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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>2009-02-08</para>
  33. <itemizedlist>
  34. <listitem>
  35. <para>[matthew] - Added a patch to suppress a warning added in
  36. Tar-1.21 that causes the Perl testsuite to fail.</para>
  37. </listitem>
  38. <listitem>
  39. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to MPFR-2.4.0. Fixes
  40. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2341">#2341</ulink>.</para>
  41. </listitem>
  42. <listitem>
  43. <para>[matthew] - Install MPFR's documentation. Fixes
  44. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2232">#2232</ulink>. Thanks to Randy
  45. McMurchy for the report and assistance with the fix.</para>
  46. </listitem>
  47. <listitem>
  48. <para>[matthew] - Remove an unneeded --sysconfdir parameter in
  49. Inetutils' instructions. Fixes
  50. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2313">#2313</ulink>.</para>
  51. </listitem>
  52. <listitem>
  53. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.28.4. Fixes
  54. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2340">#2340</ulink>.</para>
  55. </listitem>
  56. <listitem>
  57. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Binutils-2.19.1. Fixes
  58. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2339">#2339</ulink>.</para>
  59. </listitem>
  60. </itemizedlist>
  61. </listitem>
  62. <listitem>
  63. <para>2009-02-01</para>
  64. <itemizedlist>
  65. <listitem>
  66. <para>[matthew] - Remove the redundant SBINDIR parameter from
  67. IPRoute2's commands. Fixes the remaining part of
  68. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2307">#2307</ulink>.</para>
  69. </listitem>
  70. <listitem>
  71. <para>[matthew] - Install DRM-related Linux headers, as suggested by
  72. Chris Staub in <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2307">#2307</ulink>.
  73. </para>
  74. </listitem>
  75. <listitem>
  76. <para>[matthew] - Added preloadable_libintl.so to list of files
  77. installed by Gettext. Thanks to Chris Staub for the report and patch.
  78. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2312">#2312</ulink>.</para>
  79. </listitem>
  80. <listitem>
  81. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Udev-137. Fixes
  82. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2328">#2328</ulink>.</para>
  83. </listitem>
  84. <listitem>
  85. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Tcl-8.5.6. Fixes
  86. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2305">#2305</ulink>.</para>
  87. </listitem>
  88. <listitem>
  89. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Tar-1.21. Fixes
  90. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2309">#2309</ulink>.</para>
  91. </listitem>
  92. <listitem>
  93. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Patch-2.5.9. Fixes
  94. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2239">#2239</ulink>.</para>
  95. </listitem>
  96. <listitem>
  97. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-Pages-3.17. Fixes
  98. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2327">#2327</ulink>.</para>
  99. </listitem>
  100. <listitem>
  101. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.28.2. Fixes
  102. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2316">#2316</ulink>.</para>
  103. </listitem>
  104. <listitem>
  105. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to IPRoute2-2.6.28. Fixes
  106. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2324">#2324</ulink>.</para>
  107. </listitem>
  108. <listitem>
  109. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Inetutils-1.6. Fixes
  110. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2308">#2308</ulink>.</para>
  111. </listitem>
  112. <listitem>
  113. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Groff-1.20.1. Fixes
  114. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2322">#2322</ulink>.</para>
  115. </listitem>
  116. <listitem>
  117. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to GCC-4.3.3. Fixes
  118. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2334">#2334</ulink>.</para>
  119. </listitem>
  120. <listitem>
  121. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to E2fsprogs-1.41.4. Fixes
  122. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2336">#2336</ulink>.</para>
  123. </listitem>
  124. <listitem>
  125. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Bison-2.4.1. Fixes
  126. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2300">#2300</ulink>.</para>
  127. </listitem>
  128. <listitem>
  129. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Bash-3.2.48. Fixes
  130. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2319">#2319</ulink>.</para>
  131. </listitem>
  132. </itemizedlist>
  133. </listitem>
  134. <listitem>
  135. <para>2009-01-24</para>
  136. <itemizedlist>
  137. <listitem>
  138. <para>[matthew] - Corrected some package tarball sizes. Fixes
  139. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2290">#2290</ulink>.</para>
  140. </listitem>
  141. </itemizedlist>
  142. </listitem>
  143. <listitem>
  144. <para>2009-01-03</para>
  145. <itemizedlist>
  146. <listitem>
  147. <para>[bdubbs] - Reformatted several pages so pdf is properly
  148. generated. Thanks to Martin Miehe for the changes.
  149. </para>
  150. </listitem>
  151. </itemizedlist>
  152. </listitem>
  153. <listitem>
  154. <para>2008-12-29</para>
  155. <itemizedlist>
  156. <listitem>
  157. <para>[bdubbs] - Split one udev rule so it is not wider than the
  158. book's page.
  159. </para>
  160. </listitem>
  161. </itemizedlist>
  162. </listitem>
  163. <listitem>
  164. <para>2008-12-24</para>
  165. <itemizedlist>
  166. <listitem>
  167. <para>[bdubbs] - Updated the location of glibc-2.8-20080929.tar.bz2.
  168. </para>
  169. </listitem>
  170. </itemizedlist>
  171. </listitem>
  172. <listitem>
  173. <para>2008-12-19</para>
  174. <itemizedlist>
  175. <listitem>
  176. <para>[robert] - Added -v to the install command for the convert-mans
  177. script in the man-db page, for consistent use of verbose commands.</para>
  178. </listitem>
  179. </itemizedlist>
  180. </listitem>
  181. <listitem>
  182. <para>2008-12-18</para>
  183. <itemizedlist>
  184. <listitem>
  185. <para>[robert] - Removed the unneeded -e option from the Sed command
  186. in the chap6 Findutils page, for consistency.</para>
  187. </listitem>
  188. </itemizedlist>
  189. </listitem>
  190. <listitem>
  191. <para>2008-12-07</para>
  192. <itemizedlist>
  193. <listitem>
  194. <para>[jhuntwork] - Update Greg Schafer's entry in the acknowledgments section to
  195. properly reflect the work done in designing the build method.</para>
  196. </listitem>
  197. </itemizedlist>
  198. </listitem>
  199. <listitem>
  200. <para>2008-12-06</para>
  201. <itemizedlist>
  202. <listitem>
  203. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to vim-7.2-fixes-4.patch. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2296">#2296</ulink>.
  204. </para>
  205. </listitem>
  206. <listitem>
  207. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Udev-135. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2284">#2284</ulink>.</para>
  208. </listitem>
  209. <listitem>
  210. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Shadow-4.1.2.2. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2287">#2287</ulink>.</para>
  211. </listitem>
  212. <listitem>
  213. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to readline-5.2-fixes-6.patch. Fixes
  214. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2295">#2295</ulink>.</para>
  215. </listitem>
  216. <listitem>
  217. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Ncurses-5.7. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2276">#2276</ulink>.</para>
  218. </listitem>
  219. <listitem>
  220. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Module-Init-Tools-3.5. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2245">#2245</ulink>.
  221. </para>
  222. </listitem>
  223. <listitem>
  224. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-Pages-3.15. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2269">#2269</ulink>.</para>
  225. </listitem>
  226. <listitem>
  227. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-DB-2.5.3. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2283">#2283</ulink>.</para>
  228. </listitem>
  229. <listitem>
  230. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.27.8. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2282">#2282</ulink>.</para>
  231. </listitem>
  232. <listitem>
  233. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Kbd-1.15. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2291">#2291</ulink>.</para>
  234. </listitem>
  235. <listitem>
  236. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Bison-2.4. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2281">#2281</ulink>.</para>
  237. </listitem>
  238. <listitem>
  239. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Binutils-2.19. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2268">#2268</ulink>.</para>
  240. </listitem>
  241. <listitem>
  242. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to bash-3.2-fixes-9.patch. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2294">#2294</ulink>.
  243. </para>
  244. </listitem>
  245. <listitem>
  246. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Automake-1.10.2. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2286">#2286</ulink>.</para>
  247. </listitem>
  248. </itemizedlist>
  249. </listitem>
  250. <listitem>
  251. <para>2008-12-04</para>
  252. <itemizedlist>
  253. <listitem>
  254. <para>[jhuntwork] - Introduce new build method in Chapter 5 originating
  255. in DIY-Linux. Thanks, Greg Schafer.</para>
  256. </listitem>
  257. <listitem>
  258. <para>[jhuntwork] - Move instructions for GRUB to chapter 8 just after the
  259. compilation of the kernel. Merge GRUB build and configuration instructions
  260. into one page.</para>
  261. </listitem>
  262. </itemizedlist>
  263. </listitem>
  264. <listitem>
  265. <para>2008-12-03</para>
  266. <itemizedlist>
  267. <listitem>
  268. <para>[jhuntwork] - Initial addition of support for building on x86_64.
  269. Several ideas, principles and build instructions originated in DIY-Linux.
  270. Thanks, Greg Schafer.</para>
  271. </listitem>
  272. </itemizedlist>
  273. </listitem>
  274. <listitem>
  275. <para>2008-12-02</para>
  276. <itemizedlist>
  277. <listitem>
  278. <para>[jhuntwork] - Moved grep up in the build order of chapter 6
  279. to be before libtool which hardcodes references to grep in its installed
  280. files. Was previously circumvented by a symlink, but this approach sticks
  281. more closely to our build order policy. Thanks to Greg Schafer for the reminder.</para>
  282. </listitem>
  283. </itemizedlist>
  284. </listitem>
  285. <listitem>
  286. <para>2008-12-01</para>
  287. <itemizedlist>
  288. <listitem>
  289. <para>[jhuntwork] - Adjusted the line break in the adjusting toolchain
  290. section so that the output redirection does not look like a secondary
  291. bash prompt. Thanks to Chris Staub for the idea.</para>
  292. </listitem>
  293. </itemizedlist>
  294. </listitem>
  295. <listitem>
  296. <para>2008-11-23</para>
  297. <itemizedlist>
  298. <listitem>
  299. <para>[ken] - Added note to gmp about CFLAGS on 64-bit-capable
  300. machines. Reported by Tobias Gasser, thanks to Greg Schafer for
  301. the analysis.</para>
  302. </listitem>
  303. </itemizedlist>
  304. </listitem>
  305. </itemizedlist>
  306. <para>LFS 6.4 released November 23, 2008.</para>
  307. </sect1>