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11 <title>Changelog</title>
14 <phrase revision="sysv">&version;</phrase>
15 <phrase revision="systemd">&versiond;</phrase>
16 of the Linux From Scratch book, dated
17 &releasedate;. If this book is more than six months old, a newer and better
18 version is probably already available. To find out, please check one of the
19 mirrors via <ulink url="&lfs-root;mirrors.html"/>.</para>
21 <para>Below is a list of changes made since the previous release of the
25 <title>Changelog Entries:</title>
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33 <para>[name] - New changelog entry.</para>
36 <para>[name] - Previous changelog entry.</para>
41 Note: If a change is only specific to sysv or systemd, then use
42 <listitem revision="sysv"> or <listitem revision="systemd"> as
43 appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
47 <para>2020-07-15</para>
49 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.2.1206. Addresses
50 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4500">#4500</ulink>.</para>
53 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to Python3-3.8.4. Fixes
54 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4692">#4692</ulink>.</para>
57 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.55.0. Fixes
58 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4691">#4691</ulink>.</para>
61 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.39. Fixes
62 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4690">#4690</ulink>.</para>
65 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.3.0. Fixes
66 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4689">#4689</ulink>.</para>
69 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to mpfr-4.1.0. Fixes
70 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4688">#4688</ulink>.</para>
73 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.7.8. Fixes
74 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4686">#4686</ulink>.</para>
77 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-2.97. Fixes
78 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4685">#4685</ulink>.</para>
81 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bc-3.1.3. Fixes
82 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4684">#4684</ulink>.</para>
88 <para>2020-07-07</para>
91 <para>[pierre] - Make libelf install in /lib, since it may be
92 needed by iproute2 before /usr is mounted (report by
93 <ulink url="http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-dev/2020-July/073903.html">
94 Roger</ulink>).</para>
100 <para>2020-07-06</para>
103 <para>[pierre] - Change chapter 6 ncurses so that it matches
104 what is done in chapter 8, and add explanations.</para>
107 <para>[renodr] - Update to libcap-2.38. Fixes
108 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4683">#4683</ulink>.</para>
111 <para>[renodr] - Update to linux-5.7.7. Fixes
112 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4681">#4681</ulink>.</para>
114 <listitem revision="systemd">
115 <para>[renodr] - Update to dbus-1.12.20 (Security Update). Fixes
116 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4682">#4682</ulink>.</para>
122 <para>2020-07-04</para>
125 <para>[pierre] - Remove /tools and files containing
126 {i686,x86_64}-lfs in their name at the end of chapter 8.</para>
129 <para>[pierre] - Add --host= to libstdc++-pass2, so that host
130 specific headers are installed in a host specific directory.</para>
133 <para>[pierre] - Fix temporary Python so that static libraries
134 are not installed.</para>
141 <para>2020-07-01</para>
143 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.32.0. Fixes
144 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4676">#4676</ulink>.</para>
147 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.9.3. Fixes
148 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4680">#4680</ulink>.</para>
151 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.7.6. Fixes
152 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4674">#4674</ulink>.</para>
155 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to check-0.15.0. Fixes
156 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4679">#4679</ulink>.</para>
159 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bc-3.0.3. Fixes
160 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4675">#4675</ulink>.</para>
165 <listitem revision="systemd">
167 <para>2020-06-22</para>
169 <para>[renodr] - Fix a segfault in systemd-udevd.</para>
176 <para>2020-06-17</para>
178 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.54.3. Fixes
179 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4673">#4673</ulink>.</para>
182 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-5.07. Fixes
183 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4669">#4669</ulink>.</para>
186 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.7.2. Fixes
187 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4662">#4662</ulink>.</para>
190 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-5.7.0. Fixes
191 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4668">#4668</ulink>.</para>
194 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to file-5.39. Fixes
195 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4671">#4671</ulink>.</para>
198 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to elfutils-0.180. Fixes
199 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4670">#4670</ulink>.</para>
202 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.6.4. Fixes
203 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4672">#4672</ulink>.</para>
209 <para>2020-06-16</para>
212 <para>[bdubbs] - Split Chapter 5 into three separate chapters.
213 Implement a new method of cross-building the LFS tool chain
214 and other tools to simplify the method of isolating the
215 new system from the original host. This will be the start of
222 <para>2020-06-03</para>
224 <listitem revision="systemd">
225 <para>[renodr] - Fix systemd's build with GCC-10 with a patch instead
229 <para>[renodr] - Update to perl-5.30.3 (security update). Fixes
230 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4664">#4664</ulink>.</para>
232 <listitem revision="systemd">
233 <para>[renodr] - Update to dbus-1.12.18 (security update). Fixes
234 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4665">#4665</ulink>.</para>
237 <para>[renodr] - Update to man-db-2.9.2. Fixes
238 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4663">#4663</ulink>.</para>
241 <para>[renodr] - Update to libcap-2.36. Fixes
242 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4666">#4666</ulink>.</para>
245 <para>[renodr] - Update to bison-3.6.3. Fixes
246 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4667">#4667</ulink>.</para>
252 <para>2020-05-31</para>
255 <para>[pierre] - Fix bash tests: add a couple of symlinks
256 from /bin to /tools, create the tester user with the uid of
257 the tty owner, run the bash tests with su << EOF, and
258 explicitely defining stdin (with help from thomas and bdubbs).</para>
264 <para>2020-05-29</para>
267 <para>[xry111] - Move flex earlier in chapter 6, so that binutils
271 <para>[xry111] - Remove bzip2 and flex from chapter 5.</para>
274 <para>[xry111] - Move zstd earlier in chapter 6, so that file and
275 GCC can use it.</para>
278 <para>[bdubbs] - Run sed and findutils tests as an
279 unprivileged user. Fixes
280 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4661">#4661</ulink>.</para>
286 <para>2020-05-28</para>
289 <para>[bdubbs] - Add an unprivileged user, tester, at the
290 beginning of Chapter 6 for running some tests. This
291 user is then removed at the end of the chapter.</para>
294 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to zstd-1.4.5. Fixes
295 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4660">#4660</ulink>.</para>
298 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.35.2. Fixes
299 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4659">#4659</ulink>.</para>
302 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.6.2. Fixes
303 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4657">#4657</ulink>.</para>
306 <para>[pierre] - Update to linux-5.6.15. Fixes
307 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4658">#4658</ulink>.</para>
313 <para>2020-05-27</para>
316 <para>[pierre] - Bash: document test results.</para>
322 <para>2020-05-26</para>
325 <para>[pierre] - Bash: do not use "su -c command" to change user
326 to nobody: it removes the controlling terminal and makes some
327 tests fail. Use "su << EOF" instead.</para>
330 <para>[pierre] - Mount /dev/pts with "--bind", so that "tty"
331 knows there is a terminal. Fixes a test in coreutils.</para>
334 <para>[pierre] - Add a patch to fix a failure in gold test suite,
335 which really needs -fcommon in some tests.</para>
338 <para>[pierre] - Fix a failure in automake test suite.</para>
341 <para>[pierre] - Update to vim-8.2.0814.</para>
344 <para>[pierre] - Add a symlink from /tools/lib/locale
345 to /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive, to allow some programs
346 to find the installed locales. Fixes test failures in bison
353 <para>2020-05-21</para>
356 <para>[pierre] - Fix a crash at early boot when using
357 CONFIG_STACK_PROTECTOR_STRONG=y in kernel configuration.</para>
363 <para>2020-05-16</para>
366 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.54.2. Fixes
367 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4656">#4656</ulink>.</para>
370 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.8.3. Fixes
371 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4655">#4655</ulink>.</para>
374 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.6.1. Fixes
375 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4654">#4654</ulink>.</para>
378 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.6.13. Fixes
379 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4653">#4653</ulink>.</para>
384 <listitem revision="systemd">
385 <para>2020-05-09</para>
388 <para>[pierre] - Pass -Wno-format-overflow to systemd to
389 prevent an error with GCC 10.</para>
395 <para>2020-05-09</para>
398 <para>[pierre] - Patch GCC pass 2 to allow cross-compile
399 (specific to new cross method).</para>
405 <para>2020-05-08</para>
408 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.2.0716.</para>
411 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.6. Fixes
412 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4652">#4652</ulink>.</para>
415 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gcc-10.1.0. Fixes
416 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4651">#4651</ulink>.</para>
419 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.34. Fixes
420 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4650">#4650</ulink>.</para>
423 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bc-2.7.2. Fixes
424 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4648">#4648</ulink>.</para>
427 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.6.11. Fixes
428 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4649">#4649</ulink>.</para>
434 <para>2020-05-01</para>
437 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2020a. Fixes
438 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4644">#4644</ulink>.</para>
441 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.54.1. Fixes
442 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4646">#4646</ulink>.</para>
445 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20200429. Fixes
446 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4645">#4645</ulink>.</para>
449 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.6.8. Fixes
450 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4630">#4630</ulink>.</para>
456 <para>2020-04-23</para>
459 <para>[ken] - Update to openssl-1.1.1g (Security Fix). Fixes
460 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4643">#4643</ulink>.</para>
466 <para>2020-04-20</para>
469 <para>[pierre] - Change -isystem to -idirafter in "Adjusting the
470 toolchain". This allows to search g++ private headers before
471 the public ones, which is the normal search order, with the
472 drawback that it includes the headers in /tools if they exist
473 in both /usr and /tools. Fix most of
474 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4641">#4641</ulink>.</para>
480 <para>2020-04-19</para>
483 <para>[pierre] - Build util-linux in chapter 5 for both books.
484 link util-linux libraries and headers from /usr to /tools.
485 Copy util-linux pkg-config files from /tools to /usr, changing
486 any occurence of /tools to /usr. Also move eudev before util-linux.
487 Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4637">#4637</ulink>,
488 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4638">#4638</ulink>, and
489 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4642">#4642</ulink>.</para>
492 <para>[pierre] - Reinstate flex in chapter 5, so that ar and ranlib
493 (binutils) link against libfl. This allows to run tests for bison,
495 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4631">#4631</ulink>.</para>
498 <para>[pierre] - Prevent readline.pc from referencing termcap as
499 a private library by adding --with-curses to configure switches.
500 Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4635">#4635</ulink>.</para>
503 <para>[pierre] - Allow bison to use the libtextstyle.so library from
504 gettext, by moving gettext before bison. Fixes
505 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4634">#4634</ulink>.</para>
508 <para>[pierre] - Allow some shadow programs to use "setcap" by
509 moving libcap before shadow. Fixes
510 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4633">#4633</ulink>.</para>
513 <para>[pierre] - Fix a wrong hardcoded path in some programs
514 from the shadow package. Fixes
515 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4632">#4632</ulink>.</para>
521 <para>2020-04-15</para>
523 <listitem revision="systemd">
524 <para>[renodr] - Install the man pages in systemd. Fixes
525 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4627">#4627</ulink>.</para>
528 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gawk-5.1.0. Fixes
529 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4629">#4629</ulink>.</para>
532 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.20.2. Fixes
533 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4628">#4628</ulink>.</para>
536 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-5.06. Fixes
537 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4626">#4626</ulink>.</para>
540 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bc-2.6.1. Fixes
541 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4625">#4625</ulink>.</para>
544 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.5.4. Fixes
545 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4623">#4623</ulink>.</para>
548 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-5.6.0. Fixes
549 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4622">#4622</ulink>.</para>
552 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.6.4. Fixes
553 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4615">#4615</ulink>.</para>
559 <para>2020-04-01</para>
562 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.2.0486. Addresses
563 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4500">#4500</ulink>.</para>
566 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to elfutils-0.179. Fixes
567 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4621">#4621</ulink>.</para>
570 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.54.0. Fixes
571 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4620">#4620</ulink>.</para>
574 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.45.6. Fixes
575 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4619">#4619</ulink>.</para>
578 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to automake-1.16.2. Fixes
579 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4618">#4618</ulink>.</para>
582 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.2.5. Fixes
583 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4617">#4617</ulink>.</para>
586 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to openssl-1.1.1f. Fixes
587 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4616">#4616</ulink>.</para>
590 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.30.2. Fixes
591 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4614">#4614</ulink>.</para>
597 <para>2020-03-29</para>
600 <para>[bdubbs] - Textual updates thanks to Kevin Buckley.</para>
605 <listitem revision="systemd">
606 <para>2020-03-19</para>
609 <para>[renodr] - Update to systemd-245. Fixes
610 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4593">#4593</ulink>.</para>
615 <listitem revision="systemd">
616 <para>2020-03-18</para>
619 <para>[renodr] - Make minor modifications to the kernel configuration
620 in order to match the configuration options to there current positions
627 <para>2020-03-29</para>
630 <para>[bdubbs] - Textual updates thanks to Kevin Buckley.</para>
635 <listitem revision="systemd">
636 <para>2020-03-19</para>
639 <para>[renodr] - Update to systemd-245. Fixes
640 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4593">#4593</ulink>.</para>
645 <listitem revision="systemd">
646 <para>2020-03-18</para>
649 <para>[renodr] - Make minor modifications to the kernel configuration
650 in order to match the configuration options to there current positions
657 <para>2020-03-15</para>
660 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gcc-9.3.0. Fixes
661 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4613">#4613</ulink>.</para>
664 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bc-2.6.0. Fixes
665 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4612">#4612</ulink>.</para>
668 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.5.3. Fixes
669 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4611">#4611</ulink>.</para>
672 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.5.9. Fixes
673 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4610">#4610</ulink>.</para>
676 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-8.32. Fixes
677 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4609">#4609</ulink>.</para>
683 <para>2020-03-02</para>
686 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.8.2. Fixes
687 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4606">#4606</ulink>.</para>
690 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.52.2. Fixes
691 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4605">#4605</ulink>.</para>
694 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.9.1. Fixes
695 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4604">#4604</ulink>.</para>
698 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to kmod-27. Fixes
699 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4603">#4603</ulink>.</para>
702 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to procps-3.3.16. Fixes
703 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4602">#4602</ulink>.</para>
706 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to psmisc-23.3. Fixes
707 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4601">#4601</ulink>.</para>
710 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.33. Fixes
711 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4600">#4608</ulink>.</para>
714 <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.5.7. Fixes
715 <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4598">#4598</ulink>.</para>
721 <para>2020-03-01</para>
724 <para>[bdubbs] - LFS-9.1 released.</para>