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