This is version 11.3 of the Linux From Scratch book, dated March 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:
2023-03-01
[bdubbs] - LFS-11.3 released.
2023-02-19
[xry111] - Apply a patch for GRUB for an issue triggered with e2fsprogs-1.47.0. Fixes #5219.
2023-02-13
[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.03. Fixes #5216.
2023-02-11
[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230202. Addresses #5006.
[bdubbs] - Update to zstd-1.5.4. Fixes #5215.
[bdubbs] - Update to Python3-3.11.2. Fixes #5214.
[bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.47.0. Fixes #5213.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.1.11. Fixes #5210.
[bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.67. Fixes #5209.
[bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.2.4. Fixes #5207.
2023-02-07
2023-02-02
2023-02-01
2023-01-15
[thomas] - Add libsframe to online_usrlib in stripping. libsframe.so.0.0.0 is in use by strip.
[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230109. Addresses #5006.
[bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.40. Fixes #5198.
[bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.2.2. Fixes #5192.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.1.6. Fixes #5193.
[bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.11.2. Fixes #5196.
[bdubbs] - Update to mpfr-4.2.0. Fixes #5195.
[bdubbs] - Update to ncurses-6.4. Fixes #5194.
[bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.4.1. Fixes #5197.
2023-01-01
[thomas] - Remove an obsolete sed from mpc.
2022-12-31
[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20221220. Addresses #5006.
[bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-3.06. Fixes #5186.
[bdubbs] - Update to mpc-1.3.1. Fixes #5185.
[bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.0.0. Fixes #5190.
[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.02. Fixes #5188.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.1.1. Fixes #5179.
[bdubbs] - Update to file-5.44. Fixes #5191.
[bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.2.1. Fixes #5189.
2022-12-15
[bdubbs] - Ensure a gawk hard link is updated in Chapter 8. Fixes #5180.
[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20221209. Addresses #5006.
[bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.1060. Addresses #4500.
[bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-6.1.0. Fixes #5184.
[bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.4.0. Fixes #5183.
[bdubbs] - Update to bash-5.2.15. Fixes #5182.
[bdubbs] - Update to psmisc-23.6. Fixes #5181.
[bdubbs] - Update to mpc-1.3.0. Fixes #5178.
[bdubbs] - Update to python3-3.11.1. Fixes #5177.
[bdubbs] - Update to procps-ng-4.0.2. Fixes #5176.
2022-12-01
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.0.11 (Security update). Fixes #5175.
2022-12-01
[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20221122. Addresses #5006.
[bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.2.9. Fixes #5174.
[bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2022g. Fixes #5172.
[bdubbs] - Update to texinfo-7.0.1. Fixes #5173.
[bdubbs] - Update to tcl-8.6.13. Fixes #5170.
[bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.64.1. Fixes #5169.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.0.10. Fixes #5171.
[bdubbs] - Update to gawk-5.2.1. Fixes #5168.
2022-11-22
[xry111] - Update to linux-6.0.9. Fixes #5162.
[xry111] - Update to libpipeline-1.5.7. Fixes #5163.
[xry111] - Update to xz-5.2.8. Fixes #5164.
[xry111] - Update to man-db-2.11.1. Fixes #5166.
[xry111] - Update to mpfr-4.1.1. Fixes #5167.
[xry111] - Stop disabling decimal float for temporary GCC, so mpfr will be built with decimal float support.
[xry111] - Update instruction for wheel to avoid relying on deprecated Python features.
2022-11-10
[bdubbs] - Fix make-4.4 bug. Fixes #5160.
[bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.38.4 (Python Module). Fixes #5155.
[bdubbs] - Update to texinfo-7.0. Fixes #5159.
[bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-3.05. Fixes #5153.
[bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.13. Fixes #5161.
[bdubbs] - Update to sed-4.9. Fixes #5157.
[bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.64.0. Fixes #5156.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.0.7. Fixes #5154.
[bdubbs] - Update to elfutils-0.188. Fixes #5152.
[bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.1.1. Fixes #5151.
[bdubbs] - Update to bash-5.2.9. Fixes #5158.
2022-11-01
[bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.0.7 (Security update). Fixes #5132.
[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20221025. Addresses #5006.
[bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2022f. Fixes #5148.
[bdubbs] - Update to Python3-3.11.0. Fixes #5145.
[bdubbs] - Update to procps-ng-4.0.1. Fixes #5141.
[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.01. Fixes #5140.
[bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.11.0. Fixes #5139.
[bdubbs] - Update to make-4.4. Fixes #5149.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.0.6. Fixes #5142.
[bdubbs] - Update to libffi-3.4.4. Fixes #5144.
[bdubbs] - Update to inetutils-2.4. Fixes #5147.
[bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.5.0. Fixes #5132.
2022-10-17
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.0.2 (Security update). Fixes #5138.
2022-10-15
[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20221007. Addresses #5006.
[bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.0739. Addresses #5006.
[bdubbs] - Add upstream patches to readline and bash. Fixes #5131.
[bdubbs] - Update to zlib-1.2.13. Fixes #5137.
[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.00. Fixes #5136.
[bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.21.1. Fixes #5130.
[bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-6.0.0. Fixes #5127.
[bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.63.3. Fixes #5129.
[bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.10.8. Fixes #5133.
[bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.2.7. Fixes #5133.
[bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2022e. Fixes #5134.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.0.1. Fixes #5135.
2022-10-04
[renodr] - Update to Linux-5.19.13. If you are using an Intel GPU on a laptop, please update from Linux-5.19.12 immediately to prevent damage to your display. Fixes #5125.
2022-10-01
[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20220922. Addresses #5006.
[bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2022d. Fixes #5119.
[bdubbs] - Update to readline-8.2. Fixes #5121.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.19.12. Fixes #5115.
[bdubbs] - Update to libffi-3.4.3. Fixes #5116.
[bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.66. Fixes #5120.
[bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.0.4. Fixes #5114.
[bdubbs] - Update to bash-5.2. Fixes #5122.
2022-09-22
[bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.4.9 (Security Update). Fixes #5117.
2022-09-20
[bdubbs] - Adapt instructions depending on host setup of /dev/shm when creating virtual filesystems for chroot.
2022-09-15
[bdubbs] - Update to file-5.43. Fixes #5113.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.19.8. Fixes #5111.
[bdubbs] - Update to gawk-5.2.0. Fixes #5108.
[bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.63.2. Fixes #5106.
[bdubbs] - Update to ninja-1.11.1. Fixes #5103.
[bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.0.2. Fixes #5102.
[bdubbs] - Fix the location of udev rules in eudev. Fixes #5112.
[bdubbs] - Remove a warning for egrep and fgrep that makes tests for some packages fail.
[bdubbs] - Delete an empty binutils man page. Fixes #5100.
2022-09-10
[pierre] - Add --enable-default-pie and --enable-default-ssp to GCC build.
Rationale and some reports at #5107.
2022-09-07
2022-09-01
[bdubbs] - LFS-11.2 released.