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- LFS 6.6-rc1 Release
- Matthew Burgess - 2010/02/03
The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of LFS Version 6.6-rc1. This release includes numerous changes to LFS-6.5 (including updates to Linux-2.6.32.7, GCC-4.4.3, Glibc-2.11.1) and security fixes. It also includes editorial work on the explanatory material throughout the book, improving both the clarity and accuracy of the text.
You can read the book online, or download to read locally.
Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS development team at lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org. Please note that registration for the lfs-dev mailing list is required to avoid junk email.
- LFS 6.5 Release
- Matthew Burgess - 2009/08/16
The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of LFS Version 6.5. This release includes numerous changes to LFS-6.4 (including updates to Linux-2.6.30.3, GCC-4.4.1, Glibc-2.10.1) and security fixes. It also includes editorial work on the explanatory material throughout the book, improving both the clarity and accuracy of the text.
You can read the book online, or download to read locally.
Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS development team at lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org. Please note that registration for the lfs-dev mailing list is required to avoid junk email.
- LFS 6.5-rc2 Release
- Matthew Burgess - 2009/07/29
The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of LFS Version 6.5-rc2. This release includes numerous changes to LFS-6.4 (including updates to Linux-2.6.30.3, GCC-4.4.1, Glibc-2.10.1) and security fixes. It also includes editorial work on the explanatory material throughout the book, improving both the clarity and accuracy of the text.
You can read the book online, or download to read locally.
Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS development team at lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org. Please note that registration for the lfs-dev mailing list is required to avoid junk email.
- LFS 6.4 Release
- Bruce Dubbs - 2008/11/23
The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of LFS Version 6.4. This release includes numerous changes to LFS-6.3 (including update to Linux-2.6.27.4, GCC-4.3.2, Glibc-2.8) and security fixes. It also includes a large amount of editorial work on the explanatory material throughout the book, improving both the clarity and accuracy of the text.
You can read the book online, or download to read locally.
Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS development team at lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org. Please note that registration for the lfs-dev mailing list is required to avoid junk email.
- LFS 6.4 Release Candidate 1
- Bruce Dubbs - 2008/11/06
The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of LFS Version 6.4 Release Candidate 1. This release includes numerous changes to LFS-6.3 (including update to Linux-2.6.27.4, GCC-4.3.2, Glibc-2.8) and security fixes. It also includes a large amount of editorial work on the explanatory material throughout the book, improving both the clarity and accuracy of the text.
You can read the book online, or download to read locally.
Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS development team at lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org. Please note that registration for the lfs-dev mailing list is required to avoid junk email.
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Matthew Burgess - 2010/02/03
- Create 6.6-rc1 tag directory
- Create 6.6-rc1 tag
- Update versions to reflect rc status.
- Fix a couple of bugs with the release script
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Matthew Burgess - 2010/02/01
- Upgrade to Linux-2.6.32.7. Fixes #2563.
- Link Module-Init-Tools to Zlib's dynamic library. Fixes #2562.
- Mention GCC's optional dependencies. Fixes #2521.
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Bruce Dubbs - 2010/01/31
- Reword paragraph in 'Target Architectures' discussing multi-lib systems
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Matthew Burgess - 2010/01/31
- Correct file-5.04's md5sum.
- Correct the number of tests that should pass in the GMP testsuite. Fixes #2564.
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Matthew Burgess - 2010/01/28
- Upgrade to Linux-2.6.32.6. Fixes #2559.
- Upgrade to Udev-151. Fixes #2561.
- Don't try to install documentation that was removed in udev-config-20090126.
- Fix typo/omission in creation of /etc/modprobe.d directory
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Bryan Kadzban - 2010/01/27
- Move from /etc/modprobe.conf to /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf, since module-init-tools now complains about the former. Fixes #2560.
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Matthew Burgess - 2010/01/26
- Clarify the use of autoconf variables to ensure forced-unwind and C-cleanup support in chapter 5's Glibc. Fixes #2543.
- Point the Perl download at a hopefully slightly more stable location. Fixes #2558.
- Remove a lot of redundant Udev rules. Upstream has most of what we need. Fixes #2527.
- Fix Changelog date.
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Bruce Dubbs - 2010/01/25
- Update to GRUB-1.97.2.
- Correct changelog
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Matthew Burgess - 2010/01/24
- Upgrade to Psmisc-22.10. Fixes #2541.
- Upgrade to Linux-2.6.32.5. Fixes #2542.
- Upgrade to Util-Linux-NG-2.17. Fixes #2544.
- Upgrade to Coreutils-8.4. Fixes #2545.
- Upgrade to GMP-5.0. Fixes #2546.
- Upgrade to Udev-150. Fixes #2547.
- Upgrade to Gzip-1.4. Fixes #2551.
- Upgrade to GCC-4.4.3. Fixes #2553.
- Upgrade to File-5.04. Fixes #2555.
- Don't create /lib/udev/devices/kmsg as Udev >= 142 creates it automatically. Fixes #2552.
- Check that /dev isn't already mounted in the udev bootscript. Fixes #2550.
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Bruce Dubbs - 2010/01/12
- Typos
- Typo