The Linux From Scratch community announces the release of LFS Version 8.0-rc1. It is a preliminary release of LFS-8.0. Major changes include toolchain updates to glibc-2.25 and and gcc-6.3.0. In total, 28 packages were updated since the last release. Changes to the text have also been made throughout the book. The Linux kernel has also been updated to version 4.9.9.

This is a new major version of LFS. The change to 8.0 is due to the removal of the symbolic link from /lib to /lib64 and the complete removal of /usr/lib64. An additional feature is that the gold linker (/usr/bin/ld.gold) is now available although it is not the default linker.

We encourage all users to read through this release of the book and test the instructions so that we can make the final release as good as possible.

You can read the book online [0], or download [1] to read locally.

In coordination with this release, a new version of LFS using the systemd package is also being released. This package implements the newer systemd style of system initialization and control and is consistent with LFS in most packages.

You can read the systemd version of the book online [2], or download [3] to read locally.


  -- Bruce

[0] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/8.0-rc1/
[1] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/8.0-rc1/
[2] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/8.0-systemd-rc1/
[3] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/8.0-systemd-rc1/
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