#### Linux From Scratch - Version 12.2

### Chapter 1. Introduction

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# 1.3. Changelog

This is version 12.2 of the Linux From Scratch book, dated September 1st, 2024. 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:

- 2024-09-01

  - [bdubbs] - LFS-12.2 released.

- 2024-08-23

  - [xry111] - Update to lfs-bootscripts-20240825. Only trivial non-functional changes.

- 2024-08-23

  - [xry111] - Update to lfs-bootscripts-20240823, to fix an issue causing VT 2-6 not affected by the FONT= setting in /etc/sysconfig/console.

- 2024-08-17

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-72.2.0. Fixes #5542.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to kmod-33. Fixes #5540.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.43.1. Fixes #5543.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.10.5. Fixes #5541.

- 2024-08-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20240806. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to pkgconf-2.3.0. Fixes #5537.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to python3-3.12.5. Fixes #5538.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.10.4. Fixes #5539.

- 2024-08-05

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bash-5.2.32. Fixes #5532.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20240801. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.0660. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.43. Fixes #5535.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.10.3. Fixes #5534.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to readline-8.2.13. Fixes #5533.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.44.0. Fixes #5536.

- 2024-08-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-14.2.0. Fixes #5530.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20240723. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to glibc-2.40. Fixes #5529.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-6.10.0. Fixes #5523.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.10.2. Fixes #5521.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to lz4-1.10.0. Fixes #5526.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.5.1. Fixes #5527.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-72.1.0. Fixes #5531.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sysklogd-2.6.1. Fixes #5522.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to systemd-256.4. Fixes #5518.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-3.10. Fixes #5528.

- 2024-07-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20240701. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.0580. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to automake-1.17. Fixes #5520.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gdbm-1.24. Fixes #5515.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.9.9. Fixes #5517.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to less-661. Fixes #5513.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.5.0. Fixes #5519.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-70.3.0. Fixes #5514.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.40.2. Fixes #5516.

- 2024-07-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update lfs-bootscripts to only output escape sequences to a terminal.

- 2024-07-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20240612. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.7.6. Fixes #5506.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.9.1. Fixes #5507.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.9.7. Fixes #5508.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sysklogd-2.5.2. Fixes #5509.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.16.0. Fixes #5510.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to systemd-256.1. Fixes #5511.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-70.1.1. Fixes #5512.

- 2024-06-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.0478. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20240607. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to systemd-256. Fixes #5504.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to python3-3.12.4. Fixes #5502.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.40.0. Fixes #5503.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.3.1 (Security fix). Fixes #5500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.9.4. Fixes #5505.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to findutils-4.10.0. Fixes #5499.

- 2024-05-31

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.4.1. Fixes #5498.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.6.2. Fixes #5471.

  - [bdubbs] - Add linux-6.9.x compatibility instructions to udev. Fixes #5496.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-70.0.0 (python module). Fixes #5491.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to ninja-1.12.1. Fixes #5489.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.8. Fixes #5494.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.9.3. Fixes #5491.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.70. Fixes #5493.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-6.9.0. Fixes #5492.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.47.1. Fixes #5495.

- 2024-05-13

  - [xry111] - Synchronize coreutils i18n patch from Fedora to fix a build failure on 32-bit x86 and an alarming compiler warning on both 32-bit x86 and x86_64 with GCC 14.1 or later.

- 2024-05-11

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.0405. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.40.1. Fixes #5482.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.8.9. Fixes #5484.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to jinja2-3.1.4 (Python module). Fixes #5485.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20240502. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-14.1.0. Fixes #5486.

- 2024-05-01

  - [bdubbs] - Add security fix to glibc. Fixes #5481.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.8.8. Fixes #5480.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to ncurses-6.5. Fixes #5483.

- 2024-04-16

  - [bdubbs] - Make minor change to ifup script output text.

- 2024-04-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-69.5.1. Fixes #5478.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to python3-3.12.3. Fixes #5476.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.3.0. Fixes #5475.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to ninja-1.12.0. Fixes #5477.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.12.1. Fixes #5474.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.8.6. Fixes #5472.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20240412. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.0330. Addresses #4500.

- 2024-03-31

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20240318. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to zstd-1.5.6. Fixes #5468.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.40. Fixes #5430.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.15.1. Fixes #5465.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to pkgconf-2.2.0. Fixes #5469.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.8.2. Fixes #5467.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-9.5. Fixes #5470.

- 2024-03-29

  - [bdubbs] - Revert to xz-5.4.6 due to upstream compromise.

- 2024-03-25

  - [timtas] - Update to sysvinit-3.09. Fixes #5466.

- 2024-03-19

  - [renodr] - Update to iproute2-6.8.0. Fixes #5458.

  - [renodr] - Update to man-pages-6.7. Fixes #5464.

  - [renodr] - Update to Linux-6.8.1. Fixes #5453.

  - [renodr] - Added LZ4 to the book. Fixes #5463.

- 2024-03-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.43.0. Fixes #5459.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-69.2.0 (Python module). Fixes #5462.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.4.0. Fixes #5460.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.6.2 (Security fix). Fixes #5461.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20240305. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.0161. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.6.1. Fixes #5457.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.15.0. Fixes #5456.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to psmisc-23.7. Fixes #5454.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to kmod-32. Fixes #5455.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to elfutils-0.191. Fixes #5451.

- 2024-03-02

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20240222. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.0145. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.6.0. Fixes #5447.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to tcl-8.6.14. Fixes #5448.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.14.6. Fixes #5450.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-69.1.1. Fixes #5446.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.7.7. Fixes #5444.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libffi-3.4.6. Fixes #5443.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.22.5. Fixes #5445.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.6.1. Fixes #5449.

- 2024-03-01

  - [bdubbs] - LFS-12.1 released.

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