Linux From Scratch: Version 5.1-pre1
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# Changelog

5.1-pre1 - February 1st, 2004

- Upgraded to:

  - autoconf-2.59

  - automake-1.8.2

  - dejagnu-1.4.4

  - expect-5.40.0

  - file-4.07

  - gcc-3.3.2

  - gettext-0.14.1

  - glibc-2.3.3

  - grub-0.94

  - kbd-1.12

  - man-pages-1.64

  - lfs-utils-0.4.2

  - libtool-1.5.2

  - linux-2.4.24

  - man-pages-1.65

  - modutils-2.4.26

  - perl-5.8.3

  - procps-3.1.15

  - psmisc-21.4

  - sed-4.0.9

  - shadow-4.0.4.1

  - tcl-8.4.5

  - zlib-1.2.1

- Added:

  - coreutils-5.0-posixver-2.patch

  - gcc-3.3.2-no_fixincludes-1.patch

  - inetutils-1.4.2-no_server_man_pages-1.patch

  - kbd-1.12-more-programs-1.patch

- Removed:

  - gawk-3.1.3-libexecdir.patch

  - gcc-3.3.1-no_fixincludes-2.patch

  - gcc-3.3.1-suppress-libiberty.patch

  - glibc-2.3.2-sscanf-1.patch

  - grub-0.93-gcc33-1.patch

  - kbd-1.08-more-programs.patch

  - man-1.5m2-manpath.patch

  - man-1.5m2-pager.patch

  - ncurses-5.3-vsscanf.patch

  - procps-3.1.11-locale-fix.patch

  - shadow-4.0.3-newgrp-fix.patch

  - zlib-1.1.4-vsnprintf.patch

- February 1st, 2004 [gerard]: LFS-5.1-PRE1 release.

- February 1st, 2004 [gerard]: Applied Anderson's patch fixing: wrong official download location for file, fix TCLs tcl-package entity, remove redundant download locations for e2fsprogs and psmisc, and fix incorrect extensions for gcc, groff, kbd, libtool, man and man-pages. Closed bugs #750, #751 and #754.

- February 1st, 2004 [matt]: Upgraded to expect-5.40.0

- February 1st, 2004 [gerard]: Added two additional mirror sites for the Glibc tarball: mirror.averse.net (http & ftp) and ftp.lfs-matrix.de (ftp only).

- February 1st, 2004 [gerard]: Applied Matthew's patch to upgrade to dejagnu-1.4.4, gettext-0.14.1, grub-0.94, libtool-1.5.2 and man-pages-1.65.

- January 27th, 2004 [alex]: Chapters 5 + 6 - Replaced 'build time' and 'disk space' texts with entities for esy change.

- January 26th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 1 - Resources: Added links to the Wiki and the LFS-References page.

- January 25th, 2004 [greg]: Chapter 5 - Adding the user lfs: Added "-k /dev/null" to the useradd command to prevent /etc/skel files from coming across.

- January 21st, 2004 [alex]: Chapters 2 and 6 - Making a few extra cross references.

- January 19th, 2004 [greg]: Upgraded to Glibc-2.3.3, Kbd-1.12, Perl-5.8.3 and Shadow-4.0.4.1.

- January 19th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 2 - Added a reference to Bruce's pages on build times and SBUs.

- January 17th, 2004 [greg]: Chapter 7 - Creating the /etc/hosts file: Amended example domain names to comply with RFC 2606. Closes 742.

- January 16th, 2004 [greg]: Expanded the Locking in Glibc and Re-adjusting the toolchain sanity checks to also catch missing cc->gcc symlink and provide more help for when things go wrong.

- January 16th, 2004 [greg]: Implemented changes to make the running of the Chapter 5 test suites strictly optional i.e. the default action for the average reader is to not run them. Closes 719.

- January 14th, 2004 [alex]: Cleaned up stale files and entities after the big move.

- January 13th, 2004 [greg]: Chapter 8 - Installation of the kernel: Added command to keep a copy of the kernel .config file.

- January 13th, 2004 [greg]: Moved log file creation from Shadow to "Creating the passwd and group files" and renamed that section accordingly. Closes 741.

- January 13th, 2004 [greg]: Upgraded to Automake-1.8.2, Kbd-1.11 and Sed-4.0.9.

- January 12th, 2004 [alex]: Moved all the information in appendix A (the program descriptions and download locations) to chapter 6, dividing each package page in roughly three sections: Statistics, Instructions, and Short descriptions.

- January 9th, 2004 [greg]: Chapter 7 - Configuring the network script: Added instructions to create /etc/resolv.conf. Closes 733.

- January 9th, 2004 [greg]: Chapter 8 - Making the LFS system bootable: Added --no-mem-option to Grub command line in menu.lst to disable Grub's insistence on passing mem= to the kernel. Closes 737.

- January 7th, 2004 [greg]: Chapter 5 - Util-linux: Added command to install the arch program which is needed by Perl for consistency. Upgraded to Kbd-1.10.

- January 6th, 2004 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Gawk: Removed the Gawk Libexecdir Patch. Closes Bug 303.

- January 6th, 2004 [greg]: Upgraded to File-4.07, Linux-2.4.24 and Procps-3.1.15.

- December 17th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Vim: Added commands to run the Vim test suite. Closes Bug 722.

- December 17th, 2003 [greg]: Upgraded to Autoconf-2.59, Automake-1.8 and Gettext-0.13.1.

- December 17th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Kbd: Updated to new patch that also installs the man pages for the additional programs. Closes Bug 726.

- December 17th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Zlib: Added chmod command to fix static library permissions. Closes Bug 728.

- December 12th, 2003 [greg]: Glibc: Moved ld.so.conf creation to immediately before make install in both chapters.

- December 11th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Inetutils: Added patch to prevent unnecessary man pages from being installed. Closes Bug 723.

- December 11th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Creating directories: Stopped creation of /usr/share/{dict,nls}. Closes Bug 721.

- December 11th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 5 - Setting up the environment: Fixed Bash startup files to handle HOME and PS1.

- December 3rd, 2003 [greg]: Upgraded to Gettext-0.13, Man-pages-1.64, Linux-2.4.23 and Psmisc-21.4.

- November 26th, 2003 [greg]: Upgraded to Lfs-Utils-0.4.2, Tcl-8.4.5 and Zlib-1.2.1. Obsoletes the Zlib Vsnprintf patch.

- November 23rd, 2003 [greg]: Upgraded to Lfs-Utils-0.4.1 and improved its build commands.

- November 20th, 2003 [greg]: Rolled back the following patches to sed substitutions: GCC Suppress-Libiberty Patch, Grub Gcc33 Patch, Man Manpath Patch and Man Pager Patch. Closes Bug 461.

- November 19th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 5 - Setting up the environment: Reworked the Bash startup files to enforce a clean environment. Closes Bug 714.

- November 17th, 2003 [jeremy]: Upgraded Man-pages to 1.63.

- November 16th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Sysvinit: Simplified the sed to demonstrate yet another sed variation.

- November 17th, 2003 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Perl: Added fix for perldoc less invocation problem. Closes bug 716.

- November 16th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Texinfo: Added note about how to recreate the /usr/share/info/dir file if needed. Closes Bug 485.

- November 14th, 2003 [greg]: Removed unnecessary Ncurses Vsscanf Patch. Closes Bug 704.

- November 14th, 2003 [gerard]: Adjusted libexecdir location for these packages: Glibc - /usr/bin to /usr/lib, Findutils - /usr/bin to /usr/lib/locate, Gawk - /usr/bin to /usr/lib/gawk, Tar - /usr/bin to /usr/sbin. Closes Bug #678.

- November 14th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Coreutils: Stopped moving these binaries into /bin: dir, dircolors, du, mkfifo, shred, vdir. Closes Bug 679.

- November 14th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Shadow: Added command to create /etc/default directory to allow the -D option of useradd to work properly.

- November 14th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Coreutils and Util-linux: Pruned the number of "kill" binaries installed. Use the one from Procps. Partially addresses Bug 307.

- November 13th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Ed: Streamlined build commands. Closes Bug 693.

- November 13th, 2003 [greg]: Upgraded to Perl-5.8.2 and streamlined build commands for Perl's Chapter 5 static extensions. Closes Bug 690.

- November 13th, 2003 [gerard]: Upgraded to Lfs-Utils-0.4 and Man-pages-1.62

- November 13th, 2003 [gerard]: Renamed GCC no_fixincludes-2.patch to no_fixincludes-1.patch which was the name it is supposed to be.

- November 13th, 2003 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Vim: Changed from creating a local `/root/.vimrc` to a system-wide `/etc/vimrc` file .

- November 12th, 2003 [greg]: Removed unnecessary Automake symlink.

- November 12th, 2003 [greg]: Removed unnecessary Procps Locale Patch. Closes Bug 705.

- November 12th, 2003 [greg]: Upgraded to Autoconf-2.58, Automake-1.7.9, File-4.06, Modutils-2.4.26, Procps-3.1.14 and Sed-4.0.8.

- November 12th, 2003 [greg]: Upgraded to GCC-3.3.2.

Release of version 5.0 on November 5th, 2003.

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