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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>2009-12-21</para>
  33. <itemizedlist>
  34. <listitem>
  35. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Inetutils-1.7. Fixes
  36. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2533">#2533</ulink>.</para>
  37. </listitem>
  38. </itemizedlist>
  39. </listitem>
  40. <listitem>
  41. <para>2009-12-16</para>
  42. <itemizedlist>
  43. <listitem>
  44. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Linux-2.6.32.1. Fixes
  45. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2532">#2532</ulink>.</para>
  46. </listitem>
  47. <listitem>
  48. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Automake-1.11.1. Fixes
  49. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2529">#2529</ulink>.</para>
  50. </listitem>
  51. <listitem>
  52. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Coreutils-8.2. Fixes
  53. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2524">#2524</ulink>.</para>
  54. </listitem>
  55. </itemizedlist>
  56. </listitem>
  57. <listitem>
  58. <para>2009-12-06</para>
  59. <itemizedlist>
  60. <listitem>
  61. <para>[matthew] Move some of inetutils' programs to an FHS-compliant
  62. location. Fixes
  63. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2524">#2524</ulink>.</para>
  64. </listitem>
  65. <listitem>
  66. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Linux-2.6.32. Fixes
  67. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2526">#2526</ulink>.</para>
  68. </listitem>
  69. <listitem>
  70. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Udev-149. Fixes
  71. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2525">#2525</ulink>.</para>
  72. </listitem>
  73. </itemizedlist>
  74. </listitem>
  75. <listitem>
  76. <para>2009-12-02</para>
  77. <itemizedlist>
  78. <listitem>
  79. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Util-Linux-NG-2.16.2. Fixes
  80. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2523">#2523</ulink>.</para>
  81. </listitem>
  82. <listitem>
  83. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to MPFR-2.4.2. Fixes
  84. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2522">#2522</ulink>.</para>
  85. </listitem>
  86. <listitem>
  87. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Autoconf-2.65. Fixes
  88. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2520">#2520</ulink>.</para>
  89. </listitem>
  90. </itemizedlist>
  91. </listitem>
  92. <listitem>
  93. <para>2009-11-29</para>
  94. <itemizedlist>
  95. <listitem>
  96. <para>[bdubbs] Provided more information about grub
  97. configuration.
  98. </para>
  99. </listitem>
  100. </itemizedlist>
  101. </listitem>
  102. <listitem>
  103. <para>2009-11-24</para>
  104. <itemizedlist>
  105. <listitem>
  106. <para>[bdubbs] Create separate standards and rationale pages
  107. and reformated. Provided more information about packages
  108. needed to satisfy LSB.
  109. </para>
  110. </listitem>
  111. </itemizedlist>
  112. </listitem>
  113. <listitem>
  114. <para>2009-11-23</para>
  115. <itemizedlist>
  116. <listitem>
  117. <para>[bdubbs] Add a page describing the Linux standards LFS
  118. uses to guide its procedures. Included a sub-section on why
  119. each package is in the book.
  120. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;1673">#1673</ulink>
  121. and <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2196">#2196</ulink></para>
  122. </listitem>
  123. </itemizedlist>
  124. </listitem>
  125. <listitem>
  126. <para>2009-11-22</para>
  127. <itemizedlist>
  128. <listitem>
  129. <para>[bdubbs] Update host requirements script to
  130. print a comment that makeinfo is used to identify
  131. the Texinfo package version.</para>
  132. </listitem>
  133. <listitem>
  134. <para>[bdubbs] Added a section to each package's dependencies
  135. in the Appendix to list external (non-LFS) dependencies for
  136. LFS packages. Fixes
  137. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;1682">#1682</ulink>.</para>
  138. </listitem>
  139. </itemizedlist>
  140. </listitem>
  141. <listitem>
  142. <para>2009-11-21</para>
  143. <itemizedlist>
  144. <listitem>
  145. <para>[matthew] Remove unneccessary .install and ..install.cmd
  146. files that were being installed by the Linux headers.</para>
  147. </listitem>
  148. <listitem>
  149. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Coreutils-8.1. Fixes
  150. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2518">#2518</ulink>.</para>
  151. </listitem>
  152. <listitem>
  153. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Tcl-8.4.8. Fixes
  154. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2517">#2517</ulink>.</para>
  155. </listitem>
  156. <listitem>
  157. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Libtool-2.2.6b. Fixes
  158. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2514">#2514</ulink>.</para>
  159. </listitem>
  160. </itemizedlist>
  161. </listitem>
  162. <listitem>
  163. <para>2009-11-16</para>
  164. <itemizedlist>
  165. <listitem>
  166. <para>[bdubbs] Removed paragraph in LFS Target Architectures
  167. that said that we can't build a 64-bit loader.</para>
  168. </listitem>
  169. </itemizedlist>
  170. </listitem>
  171. <listitem>
  172. <para>2009-11-16</para>
  173. <itemizedlist>
  174. <listitem>
  175. <para>[bdubbs] Clarified explanation of why we use cross
  176. compilation techniques in the Toolchain Technical Notes.
  177. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2412">#2412</ulink>.</para>
  178. </listitem>
  179. </itemizedlist>
  180. </listitem>
  181. <listitem>
  182. <para>2009-11-15</para>
  183. <itemizedlist>
  184. <listitem>
  185. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Patch-2.6. Fixes
  186. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2513">#2513</ulink>.</para>
  187. </listitem>
  188. <listitem>
  189. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Udev-147. Fixes
  190. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2512">#2512</ulink>.</para>
  191. </listitem>
  192. <listitem>
  193. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.31.6. Fixes
  194. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2511">#2511</ulink>.</para>
  195. </listitem>
  196. </itemizedlist>
  197. </listitem>
  198. <listitem>
  199. <para>2009-11-14</para>
  200. <itemizedlist>
  201. <listitem>
  202. <para>[bdubbs] Removed obsolete note on the Host System
  203. requirements page.</para>
  204. </listitem>
  205. </itemizedlist>
  206. </listitem>
  207. <listitem>
  208. <para>2009-11-12</para>
  209. <itemizedlist>
  210. <listitem>
  211. <para>[bdubbs] Added a note to 'About SBUs' to address
  212. parallel make procedures and how SBU values will be
  213. affected.</para>
  214. </listitem>
  215. <listitem>
  216. <para>[bdubbs] Minor changes to GRUB-1.97.1 instructions.</para>
  217. </listitem>
  218. </itemizedlist>
  219. </listitem>
  220. <listitem>
  221. <para>2009-11-09</para>
  222. <itemizedlist>
  223. <listitem>
  224. <para>[bdubbs] Upgraded to GRUB-1.97.1 Fixes
  225. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2510">#2510</ulink>.</para>
  226. </listitem>
  227. </itemizedlist>
  228. </listitem>
  229. <listitem>
  230. <para>2009-11-06</para>
  231. <itemizedlist>
  232. <listitem>
  233. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Glibc-2.11. Fixes
  234. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2509">#2509</ulink>.</para>
  235. </listitem>
  236. <listitem>
  237. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to latest upstream patches for Bash.</para>
  238. </listitem>
  239. <listitem>
  240. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.31.5. Fixes
  241. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2508">#2508</ulink>.</para>
  242. </listitem>
  243. <listitem>
  244. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Module-Init-Tools-3.11.1. Fixes
  245. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2507">#2507</ulink>.</para>
  246. </listitem>
  247. </itemizedlist>
  248. </listitem>
  249. <listitem>
  250. <para>2009-10-29</para>
  251. <itemizedlist>
  252. <listitem>
  253. <para>[bdubbs] Upgraded to GRUB-1.97. Split the
  254. build/install portion from the configuration of /boot and
  255. the mbr and placed the build portion in Chapter 6.
  256. Expanded the discussion about the /boot mbr portion in Chapter 8.
  257. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2093">#2093</ulink>.
  258. This also eliminates the need for an initramfs as
  259. specified in
  260. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2033">#2033</ulink>.</para>
  261. </listitem>
  262. </itemizedlist>
  263. </listitem>
  264. <listitem>
  265. <para>2009-10-20</para>
  266. <itemizedlist>
  267. <listitem>
  268. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.31.4. Fixes
  269. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2503">#2503</ulink>.</para>
  270. </listitem>
  271. <listitem>
  272. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to GCC-4.4.2. Fixes
  273. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2504">#2504</ulink>.</para>
  274. </listitem>
  275. <listitem>
  276. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Binutils-2.20. Fixes
  277. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2505">#2505</ulink>.</para>
  278. </listitem>
  279. </itemizedlist>
  280. </listitem>
  281. <listitem>
  282. <para>2009-10-12</para>
  283. <itemizedlist>
  284. <listitem>
  285. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Kbd-1.15.1. Fixes
  286. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2501">#2501</ulink>.</para>
  287. </listitem>
  288. <listitem>
  289. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Man-Pages-3.23. Fixes
  290. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2498">#2498</ulink>.</para>
  291. </listitem>
  292. <listitem>
  293. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.31.3. Fixes
  294. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2499">#2499</ulink>.</para>
  295. </listitem>
  296. <listitem>
  297. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Gzip-1.3.13. Fixes
  298. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2500">#2500</ulink>.</para>
  299. </listitem>
  300. </itemizedlist>
  301. </listitem>
  302. <listitem>
  303. <para>2009-09-29</para>
  304. <itemizedlist>
  305. <listitem>
  306. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.31.1. Fixes
  307. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2496">#2496</ulink>.</para>
  308. </listitem>
  309. <listitem>
  310. <para>[matthew] Install psmisc's binaries in
  311. <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename> instead of
  312. <filename class="directory">/bin</filename> as they are only
  313. called whilst <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> is mounted.
  314. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2469">#2469</ulink>.</para>
  315. </listitem>
  316. </itemizedlist>
  317. </listitem>
  318. <listitem>
  319. <para>2009-09-25</para>
  320. <itemizedlist>
  321. <listitem>
  322. <para>[bryan] Upgrade to udev-config-20090925. Fixes <ulink
  323. url="&lfs-ticket-root;2497">#2497</ulink>.</para>
  324. </listitem>
  325. </itemizedlist>
  326. </listitem>
  327. <listitem>
  328. <para>2009-09-24</para>
  329. <itemizedlist>
  330. <listitem>
  331. <para>[matthew] Update list of installed headers for Linux. Thanks to
  332. Chris Staub for the patch. Fixes
  333. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2495">#2495</ulink>.</para>
  334. </listitem>
  335. <listitem>
  336. <para>[matthew] Update list of installed programs for various
  337. packages. Thanks to Chris Staub for the patch. Fixes
  338. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2494">#2494</ulink>.</para>
  339. </listitem>
  340. </itemizedlist>
  341. </listitem>
  342. <listitem>
  343. <para>2009-09-17</para>
  344. <itemizedlist>
  345. <listitem>
  346. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Bash-4.0-fixes-4.patch. Fixes
  347. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2484">#2484</ulink>.</para>
  348. </listitem>
  349. <listitem>
  350. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.31. Fixes
  351. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2485">#2485</ulink>.</para>
  352. </listitem>
  353. <listitem>
  354. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Util-Linux-NG-2.16.1. Fixes
  355. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2483">#2483</ulink>.</para>
  356. </listitem>
  357. <listitem>
  358. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Coreutils-7.6. Fixes
  359. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2487">#2487</ulink>.</para>
  360. </listitem>
  361. <listitem>
  362. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Man-DB-2.5.6. Fixes
  363. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2481">#2481</ulink>.</para>
  364. </listitem>
  365. </itemizedlist>
  366. </listitem>
  367. <listitem>
  368. <para>2009-09-11</para>
  369. <itemizedlist>
  370. <listitem>
  371. <para>[bdubbs] - Deleted the reference to the outdated and
  372. incomplete optimization hint.</para>
  373. </listitem>
  374. </itemizedlist>
  375. </listitem>
  376. <listitem>
  377. <para>2009-09-10</para>
  378. <itemizedlist>
  379. <listitem>
  380. <para>[bdubbs] - Added a section to the Preface about LFS
  381. supported architectures.</para>
  382. </listitem>
  383. </itemizedlist>
  384. </listitem>
  385. <listitem>
  386. <para>2009-09-02</para>
  387. <itemizedlist>
  388. <listitem>
  389. <para>[bdubbs] - Removed more documentation in the Chapter 5
  390. stripping section.</para>
  391. </listitem>
  392. </itemizedlist>
  393. </listitem>
  394. <listitem>
  395. <para>2009-08-26</para>
  396. <itemizedlist>
  397. <listitem>
  398. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Udev-146. Fixes
  399. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2473">#2473</ulink>.</para>
  400. </listitem>
  401. <listitem>
  402. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Perl-5.10.1. Fixes
  403. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2479">#2479</ulink>.</para>
  404. </listitem>
  405. <listitem>
  406. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.30.5. Fixes
  407. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2475">#2475</ulink>.</para>
  408. </listitem>
  409. <listitem>
  410. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Less-436. Fixes
  411. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2471">2471</ulink>.</para>
  412. </listitem>
  413. <listitem>
  414. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to E2fsprogs-1.41.9. Fixes
  415. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2478">2478</ulink>.</para>
  416. </listitem>
  417. <listitem>
  418. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Coreutils-7.5. Fixes
  419. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2477">#2477</ulink>.</para>
  420. </listitem>
  421. </itemizedlist>
  422. </listitem>
  423. <listitem>
  424. <para>2009-08-19</para>
  425. <itemizedlist>
  426. <listitem>
  427. <para>[bdubbs] - Reworded the notes in the General Compilation
  428. Instructions and added a note to bin-utils to have users
  429. actually read the General Compilation Instructions.</para>
  430. </listitem>
  431. </itemizedlist>
  432. </listitem>
  433. </itemizedlist>
  434. <para>LFS 6.5 released August 16, 2009.</para>
  435. </sect1>