#### Linux From Scratch - Version 11.1

### Chapter 1. Introduction

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# 1.3. Changelog

This is version 11.1 of the Linux From Scratch book, dated March 1st, 2022. 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:

- 2022-03-01

  - [bdubbs] - LFS-11.1 released.

- 2022-02-23

  - [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.4.6 (security fix). Fixes #5011.

- 2022-02-15

  - [bdubbs] - LFS-11.1-rc1 released.

  - [bdubbs] - Add binutils-2.38 LTO patch. Fixes #5011.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.37.4. Fixes #5010.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.10.1. Fixes #5009.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.16.9. Fixes #5008.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.2.4383 (Security Update). Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20220207. Addresses #5006.

- 2022-02-10

  - [xry111] - Workaround the issue causing binaries link to libraries from the host distro for pass 2 binutils. It's now unnecessary to build zlib in chapter 6.

- 2022-02-09

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-5.2.2. Fixes #5004.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.16.8. Fixes #5005.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.38. Requires adding zlib to Chapter 6. Fixes #5007.

- 2022-02-04

  - [xry111] - Remove bash `+h` directives in chroot. Fixes #4998.

  - [xry111] - Update to man-db-2.10.0. Fixes #5002.

  - [xry111] - Move OpenSSL before Kmod and enable OpenSSL for Kmod build.

  - [xry111] - Update to gdbm-1.23. Fixes #5000.

  - [xry111] - Update to tcl-8.6.12. Fixes #5001.

  - [thomas] - Remove sed from glibc instructions in chapter 8. It has been applied upstream.

- 2022-02-03

  - [bdubbs] - Add coreutils-9.0 chmod patch. Fixes #4992.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to glibc-2.35. Fixes #4999.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.16.5. Fixes #4996.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to findutils-4.9.0. Fixes #4995.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.4.4. Fixes #4993.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20220128. Fixes #4994.

- 2022-01-29

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.16.4. Fixes #4991.

- 2022-01-27

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.2.4236. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to zstd-1.5.2. Fixes #4988.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.37.3 (security fix). Fixes #4989.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.10.2. Fixes #4987.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.16.2. Fixes #4979.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.63. Fixes #4990.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-5.16.0. Fixes #4982.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20220120. Fixes #4975.

- 2022-01-20

  - [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.4.3 (security fixes). Fixes #4984.

  - [pierre] - Update to meson-0.61.1. Fixes #4985.

- 2022-01-17

  - [thomas] - Added a fix of a typo to the meson-0.61.0 patch.

- 2022-01-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.11.1. Fixes #4976.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to readline-8.1.2. Fixes #4980.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.61.0. Fixes #4983.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libpipeline-1.5.5. Fixes #4977.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bash-5.1.16. Fixes #4978.

- 2022-01-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.46.5. Fixes #4974.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to zstd-1.5.1. Fixes #4972.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.4.2. Fixes #4970.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.10. Fixes #4969.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-3.01. Fixes #4968.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.15.12. Fixes #4967.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20211224. Fixes #4962.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.0.1. Fixes #4922.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to eudev-3.2.11. Fixes #4914.

- 2021-12-30

  - [renodr] - Update to meson-0.60.3. Fixes #4973.

- 2021-12-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to python3-3.10.1. Fixes #4963.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-1.1.1m. Fixes #4966.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.15.7. Fixes #4964.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.62. Fixes #4965.

- 2021-12-14

  - [thomas] - Allow building findutils on 32 bit systems. Cherry-picked from multilib branch by [pierre].

- 2021-12-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.2.3704. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20211124. Fixes #4957.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-5.2.1. Fixes #4959.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.60.2. Fixes #4960.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.15.5. Fixes #4956.

- 2021-11-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20211112. Fixes #4955.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to elfutils-0.186. Fixes #4954.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-5.2.0. Fixes #4952.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to ncurses-6.3. Fixes #4951.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libpipeline-1.5.4. Fixes #4950.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.60.1. Fixes #4949.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-5.15.0. Fixes #4948.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.15.2. Fixes #4947.

- 2021-11-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gawk-5.1.1. Fixes #4946.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.60.0. Fixes #4945.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.60. Fixes #4944.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gdbm-1.22. Fixes #4943.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to file-5.41. Fixes #4942.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.14.15. Fixes #4941.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20211025. Fixes #4940.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2021e. Fixes #4939.

- 2021-10-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.2.3508. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2021c. Fixes #4934.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.10.0. Fixes #4938.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Jinja2-3.0.2. Fixes #4937.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.14.12. Fixes #4932.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20211004. Fixes #4933.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-5.1.1. Fixes #4936.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to automake-1.16.5. Fixes #4935.

- 2021-10-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.2.3458. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20210924. Addresses #4722.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2021b. Fixes #4929.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-3.0.0. Fixes #4927.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.59.2. Fixes #4931.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.14.8. Fixes #4925.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.59. Fixes #4926.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-9.0. Fixes #4928.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.8.2. Fixes #4930.

- 2021-09-15

  - [bdubbs] - Ensure tcl documentation instructions are present. Fixes #4923.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python3-3.9.7. Fixes #4916.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.14.3. Fixes #4913.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.57. Fixes #4912.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-5.14.0. Fixes #4917.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to inetutils-2.2. Fixes #4918.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gzip-1.11. Fixes #4920.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gdbm-1.21. Fixes #4919.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.8.1. Fixes #4921.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to bc-5.0.2. Fixes #4905.

- 2021-09-08

  - [renodr] - Fix regressions in File that result in improper detection of text and XZ files.

- 2021-09-06

  - [bdubbs] - Text clarifications in the backup/restore section of Chapter 7. Thanks to Kevin Buckley for the patch.

- 2021-09-01

  - [bdubbs] - LFS-11.0 released.

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