This is version r13.1-18 of the Linux From Scratch book, dated September 30th, 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:
2026-10-01
[bdubbs] - Update to coreutils-9.12. Fixes #6020.
[bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.8.5 (Security Update). Fixes #6027.
[bdubbs] - Update to flit_core-4.1.0 (Python module). Fixes #6021.
[bdubbs] - Update to groff-1.24.2. Fixes #6034.
[bdubbs] - Update to gzip-1.15. Fixes #6025.
[bdubbs] - Update to less-710. Fixes #6024.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-7.2.8. Fixes #6024.
[bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.12.1. Fixes #6029.
[bdubbs] - Update to openssl-4.0.3 (Security Update). Fixes #6033.
[bdubbs] - Update to pcre2-10.49 (Security Update). Fixes #6032.
[bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.20.3. Fixes #6031.
[bdubbs] - Update to systemd-262. Fixes #6030.
[bdubbs] - Update to tzdata20263. Fixes #6035.
[bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.42.4 (Security Update). Fixes #6014.
2026-09-18
[xry111] - Update glibc upstream fixes patch (security update). Fixes #6023.
2026-09-15
[bdubbs] - Update to automake-1.19. Fixes #6017.
[bdubbs] - Update to elfutils-0.196. Fixes #6001.
[bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.8.4 (Security Update). Fixes #6012.
[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20260911. Addresses #5006.
[bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-7.2.0. Fixes #6015.
[bdubbs] - Update to linux-7.2.6. Fixes #6002.
[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.19. Fixes #6004.
[bdubbs] - Update to openssl-4.0.2 (Security Update). Fixes #6005.
[bdubbs] - Update to pcre2-10.48 (Security Update). Fixes #6013.
[bdubbs] - Update to pkgconf-3.0.7. Fixes #6003.
[bdubbs] - Update to systemd-261.3. Fixes #6018.
[bdubbs] - Update to tzdata2026d. Fixes #6019.
[bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.2.1099. Addresses #4500.
[bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.8.4 (Security Update). Fixes #6015.
2026-09-01
[bdubbs] - LFS-13.1 released.