1.3. Changelog

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# 1.3. Changelog

This is version 9.1-rc1 of the Linux From Scratch book, dated February 14th, 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:

- 2020-02-14

  - [bdubbs] - LFS-9.1-rc1 released.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.5.2. Fixes #4597.

- 2020-02-13

  - [bdubbs] - Update to ncurses-6.2. Fixes #4596.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-5.05. Fixes #4595.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.5.3.tar.xz. Fixes #4592.

- 2020-01-27

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.2.0190. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.34. Fixes #4590.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to glibc-2.31. Fixes #4589.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.5.1. Fixes #4588.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-2.5.3. Fixes #4587.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-5.5.0. Fixes #4586.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux 2.35.1. Fixes #4560.

- 2020-01-27

  - [bdubbs] - Update to ninja-1.10.0. Fixes #4585.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to check-0.14.0. Fixes #4583.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.8.1. Fixes #4582.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.53.1. Fixes #4581.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.5. Fixes #4580.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.5.1. Fixes #4579.

- 2020-01-19

  - [bdubbs] - Update to make-4.3. Fixes #4578.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.2.0129. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gmp-6.2.0. Fixes #4577.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sed-4.8. Fixes #4576.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-2.5.1. Fixes #4575.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.4.13. Fixes #4572.

- 2020-01-16

  - [pierre] - Update to libcap-2.31. Fixes #4574.

- 2020-01-13

  - [bdubbs] - Ensure zstd libraries are installed in the correct location.

- 2020-01-12

  - [bdubbs] - Added zstd-1.4.4.

- 2020-01-09

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.53.0. Fixes #4571.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.45.5. Fixes #4570.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to grep-3.4. Fixes #4568.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libpipeline-1.5.2. Fixes #4567.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.4.8. Fixes #4566.

  - [pierre] - Add `/etc/os-release` to the sysV version, as it is required by some packages in BLFS.

- 2020-01-06

  - [pierre] - Update to libcap-2.30. Fixes #4569.

- 2020-01-04

  - [pierre] - Fix various issues in libcap-2.29, and update dependencies.

- 2020-01-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.29. Fixes #4564.

- 2019-12-22

  - [pierre] - Update to python3-3.8.1. Fixes #4564.

  - [pierre] - Update to file-5.38. Fixes #4563.

  - [pierre] - Update to linux-5.4.6. Fixes #4562.

  - [pierre] - Update to vim-8.2.0024. Part of #4500.

- 2019-12-12

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.28. Fixes #4559.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.5. Fixes #4561.

- 2019-12-10

  - [renodr] - Fix a regression in meson that was causing problems in dependent packages.

- 2019-12-05

  - [renodr] - Update to bc-2.4.0. Fixes #4556.

  - [renodr] - Update to shadow-4.8. Fixes #4557.

  - [renodr] - Update to linux-5.4.2. Fixes #4558.

- 2019-12-01

  - [bdubbs] - Add upstream fixes patch for bash. Also add a note about possible problems when changing to the lfs user.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.1.2361. Updates #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.52.1. Fixes #4555.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to elfutils-0.178. Fixes #4553.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-5.4.0. Fixes #4551.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libffi-3.3. Fixes #4550.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to tcl-8.6.10. Fixes #4549.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-5.04. Fixes #4548.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.30.1. Fixes #4547.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.4.1. Fixes #4546.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-2.3.2. Fixes #4545.

- 2019-11-08

  - [renodr] - Update to Linux-5.3.9. Resolves a regression with restarting systems with HD Audio (hda), data corruption on btrfs, and a security vulnerability with systems that use the RTLWIFI driver. Fixes #4544.

- 2019-10-31

  - [dj] - Update to lfs-bootscripts-20191031.

- 2019-10-25

  - [dj] - Update to lfs-bootscripts-20191025.

- 2019-11-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.3.8. Fixes #4539.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-2.2.0. Fixes #4543.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to check-0.13.0. Fixes #4540.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to eudev-3.2.9. Fixes #4542.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.9.0. Fixes #4541.

- 2019-10-17

  - [bdubbs] - Move attr and acl to be before shadow.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.3.6. Fixes #4534.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-5.03. Fixes #4536.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.52.0. Fixes #4535.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.8.0. Fixes #4538.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.33.1. Fixes #4537.

- 2019-09-29

  - [bdubbs] - Update to texinfo-6.7. Fixes #4529.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.45.4. Fixes #4530.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to XML-Parser-2.46. Fixes #4531.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.2.9. Fixes #4532.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-5.3.0. Fixes #4533.

- 2019-09-24

  - [pierre] - Update to linux-5.3.1. Fixes #4528.

- 2019-09-14

  - [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.2.8. Fixes #4527.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.4.2. Fixes #4526.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.2.14. Fixes #4522.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-1.1.1d. Fixes #4523.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-2.96. Fixes #4524.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2019c. Fixes #4525.

- 2019-09-02

  - [dj] - Update to lfs-bootscripts-20190908.

- 2019-09-02

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.2.11. Fixes #4517.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.8.7. Fixes #4518.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.51.2. Fixes #4519.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to findutils-4.7.0. Fixes #4520.

  - [dj] - Update to LFS-Bootscripts-20190902 - correct LSB dependency information in bootscripts and update standards page for new LSB-Tools package.

- 2019-09-01

  - [bdubbs] - LFS-9.0 released.

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