1.3. Changelog

This is version 12.0-systemd of the Linux From Scratch book, dated September 1st, 2023. 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:

2023-09-01
- [bdubbs] - LFS-12.0 released.
2023-08-18
- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.4.12. Fixes #5320.
2023-08-18
- [bdubbs] - Update to udev-lfs-20230818.
2023-08-15
- [bdubbs] - Add a patch to fix a performance regression in glibc's posix_memalign() function. Fixes #5315.
- [bdubbs] - Update to less-643. Fixes #5317.
- [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.2.1. Fixes #5314.
- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.4.10. Fixes #5313.
- [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230810. Addresses #5006.
- [rahul] - Update to pkgconf-2.0.1. Fixes #5316.
2023-08-07
- [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.4.4. Fixes #5307.
- [bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.41.1 (Python Module). Fixes #5311.
- [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.05.01. Fixes #5306.
- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.4.8. Fixes #5309.
- [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230804. Addresses #5006.
- [rahul] - Update to pkgconf-2.0.0. Fixes #5310.
2023-08-01
- [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.1677. Addresses #4500.
- [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.1.2. Fixes #5305.
- [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.05. Fixes #5303.
- [bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.41. Fixes #5300.
- [bdubbs] - Update to gmp-6.3.0. Fixes #5301.
- [bdubbs] - Update to glibc-2.38. Fixes #5302.
2023-07-28
- [bdubbs] - Update udev-lfs tarball to remove obsolete cdrom rules and references to ISDN devices. Fixes #5291.
- [bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.41.0 (Python Module). Fixes #5290.
- [bdubbs] - Update to tar-1.35. Fixes #5287.
- [bdubbs] - Update to systemd-254. Fixes #5293.
- [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.2.0. Fixes #5286.
- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.4.7. Fixes #5288.
- [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-13.2.0. Fixes #5292.
- [bdubbs] - Update to file-5.45. Fixes #5294.
2023-07-15
- [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230629. Addresses #5006.
- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.4.3. Fixes #5284.
- [bdubbs] - Update to libxcrypt-4.4.36. Fixes #5283.
- [bdubbs] - Update to groff-1.23.0. Fixes #5282.
- [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.38.0. Fixes #5281.
2023-07-02
- [xry111] - Add libxcrypt-4.4.35. Fixes #5280.
- [xry111] - Update to iproute2-6.4.0. Fixes #5277.
- [xry111] - Update to linux-6.4.1. Fixes #5276.
2023-07-01
- [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230615. Addresses #5006.
- [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.1671. Addresses #4500.
- [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.39.1. Addresses #5278.
- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.3.10. Addresses #5276.
- [rahul] - Update to kbd-2.6.1. Fixes #5279.
- [bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.22. Fixes #5275.
2023-06-17
- [xry111] - Update to linux-6.3.8. Fixes #5272.
- [xry111] - Update to kbd-2.6.0. Fixes #5273.
- [rahul] - Changed from pkg-config to pkgconf-1.9.5. Fixes #5274.
2023-06-09
- [bdubbs] - Update to dbus-1.14.8. Fixes #5271.
- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.3.6. Fixes #5269.
- [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.11.4. Fixes #5271.
2023-06-03
- [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230524. Addresses #5006.
- [bdubbs] - Update to MarkupSafe-2.1.3 (Python Module). Fixes #5268.
- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.3.5. Fixes #5264.
- [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.1.1. Fixes #5267.
- [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.1.1. Fixes #5266.
- [bdubbs] - Update to diffutils-3.10. Fixes #5262.
- [bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.6.0. Fixes #5263.
2023-05-18
- [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.39. Fixes #5259.
- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.3.3. Fixes #5261.
- [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.69. Fixes #5258.
- [bdubbs] - Update to grep-3.11. Fixes #5256.
- [bdubbs] - Update to flit_core-3.9.0. Fixes #5257.
2023-05-13
- [xry111] - Update to less-633. Fixes #5251.
- [xry111] - Update to linux-6.3.2. Fixes #5255.
- [xry111] - Update to xz-5.4.3. Fixes #5252.
- [xry111] - Update to gawk-5.2.2. Fixes #5253.
- [xry111] - Fix systemd runtime issue exploited by GCC 13. Fixes #5254.
2023-05-01
- [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.1503. Addresses #4500.
- [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230418. Addresses #5006.
- [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-6.3.0. Fixes #5248.
- [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-13.1.0. Fixes #5247.
- [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.36.1. Fixes #5246.
- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.3.1. Fixes #5245.
- [bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-9.3. Fixes #5244.
2023-04-15
- [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.1452. Addresses #4500.
- [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230405. Addresses #5006.
- [bdubbs] - Update to zstd-1.5.5. Fixes #5239.
- [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.11.3. Fixes #5240.
- [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.1.0. Fixes #5242.
- [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.04. Fixes #5238.
- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.2.11. Fixes #5241.
2023-03-31
- [xry111] - Update to linux-6.2.9 (security fix). Fixes #5230.
- [xry111] - Update to grep-3.10. Fixes #5234.
- [xry111] - Update to wheel-0.40.0. Fixes #5229.
- [xry111] - Update to bc-6.5.0. Fixes #5228.
- [xry111] - Update to texinfo-7.0.3. Fixes #5235.
- [xry111] - Update to coreutils-9.2. Fixes #5232.
- [xry111] - Update to libcap-2.68. Fixes #5236.
- [xry111] - Update to tzdata-2023c. Fixes #5237.
- [xry111] - Update to xz-5.4.2. Fixes #5233.
- [xry111] - Update to openssl-3.1.0. Fixes #5227.
- [xry111] - Add flit-core-3.8.0.
2023-03-15
- [bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.4.0. Fixes #5217.
- [bdubbs] - Update to grep-3.9. Fixes #5225.
- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.2.6. Fixes #5226.
- [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230306. Addresses #5006.
2023-03-04
- [xry111] - Update to systemd-253. Fixes #5206.
- [xry111] - Update to bc-6.3.1. Fixes #5217.
- [xry111] - Update to linux-6.2.2 (security fixes). Fixes #5218.
- [xry111] - Update to procps-ng-4.0.3. Fixes #5220.
- [xry111] - Update to iproute2-6.2.0. Fixes #5221.
- [xry111] - Update to meson-1.0.1. Fixes #5222.
- [xry111] - Update to make-4.4.1. Fixes #5223.
- [xry111] - Update to libelf-0.189. Fixes #5224.
- [bdubbs] - Change to a better host requirements script in Chapter 2.
2023-03-01
- [bdubbs] - LFS-11.3 released.

Linux From Scratch - Version 12.0-systemd

Chapter 1. Introduction

1.3. Changelog