%general-entities; ]> This is version &version; of the 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 changes made since the previous release of the book. 2025-12-15 [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata2025c. Fixes #5833. [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.14.2 (Security update). Fixes #5831. [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.10.0. Fixes #5832. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.18.1. Fixes #5830. [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-6.18.0. Fixes #5829. 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 [bdubbs] - Update to less-685. Fixes #5810. [bdubbs] - Update to systemd-258.1. Fixes #5809. [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.14.0. Fixes #5806. [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.6.0. Fixes #5804. [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.17.2. Fixes #5802. [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-6.17.0. Fixes #5803. 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 [bdubbs] - Add the sqlite-3.50.4 package. Fixes #5784. [bdubbs] - Add the pcre2-10.45 package. Fixes #5782. [bdubbs] - Add a description on how to use a kernel base+patch in Chapter 3. Fixes #5785. 2025-09-01 [bdubbs] - LFS-12.4 released.