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- LFS 6.3 Release
- Bruce Dubbs - 2007/08/28
The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of LFS Version 6.3. This release includes numerous changes to LFS-6.2 (including update to Linux-2.6.22.5, GCC-4.1.2, Glibc-2.5) and security fixes. It also includes a large amount of editorial work on the explanatory material throughout the book, improving both the clarity and accuracy of the text.
You can read the book online, or download to read locally.
Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS development team at lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org. Please note that registration for the lfs-dev mailing list is required to avoid junk email.
The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of LFS Version 6.3 Release Candidate 2. This release includes some minor changes to Release Candidate 1 (including an update to Linux-2.6.22.2).
You can read the book online, or download to read locally.
Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS development team at lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org. Please note that registration for the lfs-dev mailing list is required to avoid junk email.
- LFS 6.3 Release Candidate 1 Release
- Bruce Dubbs - 2007/07/24
The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of LFS Version 6.3 Release Candidate 1. This release includes a large number of package upgrades (including Linux-2.6.22.1, GCC-4.1.2, Glibc-2.5) and security fixes. It also includes a large amount of editorial work on the explanatory material throughout the book, improving both the clarity and accuracy of the text.
You can read the book online, or download to read locally.
Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS development team at lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org. Please note that registration for the lfs-dev mailing list is required to avoid junk email.
- LFS 6.2 Stable Release
- Bruce Dubbs - 2006/08/02
The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of LFS Version 6.2. This release is the culmination of the dedicated efforts of many talented developers. This release includes a large number of package upgrades (including Linux-2.6.16.26, GCC-4.0.3, Glibc-2.3.6) and security fixes. It also includes a large amount of editorial work on the explanatory material throughout the book, improving both the clarity and accuracy of the text.
You can read the book online, or download to read locally.
Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS development team at lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org. Please note that registration for the lfs-dev mailing list is required to avoid junk email.
Latest SVN Changes
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Jeremy Huntwork - 2008/10/19
- Moved placement of m4 in chapters 5 and 6 so that * the chapter 5 m4 links against the glibc in /tools * the chapter 6 m4 is built before anything that hard codes the location of m4 Added a host prerequisite for m4
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DJ Lucas - 2008/10/16
- Corrected changelog entry to include contributor's real name.
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Bruce Dubbs - 2008/10/15
- Added --disable-libssp to glibc Pass 1 in Chapter 5 to eliminate a build failure on some systems.
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DJ Lucas - 2008/10/15
- Updated udev instructions following upstream recommendations.
- Override floppy rules in udev-130.
- typo and thinko fix
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Randy McMurchy - 2008/10/13
- Added a configure option to the Chapter 6 Gettext instructions so that the documentation is installed in a versioned directory
- Modified the Chapter 5 instructions so that instead of building the GMP and MPFR packages separately for GCC Pass2, they are built by GCC internally
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DJ Lucas - 2008/10/12
- killed /etc/ld.so.preload from Chapter 5 Glibc, #2081.
- Added note about new gcc fixincludes, corrected test output - #2229.
- Use static linked gcc for pass 1 - #2056.
- Removed broken move in iproute2 commands.
- Corrected installation of udev rules files in chapter 6.
- Reverted r8651.
- Corrected installation prefixes of Iproute2 package.
- Updated to E2fsprogs-1.41.2.
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Randy McMurchy - 2008/10/12
- Fixed the documentation installation in the Chapter 6 GMP instructions, thanks to Trent Shea for pointing out the error
- Updated the date of the SVN book
- Added descriptions of the configure options used in the GMP instructions and updated the installed library descriptions
- Typo in the Procps instructions
- Moved the Chapter 5 M4 installation to before GCC Pass1 so that the internal GCC build of GMP will not fail in case M4 doesn't exist on the host
- Moved the Chapter 6 M4 installation into alphabetical order as it is installed in Chapter 5 now and therefore doesn't need to precede the Bison installation
- Added a patch to the Chapter 6 Binutils instructions to correct some errors in the test suite
- Modified the GCC search for correct headers command to account for the new include-fixed directory
- Modified the Chapter 6 GMP instructions to include a method for determining all the tests in the test suite passed
- Updated the text in the Chapter 6 MPFR instructions to include the number of tests in the test suite that should pass
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DJ Lucas - 2008/10/11
- minor correction - glibc patch paths
- removed chapter 5 glibc test suite
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Randy McMurchy - 2008/10/11
- Updated the date of the SVN book
- Added some documentation installation commands to the Chapter 6 Ncurses instructions
- Added documentation installation commands to the Chapter 6 Readline instructions
- Updated Module-Init-Tools to 3.4.1
- Added a parameter to the configure command in the Automake instructions so that docs are installed in a versioned directory
- Added commands to the Chapter 6 Flex instructions to install a .pdf doc file
- Added documentation installation commands to the Chapter 6 Gawk instructions
- Modified the Groff installation command so that the docs are installed in a standardized versioned directory
- Modified the IPRoute2 installation command so that the docs are installed in a versioned directory
- Added documentation installation commands to the Chapter 6 Kbd instructions
- Added a patch to the Procps instructions to fix a unicode related issue in the watch program
- Added commands to the Chapter 6 Binutils instructions to suppress the installation of standards.info, thanks to Greg Schafer for contributing the fix
- Added a sed command to the Sysvinit instructions to suppress the installation of the wall program and its man page as a maintained version of this program is installed by Util-linux-ng
- Removed the wall program description from the Sysvinit instructions
- Added three configure parameters to the Chapter 6 Util-linux-ng instructions so that additional programs are installed.
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Randy McMurchy - 2008/10/10
- Updated the date of the SVN book
- Updated Udev to 130
- Updated Vim to 7.2
- Updated the Perl instructions, thanks to Greg Shafer for pointing out the issues - This change also required that the Zlib package is built right before the Perl package in Chapter 6
- Removed an unnecessary parameter from the Util-linux-ng Chapter 6 make command, thanks to Greg Shafer for pointing it out
- Corrected misspelling Greg's name, sorry about that Greg
- Added an explanation for the make command in the Chapter 5 Util-linux-ng instructions
- Added documentation enhancements to the E2fsprogs package