5.1-pre1 - February 1st, 2004
Upgraded to:
autoconf-2.59
automake-1.8.2
dejagnu-1.4.4
expect-5.40.0
file-4.07
gcc-3.3.2
gettext-0.14.1
glibc-2.3.3
grub-0.94
kbd-1.12
man-pages-1.64
lfs-utils-0.4.2
libtool-1.5.2
linux-2.4.24
man-pages-1.65
modutils-2.4.26
perl-5.8.3
procps-3.1.15
psmisc-21.4
sed-4.0.9
shadow-4.0.4.1
tcl-8.4.5
zlib-1.2.1
Added:
coreutils-5.0-posixver-2.patch
gcc-3.3.2-no_fixincludes-1.patch
inetutils-1.4.2-no_server_man_pages-1.patch
kbd-1.12-more-programs-1.patch
Removed:
gawk-3.1.3-libexecdir.patch
gcc-3.3.1-no_fixincludes-2.patch
gcc-3.3.1-suppress-libiberty.patch
glibc-2.3.2-sscanf-1.patch
grub-0.93-gcc33-1.patch
kbd-1.08-more-programs.patch
man-1.5m2-manpath.patch
man-1.5m2-pager.patch
ncurses-5.3-vsscanf.patch
procps-3.1.11-locale-fix.patch
shadow-4.0.3-newgrp-fix.patch
zlib-1.1.4-vsnprintf.patch
February 1st, 2004 [gerard]: LFS-5.1-PRE1 release.
February 1st, 2004 [gerard]: Applied Anderson's patch fixing: wrong official download location for file, fix TCLs tcl-package entity, remove redundant download locations for e2fsprogs and psmisc, and fix incorrect extensions for gcc, groff, kbd, libtool, man and man-pages. Closed bugs #750, #751 and #754.
February 1st, 2004 [matt]: Upgraded to expect-5.40.0
February 1st, 2004 [gerard]: Added two additional mirror sites for the Glibc tarball: mirror.averse.net (http & ftp) and ftp.lfs-matrix.de (ftp only).
February 1st, 2004 [gerard]: Applied Matthew's patch to upgrade to dejagnu-1.4.4, gettext-0.14.1, grub-0.94, libtool-1.5.2 and man-pages-1.65.
January 27th, 2004 [alex]: Chapters 5 + 6 - Replaced 'build time' and 'disk space' texts with entities for esy change.
January 26th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 1 - Resources: Added links to the Wiki and the LFS-References page.
January 25th, 2004 [greg]: Chapter 5 - Adding the user lfs: Added "-k /dev/null" to the useradd command to prevent /etc/skel files from coming across.
January 21st, 2004 [alex]: Chapters 2 and 6 - Making a few extra cross references.
January 19th, 2004 [greg]: Upgraded to Glibc-2.3.3, Kbd-1.12, Perl-5.8.3 and Shadow-4.0.4.1.
January 19th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 2 - Added a reference to Bruce's pages on build times and SBUs.
January 17th, 2004 [greg]: Chapter 7 - Creating the /etc/hosts file: Amended example domain names to comply with RFC 2606. Closes 742.
January 16th, 2004 [greg]: Expanded the Locking in Glibc and Re-adjusting the toolchain sanity checks to also catch missing cc->gcc symlink and provide more help for when things go wrong.
January 16th, 2004 [greg]: Implemented changes to make the running of the Chapter 5 test suites strictly optional i.e. the default action for the average reader is to not run them. Closes 719.
January 14th, 2004 [alex]: Cleaned up stale files and entities after the big move.
January 13th, 2004 [greg]: Chapter 8 - Installation of the kernel: Added command to keep a copy of the kernel .config file.
January 13th, 2004 [greg]: Moved log file creation from Shadow to "Creating the passwd and group files" and renamed that section accordingly. Closes 741.
January 13th, 2004 [greg]: Upgraded to Automake-1.8.2, Kbd-1.11 and Sed-4.0.9.
January 12th, 2004 [alex]: Moved all the information in appendix A (the program descriptions and download locations) to chapter 6, dividing each package page in roughly three sections: Statistics, Instructions, and Short descriptions.
January 9th, 2004 [greg]: Chapter 7 - Configuring the network script: Added instructions to create /etc/resolv.conf. Closes 733.
January 9th, 2004 [greg]: Chapter 8 - Making the LFS system bootable: Added --no-mem-option to Grub command line in menu.lst to disable Grub's insistence on passing mem= to the kernel. Closes 737.
January 7th, 2004 [greg]: Chapter 5 - Util-linux: Added command to install the arch program which is needed by Perl for consistency. Upgraded to Kbd-1.10.
January 6th, 2004 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Gawk: Removed the Gawk Libexecdir Patch. Closes Bug 303.
January 6th, 2004 [greg]: Upgraded to File-4.07, Linux-2.4.24 and Procps-3.1.15.
December 17th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Vim: Added commands to run the Vim test suite. Closes Bug 722.
December 17th, 2003 [greg]: Upgraded to Autoconf-2.59, Automake-1.8 and Gettext-0.13.1.
December 17th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Kbd: Updated to new patch that also installs the man pages for the additional programs. Closes Bug 726.
December 17th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Zlib: Added chmod command to fix static library permissions. Closes Bug 728.
December 12th, 2003 [greg]: Glibc: Moved ld.so.conf creation to immediately before make install in both chapters.
December 11th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Inetutils: Added patch to prevent unnecessary man pages from being installed. Closes Bug 723.
December 11th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Creating directories: Stopped creation of /usr/share/{dict,nls}. Closes Bug 721.
December 11th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 5 - Setting up the environment: Fixed Bash startup files to handle HOME and PS1.
December 3rd, 2003 [greg]: Upgraded to Gettext-0.13, Man-pages-1.64, Linux-2.4.23 and Psmisc-21.4.
November 26th, 2003 [greg]: Upgraded to Lfs-Utils-0.4.2, Tcl-8.4.5 and Zlib-1.2.1. Obsoletes the Zlib Vsnprintf patch.
November 23rd, 2003 [greg]: Upgraded to Lfs-Utils-0.4.1 and improved its build commands.
November 20th, 2003 [greg]: Rolled back the following patches to sed substitutions: GCC Suppress-Libiberty Patch, Grub Gcc33 Patch, Man Manpath Patch and Man Pager Patch. Closes Bug 461.
November 19th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 5 - Setting up the environment: Reworked the Bash startup files to enforce a clean environment. Closes Bug 714.
November 17th, 2003 [jeremy]: Upgraded Man-pages to 1.63.
November 16th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Sysvinit: Simplified the sed to demonstrate yet another sed variation.
November 17th, 2003 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Perl: Added fix for perldoc less invocation problem. Closes bug 716.
November 16th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Texinfo: Added note about how to recreate the /usr/share/info/dir file if needed. Closes Bug 485.
November 14th, 2003 [greg]: Removed unnecessary Ncurses Vsscanf Patch. Closes Bug 704.
November 14th, 2003 [gerard]: Adjusted libexecdir location for these packages: Glibc - /usr/bin to /usr/lib, Findutils - /usr/bin to /usr/lib/locate, Gawk - /usr/bin to /usr/lib/gawk, Tar - /usr/bin to /usr/sbin. Closes Bug #678.
November 14th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Coreutils: Stopped moving these binaries into /bin: dir, dircolors, du, mkfifo, shred, vdir. Closes Bug 679.
November 14th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Shadow: Added command to create /etc/default directory to allow the -D option of useradd to work properly.
November 14th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Coreutils and Util-linux: Pruned the number of "kill" binaries installed. Use the one from Procps. Partially addresses Bug 307.
November 13th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Ed: Streamlined build commands. Closes Bug 693.
November 13th, 2003 [greg]: Upgraded to Perl-5.8.2 and streamlined build commands for Perl's Chapter 5 static extensions. Closes Bug 690.
November 13th, 2003 [gerard]: Upgraded to Lfs-Utils-0.4 and Man-pages-1.62
November 13th, 2003 [gerard]: Renamed GCC no_fixincludes-2.patch to no_fixincludes-1.patch which was the name it is supposed to be.
November 13th, 2003 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Vim: Changed from creating a local /root/.vimrc to a system-wide /etc/vimrc file .
November 12th, 2003 [greg]: Removed unnecessary Automake symlink.
November 12th, 2003 [greg]: Removed unnecessary Procps Locale Patch. Closes Bug 705.
November 12th, 2003 [greg]: Upgraded to Autoconf-2.58, Automake-1.7.9, File-4.06, Modutils-2.4.26, Procps-3.1.14 and Sed-4.0.8.
November 12th, 2003 [greg]: Upgraded to GCC-3.3.2.
Release of version 5.0 on November 5th, 2003.