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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.

Latest SVN Changes

• Matthew Burgess - 2009/11/19

  • Correct link to Patch tarball.

• Bruce Dubbs - 2009/11/17

  • Removed paragraph in LFS Target Architectures that said that we can't build a 64-bit loader

• Bruce Dubbs - 2009/11/16

  • Clarified explanation of why we use cross compilation techniques in the Toolchain Technical Notes
  • Wording tweak

• Matthew Burgess - 2009/11/15

  • Upgrade to Linux-2.6.31.6. Fixes #2511.
  • Upgrade to Udev-147. Fixes #2512.
  • Upgrade to Patch-2.6. Fixes #2513.

• Bruce Dubbs - 2009/11/14

  • Typos in changelog
  • Removed obsolete note on the Host System requirements page

• Bruce Dubbs - 2009/11/13

  • Added a note to address parallel make procedures

• Bruce Dubbs - 2009/11/12

  • Minor changes to GRUB-1.9.1 instructions.

• Bruce Dubbs - 2009/11/09

  • Update to GUB-1.97.1

• Matthew Burgess - 2009/11/09

  • Remove the -p switch to mkdir when creating kernel virtual filesystems. Fixes #2506.

• Matthew Burgess - 2009/11/06

  • Upgrade to Module-Init-Tools-3.11.1. Fixes #2507.
  • Upgrade to Linux-2.6.31.5. Fixes #2508.
  • Upgrade to latest upstream patches for Bash.
  • Upgrade to Glibc-2.11. Fixes #2509.