This is version 7.6-rc1 of the Linux From Scratch book, dated September 8, 2014. 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:
2014-09-08
2014-08-31
[bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.42.12. Fixes #3663.
[bdubbs] - Update to tzdata2014g.
2014-08-24
[bdubbs] - Update to eudev-1.10. Fixes #3661.
2014-08-21
[bdubbs] - Update bash patches.
[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-3.71. Fixes #3660.
2014-08-19
[bdubbs] - Remove redundant options in gcc instructions. Fixes #3655.
2014-08-15
[bdubbs] - Remove redundant wording in checking toolchain values. Fixes #3654.
[bdubbs] - Reword bootscripts README file.
2014-08-14
2014-08-12
2014-08-10
2014-08-08
[Chris] - Install Util-linux documentation in a versioned directory.
2014-08-05
[Chris] - Reversed change to Vim's docs location, so that Vim can find its help files.
2014-08-03
[bdubbs] - Update text about upgrades. Fixes #3645.
[bdubbs] - Add a fix to gcc identified upstream.
2014-08-02
2014-07-27
2014-07-23
[Chris] - Removed --disable-syslogd from Inetutils instructions - it's redundant as it's covered by --disable-servers.
2014-07-22
[bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.25. Fixes #3627.
2014-07-21
[Chris] - Text fixes - removed mention of /usr/{doc,info,man} symlinks that are no longer created, and made minor updates to several packages' installed file lists.
2014-07-19
[bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-8.23. Fixes #3639.
[bdubbs] - Add binutils patch to fix lto test suite.
2014-07-18
2014-07-13
2014-07-08
[bdubbs] - Removed references to /lib/udev/devices. Fixes #3620.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-3.15.4. Fixes #3623.
[bdubbs] - Removed systemd references in bootscripts. Fixes #3624.
[bdubbs] - Simlify lto instructions in chapter 6 gcc. Fixes #3626.
[bdubbs] - Update XML-Parser source location. Fixes #3628.
[bdubbs] - Update to eudev-1.9. Fixes #3630.
[bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.0.2. Fixes #3631.
2014-07-02
[Chris] - Added command explanations for new switches on GCC Pass 1. Fixes #3625.
2014-06-30
[Chris] - Install Vim documentation to /usr/share/doc instead of creating a symlink there. Fixes #3617.
[Chris] - Removed DESTDIR and MANDIR from IPRoute2 page - they are no longer needed.
2014-06-28
[Chris] - Added command explanation to Libcap page. Fixes #3619.
[Chris] - Corrected the home page for Patch. Fixes #3621.
[Chris] - Various text updates. Fixes #3622.
[Chris] - Changed GMP instructions to generate and install HTML documentation from the Makefile rather than manually copying files, and added doc installation instructions for MPC. Fixes #3618.
[Chris] - Removed unneeded command explanation from Bash page. Thanks to Philippe Delavalade for pointing this out.
2014-06-23
2014-06-14
2014-06-11
[bdubbs] - Several text changes. Thanks to Chris Staub for the patches. Fixes #3600, #3601, #3602, #3603, and #3604,
[bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-3.15.0. Fixes #3608.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-3.15. Fixes #3606.
[bdubbs] - Gettext-0.19.1. Fixes #3599.
[bdubbs] - Fix test failure in e2fsprogs. Fixes #3586.
2014-06-08
[bdubbs] - Add SHLIB_LIBS to readline install command.
2014-06-04
[bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.42.10. Fixes #3596.
[bdubbs] - Update to grep-2.20. Fixes #3589.
[bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.20.0. Fixes #3592.
[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-3.68. Fixes #3593.
[bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2014d. Fixes #3594.
[bdubbs] - Update to check-0.9.13. Fixes #3596.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-3.14.5. Fixes #3597.
[bdubbs] - Update to eudev-1.7. Fixes #3598.
2014-05-27
2014-05-19
[bdubbs] - Remove unneeded configure switches from gcc. Fixes #3582.
[bdubbs] - Restore installation of udev-lfs support files.
2014-05-15
2014-05-12
2014-05-12
[bdubbs] - Remove XML::Parser.
[bdubbs] - Enable keymap in eudev.
2014-05-11
2014-05-10
[bdubbs] - Add explanations for kernel options in Section 8.3. Simplified the options due to removal of systemd. Fixes #3566.
[bdubbs] - Add a sed to ksyslogd to prevent errors in some circumstances. Fixes #3575.
[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-3.66. Fixes #3576.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-3.14.3. Fixes #3573.
[bdubbs] - Remove systemd and dbus. Add eudev.
[bdubbs] - Update gnu urls to use an entity. Fixes #3571.
[bdubbs] - Update kbd URL. Fixes #3574.
[bdubbs] - Update procps-ng URL. Fixes #3572.
[bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.2.1. Fixes #3553.
2014-05-02
[bdubbs] - Update several URLs in Chapter 3. Fixes #3570.
[bdubbs] - Fix typo in Chapter 5, libstdc++. Fixes #3564.
[bdubbs] - Removed obsolete reference to acinstall in automake section. Fixes #3567.
[bdubbs] - Removed obsolete reference to sbu home page in Chapter 4. Fixes #3568.
[bdubbs] - Update installed programs for gdbm. Thanks to Chris Staub for the patch. Fixes #3560.
2014-04-28
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-3.14.2. Fixes #3559.
2014-04-25
2014-04-24
[bdubbs] - Update to gcc-4.9. Fixes #3553.
2014-04-23
[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-3.65. Fixes #3547.
2014-04-22
2014-04-21
[bdubbs] - Rewrote and reorganized Chapter 7. Updated systemd customization.
2014-04-18
[bdubbs] - Updated to linux-3.14.1. Fixes #3545.
[bdubbs] - Updated to man-db-2.6.7.1. Fixes #3543.
[bdubbs] - Updated to iproute2-3.14.0. Fixes #3542.
[bdubbs] - Updated to gawk-4.1.1. Fixes #3541.
[bdubbs] - Added mpfr upstream patch. Fixes #3537.
[bdubbs] - Added readline upstream patch. Fixes #3532.
[bdubbs] - Added bash upstream patch. Fixes #3531.
[bdubbs] - Added bc patch to address memory leaks. Fixes #3536.
2014-04-08
[bdubbs] - Change lex wrapper script to a symbolic link. Completes #3523.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-3.14. Fixes #3523.
[bdubbs] - Update to file-5.18. Fixes #3526.
[bdubbs] - Update to flex-2.5.39. Addresses #3527.
[bdubbs] - Update to gmp-6.0.0a. Fixes #3528.
[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-3.64. Fixes #3539.
[bdubbs] - Update to systemd-212. Fixes #3540.
2014-04-07
2014-03-31
[bdubbs] - THIS IS A MAJOR CHANGE. Added systemd and dbus to the book. Rewrote Chapters 6 and 7 to install systemd and SystemV side by side with the option to reconfigure and come up in the other boot method upon reboot.
2014-03-31
[ken] - Remove remaining references to headers-check when installing the linux API headers.
2014-03-28
[bdubbs] - Added libcap-2.24.
2014-03-27
[bdubbs] - Added expat-2.1.0.
[bdubbs] - Added gperf-3.0.4.
[bdubbs] - Added intltool-0.50.2.
[bdubbs] - Added XML::Parser-2.42_01.
2014-03-23
2014-03-21
[bdubbs] - Added acl and attr to the book.
2014-03-12
2014-03-07
[bdubbs] - Update location of udevd in bootscripts.
2014-03-06
[bdubbs] - Remove udev from systemd and replace with eudev. Addresses #3504.
2014-03-03
2014-03-02
[bdubbs] - LFS-7.5 released.