#### Linux From Scratch - Version 12.0-rc1

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# 1.3. Changelog

This is version 12.0-rc1 of the Linux From Scratch book, dated August 15th, 2023. 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 https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/mirrors.html.

Below is a list of changes made since the previous release of the book.

Changelog Entries:

- 2023-08-15

  - [bdubbs] - LFS-12.0-rc1 released.

  - [bdubbs] - Add a patch to fix a performance regression in glibc's posix_memalign() function. Fixes #5315.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to less-643. Fixes #5317.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.2.1. Fixes #5314.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.4.10. Fixes #5313.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230810. Addresses #5006.

  - [rahul] - Update to pkgconf-2.0.1. Fixes #5316.

- 2023-08-07

  - [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.4.4. Fixes #5307.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.41.1 (Python Module). Fixes #5311.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.05.01. Fixes #5306.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.4.8. Fixes #5309.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230804. Addresses #5006.

  - [rahul] - Update to pkgconf-2.0.0. Fixes #5310.

- 2023-08-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.1677. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.1.2. Fixes #5305.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.05. Fixes #5303.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.41. Fixes #5300.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gmp-6.3.0. Fixes #5301.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to glibc-2.38. Fixes #5302.

- 2023-07-28

  - [bdubbs] - Update udev-lfs tarball to remove obsolete cdrom rules and references to ISDN devices. Fixes #5291.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.41.0 (Python Module). Fixes #5290.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to tar-1.35. Fixes #5287.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to udev from systemd-254. Fixes #5293.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.2.0. Fixes #5286.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.4.7. Fixes #5288.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-13.2.0. Fixes #5292.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to file-5.45. Fixes #5294.

- 2023-07-28

  - [xry111] - Enable cgroup-based memory pressure information in kernel, and add the cgroup file system into /etc/fstab and the mountvirtfs bootscript. This is a preparation for udev from systemd-254. Addresses #5293.

- 2023-07-22

  - [xry111] - Make the mountvirtfs bootscript create essential symlinks in /dev. Fixes #5289.

- 2023-07-15

  - [xry111] - Replace eudev-3.2.12 with udev from systemd-253. Fixes #5085.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230629. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.4.3. Fixes #5284.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libxcrypt-4.4.36. Fixes #5283.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to groff-1.23.0. Fixes #5282.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.38.0. Fixes #5281.

- 2023-07-02

  - [xry111] - Add libxcrypt-4.4.35. Fixes #5280.

  - [xry111] - Update to iproute2-6.4.0. Fixes #5277.

  - [xry111] - Update to linux-6.4.1. Fixes #5276.

- 2023-07-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230615. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.1671. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.39.1. Addresses #5278.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.3.10. Addresses #5276.

  - [rahul] - Update to kbd-2.6.1. Fixes #5279.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.22. Fixes #5275.

- 2023-06-17

  - [xry111] - Update to linux-6.3.8. Fixes #5272.

  - [xry111] - Update to kbd-2.6.0. Fixes #5273.

  - [rahul] - Changed from pkg-config to pkgconf-1.9.5. Fixes #5274.

- 2023-06-09

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.3.6. Fixes #5269.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.11.4. Fixes #5271.

- 2023-06-03

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230524. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.3.5. Fixes #5264.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.1.1. Fixes #5267.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.1.1. Fixes #5266.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to diffutils-3.10. Fixes #5262.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.6.0. Fixes #5263.

- 2023-05-25

  - [ken] - Remove unneeded group sgx from eudev rules. Fixes #5265.

- 2023-05-18

  - [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.39. Fixes #5259.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.3.3. Fixes #5261.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.69. Fixes #5258.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to grep-3.11. Fixes #5256.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to flit_core-3.9.0. Fixes #5257.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to eudev-3.2.12. Fixes #5260.

- 2023-05-13

  - [xry111] - Update to less-633. Fixes #5251.

  - [xry111] - Update to linux-6.3.2. Fixes #5255.

  - [xry111] - Update to xz-5.4.3. Fixes #5252.

  - [xry111] - Update to gawk-5.2.2. Fixes #5253.

  - [xry111] - Fix systemd runtime issue exploited by GCC 13. Fixes #5254.

- 2023-05-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.1503. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230418. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-3.07. Fixes #5250.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-6.3.0. Fixes #5248.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-13.1.0. Fixes #5247.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.36.1. Fixes #5246.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.3.1. Fixes #5245.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-9.3. Fixes #5244.

- 2023-04-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.1452. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230405. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to zstd-1.5.5. Fixes #5239.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.11.3. Fixes #5240.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.1.0. Fixes #5242.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.04. Fixes #5238.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.2.11. Fixes #5241.

- 2023-03-31

  - [xry111] - Update to linux-6.2.9 (security fix). Fixes #5230.

  - [xry111] - Update to grep-3.10. Fixes #5234.

  - [xry111] - Update to wheel-0.40.0. Fixes #5229.

  - [xry111] - Update to bc-6.5.0. Fixes #5228.

  - [xry111] - Update to texinfo-7.0.3. Fixes #5235.

  - [xry111] - Update to coreutils-9.2. Fixes #5232.

  - [xry111] - Update to libcap-2.68. Fixes #5236.

  - [xry111] - Update to tzdata-2023c. Fixes #5237.

  - [xry111] - Update to xz-5.4.2. Fixes #5233.

  - [xry111] - Update to openssl-3.1.0. Fixes #5227.

  - [xry111] - Add flit-core-3.8.0.

- 2023-03-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.4.0. Fixes #5217.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to grep-3.9. Fixes #5225.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.2.6. Fixes #5226.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230306. Addresses #5006.

- 2023-03-04

  - [xry111] - Update to bc-6.3.1. Fixes #5217.

  - [xry111] - Update to linux-6.2.2 (security fixes). Fixes #5218.

  - [xry111] - Update to procps-ng-4.0.3. Fixes #5220.

  - [xry111] - Update to iproute2-6.2.0. Fixes #5221.

  - [xry111] - Update to meson-1.0.1. Fixes #5222.

  - [xry111] - Update to make-4.4.1. Fixes #5223.

  - [xry111] - Update to libelf-0.189. Fixes #5224.

  - [bdubbs] - Change to a better host requirements script in Chapter 2.

- 2023-03-01

  - [bdubbs] - LFS-11.3 released.

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