Linux From Scratch 7.0 RC1

pkgsrc

The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of
LFS Version 7.0-rc1. This is the first release candidate on the road to
LFS-7.0. It includes numerous changes to LFS-6.8 (including updates to
Linux-3.0.4, GCC-4.6.1, and Glibc-2.14).

A somewhat major change was made in this version of the book by adding a
new top level directory, /run. This directory has a tmpfs mounted and is
used by programs like udev to store run time information. The
directories /var/run and /var/lock are also linked to this directory.
The bootscripts have been updated to accomodate this change. The
bootscripts have also been modified to place supporting scripts in
/lib/boot.

Note that the changes in the bootscripts will probably affect BLFS
bootscripts that have not yet been updated.

Changes to the book also include editorial work on the explanatory
material, improving both the clarity and accuracy of the text. We would
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 at
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/7.0-rc1/, or download to read
locally from http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/7.0-rc1/.