vii. Master Changelog ===================== This is version GIT-20240401 of the Cross-Compiled Linux From Scratch book, dated April 01, 2024. 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 http://trac.clfs.org/. Below is a list of detailed changes made since the previous release of the book. **Changelog Entries:** * **March 25, 2024** * [michele13] - We can now build all busybox applets with no problems. * [michele13] - Added symlink /init pointing to bin/busybox in ${CLFS}/targetfs/. * [michele13] - Fixed instructions for unpacking gmp mpc and mpfr during the toolchain build. * [michele13] - Fixed instructions for building dropbear. * **March 23, 2024** * [michele13] - Fixed instructions for linux kernel build. * **March 22, 2024** * [michele13] - Removed Iana-etc patch. * [michele13] - Fixed instructions for binutils, linux-headers and Iana-etc. * **March 21, 2024** * [michele13] - Updated Busybox to version 1.36.1. * [michele13] - Updated Dropbear to version 2022.83. * [michele13] - Updated musl to version 1.2.5. * [michele13] - Updated Binutils to version 2.42. * [michele13] - Updated Linux to version 6.7.4. * [michele13] - Updated GCC to version 13.2.0. * [michele13] - Updated GMP to version 6.3.0. * [michele13] - Updated MPC to version 1.3.1. * [michele13] - Updated MPFR to version 4.2.1. * [michele13] - Fixed download links of Iana-etc and Wireless-Tools. * **April 19, 2019** * [abradford] - Fix download links for MPC and bootscripts. * **October 12, 2017** * [abradford] - Many small fixes submitted by "selk" on IRC and "akhiezer" via email * [abradford] - Update Linux to v4.9.22 * [abradford] - Update musl to version 1.1.16 * [abradford] - Add new concept of "targetfs" directory parallel to the cross-tools which allows easier retaining of cross-tools across target builds * [abradford] - Remove utmp, wtmp, and btmp creation. * **December 28, 2016** * [abradford] - Add apt-get line to INSTALL document. * [abradford] - Update binutils to version 2.27. * [abradford] - Update busybox to version 1.24.2. * [abradford] - Update gmp to version 6.1.1. * [abradford] - Update Linux to version 4.4.21. * [abradford] - Update mpc to version 1.0.3. * [abradford] - Update mpfr to version 3.1.2. * [abradford] - Update musl to version 1.1.15. * [abradford] - Update GCC to version 6.2 which removes the need for patching GCC for compatibility with musl. * [abradford] - Update host requirements and script for m4 and ncurses5. * **June 13, 2014** * [abradford] - Allow for easier starting over of targetfs build. * [abradford] - Remove e2fsprogs, busybox version of utilities are good enough. * [abradford] - Remove iptables, untested and largely unused. * [abradford] - Add netplug utility to beyond. * [abradford] - Update binutils to v2.24. * [abradford] - Update busybox to v1.22.1. * [abradford] - Update musl to v1.0.3. * [abradford] - Simplify beyond sections into one section. * **October 24, 2013** * [abradford] - Shorten triplets. * [abradford] - Reorder variable tables for easier reading. * [abradford] - ARM and x86 are assumed little endian. * [abradford] - Fix musl installation symlinking. * [abradford] - Fix iana-etc 'make get'. * **October 21, 2013** * [abradford] - Cleanup the kernel build. * [abradford] - Move bootloaders into bootable section, just give recommendations no exact steps. * [abradford] - Create top level README and LICENSE. * **October 18, 2013** * [abradford] - Fix the networking configuration to use eth0 and DHCP to obtain a valid IP address. * **October 17, 2013** * [abradford] - Update dropbear to 2013.60 and fix instructions. * [abradford] - Assorted docbook updates for common pages. * [abradford] - Reorganize things people don't need to read into the preface and things that really should be read into the chapters. * [abradford] - Delete hostapd and lib-nl. * [abradford] - Delete dependencies information, most of it was wrong or outdated and so long as you follow the book in order there's no issues. * **October 16, 2013** * [abradford] - Remove uClibc, use musl-libc. * [abradford] - Build cross compiler completely separate from target file system. * [abradford] - Build GMP, MPFR, and MPC within GCC tree. * [abradford] - Linewrap many configure switches for easier reading and editing. * **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] - Install headers to cross-tools. * [abradford] - Fix binutils build issue with some Texinfo. * **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.