%general-entities; ]> This is version &version; of the Cross-Compiled Linux From Scratch book, dated &releasedate;. 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 . Below is a list of detailed changes made since the previous release of the book. August 12, 2013 [abradford] - Don't copy libiberty.h from binutils. [abradford] - Install linux headers directly without cp. [abradford] - Revert install of headers to cross-tools. July 24, 2013 [abradford] - Fix binutils build issue with some Texinfo. [abradford] - Install headers to cross-tools. June 17, 2013 [abradford] - Change partitioning to creating build dir. June 13, 2013 [abradford] - Remove WRT arch. June 11, 2013 [abradford] - Many package updates. [abradford] - Removal of some LFS specific information. [abradford] - Update host requirements to at least Debian Squeeze. [kterrell] - Removal of sources from final tarball. September 22, 2012 [abradford] - Small fixes to prologue and ch 1 and 2. September 13, 2012 [ljump] - Fix System.map depmod command. [ljump] - Fix console and null /dev node creation for final system. September 02, 2012 [William Harrington] - Fix uClibc patch MD5 sum. August 24, 2012 [William Harrington] - Change Beyond Net hostapd page to include bootscript and configuration sections. August 22, 2012 [William Harrington] - Change Beyond Net Dropbear page and edit the installation of bootscripts section. [William Harrington] - Remove bash reference in hostreqs version script to use $SHELL variable. August 08, 2012 [William Harrington] - Update version check script to find the libc version with hosts that use paths other than /lib and /lib64, such as multiarch distro. May 14, 2011 [abradford] - Updated /etc/mdev.conf to Alpine Linux's example to provide a better baseline example. [abradford] - Reverted changes that removed the mknod'ing of /dev/console and /dev/null. These nodes may be needed on some systems for proper booting. [abradford] - Added Wireless Tools package to Beyond Networking section. Thanks to Ivan Castell Rovira for providing a set of instructions for the installation of this package. [abradford] - Fixed some Dropbear issues with symlinks and directory naming. April 20, 2011 [abradford] - Created a Beyond section just for extra libraries and moved zlib into it. April 19, 2011 [abradford] - Created a Beyond section just for networking tools. [abradford] - Created a Beyond section just for file system tools and moved e2fsprogs into it. April 8, 2011 [jciccone] - Cleaned up the acknowledgements page. March 31, 2011 [abradford] - Updated BusyBox to version 1.18.4. [abradford] - Updated GCC to version 4.6.0. [abradford] - Updated MPC to version 0.9. [abradford] - Updated zlib to version 1.2.5. [abradford] - Updated Linux kernel to version 2.6.38.2. [abradford] - Require Gawk 3.1 or greater because of Iana-Etc requirements. [abradford] - Updated "What Now?" section to include CBLFS link. Thanks go to Adrian Grigo. [abradford] - Link ${CLFS}/etc/init.d/rcS to ${CLFS}/etc/rc.d/startup so that BusyBox's init can find the startup scripts. [abradford] - Updated mdev configuration such that video output is disabled by default to ensure no errors if video is not available. March 23, 2011 [abradford] - Remove mknod commands as mdev takes care of creating all required entries in /dev automatically. [abradford] - Moved change ownership section to be as late in the book as possible and only operate on a copy of the file system. March 18, 2011 [abradford] - Copy libgcc library to target as it's needed by at least e2fsprogs. March 7, 2011 [abradford] - Added optional information for building C++ compiler. [abradford] - Updated bootscripts install target and package contents to match current bootscripts. February 24, 2011 [abradford] - Added --disable-multilib to GCC builds. February 10, 2011 [abradford] - Changed GCC Static and Final to build GCC for ${CLFS_ABI} for ARM and MIPS, ${CLFS_CPU} for x86. This removes the need for using the ${BUILD} variable when building packages. [abradford] - Updated Resources section. January 30, 2011 [abradford] - Updated MPFR download link. [abradford] - Updated GCC to version 4.5.2. [abradford] - Updated Binutils to version 2.21. [abradford] - Added information to GCC's configure options. [abradford] - Updated Iana-Etc to use more up-to-date data. Janurary 10, 2011 [jciccone] - Changes Submitted By Andrew Bradford via the CLFS-Dev Mailing List. Updated E2fsprogs to 1.41.14 and changed some configure switches for uClibc compatibility. November 28, 2010 [jciccone] - Updated BusyBox to 1.17.3. [jciccone] - Updated uClibc to 0.9.31. November 21, 2010 [jciccone] - Added MPC 0.8.2. [jciccone] - Updated GCC to 4.5.1. [jciccone] - Updated Binutils to 2.20.1. [jciccone] - Updated MPFR to 3.0.0. [jciccone] - Updated GMP to 5.0.1. [jciccone] - Updated the Linux Kernel to 2.6.36. [jciccone] - Make sure we change CLFS_HOST before we set it. Also make sure that CLFS_HOST gets saved to the bashrc. November 8, 2008 [jciccone] - Updated Busybox to 1.12.1. [jciccone] - Updated uClibc to 0.9.30-rc3. November 8, 2008 [jciccone] - Dropped the uClibc Headers Page. [jciccone] - Updated GCC to 4.3.2. [jciccone] - Updated Binutils to 2.19. Janurary 9, 2008 [jciccone] - Updated Busybox to 1.8.2. November 5, 2006 [jim] - Start of CLFS Embedded Development.