This is version ml-12.4-128-multilib of the Linux From Scratch book, dated January 14th, 2026. 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:
2026-01-15
2026-01-01
[bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.8.2. Fixes #5836.
[bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.2031. Addresses #4500.
[bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.41.3. Fixes #5834.
[bdubbs] - Update to systemd-259. Fixes #5822.
[bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.19.0. Fixes #5838.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.18.2. Fixes #5837.
[bdubbs] - Update to inetutils-2.7. Fixes #5835.
[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20251215. Addresses #5006.
2025-12-15
2025-12-01
[bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.1934. Addresses #4500.
[bdubbs] - Update to sqlite-autoconf-3510100 (3.51.1). Fixes #5828.
[bdubbs] - Update to ninja-1.13.2. Fixes #5826.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.17.9. Fixes #5827.
[bdubbs] - Update to libxcrypt-4.5.2. Fixes #5825.
[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20251120. Addresses #5006.
2025-11-15
[bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-9.9. Fixes #5823.
[bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.45.1. This now requires adding glibc-2.42-upstream_fixes-1.patch. Fixes #5824.
[bdubbs] - Update to libxcrypt-4.5.1. Fixes #5820.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.17.8. Fixes #5818.
[bdubbs] - Update to sqlite-autoconf-3510000 (3.51.0). Fixes #5821.
2025-11-01
[bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.1888. Addresses #4500.
[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20251022. Addresses #5006.
[bdubbs] - Update to pcre2-10.47. Fixes #5814.
[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.16. Fixes #5817.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.17.6. Fixes #5811.
[bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.77. Fixes #5815.
[bdubbs] - Update to elfutils-0.194. Fixes #5815.
2025-10-15
2025-10-01
[renodr] - Update to systemd-258 (including udev for SysV). Fixes #5791.
[bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.1806. Addresses #4500.
[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20250926. Addresses #5006.
[bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-9.8. Fixes #5795.
[bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.7.3 (Security release). Fixes #5792.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.16.9. Fixes #5796.
[bdubbs] - Update to markupsafe-3.0.3. Fixes #5801.
[bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.9.1. Fixes #5797.
[renodr] - Update to openssl-3.5.4 (Security Update). Fixes #5793.
[bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.41.2. Fixes #5798.
2025-09-15
[bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.1754. Addresses #4500.
[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20250826. Addresses #5006.
[bdubbs] - Update to tcl8.6.17. Fixes #5781.
[bdubbs] - Update to pcre2-10.46. Fixes #5790.
[bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.9.0. Fixes #5788.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.16.7. Fixes #5787.
[bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.9.0. Fixes #5789.
2025-09-03
2025-09-01
[bdubbs] - LFS-12.4 released.