This is version SVN-20091119 of the Linux From Scratch book, dated November 19, 2009. 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:
2009-11-16
[bdubbs] Removed paragraph in LFS Target Architectures that said that we can't build a 64-bit loader.
2009-11-16
[bdubbs] Clarified explanation of why we use cross compilation techniques in the Toolchain Technical Notes. Fixes #2412.
2009-11-15
2009-11-14
[bdubbs] Removed obsolete note on the Host System requirements page.
2009-11-12
[bdubbs] Added a note to 'About SBUs' to address parallel make procedures and how SBU values will be affected.
[bdubbs] Minor changes to GRUB-1.97.1 instructions.
2009-11-09
[bdubbs] Upgraded to GRUB-1.97.1 Fixes #2510.
2009-11-06
2009-10-29
2009-10-20
2009-10-12
2009-09-29
2009-09-25
[bryan] Upgrade to udev-config-20090925. Fixes #2497.
2009-09-24
2009-09-17
2009-09-11
[bdubbs] - Deleted the reference to the outdated and incomplete optimization hint.
2009-09-10
[bdubbs] - Added a section to the Preface about LFS supported architectures.
2009-09-02
[bdubbs] - Removed more documentation in the Chapter 5 stripping section.
2009-08-26
2009-08-19
[bdubbs] - Reworded the notes in the General Compilation Instructions and added a note to bin-utils to have users actually read the General Compilation Instructions.
LFS 6.5 released August 16, 2009.