This is version r12.3-51 of the Linux From Scratch book, dated May 24th, 2025. 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:
2025-05-15
2025-05-01
[bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.1353. Addresses #4500.
[bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-80.0.1. Fixes #5710.
[bdubbs] - Update to packaging-25.0. Fixes #5706.
[bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.8.0. Fixes #5713.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.14.4. Fixes #5709.
[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20250407. Addresses #5006.
[bdubbs] - Update to gperf-3.3. Fixes #5708.
[bdubbs] - Update to elfutils-0.193. Fixes #5711.
2025-04-15
[bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.76. Fixes #5704.
[bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.40.2 (Security update). Fixes #5703.
[bdubbs] - Add packaging-24.2 (Python module). Needed for wheel.
[bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.8.1. Fixes #5694.
[bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.46.1 (Python Module). Fixes #5693.
[bdubbs] - Update to sysklogd-2.7.2. Fixes #5690.
[bdubbs] - Update to Python3-3.13.3. Fixes #5697.
[bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.5.0. Fixes #5701.
[bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.7.2. Fixes #5691.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.14.2. Fixes #5680.
[bdubbs] - Update to libffi-3.4.8. Fixes #5700.
[bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-6.14.0. Fixes #5682.
[bdubbs] - Update to gzip-1.14. Fixes #5699.
[bdubbs] - Update to grep-3.12. Fixes #5702.
[bdubbs] - Update to gperf-3.2.1. Fixes #5695.
[bdubbs] - Update to gawk-5.3.2. Fixes #5692.
[bdubbs] - Update to diffutils-3.12. Fixes #5696.
[bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-9.7. Fixes #5698.
2025-04-01
[bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.1263. Addresses #4500.
[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20250328. Addresses #5006.
[bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.8.0. Fixes #5684.
[bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.41. Fixes #5648.
[bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2025b. Fixes #5681.
[bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.17.4. Fixes #5678.
[bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-78.1.0. Fixes #5676.
[bdubbs] - Update to patch-2.8. Fixes #5689.
[bdubbs] - Update to mpfr-4.2.2. Fixes #5677.
[bdubbs] - Update to kmod-34.2. Fixes #5688.
[bdubbs] - Update to gdbm-1.25. Fixes #5679.
[bdubbs] - Update to flit_core-3.12.0. Fixes #5683.
[bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.7.1. Fixes #5685.
2025-03-15
[bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.1202. Addresses #4500.
[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20250304. Addresses #5006.
[bdubbs] - Update to sysklogd-2.7.1. Fixes #5668.
[bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-76.0.0. Fixes #5665.
[bdubbs] - Update to pkgconf-2.4.3. Fixes #5672.
[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.13. Fixes #5673.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.13.7. Fixes #5664.
[bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.75. Fixes #5667.
[bdubbs] - Update to kmod-34.1. Fixes #5671.
[bdubbs] - Update to jinja2-3.1.6. Fixes #5670.
[bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.7.0. Fixes #5675.
2025-03-05
[bdubbs] - LFS-12.3 released.