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6 <sect1 id="ch-scatter-changelog">
7 <title>Changelog</title>
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10 <para>This is version &version; of the Linux From Scratch book, dated
11 &releasedate;. If this book is more than two months old, a newer and better
12 version is probably already available. To find out, please check one of the
13 mirrors via <ulink url="&lfs-root;"/>.</para>
15 <para>Below is a list of changes made since the previous release of the book,
16 first a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
20 <listitem><para>Upgraded to:</para>
22 <listitem><para>autoconf-2.59</para></listitem>
23 <listitem><para>automake-1.8.4</para></listitem>
24 <listitem><para>coreutils-5.2.1</para></listitem>
25 <listitem><para>e2fsprogs-1.35</para></listitem>
26 <listitem><para>expect-5.41.0</para></listitem>
27 <listitem><para>file-4.09</para></listitem>
28 <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.3</para></listitem>
29 <listitem><para>gettext-0.14.1</para></listitem>
30 <listitem><para>grub-0.94</para></listitem>
31 <listitem><para>kbd-1.12</para></listitem>
32 <listitem><para>less-382</para></listitem>
33 <listitem><para>lfs-bootscripts-2.0.4</para></listitem>
34 <listitem><para>libtool-2.5.6</para></listitem>
35 <listitem><para>linux-2.4.26</para></listitem>
36 <listitem><para>man-pages-1.66</para></listitem>
37 <listitem><para>modutils-2.4.27</para></listitem>
38 <listitem><para>ncurses-5.4</para></listitem>
39 <listitem><para>perl-5.8.4</para></listitem>
40 <listitem><para>procps-3.2.1</para></listitem>
41 <listitem><para>psmisc-21.4</para></listitem>
42 <listitem><para>sed-4.0.9</para></listitem>
43 <listitem><para>shadow-4.0.4.1</para></listitem>
44 <listitem><para>tar-1.13.94</para></listitem>
45 <listitem><para>tcl-8.4.6</para></listitem>
46 <listitem><para>texinfo-4.7</para></listitem>
47 <listitem><para>util-linux-2.12a</para></listitem>
51 <listitem><para>Added:</para>
53 <listitem><para>iana-etc-1.00</para></listitem>
54 <listitem><para>inetutils-1.4.2-no_server_man_pages-1.patch</para></listitem>
55 <listitem><para>make_devices-1.2</para></listitem>
56 <listitem><para>mktemp-1.5 + mktemp-1.5-add-tempfile.patch</para></listitem>
60 <listitem><para>Removed:</para>
62 <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.1-suppress-libiberty.patch</para></listitem>
63 <listitem><para>lfs-utils-0.5</para></listitem>
64 <listitem><para>MAKEDEV-1.7</para></listitem>
65 <listitem><para>man-1.5m2-manpath.patch</para></listitem>
66 <listitem><para>man-1.5m2-pager.patch</para></listitem>
67 <listitem><para>ncurses-5.3-etip-2.patch</para></listitem>
68 <listitem><para>ncurses-5.3-vsscanf.patch</para></listitem>
69 <listitem><para>perl-5.8.0-libc-3.patch</para></listitem>
70 <listitem><para>procps-3.1.11-locale-fix.patch</para></listitem>
71 <listitem><para>shadow-4.0.3-newgrp-fix.patch</para></listitem>
72 <listitem><para>zlib-1.1.4-vsnprintf.patch</para></listitem>
76 <listitem><para>May 2nd, 2004 [matt]: Quoted chroot commands in chapter 6 (bug
77 #818).</para></listitem>
78 <listitem><para>May 2nd, 2004 [matt]: Removed description of the now
79 non-existent part IV from the structure section in the prologue.</para>
81 <listitem><para>May 1st, 2004 [jeremy]: Added creation of the /media and /srv
82 directories, as well as 2 directories under /media for floppy and cdrom, as per
83 FHS - fixes bugzilla bug #785 and #819.</para></listitem>
85 <listitem><para>April 14th, 2004 [jeremy]: Updated to lfs-bootscripts-2.0.3, no
86 textual changes needed</para></listitem>
88 <listitem><para>March 24th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 7 - Updated to the new
89 lfs-bootscripts-2.0.2, and all necessary changes to the bootscript
90 configuration</para></listitem>
92 <listitem><para>March 21st, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 6 - Replaced Lfs-Utils
93 with Iana-Etc and Mktemp.</para></listitem>
95 <listitem><para>February 27th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to
96 Procps-3.2.0.</para></listitem>
98 <listitem><para>February 27th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to Lfs-utils-0.5 -
99 fixes a possible symlink attack in iana-get.</para></listitem>
101 <listitem><para>February 27th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Altered the
102 instructions for Findutils to be FHS-compliant.</para></listitem>
104 <listitem><para>February 26th, 2004 [jeremy]: Removed the creation of the
105 /usr/etc directory to conform with FHS - closes bug 775.</para></listitem>
107 <listitem><para>February 26th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to
108 Linux-2.4.25.</para></listitem>
110 <listitem><para>February 23rd, 2004 [alex]: Chapters 6 + 9 - Cleaned up the
111 Revision of chroot and Reboot sections.</para></listitem>
113 <listitem><para>February 22nd, 2004 [alex]: Moved the stripping of the final
114 system from chapter 9 to the end of chapter 6.</para></listitem>
116 <listitem><para>February 22nd, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Coreutils and
117 E2fsprogs: Clarified the prerequisites for running the tests.</para></listitem>
119 <listitem><para>February 19th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 5 - Stripping: Removed
120 an unnecessary <quote>{,share/}</quote> from the documentation's <command>rm</command>
121 command.</para></listitem>
123 <listitem><para>February 14th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Upgraded to
124 Less-382.</para></listitem>
126 <listitem><para>February 14th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapters 5 + 6 - Upgraded to
127 Ncurses-5.4, and removed references to the etip patch.</para></listitem>
129 <listitem><para>February 12th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Removed explicit
130 paths from the pwconv and grpconv commands, since /usr/sbin is part of
131 the default path.</para></listitem>
133 <listitem><para>February 9th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Moved the Bootscripts
134 installation section to chapter 7.</para></listitem>
136 <listitem><para>February 8th, 2004 [matt]: Chapter 6 - Updated to
137 Man-pages-1.66.</para></listitem>
139 <listitem><para>February 7th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 1 - Moved the Conventions
140 and Acknowledgments sections to the Preface.</para></listitem>
142 <listitem><para>February 7th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Creating devices:
143 replaced the MAKEDEV script with the make_devices script. Contributed by
144 Matthias Benkmann.</para></listitem>
146 <listitem><para>February 5th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Simplified the final
147 install of the kernel headers to just copying them from the temporary tools
148 directory.</para></listitem>
150 <listitem><para>February 4th, 2004 [alex]: Chapters 5 + 6 - Moved the Mounting
151 of proc and devpts to before Chrooting, dropped Util-linux from the tools, and
152 added a little arch script for Perl.</para></listitem>
156 <para>Release of version 5.1-pre1 on February 1st, 2004.</para>