Upgraded to Lfs-Utils-0.4.2, Tcl-8.4.5 and Zlib-1.2.1. Obsoletes the Zlib Vsnprintf patch.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3128 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

appendixa/zlib-down.xml

@@ -4,8 +4,5 @@
 <title>Official Download Location</title>
 
 <literallayout>Zlib (&zlib-version;):
-<ulink url="http://www.gzip.org/zlib/"/>
+<ulink url="http://www.gzip.org/zlib/"/></literallayout>
-
-Zlib Vsnprintf Patch:
-<ulink url="&patches-root;&zlib-patch;"/></literallayout>
 </sect2>

chapter01/changelog.xml

@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@
 <listitem><para>file-4.06</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>gcc-3.3.2</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>man-pages-1.63</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>lfs-utils-0.4.1</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>lfs-utils-0.4.2</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>modutils-2.4.26</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>perl-5.8.2</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>procps-3.1.14</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>sed-4.0.8</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>tcl-8.4.5</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>zlib-1.2.1</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
@@ -36,9 +38,13 @@
 <listitem><para>man-1.5m2-pager.patch</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>ncurses-5.3-vsscanf.patch</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>procps-3.1.11-locale-fix.patch</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>zlib-1.1.4-vsnprintf.patch</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>November 26th, 2003 [greg]: Upgraded to Lfs-Utils-0.4.2,
+Tcl-8.4.5 and Zlib-1.2.1. Obsoletes the Zlib Vsnprintf patch.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>November 23rd, 2003 [greg]: Upgraded to Lfs-Utils-0.4.1 and
 improved its build commands.</para></listitem>
 

chapter04/chapter04.xml

@@ -313,9 +313,6 @@ Perl Libc Patch - &perl-libc-patch-size;:
 
 Shadow Newgrp Patch - &shadow-patch-size;:
 <ulink url="&patches-root;&shadow-patch;"/> 
-
-Zlib Vsnprintf Patch - &zlib-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&patches-root;&zlib-patch;"/>
 </literallayout>
 
 <para>In addition to the above required patches, there exist a number of

chapter06/zlib.xml

@@ -13,13 +13,7 @@ Estimated required disk space:  &zlib-compsize;</screen>
 <sect2>
 <title>Installation of Zlib</title>
 
-<para>Zlib has a potential buffer overflow in its
+<para>Prepare Zlib for compilation:</para>
-<emphasis>gzprintf()</emphasis> function, that, though difficult to take
-advantage of, should be taken care of by applying this patch:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&zlib-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
-<para>Now prepare Zlib for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --shared</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -33,45 +27,51 @@ afterwards.</para></note>
 
 <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Install the shared libraries:</para>
+<para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
+checks to ensure it built correctly. The test suite for Zlib is quick and
+painless so we recommend it be run. The following command will test the shared
+library:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>Install the shared library:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Now also build the non-shared libraries:</para>
+<para>Now also build the non-shared (static) library:</para>
 <screen><userinput>make clean
 ./configure --prefix=/usr
 make</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
+<para>The following command will test the static library:</para>
-checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, the 
-following command will do so:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>make test</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>And install the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>The shared Zlib library should be installed in the
+<para>It is good policy and common practice to place important libraries into
-<filename>/lib</filename> directory. That way, in the event
+the <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> directory. This matters most
-that you must boot without the <filename>/usr</filename>
+in scenarios where <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> is on a
-directory, vital system programs will still have access to
+separate partition. Essentially, the run-time components of any libraries
-the library:</para>
+depended upon by programs in <filename class="directory">/bin</filename> or
+<filename class="directory">/sbin</filename> should reside in
+<filename class="directory">/lib</filename> so that they are on the root
+partition and available in the event of
+<filename class="directory">/usr</filename> being inaccessible.</para>
+
+<para>Therefore we move the run-time components of the shared Zlib into
+<filename class="directory">/lib</filename> by issuing the following
+command:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>mv /usr/lib/libz.so.* /lib</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>The <filename>/usr/lib/libz.so</filename> symlink is
+<para>Now we need to fix up the <filename>/usr/lib/libz.so</filename> symlink
-linked to a file which no longer exists, because we moved
+because we just moved the location of the file it points to:</para>
-it. Create a symbolic link to the new location of the
-library:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>ln -sf ../../lib/libz.so.1 /usr/lib/libz.so</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Zlib does not install its manual page. Issue the
-following command to install this documentation:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>cp zlib.3 /usr/share/man/man3</userinput></screen>
-
 </sect2>
 
 </sect1>

entities/lfs-utils.ent

@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 <!ENTITY aa-lfs-utils-dep SYSTEM "../appendixa/lfs-utils-dep.xml">
 <!ENTITY aa-lfs-utils-down SYSTEM "../appendixa/lfs-utils-down.xml">
 
-<!ENTITY lfs-utils-version "0.4.1">
+<!ENTITY lfs-utils-version "0.4.2">
 <!ENTITY lfs-utils-depversion "">
-<!ENTITY lfs-utils-contversion "0.4.1">
+<!ENTITY lfs-utils-contversion "0.4.2">
 <!ENTITY lfs-utils-dir "lfs-utils-&lfs-utils-version;">
 <!ENTITY lfs-utils-package "lfs-utils-&lfs-utils-version;.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY lfs-utils-size "225 KB">
+<!ENTITY lfs-utils-size "221 KB">
 
 <!ENTITY lfs-utils-compsize "1.1 MB">
 <!ENTITY lfs-utils-time "0.1 SBU">

entities/tcl.ent

@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 <!ENTITY aa-tcl-dep SYSTEM "../appendixa/tcl-dep.xml">
 <!ENTITY aa-tcl-down SYSTEM "../appendixa/tcl-down.xml">
 
-<!ENTITY tcl-version "8.4.4">
+<!ENTITY tcl-version "8.4.5">
-<!ENTITY tcl-depversion "8.4.4">
+<!ENTITY tcl-depversion "8.4.5">
-<!ENTITY tcl-contversion "8.4.4">
+<!ENTITY tcl-contversion "8.4.5">
 <!ENTITY tcl-dir "tcl-&tcl-version;">
 <!ENTITY tcl-package "tcl-&tcl-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY tcl-size "3,292 KB">
+<!ENTITY tcl-size "3,363 KB">
 
 <!ENTITY tcl-compsize-tools "23 MB">
 <!ENTITY tcl-time-tools "0.9 SBU">

entities/zlib.ent

@@ -6,15 +6,12 @@
 <!ENTITY aa-zlib-dep SYSTEM "../appendixa/zlib-dep.xml">
 <!ENTITY aa-zlib-down SYSTEM "../appendixa/zlib-down.xml">
 
-<!ENTITY zlib-version "1.1.4">
+<!ENTITY zlib-version "1.2.1">
-<!ENTITY zlib-depversion "1.1.4">
+<!ENTITY zlib-depversion "1.2.1">
-<!ENTITY zlib-contversion "1.1.4">
+<!ENTITY zlib-contversion "1.2.1">
 <!ENTITY zlib-dir "zlib-&zlib-version;">
 <!ENTITY zlib-package "zlib-&zlib-version;.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY zlib-size "144 KB">
+<!ENTITY zlib-size "277 KB">
-
-<!ENTITY zlib-patch "zlib-&zlib-version;-vsnprintf.patch">
-<!ENTITY zlib-patch-size "10 KB">
 
 <!ENTITY zlib-compsize "1.5 MB">
 <!ENTITY zlib-time "0.1 SBU">