This is version GIT-0.0.1-20131006 of the Cross-Compiled Linux From Scratch book, dated October 06, 2013. 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://kanj.github.io/elfs/.
Below is a list of detailed changes made since the previous release of the book.
Changelog Entries:
October 6, 2013
[kanj] - Updates throughout book to distinguish the ELFS and CLFS projects. Updated kernel to LTS 3.10.x version. Updated Musl to 0.9.14. Added chapter on BLFS support.
Sept 28, 2013
[kanj] - Updates to all sections of the Introduction chapter to distinguish the ELFS and CLFS projects. Updates to cross-tools/variables section to reflect Musl based tool chains. Updates to materials chapter to reflect Musl as the sole supported C library. Improvement to the Musl library build process in cross-tools/musl.
Sept 14, 2013
[kanj] - Upates to cross-tools/gcc-static, materials/packages, materials/patches and final-system/toolchain to support Musl-0.9.13 and *-linux-musl* toolchains.
August 18, 2013
[kanj] - Update final-system/toolchain.xml to add standard CFLAGS. Update final-system/busyboxMusl.xml to remove specifc flags. Updated ../scripts/OOM/mipsMusl.xml files to execute final-system/toolchain.
August 10, 2013
[kanj] - Update cross-tools/musl.xml to better identify old and new interperter. Updated to Musl-0.9.12 and Busybox-1.21.1
July 30, 2013
[kanj] - Updated cross-tools/musl to support dynamic linking with Musl libc. Updated busybox config to support dynamic linking. Updated final-preps/settingenvironment correct spelling and improve layout.
July 30, 2013
[kanj] - Added cross-tools/musl to support the Musl libc. Updated final-system/busybox.
July 30, 2013
[kanj] - Updated cross-tools/uclibc to use defconfig rather than externally generated patchfile.
July 27, 2013
[kanj] - Modified cross-tools/"arch"-chapter.xml and cross-tools/common/gcc-static.xml to support single stage cross-compiler creation. Refer to http://gcc.gnu.org/install/build.html#Building a cross compiler for a discussion of cross-compiler construction.
July 26, 2013
[kanj] - Modified cross-tools/"arch"-chapter.xml and cross-tools/common/gcc-static.xml to support single stage cross-compiler creation. Refer to http://gcc.gnu.org/install/build.html for a discussion of cross-compiler construction.
July 25, 2013
[kanj] - Modified cross-tools/linux-headers and bootable/kernel in all books to increase consistency and remove non-value added steps.
July 20, 2013
[kanj] - Updated automated build to build to the sysBuild in the same directory as render. Created a separate "arch".ent file to hold variable names for platform variables. Can be used to overide default packages from packages.ent
July 17, 2013
[kanj] - Changes made to support a complete system without creating a clfs user or having root access. * Update materials/introduction to remove reference to root * Update prologue/hostreqs to add fakeroot as a prerequisite * Update final-preps/settingenvironment to support no clfs user * Update cleanup/chowning to mention use of fakeroot, and merge with copy-to-target * Remove cleanup/copy-to-target
July 17, 2013
[kanj] - Changes made to support automated build of examples from book. * Added install-arm, install-mips, and install-x86 targets to makefile * Added aCLFS924, a shell script to BOOK/scripts to make the tool chain.
May 05, 2013
[kanj] - Updated bootscript/network updated for QEMU userland networking.
May 05, 2013
[kanj] - Updated bootable/fstab to get rid of uneeded partions, since dooing a ramdisk only system. Also moved common sections to a common xml file. Updated kernel for the individual platforms.
May 05, 2013
[kanj] - Updated cross-tools/*/variables to use relate the values selected to the kernel configuration file.
May 01, 2013
[kanj] - Updated the-end/*/boot to use QEMU to boot the system created.
April 25, 2013
[kanj] - Updated cross-tools/*/abi to provide externel reference and to cross reference selection to kernel configuration.
April 19, 2013
[kanj] - Updated cross-tool chapters to move kernel-headers earlier. Reformated the kernel header chapter for each platform. This change is to support a platform emphasis and to support deriving the CLFS variables from the kernel configuration.
April 19, 2013
[kanj] - Updated cleanup/copy-to-target to create an initramfs rather than tar file. Updated the-end/boot to boot QEMU from the kernel and initramfs created.
April 15, 2013
[kanj] - Updated cleanup section to use a subdirectroy of ${CLFS} rather than create a separate directory. Also added removing ${CLFS}/sources to removing-files (Ticket-917).
April 13, 2013
[kanj] - Updates to change the section on creating a dedicated partition to one on creating a working directory.(Ticket-914).
April 8, 2013
[kanj] - Update bootscripts/inittab to reflect no root password.
[kanj] - Update packages.ent for binutils_version.
March 30, 2013
[kanj] - Small fixes to aboutlfs, to support automation.
[kanj] - Update packages.ent for binutils_version.
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.