.</para>
  373. </listitem>
  374. </itemizedlist>
  375. </listitem>
  376. <listitem>
  377. <para>2012-03-19</para>
  378. <itemizedlist>
  379. <listitem>
  380. <para>[bdubbs] - Move optional LVM initialization to the end
  381. of the udev boot script so an LVM partition can be used for swap.
  382. </para>
  383. </listitem>
  384. </itemizedlist>
  385. </listitem>
  386. <listitem>
  387. <para>2012-03-14</para>
  388. <itemizedlist>
  389. <listitem>
  390. <para>[matthew] - Remove GCC's cross-compile patch as it isn't
  391. required.</para>
  392. </listitem>
  393. <listitem>
  394. <para>[matthew] - Apply new upstream patches for Bash. Fixes
  395. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3037">#3037</ulink>.</para>
  396. </listitem>
  397. <listitem>
  398. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-3.2.11. Fixes
  399. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3036">#3036</ulink>.</para>
  400. </listitem>
  401. <listitem>
  402. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Man-Pages-3.37. Fixes
  403. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3034">#3034</ulink>.</para>
  404. </listitem>
  405. </itemizedlist>
  406. </listitem>
  407. <listitem>
  408. <para>2012-03-11</para>
  409. <itemizedlist>
  410. <listitem>
  411. <para>[matthew] - Workaround an issue in Gettext's configure script
  412. that can cause it to hang on certain hosts when determining the path
  413. for Emacs Lisp files on certain hosts. Reported by and fix provided
  414. by DJ Lucas.</para>
  415. </listitem>
  416. </itemizedlist>
  417. </listitem>
  418. <listitem>
  419. <para>2012-03-06</para>
  420. <itemizedlist>
  421. <listitem>
  422. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Libpipeline-1.2.1. Fixes
  423. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3031">#3031</ulink>.</para>
  424. </listitem>
  425. <listitem>
  426. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Kmod-6. Fixes
  427. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3030">#3030</ulink>.</para>
  428. </listitem>
  429. <listitem>
  430. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Grep-2.11. Fixes
  431. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3029">#3029</ulink>.</para>
  432. </listitem>
  433. <listitem>
  434. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to GCC-4.6.3. Fixes
  435. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3028">#3028</ulink>.</para>
  436. </listitem>
  437. <listitem>
  438. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Psmisc-22.16. Fixes
  439. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3026">#3026</ulink>.</para>
  440. </listitem>
  441. <listitem>
  442. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to File-5.11. Fixes
  443. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3024">#3024</ulink>.</para>
  444. </listitem>
  445. <listitem>
  446. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-3.2.9. Fixes
  447. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3023">#3023</ulink>.</para>
  448. </listitem>
  449. <listitem>
  450. <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Util-Linux-2.21. Fixes
  451. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3002">#3002</ulink>.</para>
  452. </listitem>
  453. </itemizedlist>
  454. </listitem>
  455. <listitem>
  456. <para>2012-03-02</para>
  457. <itemizedlist>
  458. <listitem>
  459. <para>[bdubbs] - LFS-7.1 released.
  460. </para>
  461. </listitem>
  462. </itemizedlist>
  463. </listitem>
  464. </itemizedlist>
  465. </sect1>