1.3. Changelog

#### Linux From Scratch - Version 12.3-rc1

### Chapter 1. Introduction

- Prev

  What's new since the last release

- Next

  Resources

- Up
- Home

# 1.3. Changelog

This is version 12.3-rc1 of the Linux From Scratch book, dated February 13th, 2025. 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 https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/mirrors.html.

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

Changelog Entries:

- 2025-02-13

  - [bdubbs] - LFS-12.3-rc1 released.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.1106. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to diffutils-3.11. Fixes #5639.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libffi-3.4.7. Fixes #5642.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.13.2. Fixes #5643.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python3-3.13.2. Fixes #5640.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-3.14. Fixes #5641.

- 2025-02-02

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.1071. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20250123. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.44.0. Fixes #5634.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-9.6. Fixes #5628.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.47.2. Fixes #5637.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to glibc-2.41. Fixes #5638.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-6.13.0. Fixes #5631.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libxcrypt-4.4.38. Fixes #5626.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.13.1. Fixes #5629.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.10. Fixes #5632.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.7.0. Fixes #5636.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.40.1. Fixes #5630.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to tcl8.6.16. Fixes #5635.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata2025a. Fixes #5627.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.6.4. Fixes #5633.

- 2025-01-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.1016. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20250108. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.40.4. Fixes #5624.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-3.13. Fixes #5621.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sysklogd-2.7.0. Fixes #5623.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.17.2. Fixes #5625.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-75.8.0. Fixes #5622.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.12.9. Fixes #5620.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.23.1. Fixes #5619.

- 2025-01-01

  - [renodr] - Update to libxcrypt-4.4.37. Fixes #5618.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20241220. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to texinfo-7.2. Fixes #5616.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-3.12. Fixes #5615.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.17.1. Fixes #5617.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to procps-ng-4.0.5. Fixes #5611.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.6.1. Fixes #5610.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.12.7. Fixes #5613.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.7.1. Fixes #5608.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to jinja2-3.1.5 (Security Update). Fixes #5614.

- 2024-12-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.0927. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20241206. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to systemd-257. Fixes #5559.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.13.1 (Security Update). Fixes #5605.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.73. Fixes #5604.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.12.5. Fixes #5607.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.7. Fixes #5608.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.23. Fixes #5603.

- 2024-12-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20241122. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to file-5.46. Fixes #5601.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-6.12.0. Fixes #5597.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libtool-2.5.4. Fixes #5598.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.12.1. Fixes #5586.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-75.6.0 (Python Module). Fixes #5599.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.45.1 (Python Module). Fixes #5600.

- 2024-11-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.0866. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20241024. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.45.0 (Python Module). Fixes #5593.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-75.5.0 (Python Module). Fixes #5595.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.11.8. Fixes #5582.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.72. Fixes #5594.

- 2024-11-08

  - [bdubbs] - Added binutils-2.43.1-upstream_fix-1.patch. Fixes #5591.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to flit_core-3.10.1. Fixes #5589.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.6.4. Fixes #5590.

- 2024-10-25

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.11.6. Fixes #5588.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.71. Fixes #5584.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-75.3.0. Fixes #5585.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to flit_core-3.10.0. Fixes #5587.

- 2024-10-25

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20241015. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.0813. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.6.3. Fixes #5572.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-3.11. Fixes #5581.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-75.2.0. Fixes #5577.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python3-3.13.0. Fixes #5575.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.4.0. Fixes #5582.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.6.0. Fixes #5580.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to markupsafe-3.0.2. Fixes #5576.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.11.5. Fixes #5574.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to less-668. Fixes #5578.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to elfutils-0.192. Fixes #5579.

- 2024-10-03

  - [bdubbs] - Revert back to tcl8.6.15.

- 2024-10-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python3-3.12.7. Fixes #5571.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to tcl9.0.0. Fixes #5570.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.11.1. Fixes #5556.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libtool-2.5.3. Fixes #5569.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-6.11.0. Fixes #5561.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bash-5.2.37. Fixes #5567.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-7.0.3. Fixes #5568.

- 2024-09-20

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.0738. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to texinfo-7.1.1. Fixes #5558.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to tcl8.6.15. Fixes #5562.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sysklogd-2.6.2. Fixes #5557.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-75.1.0. Fixes #5560.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.5.2. Fixes #5566.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20240912. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gawk-5.3.1. Fixes #5564.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-7.0.2. Fixes #5563.

- 2024-09-07

  - [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2024b. Fixes #5554.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to systemd-256.5. Fixes #5551.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-74.1.2. Fixes #5546.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to python3-3.12.6. Fixes #5555.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.3.2. Fixes #5552.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.13.0. Fixes #5550.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.10.8. Fixes #5545.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libpipeline-1.5.8. Fixes #5548.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.6.3. Fixes #5553.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-7.0.1. Fixes #5547.

- 2024-09-01

  - [bdubbs] - LFS-12.2 released.

- Prev

  What's new since the last release

- Next

  Resources

- Up
- Home