This is version 8.2-rc1 of the Linux From Scratch book, dated February 16, 2018. 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:
2018-02-16
[bdubbs] - LFS-8.2-rc1 released.
2018-02-14
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.15.3. Fixes #4218.
2018-02-09
[bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.8.1. Fixes #4216.
2018-02-09
2018-02-05
2018-02-02
2018-01-30
2018-01-28
2018-01-13
[bdubbs] - Add warnings about mounting /mnt/lfs and the export of $LFS if restarting the host system. Add comments to automate those actions.
2018-01-13
2018-01-13
[dj] - Simplify and correct Libelf instructions.
2018-01-12
[dj] - Add Libelf (Elfutils) 0.170.
[dj] - Update to Linux-4.14.13. Fixes #4195.
2018-01-11
2018-01-06
2018-01-01
[bdubbs] - Add comments to the kernel section to change the unwinder option. Fixes #4186.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.14.10. Fixes #4184.
[bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-8.29. Fixes #4189.
[bdubbs] - Remove old footer from non-chunks book. Fixes #4188.
[bdubbs] - Make spacing between "Chapter" and digit non breaking. Fixes #4187.
2017-12-26
[bdubbs] - Update to tcl-8.6.8. Fixes #4183.
2017-12-25
2017-12-22
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.14.8. Fixes #4177.
2017-12-22
[dj] - Update to util-linux-2.31.1. Fixes #4176.
2017-12-19
2017-12-03
2017-11-26
[bdubbs] - Prevent installation of unneeded gawk files.
2017-11-17
2017-11-11
[dj] - Update to linux-4.13.12. Fixes #4163.
2017-11-06
2017-10-28
2017-10-27
[bdubbs] - Update rule in 83-cdrom-symlinks.rules in udev-lfs tarball.
2017-10-20
2017-10-15
[bdubbs] - Add optional patch to ninja.
2017-10-14
2017-09-23
2017-09-22
[bdubbs] - Update to util-linux 2.30.2. Fixes #4139.
[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-4.13. Fixes #4138.
[bdubbs] - Update to texinfo-6.5. Fixes #4137.
[bdubbs] - Update to mpfr-3.1.6. Fixes #4136.
[bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-4.13.0. Fixes #4135.
[bdubbs] - Update to eudev-3.2.3. Fixes #4133.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.13.3. Fixes #4134.
2017-09-02
2017-09-01
[bdubbs] - LFS-8.1 released.