This is version 8.0-systemd of the Linux From Scratch book, dated February 25, 2017. 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:
2017-02-25
[bdubbs] - LFS-8.0 released.
[ken] - Comment out the test-lock test in coreutils, findutils, gettext because on some machines it now loops forever.
2017-02-19
[bdubbs] - Add a fix (embeeded patch) to shadow to fix an upstream bug.
2017-02-13
[bdubbs] - Update to file-5.30. Fixes #4047.
2017-02-10
2017-02-08
[dj] - Restore chapter 5 build of bison for binutils.
[dj] - Build gold linker with binutils. The bfd linker remains default.
2017-02-07
[bdubbs] - Add bash-4.4 upstream fixes patch.
2017-02-05
[bdubbs] - Update to glibc-2.25. Fixes #4043.
[bdubbs] - Revert gperf to version 3.0.4. Fixes #4044.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.9.8.tar.xz. Fixes #4036.
[bdubbs] - Update to check-0.11.0. Fixes #4035.
[bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.4. Fixes #4037.
[bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.43.4. Fixes #4039.
[bdubbs] - Update to sed-4.4. Fixes #4041.
2017-01-22
2017-01-08
2017-01-03
2017-01-01
2016-12-21
[bdubbs] - Update to gcc-6.3.0. Fixes #4018.
[bdubbs] - Update to gmp-6.1.2. Fixes #4017.
[bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-4.9.0. Fixes #4016.
[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-4.09. Fixes #4015.
[bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.7.6.1. Fixes #4014.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.9. Fixes #4013.
[bdubbs] - Update to eudev-3.2.1. Fixes #4013.
2016-12-18
[dj] - Update toolchain sanity checks to use values for x86_64.
2016-12-17
[dj] - Remove {,/usr}/lib64 symlinks for x86_64 builds. Add /lib64 directory with symlinks to dynamic loader. Adjust installation of glibc, gcc, and libcap to account for directory layout changes.
2016-12-10
2016-12-03
2016-11-22
2016-11-17
2016-11-09
2016-11-07
[bdubbs] - Clarified the function of /etc/inputrc.
2016-10-27
[dj] - Moved /etc/resolv.conf symlink to Chapter 7.
2016-10-23
[renodr] - Update to dbus-1.10.12. Fixes #3993.
2016-10-22
2016-10-10
[renodr] - Added a note about using the systemd source tarball generated by the LFS systemd team.
[renodr] - Fixed the symlink for /etc/resolv.conf in the systemd page in Chapter 6. Thanks goes to DJ Lucas and Wayne for reporting this.
2016-10-09
2016-09-29
[renodr] - Added a security patch for systemd. Fixes #3986.
2016-09-16
2016-09-14
[bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.0. Fixes #3979.
2016-09-12
[bdubbs] - Update to texinfo-6.3. Fixes #3978.
2016-09-10
[bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.43.3. Fixes #3977.
2016-09-09
2016-09-07
[bdubbs] - LFS-7.10 released.