changelog.xml 16 KB

123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308309310311312313314315316317318319320321322323324325326327328329330331332333334335336337338339340341342343344345346347348349350351352353354355356357358359360361362363364365366367368369370371372373374375376377378379380381382383384385386387388389390391392393394395396397398399400401402403404405406407408409410411412413414415416417418419420421422423424425426427428429430431432433434435436437438439440441442443444445446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460461462463464465466467468469470471472473474475476477478479480481482483484485486487488489490491492493494495496497498499500501
  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
  2. <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
  3. "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  4. <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
  5. %general-entities;
  6. ]>
  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>2010-01-03</para>
  33. <itemizedlist>
  34. <listitem>
  35. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Patch-2.6.1. Fixes
  36. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2538">#2538</ulink>.</para>
  37. </listitem>
  38. <listitem>
  39. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Glibc-2.11.1. Fixes
  40. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2537">#2537</ulink>.</para>
  41. </listitem>
  42. <listitem>
  43. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Psmisc-22.9. Fixes
  44. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2536">#2536</ulink>.</para>
  45. </listitem>
  46. <listitem>
  47. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to IPRoute2-2.6.31. Fixes
  48. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2535">#2535</ulink>.</para>
  49. </listitem>
  50. </itemizedlist>
  51. </listitem>
  52. <listitem>
  53. <para>2009-12-21</para>
  54. <itemizedlist>
  55. <listitem>
  56. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Linux-2.6.32.2. Fixes
  57. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2534">#2534</ulink>.</para>
  58. </listitem>
  59. <listitem>
  60. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Inetutils-1.7. Fixes
  61. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2533">#2533</ulink>.</para>
  62. </listitem>
  63. </itemizedlist>
  64. </listitem>
  65. <listitem>
  66. <para>2009-12-16</para>
  67. <itemizedlist>
  68. <listitem>
  69. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Linux-2.6.32.1. Fixes
  70. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2532">#2532</ulink>.</para>
  71. </listitem>
  72. <listitem>
  73. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Automake-1.11.1. Fixes
  74. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2529">#2529</ulink>.</para>
  75. </listitem>
  76. <listitem>
  77. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Coreutils-8.2. Fixes
  78. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2524">#2524</ulink>.</para>
  79. </listitem>
  80. </itemizedlist>
  81. </listitem>
  82. <listitem>
  83. <para>2009-12-06</para>
  84. <itemizedlist>
  85. <listitem>
  86. <para>[matthew] Move some of inetutils' programs to an FHS-compliant
  87. location. Fixes
  88. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2524">#2524</ulink>.</para>
  89. </listitem>
  90. <listitem>
  91. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Linux-2.6.32. Fixes
  92. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2526">#2526</ulink>.</para>
  93. </listitem>
  94. <listitem>
  95. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Udev-149. Fixes
  96. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2525">#2525</ulink>.</para>
  97. </listitem>
  98. </itemizedlist>
  99. </listitem>
  100. <listitem>
  101. <para>2009-12-02</para>
  102. <itemizedlist>
  103. <listitem>
  104. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Util-Linux-NG-2.16.2. Fixes
  105. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2523">#2523</ulink>.</para>
  106. </listitem>
  107. <listitem>
  108. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to MPFR-2.4.2. Fixes
  109. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2522">#2522</ulink>.</para>
  110. </listitem>
  111. <listitem>
  112. <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Autoconf-2.65. Fixes
  113. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2520">#2520</ulink>.</para>
  114. </listitem>
  115. </itemizedlist>
  116. </listitem>
  117. <listitem>
  118. <para>2009-11-29</para>
  119. <itemizedlist>
  120. <listitem>
  121. <para>[bdubbs] Provided more information about grub
  122. configuration.
  123. </para>
  124. </listitem>
  125. </itemizedlist>
  126. </listitem>
  127. <listitem>
  128. <para>2009-11-24</para>
  129. <itemizedlist>
  130. <listitem>
  131. <para>[bdubbs] Create separate standards and rationale pages
  132. and reformated. Provided more information about packages
  133. needed to satisfy LSB.
  134. </para>
  135. </listitem>
  136. </itemizedlist>
  137. </listitem>
  138. <listitem>
  139. <para>2009-11-23</para>
  140. <itemizedlist>
  141. <listitem>
  142. <para>[bdubbs] Add a page describing the Linux standards LFS
  143. uses to guide its procedures. Included a sub-section on why
  144. each package is in the book.
  145. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;1673">#1673</ulink>
  146. and <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2196">#2196</ulink></para>
  147. </listitem>
  148. </itemizedlist>
  149. </listitem>
  150. <listitem>
  151. <para>2009-11-22</para>
  152. <itemizedlist>
  153. <listitem>
  154. <para>[bdubbs] Update host requirements script to
  155. print a comment that makeinfo is used to identify
  156. the Texinfo package version.</para>
  157. </listitem>
  158. <listitem>
  159. <para>[bdubbs] Added a section to each package's dependencies
  160. in the Appendix to list external (non-LFS) dependencies for
  161. LFS packages. Fixes
  162. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;1682">#1682</ulink>.</para>
  163. </listitem>
  164. </itemizedlist>
  165. </listitem>
  166. <listitem>
  167. <para>2009-11-21</para>
  168. <itemizedlist>
  169. <listitem>
  170. <para>[matthew] Remove unneccessary .install and ..install.cmd
  171. files that were being installed by the Linux headers.</para>
  172. </listitem>
  173. <listitem>
  174. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Coreutils-8.1. Fixes
  175. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2518">#2518</ulink>.</para>
  176. </listitem>
  177. <listitem>
  178. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Tcl-8.4.8. Fixes
  179. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2517">#2517</ulink>.</para>
  180. </listitem>
  181. <listitem>
  182. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Libtool-2.2.6b. Fixes
  183. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2514">#2514</ulink>.</para>
  184. </listitem>
  185. </itemizedlist>
  186. </listitem>
  187. <listitem>
  188. <para>2009-11-16</para>
  189. <itemizedlist>
  190. <listitem>
  191. <para>[bdubbs] Removed paragraph in LFS Target Architectures
  192. that said that we can't build a 64-bit loader.</para>
  193. </listitem>
  194. </itemizedlist>
  195. </listitem>
  196. <listitem>
  197. <para>2009-11-16</para>
  198. <itemizedlist>
  199. <listitem>
  200. <para>[bdubbs] Clarified explanation of why we use cross
  201. compilation techniques in the Toolchain Technical Notes.
  202. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2412">#2412</ulink>.</para>
  203. </listitem>
  204. </itemizedlist>
  205. </listitem>
  206. <listitem>
  207. <para>2009-11-15</para>
  208. <itemizedlist>
  209. <listitem>
  210. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Patch-2.6. Fixes
  211. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2513">#2513</ulink>.</para>
  212. </listitem>
  213. <listitem>
  214. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Udev-147. Fixes
  215. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2512">#2512</ulink>.</para>
  216. </listitem>
  217. <listitem>
  218. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.31.6. Fixes
  219. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2511">#2511</ulink>.</para>
  220. </listitem>
  221. </itemizedlist>
  222. </listitem>
  223. <listitem>
  224. <para>2009-11-14</para>
  225. <itemizedlist>
  226. <listitem>
  227. <para>[bdubbs] Removed obsolete note on the Host System
  228. requirements page.</para>
  229. </listitem>
  230. </itemizedlist>
  231. </listitem>
  232. <listitem>
  233. <para>2009-11-12</para>
  234. <itemizedlist>
  235. <listitem>
  236. <para>[bdubbs] Added a note to 'About SBUs' to address
  237. parallel make procedures and how SBU values will be
  238. affected.</para>
  239. </listitem>
  240. <listitem>
  241. <para>[bdubbs] Minor changes to GRUB-1.97.1 instructions.</para>
  242. </listitem>
  243. </itemizedlist>
  244. </listitem>
  245. <listitem>
  246. <para>2009-11-09</para>
  247. <itemizedlist>
  248. <listitem>
  249. <para>[bdubbs] Upgraded to GRUB-1.97.1 Fixes
  250. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2510">#2510</ulink>.</para>
  251. </listitem>
  252. </itemizedlist>
  253. </listitem>
  254. <listitem>
  255. <para>2009-11-06</para>
  256. <itemizedlist>
  257. <listitem>
  258. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Glibc-2.11. Fixes
  259. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2509">#2509</ulink>.</para>
  260. </listitem>
  261. <listitem>
  262. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to latest upstream patches for Bash.</para>
  263. </listitem>
  264. <listitem>
  265. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.31.5. Fixes
  266. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2508">#2508</ulink>.</para>
  267. </listitem>
  268. <listitem>
  269. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Module-Init-Tools-3.11.1. Fixes
  270. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2507">#2507</ulink>.</para>
  271. </listitem>
  272. </itemizedlist>
  273. </listitem>
  274. <listitem>
  275. <para>2009-10-29</para>
  276. <itemizedlist>
  277. <listitem>
  278. <para>[bdubbs] Upgraded to GRUB-1.97. Split the
  279. build/install portion from the configuration of /boot and
  280. the mbr and placed the build portion in Chapter 6.
  281. Expanded the discussion about the /boot mbr portion in Chapter 8.
  282. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2093">#2093</ulink>.
  283. This also eliminates the need for an initramfs as
  284. specified in
  285. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2033">#2033</ulink>.</para>
  286. </listitem>
  287. </itemizedlist>
  288. </listitem>
  289. <listitem>
  290. <para>2009-10-20</para>
  291. <itemizedlist>
  292. <listitem>
  293. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.31.4. Fixes
  294. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2503">#2503</ulink>.</para>
  295. </listitem>
  296. <listitem>
  297. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to GCC-4.4.2. Fixes
  298. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2504">#2504</ulink>.</para>
  299. </listitem>
  300. <listitem>
  301. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Binutils-2.20. Fixes
  302. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2505">#2505</ulink>.</para>
  303. </listitem>
  304. </itemizedlist>
  305. </listitem>
  306. <listitem>
  307. <para>2009-10-12</para>
  308. <itemizedlist>
  309. <listitem>
  310. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Kbd-1.15.1. Fixes
  311. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2501">#2501</ulink>.</para>
  312. </listitem>
  313. <listitem>
  314. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Man-Pages-3.23. Fixes
  315. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2498">#2498</ulink>.</para>
  316. </listitem>
  317. <listitem>
  318. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.31.3. Fixes
  319. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2499">#2499</ulink>.</para>
  320. </listitem>
  321. <listitem>
  322. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Gzip-1.3.13. Fixes
  323. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2500">#2500</ulink>.</para>
  324. </listitem>
  325. </itemizedlist>
  326. </listitem>
  327. <listitem>
  328. <para>2009-09-29</para>
  329. <itemizedlist>
  330. <listitem>
  331. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.31.1. Fixes
  332. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2496">#2496</ulink>.</para>
  333. </listitem>
  334. <listitem>
  335. <para>[matthew] Install psmisc's binaries in
  336. <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename> instead of
  337. <filename class="directory">/bin</filename> as they are only
  338. called whilst <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> is mounted.
  339. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2469">#2469</ulink>.</para>
  340. </listitem>
  341. </itemizedlist>
  342. </listitem>
  343. <listitem>
  344. <para>2009-09-25</para>
  345. <itemizedlist>
  346. <listitem>
  347. <para>[bryan] Upgrade to udev-config-20090925. Fixes <ulink
  348. url="&lfs-ticket-root;2497">#2497</ulink>.</para>
  349. </listitem>
  350. </itemizedlist>
  351. </listitem>
  352. <listitem>
  353. <para>2009-09-24</para>
  354. <itemizedlist>
  355. <listitem>
  356. <para>[matthew] Update list of installed headers for Linux. Thanks to
  357. Chris Staub for the patch. Fixes
  358. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2495">#2495</ulink>.</para>
  359. </listitem>
  360. <listitem>
  361. <para>[matthew] Update list of installed programs for various
  362. packages. Thanks to Chris Staub for the patch. Fixes
  363. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2494">#2494</ulink>.</para>
  364. </listitem>
  365. </itemizedlist>
  366. </listitem>
  367. <listitem>
  368. <para>2009-09-17</para>
  369. <itemizedlist>
  370. <listitem>
  371. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Bash-4.0-fixes-4.patch. Fixes
  372. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2484">#2484</ulink>.</para>
  373. </listitem>
  374. <listitem>
  375. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.31. Fixes
  376. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2485">#2485</ulink>.</para>
  377. </listitem>
  378. <listitem>
  379. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Util-Linux-NG-2.16.1. Fixes
  380. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2483">#2483</ulink>.</para>
  381. </listitem>
  382. <listitem>
  383. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Coreutils-7.6. Fixes
  384. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2487">#2487</ulink>.</para>
  385. </listitem>
  386. <listitem>
  387. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Man-DB-2.5.6. Fixes
  388. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2481">#2481</ulink>.</para>
  389. </listitem>
  390. </itemizedlist>
  391. </listitem>
  392. <listitem>
  393. <para>2009-09-11</para>
  394. <itemizedlist>
  395. <listitem>
  396. <para>[bdubbs] - Deleted the reference to the outdated and
  397. incomplete optimization hint.</para>
  398. </listitem>
  399. </itemizedlist>
  400. </listitem>
  401. <listitem>
  402. <para>2009-09-10</para>
  403. <itemizedlist>
  404. <listitem>
  405. <para>[bdubbs] - Added a section to the Preface about LFS
  406. supported architectures.</para>
  407. </listitem>
  408. </itemizedlist>
  409. </listitem>
  410. <listitem>
  411. <para>2009-09-02</para>
  412. <itemizedlist>
  413. <listitem>
  414. <para>[bdubbs] - Removed more documentation in the Chapter 5
  415. stripping section.</para>
  416. </listitem>
  417. </itemizedlist>
  418. </listitem>
  419. <listitem>
  420. <para>2009-08-26</para>
  421. <itemizedlist>
  422. <listitem>
  423. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Udev-146. Fixes
  424. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2473">#2473</ulink>.</para>
  425. </listitem>
  426. <listitem>
  427. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Perl-5.10.1. Fixes
  428. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2479">#2479</ulink>.</para>
  429. </listitem>
  430. <listitem>
  431. <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Linux-2.6.30.5. Fixes
  432. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2475">#2475</ulink>.</para>
  433. </listitem>
  434. <listitem>
  435. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Less-436. Fixes
  436. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2471">2471</ulink>.</para>
  437. </listitem>
  438. <listitem>
  439. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to E2fsprogs-1.41.9. Fixes
  440. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2478">2478</ulink>.</para>
  441. </listitem>
  442. <listitem>
  443. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Coreutils-7.5. Fixes
  444. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2477">#2477</ulink>.</para>
  445. </listitem>
  446. </itemizedlist>
  447. </listitem>
  448. <listitem>
  449. <para>2009-08-19</para>
  450. <itemizedlist>
  451. <listitem>
  452. <para>[bdubbs] - Reworded the notes in the General Compilation
  453. Instructions and added a note to bin-utils to have users
  454. actually read the General Compilation Instructions.</para>
  455. </listitem>
  456. </itemizedlist>
  457. </listitem>
  458. </itemizedlist>
  459. <para>LFS 6.5 released August 16, 2009.</para>
  460. </sect1>