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## Changelog

This is version 5.1-pre2 of the Linux From Scratch book, dated May 3, 2004. If this book is more than two 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/.

Below is a list of changes made since the previous release of the book, first a summary, then a detailed log.

- Upgraded to:

  - autoconf-2.59

  - automake-1.8.4

  - coreutils-5.2.1

  - e2fsprogs-1.35

  - expect-5.41.0

  - file-4.09

  - gcc-3.3.3

  - gettext-0.14.1

  - grub-0.94

  - kbd-1.12

  - less-382

  - lfs-bootscripts-2.0.4

  - libtool-2.5.6

  - linux-2.4.26

  - man-pages-1.66

  - modutils-2.4.27

  - ncurses-5.4

  - perl-5.8.4

  - procps-3.2.1

  - psmisc-21.4

  - sed-4.0.9

  - shadow-4.0.4.1

  - tar-1.13.94

  - tcl-8.4.6

  - texinfo-4.7

  - util-linux-2.12a

- Added:

  - iana-etc-1.00

  - inetutils-1.4.2-no_server_man_pages-1.patch

  - make_devices-1.2

  - mktemp-1.5 + mktemp-1.5-add-tempfile.patch

- Removed:

  - gcc-3.3.1-suppress-libiberty.patch

  - lfs-utils-0.5

  - MAKEDEV-1.7

  - man-1.5m2-manpath.patch

  - man-1.5m2-pager.patch

  - ncurses-5.3-etip-2.patch

  - ncurses-5.3-vsscanf.patch

  - perl-5.8.0-libc-3.patch

  - procps-3.1.11-locale-fix.patch

  - shadow-4.0.3-newgrp-fix.patch

  - zlib-1.1.4-vsnprintf.patch

- May 2nd, 2004 [matt]: Quoted chroot commands in chapter 6 (bug #818).

- May 2nd, 2004 [matt]: Removed description of the now non-existent part IV from the structure section in the prologue.

- May 1st, 2004 [jeremy]: Added creation of the /media and /srv directories, as well as 2 directories under /media for floppy and cdrom, as per FHS - fixes bugzilla bug #785 and #819.

- April 14th, 2004 [jeremy]: Updated to lfs-bootscripts-2.0.3, no textual changes needed

- March 24th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 7 - Updated to the new lfs-bootscripts-2.0.2, and all necessary changes to the bootscript configuration

- March 21st, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 6 - Replaced Lfs-Utils with Iana-Etc and Mktemp.

- February 27th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to Procps-3.2.0.

- February 27th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to Lfs-utils-0.5 - fixes a possible symlink attack in iana-get.

- February 27th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Altered the instructions for Findutils to be FHS-compliant.

- February 26th, 2004 [jeremy]: Removed the creation of the /usr/etc directory to conform with FHS - closes bug 775.

- February 26th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to Linux-2.4.25.

- February 23rd, 2004 [alex]: Chapters 6 + 9 - Cleaned up the Revision of chroot and Reboot sections.

- February 22nd, 2004 [alex]: Moved the stripping of the final system from chapter 9 to the end of chapter 6.

- February 22nd, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Coreutils and E2fsprogs: Clarified the prerequisites for running the tests.

- February 19th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 5 - Stripping: Removed an unnecessary “{,share/}” from the documentation's rm command.

- February 14th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Upgraded to Less-382.

- February 14th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapters 5 + 6 - Upgraded to Ncurses-5.4, and removed references to the etip patch.

- February 12th, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Removed explicit paths from the pwconv and grpconv commands, since /usr/sbin is part of the default path.

- February 9th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Moved the Bootscripts installation section to chapter 7.

- February 8th, 2004 [matt]: Chapter 6 - Updated to Man-pages-1.66.

- February 7th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 1 - Moved the Conventions and Acknowledgments sections to the Preface.

- February 7th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Creating devices: replaced the MAKEDEV script with the make_devices script. Contributed by Matthias Benkmann.

- February 5th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Simplified the final install of the kernel headers to just copying them from the temporary tools directory.

- February 4th, 2004 [alex]: Chapters 5 + 6 - Moved the Mounting of proc and devpts to before Chrooting, dropped Util-linux from the tools, and added a little arch script for Perl.

Release of version 5.1-pre1 on February 1st, 2004.

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