This is version r12.3-18-systemd of the Linux From Scratch book, dated March 31st, 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:
2025-04-01
[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 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 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.
[bdubbs] - Update to dbus-1.16.2. Fixes #5663.
2025-03-05
[bdubbs] - LFS-12.3 released.