1.3. Changelog

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# 1.3. Changelog

This is version 12.4-rc1 of the Linux From Scratch book, dated August 16th, 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:

- 2025-08-16

  - [bdubbs] - LFS-12.4-rc1 released.

- 2025-08-15

  - [bdubbs] - Add a modification to glibc from upstream to solve an incompatibility with valgrind. Fixes #5778.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20250807. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.1829. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to ncurses-6.5-20250809. Fixes #5780.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.13.7 (Security Update). Fixes #5779.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.16.1. Fixes #5758.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-6.16.0. Fixes #5773.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to systemd-257.8. Fixes #5751.

- 2025-08-08

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.13.6 (Security Update). Fixes #5776.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.5.2. Fixes #5775.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libffi-3.5.2. Fixes #5772.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-15.2.0. Fixes #5777.

- 2025-08-05

  - [renodr] - Fixed CVE-2025-8194 in Python. Fixes #5774.

- 2025-08-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.8.3. Fixes #5771.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gdbm-1.26. Fixes #5770.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.45. Fixes #5766.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.26. Fixes #5762.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to glibc-2.42. Fixes #5765.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.15. Fixes #5763.

- 2025-07-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.1552 (Security update). Fixes #5760.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to readline-8.3. Fixes #5755.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.42.0. Fixes #5756.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.5.1. Fixes #5723.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to ninja-1.13.1. Fixes #5759.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.15.6. Fixes #5757.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.25.1. Fixes #5753.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.47.3. Fixes #5758.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bash-5.3. Fixes #5754.

- 2025-07-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20250618. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.1497. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.41.1. Fixes #5749.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.18.0. Fixes #5750.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to pkgconf-2.5.1. Fixes #5746.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to ninja-1.13.0. Fixes #5745.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.15.4. Fixes #5748.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to less-679. Fixes #5747.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to automake-1.18.1. Fixes #5752.

- 2025-06-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.8.2. Fixes #5742.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.15.2. Fixes #5725.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libffi-3.5.1. Fixes #5741.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-6.15.0. Fixes #5732.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.13.5. Fixes #5743.

- 2025-06-04

  - [bdubbs] - Update to ncurses-6.5-20250531. Fixes #5737.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to readline-8.3-rc2. Fixes #5738.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bash-5.3-rc2. Fixes #5738.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.13.4. Fixes #6739.

- 2025-06-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20250519. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.1418. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.8.0. Fixes #5736.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to systemd-257.6. Fixes #5674.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-80.9.0. Fixes #5728.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.8.1. Fixes #5731.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to automake-1.18. Fixes #5734.

  - [bdubbs] - Update build instructions to accommodate gcc-15 for bc, expect, ncurses, and gmp.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-15.1.0. Fixes #5707.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to less-678. Fixes #5724.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to readline-8.3-rc1. Fixes #5726.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bash-5.3-rc1. Fixes #5714.

- 2025-05-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-80.7.1. Fixes #5715.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.14. Fixes #5720.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.13.1. Fixes #5719.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to m4-1.4.20. Fixes #5722.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.14.6. Fixes #5717.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.25. Fixes #5718.

- 2025-05-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.1353. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-80.0.1. Fixes #5710.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to packaging-25.0. Fixes #5706.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.8.0. Fixes #5713.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.14.4. Fixes #5709.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20250407. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gperf-3.3. Fixes #5708.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to elfutils-0.193. Fixes #5711.

- 2025-04-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.76. Fixes #5704.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.40.2 (Security update). Fixes #5703.

  - [bdubbs] - Add packaging-24.2 (Python module). Needed for wheel.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.8.1. Fixes #5694.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.46.1 (Python Module). Fixes #5693.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sysklogd-2.7.2. Fixes #5690.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python3-3.13.3. Fixes #5697.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.5.0. Fixes #5701.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.7.2. Fixes #5691.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.14.2. Fixes #5680.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libffi-3.4.8. Fixes #5700.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-6.14.0. Fixes #5682.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gzip-1.14. Fixes #5699.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to grep-3.12. Fixes #5702.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gperf-3.2.1. Fixes #5695.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gawk-5.3.2. Fixes #5692.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to diffutils-3.12. Fixes #5696.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-9.7. Fixes #5698.

- 2025-04-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.1263. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20250328. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.8.0. Fixes #5684.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.41. Fixes #5648.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2025b. Fixes #5681.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.17.4. Fixes #5678.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-78.1.0. Fixes #5676.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to patch-2.8. Fixes #5689.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to mpfr-4.2.2. Fixes #5677.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to kmod-34.2. Fixes #5688.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gdbm-1.25. Fixes #5679.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to flit_core-3.12.0. Fixes #5683.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.7.1. Fixes #5685.

- 2025-03-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.1202. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20250304. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sysklogd-2.7.1. Fixes #5668.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-76.0.0. Fixes #5665.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to pkgconf-2.4.3. Fixes #5672.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.13. Fixes #5673.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.13.7. Fixes #5664.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.75. Fixes #5667.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to kmod-34.1. Fixes #5671.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to jinja2-3.1.6. Fixes #5670.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.7.0. Fixes #5675.

- 2025-03-05

  - [bdubbs] - LFS-12.3 released.

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