This is version r13.0-18-systemd of the Linux From Scratch book, dated April 1st, 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:
2026-04-01
[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-9.1.0272. 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
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.