On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 05:38:07PM -0500, Bruce Hill wrote:
> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/systemd/prologue/errata.html
> refers the reader to please visit
> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/errata/systemd/ before proceeding with
> your build, which gives a "Page not found!" Clicking on the "contact the
> webmaster" http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/website has the same
> page/text as the errata/systemd page.
>
> Is this a typo? There is other systemd errata, though the latest seems to be:
> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/errata/stable-systemd/
>
> Bruce
Traditionally, for both LFS and BLFS 'errata' are for the (most
recent) release only.
Maybe we should alter the text to say that errata *for releases* is
at that link ??
But what would you expect to see in the errata for the development
books ? The current versions are always assumed to be ok, subject to
fixes from pending tickets, but from time to time there are problems.
In this cycle there turned out to be issues with a meson version,
and for a while that was reverted. These sort of things are usually
mentioned on the appropriate -dev lists.
Similarly with vim-8.1 : that is, I think, mentioned in the stable
errata. Similarly for kernel versions with exploitable problems
which have been publically disclosed. So, if you are using an "old"
development snapshot then certainly some of the release errata might
apply.
But for everything else in the current books, unless an open ticket
(check trac for LFS and BLFS) has a priority of high (or greater)
then everything is assumed to be ok.
I have previously said that people following the dev books should at
least monitor the -dev lists. Normally, the dev book is not
recommended for a first build, but after that - if you wish to use
the dev version, fine - but please be aware of security issues (we
editors might not always be aware of them, particularly in BLFS),
and keep an eye on the dev lists.
ĸen
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