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
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
2020-01-19
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
2019-12-12
2019-12-10
[renodr] - Fix a regression in meson that was causing problems in dependent packages.
2019-12-05
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
2019-10-17
2019-09-29
2019-09-24
[pierre] - Update to linux-5.3.1. Fixes #4528.
2019-09-14
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.