1.3. Changelog

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# 1.3. Changelog

This is version 10.0 of the Linux From Scratch book, dated September 1st, 2020. If this book is more than six months old, a newer and better version is probably already available. To find out, please check one of the mirrors via http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/mirrors.html.

Below is a list of changes made since the previous release of the book.

Changelog Entries:

- 2020-09-01

  - [bdubbs] - LFS-10.0 released.

- 2020-08-28

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-Etc-20200821. Addresses #4722.

- 2020-08-24

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.8.3. Fixes #4718.

- 2020-08-18

  - [dj] - Update to lfs-bootscripts-20200818.

- 2020-08-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-5.08. Fixes #4714.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libpipeline-1.5.3. Fixes #4713.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-5.8.0. Fixes #4712.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.8.1. Fixes #4708.

- 2020-08-11

  - [renodr] - Update to check-0.15.2. Fixes #4711.

- 2020-08-10

  - [ken] - Ensure all the book's perl modules are installed to /usr/lib/perl5/5.32 (some were in /usr/share/perl5). Fixes #4710.

- 2020-08-06

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.2.1361. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to glibc-2.32. Fixes #4709.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.7.1. Fixes #4707.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-3.1.5. Fixes #4705.

- 2020-08-04

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.21. Fixes #4704.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.35. Fixes #4702.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-10.2.0. Fixes #4701.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to check-0.15.1. Fixes #4700.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.7.1. Fixes #4699.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux 2.36.0. Fixes #4698.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.42. Fixes #4703.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.7.12. Fixes #4697.

- 2020-07-21

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python3-3.8.5. Fixes #4695.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.40. Fixes #4694.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.7.9. Fixes #4696.

- 2020-07-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.2.1206. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python3-3.8.4. Fixes #4692.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.55.0. Fixes #4691.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.39. Fixes #4690.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.3.0. Fixes #4689.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to mpfr-4.1.0. Fixes #4688.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.7.8. Fixes #4686.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-2.97. Fixes #4685.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-3.1.3. Fixes #4684.

- 2020-07-07

  - [pierre] - Make libelf install in /lib, since it may be needed by iproute2 before /usr is mounted (report by Roger).

- 2020-07-06

  - [pierre] - Change chapter 6 ncurses so that it matches what is done in chapter 8, and add explanations.

  - [renodr] - Update to libcap-2.38. Fixes #4683.

  - [renodr] - Update to linux-5.7.7. Fixes #4681.

- 2020-07-04

  - [pierre] - Remove /tools and files containing {i686,x86_64}-lfs in their name at the end of chapter 8.

  - [pierre] - Add --host= to libstdc++-pass2, so that host specific headers are installed in a host specific directory.

  - [pierre] - Fix temporary Python so that static libraries are not installed.

- 2020-07-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.32.0. Fixes #4676.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.9.3. Fixes #4680.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.7.6. Fixes #4674.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to check-0.15.0. Fixes #4679.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-3.0.3. Fixes #4675.

- 2020-06-17

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.54.3. Fixes #4673.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-5.07. Fixes #4669.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.7.2. Fixes #4662.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-5.7.0. Fixes #4668.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to file-5.39. Fixes #4671.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to elfutils-0.180. Fixes #4670.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.6.4. Fixes #4672.

- 2020-06-16

  - [bdubbs] - Split Chapter 5 into three separate chapters. Implement a new method of cross-building the LFS tool chain and other tools to simplify the method of isolating the new system from the original host. This will be the start of LFS-10.0.

- 2020-06-03

  - [renodr] - Update to perl-5.30.3 (security update). Fixes #4664.

  - [renodr] - Update to man-db-2.9.2. Fixes #4663.

  - [renodr] - Update to libcap-2.36. Fixes #4666.

  - [renodr] - Update to bison-3.6.3. Fixes #4667.

- 2020-05-31

  - [pierre] - Fix bash tests: add a couple of symlinks from /bin to /tools, create the tester user with the uid of the tty owner, run the bash tests with su << EOF, and explicitly defining stdin (with help from thomas and bdubbs).

- 2020-05-29

  - [xry111] - Move flex earlier in chapter 6, so that binutils can use it.

  - [xry111] - Remove bzip2 and flex from chapter 5.

  - [xry111] - Move zstd earlier in chapter 6, so that file and GCC can use it.

  - [bdubbs] - Run sed and findutils tests as an unprivileged user. Fixes #4661.

- 2020-05-28

  - [bdubbs] - Add an unprivileged user, tester, at the beginning of Chapter 6 for running some tests. This user is then removed at the end of the chapter.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to zstd-1.4.5. Fixes #4660.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.35.2. Fixes #4659.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.6.2. Fixes #4657.

  - [pierre] - Update to linux-5.6.15. Fixes #4658.

- 2020-05-27

  - [pierre] - Bash: document test results.

- 2020-05-26

  - [pierre] - Bash: do not use "su -c command" to change user to nobody: it removes the controlling terminal and makes some tests fail. Use "su << EOF" instead.

  - [pierre] - Mount /dev/pts with "--bind", so that "tty" knows there is a terminal. Fixes a test in coreutils.

  - [pierre] - Add a patch to fix a failure in gold test suite, which really needs -fcommon in some tests.

  - [pierre] - Fix a failure in automake test suite.

  - [pierre] - Update to vim-8.2.0814.

  - [pierre] - Add a symlink from /tools/lib/locale to /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive, to allow some programs to find the installed locales. Fixes test failures in bison and man-db.

- 2020-05-21

  - [pierre] - Fix a crash at early boot when using CONFIG_STACK_PROTECTOR_STRONG=y in kernel configuration.

- 2020-05-16

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.54.2. Fixes #4656.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.8.3. Fixes #4655.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.6.1. Fixes #4654.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.6.13. Fixes #4653.

- 2020-05-09

  - [pierre] - Patch GCC pass 2 to allow cross-compile (specific to new cross method).

- 2020-05-08

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.2.0716.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.6. Fixes #4652.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-10.1.0. Fixes #4651.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.34. Fixes #4650.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-2.7.2. Fixes #4648.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.6.11. Fixes #4649.

- 2020-05-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2020a. Fixes #4644.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.54.1. Fixes #4646.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20200429. Fixes #4645.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.6.8. Fixes #4630.

- 2020-04-23

  - [ken] - Update to openssl-1.1.1g (Security Fix). Fixes #4643.

- 2020-04-20

  - [pierre] - Change -isystem to -idirafter in "Adjusting the toolchain". This allows to search g++ private headers before the public ones, which is the normal search order, with the drawback that it includes the headers in /tools if they exist in both /usr and /tools. Fix most of #4641.

- 2020-04-19

  - [pierre] - Build util-linux in chapter 5 for both books. link util-linux libraries and headers from /usr to /tools. Copy util-linux pkg-config files from /tools to /usr, changing any occurence of /tools to /usr. Also move eudev before util-linux. Fixes #4637, #4638, and #4642.

  - [pierre] - Reinstate flex in chapter 5, so that ar and ranlib (binutils) link against libfl. This allows to run tests for bison, too. Fixes #4631.

  - [pierre] - Prevent readline.pc from referencing termcap as a private library by adding --with-curses to configure switches. Fixes #4635.

  - [pierre] - Allow bison to use the libtextstyle.so library from gettext, by moving gettext before bison. Fixes #4634.

  - [pierre] - Allow some shadow programs to use "setcap" by moving libcap before shadow. Fixes #4633.

  - [pierre] - Fix a wrong hardcoded path in some programs from the shadow package. Fixes #4632.

- 2020-04-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gawk-5.1.0. Fixes #4629.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.20.2. Fixes #4628.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-5.06. Fixes #4626.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-2.6.1. Fixes #4625.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.5.4. Fixes #4623.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-5.6.0. Fixes #4622.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.6.4. Fixes #4615.

- 2020-04-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.2.0486. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to elfutils-0.179. Fixes #4621.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.54.0. Fixes #4620.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.45.6. Fixes #4619.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to automake-1.16.2. Fixes #4618.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.2.5. Fixes #4617.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-1.1.1f. Fixes #4616.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.30.2. Fixes #4614.

- 2020-03-29

  - [bdubbs] - Textual updates thanks to Kevin Buckley.

- 2020-03-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-9.3.0. Fixes #4613.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-2.6.0. Fixes #4612.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.5.3. Fixes #4611.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.5.9. Fixes #4610.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-8.32. Fixes #4609.

- 2020-03-02

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.8.2. Fixes #4606.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.52.2. Fixes #4605.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.9.1. Fixes #4604.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to kmod-27. Fixes #4603.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to procps-3.3.16. Fixes #4602.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to psmisc-23.3. Fixes #4601.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.33. Fixes #4608.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.5.7. Fixes #4598.

- 2020-03-01

  - [bdubbs] - LFS-9.1 released.

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