1.3. Changelog

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# 1.3 Changelog

This is version 13.1-systemd-rc2 of the Linux From Scratch book, dated August 16th, 2026. 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:

- 2026-08-16

  - [bdubbs] - LFS-13.1-rc2 is released.

- 2026-08-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.8.3 (Security Update). Fixes #5996.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20260805. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libffi-3.8.0. Fixes #5993.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-7.1.8. Fixes #5997.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.12.0. Fixes #5998.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to procps-ng-4.0.7. Fixes #6000.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-84.0.0 (Python module). Fixes #5994.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.20.2. Fixes #5995.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.2.0954. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.48.0 (Python module). Fixes #5999.

- 2026-08-07

  - [bdubbs] - Update to flit_core-4.0.2 (Python module). Fixes #5989.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-16.2.0. Fixes #5992.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-7.1.7. Fixes #5988.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to packaging-26.3 (Python module). Fixes #5990.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to pkgconf-3.0.5. Fixes #5987.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.14.7 (Security Update). Fixes #5991.

- 2026-08-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.20.0. Fixes #5986.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.2.0858 (Security Update). Fixes #5982.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to systemd-261.2. Fixes #5981.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sqlite-3.53.4. Fixes #5984.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to pkgconf-3.0.4. Fixes #5977.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.44.0. Fixes #5980.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-7.1.5. Fixes #5979.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libtool-2.6.2. Fixes #5978.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20260723. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to glibc-2.44 (Security Update). Fixes #5983.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.47. Fixes #5985.

- 2026-07-15

  - [bdubbs] - Add mpdecimal-4.0.1. Fixes #5963.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2026c. Fixes #5971.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-83.0.0. Fixes #5969.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to pkgconf-3.0.2. Fixes #5962.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.11.2. Fixes #5975.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libffi-3.7.1. Fixes #5970.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-7.1.3. Fixes #5968.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gawk-5.4.1. Fixes #5973.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to findutils-4.11.0. Fixes #5974.

- 2026-07-01

  - [bdubbs] - Add tar-1.35-acl_fix-1.patch. Addresses issue arising from acl-2.4.0.

  - [bdubbs] - Add Python3-3.14.6 consolidated fixes (Security patch). Fixes #5961.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to attr-2.6.0 (Security Update). Fixes #5967.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to acl-2.4.0 (Security Update). Fixes #5966.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.8.2 (Security Update). Fixes #5964.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20260617. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-7.1.0. Fixes #5954.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libffi-3.6.0. Fixes #5958.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-7.1.1. Fixes #5953.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sqlite-autoconf-3.53.3. Fixes #5965.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to systemd-261. Fixes #5959.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.42.2 (Security Update). Fixes #5955.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.2.0752 (Security Update). Fixes #5956.

- 2026-06-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.46.1. Fixes #5950.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to file-5.48. Fixes #5949.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to less-704. Fixes #5948.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-7.0.12. Fixes #5945.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-4.0.1. Fixes #5951.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python3-3.14.6. Fixes #5952.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sqlite-autoconf-3.53.2. Fixes #5946.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.2.0640 (Security Update). Fixes #5947.

- 2026-06-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to systemd-260.2. Fixes #5944.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.10.0. Fixes #5943.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.42.1. Fixes #5939.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to less-702. Fixes #5941.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.2.0567 (Security Update). Fixes #5940.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20260529. Addresses #5006.

- 2026-05-24

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-7.0.10 (Security Update). Fixes #5942.

- 2026-05-20

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-7.0.9 (Security Update). Fixes #5928.

- 2026-05-18

  - [xry111] - Fix CVE-2026-4046, CVE-2026-5450, and CVE-2026-5928 in glibc (Security Update). Fixes #5930.

- 2026-05-14

  - [renodr] - Update to expat-2.8.1 (Security Update). Fixes #5933.

  - [renodr] - Update to tcl-8.6.18. Fixes #5935.

  - [renodr] - Update to vim-9.2.0480 (Security Update). Fixes #5928.

  - [renodr] - Update to linux-7.0.7 (Security Update). Fixes #5932.

  - [renodr] - Fix CVE-2026-7210 and CVE-2026-8328 in Python (Security Update). Fixes #5934.

- 2026-05-11

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.2.0461 (Security Update). Fixes #5938.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sqlite-3.53.1. Fixes #5929.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.14.5. Fixes #5931.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-4.0.0. Fixes #5912.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-7.0.5. Fixes #5917.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20260504. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Add Python-3.14.5 linux7 build patch. Addresses #5931.

  - [bdubbs] - Add glibc linux7 fixes patch.

  - [bdubbs] - Add systemd openssl4 build patch. Addresses #5912.

- 2026-05-08

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-16.1.0. Fixes #5927.

- 2026-05-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to wheel-0.47.0 (Python module). Fixes #5922.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata2026b. Fixes #5923.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sed-4.10. Fixes #5921.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to packaging-26.2 (Python module). Fixes #5913.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to mpc-1.4.1. Fixes #5916.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.11.1. Fixes #5919.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.2.0421 (Security Update). Fixes #5914.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.18. Fixes #5920.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-7.0.0. Fixes #5925.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to inetutils-2.8. Fixes #5926.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.8.0 (Security Update). Fixes #5924.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to elfutils-0.195 (libelf). Fixes #5915.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-9.11. Fixes #5918.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20260424. Addresses #5006.

- 2026-04-15

  - [jlocash] - Update the Python-3.14.4 patch for 2 more issues (Security update). Addresses #5910.

- 2026-04-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.11.0. Fixes #5911.

  - [bdubbs] - Move intltool and XML-Parser to BLFS. Fixes #4964.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.2.0340 (Security Update). Fixes #5904.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.42 (Security Update). Fixes #5900.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sqlite-3.53.0. Fixes #5909.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to Python3-3.14.4 (Security Update). Fixes #5907.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.6.2 (Security Update). Fixes #5906.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.19.12. Fixes #5903.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.78 (Security Update). Fixes #5905.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20260409. Addresses #5006.

- 2026-04-04

  - [zeckma] - Provide UEFI boot support. Fixes #5819.

- 2026-04-01

  - [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.8.3 (Security update). Fixes #5899.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to XML-Parser-2.54 (Security update). Fixes (again) #5892.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.2.0272. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to systemd-260.1. Fixes #5890.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.42.2. Fixes #5898.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to mpc-1.4.0. Fixes #5894.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.10.2. Fixes #5889.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.19.10. Fixes #5893.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20260327. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to groff-1.24.1. Fixes #5888.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to autoconf-2.73. Fixes #5897.

- 2026-03-26

  - [bdubbs] - Update to XML-Parser-2.53 (Security update). Fixes #5892.

  - [bdubbs] - Add a sed to glibc-2.43 (Security update). Fixes #5895.

  - [bdubbs] - Add a patch to Python-3.14.3 (Security update). Fixes #5896.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.7.5 (Security update). Fixes #5891.

- 2026-03-15

  - [bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.2.0161. Addresses #4500.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2026a. Fixes #5882.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to texinfo-7.3. Fixes #5883.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to systemd-259.5. Fixes #5879.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to sqlite-autoconf-3510300 (3.51.3). Fixes #5885.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.19.4. Fixes #5881.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-82.0.1 (Python module). Fixes #5887.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.42.1. Fixes #5886.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.19.8. Fixes #5867.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-6.19.0. Fixes #5874.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20260306. Addresses #5006.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to groff-1.24.0. Fixes #5880.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to gawk-5.4.0. Fixes #5876.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to file-5.47. Fixes #5878.

  - [bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.47.4. Fixes #5884.

- 2026-03-05

  - [bdubbs] - LFS-13.0 released.

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