Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/trunk' into xry111/loongarch

chapter01/changelog.xml

@@ -40,6 +40,98 @@
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
     -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2025-01-15</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.1.1016. Addresses
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4500">#4500</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20250108. Addresses
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5006'>#5006</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.40.4. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5624'>#5624</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem revision="sysv">
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-3.13. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5621'>#5621</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to sysklogd-2.7.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5623'>#5623</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.17.2. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5625'>#5625</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to setuptools-75.8.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5622'>#5622</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.12.9. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5620'>#5620</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.23.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5619'>#5619</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2025-01-01</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Update to libxcrypt-4.4.37. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;5618">#5618</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem revision="systemd">
+          <para>[renodr] - Update to dbus-1.16.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;5609">#5609</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20241220. Addresses
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5006'>#5006</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to texinfo-7.2. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5616'>#5616</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem revision="sysv">
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-3.12. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5615'>#5615</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.17.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5617'>#5617</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to procps-ng-4.0.5. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5611'>#5611</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.6.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5510'>#5610</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.12.7. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5613'>#5613</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.7.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5608'>#5608</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to jinja2-3.1.5 (Security Update). Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5614'>#5614</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2024-12-15</para>
       <itemizedlist>
@@ -56,7 +148,7 @@
           <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5559'>#5559</ulink>.</para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
-          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.13.1. Fixes
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.13.1 (Security Update). Fixes
           <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5605'>#5605</ulink>.</para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>

chapter01/whatsnew.xml

@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>DejaGNU-&dejagnu-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem revision="systemd">
+    <listitem revision="systemd">
       <para>D-Bus-&dbus-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Diffutils-&diffutils-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>IPRoute2-&iproute2-version;</para>
     </listitem>
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Jinja2-&jinja2-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>Kbd-&kbd-version;</para>
     </listitem>
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Libtool-&libtool-version;</para>
     </listitem>
+    <listitem>
+      <para>Libxcrypt-&libxcrypt-version;</para>
+    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>Linux-&linux-version;</para>
     </listitem>
@@ -212,9 +215,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Pkgconf-&pkgconf-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Procps-ng-&procps-ng-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Psmisc-&psmisc-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -230,9 +233,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Setuptools-&setuptools-version;</para>
     </listitem>
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Shadow-&shadow-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <listitem revision="sysv">
       <para>Sysklogd-&sysklogd-version;</para>
     </listitem>
@@ -257,9 +260,9 @@
     <listitem revision="sysv">
       <para>Udev from Systemd-&systemd-version;</para>
     </listitem>
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Util-linux-&util-linux-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>Vim-&vim-version;</para>
     </listitem>

chapter02/aboutlfs.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <sect1 id="ch-partitioning-aboutlfs">
   <?dbhtml filename="aboutlfs.html"?>
 
-  <title>Setting The $LFS Variable</title>
+  <title>Setting the $LFS Variable and the Umask</title>
 
   <para>Throughout this book, the environment variable <envar>LFS</envar> will
   be used several times. You should ensure that this variable is always defined
@@ -28,8 +28,24 @@
   <quote>/mnt/lfs</quote> (or whatever value the variable was set to) when it
   processes the command line.</para>
 
+  <para>Now set the file mode creation mask (umask) to
+  <literal>022</literal> in case the host distro uses a different
+  default:</para>
+
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>umask 022</userinput></screen>
+
+  <para>Setting the umask to 022 ensures that newly created files and
+  directories are only writable by their owner, but are readable and
+  searchable (only for directories) by anyone (assuming default modes are
+  used by the <ulink role='man' url='&man;open.2'>open(2)</ulink> system
+  call, new files will end up with permission mode 644 and directories with
+  mode 755).  An overly-permissive default can leave security holes in the
+  LFS system, and an overly-restrictive default can cause strange issues
+  building or using the LFS system.</para>
+
   <caution>
-  <para>Do not forget to check that <envar>LFS</envar> is set whenever
+  <para>Do not forget to check that <envar>LFS</envar> is set and the
+  umask is set to <literal>022</literal> whenever
   you leave and reenter the current working environment (such as when doing a
   <command>su</command> to <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> or
   another user). Check that the <envar>LFS</envar> variable is set up
@@ -39,29 +55,40 @@
 
   <para>Make sure the output shows the path to your LFS system's build
   location, which is <filename class="directory">/mnt/lfs</filename> if the
-  provided example was followed. If the output is incorrect, use the command
+  provided example was followed.</para>
-  given earlier on this  page to set <envar>$LFS</envar> to the correct
-  directory name.</para>
-  </caution>
 
-  <note><para>One way to ensure that the <envar>LFS</envar> variable is always
+  <para>Check that the umask is set up properly with:</para>
-  set is to edit the <filename>.bash_profile</filename> file in both your
+
-  personal home directory and in  <filename>/root/.bash_profile</filename> and
+  <screen role="nodump"><userinput>umask</userinput></screen>
-  enter the export command above.  In addition, the shell specified in the
+
+  <para>The output may be <computeroutput>0022</computeroutput> or
+  <computeroutput>022</computeroutput> (the number of leading zeros depends
+  on the host distro).</para>
+
+  <para>If any output of these two commands is incorrect, use the command
+  given earlier on this page to set <envar>$LFS</envar> to the correct
+  directory name and set umask to <literal>022</literal>.</para></caution>
+
+  <note><para>One way to ensure that the <envar>LFS</envar> variable and the
+  umask are always set properly is to edit the
+  <filename>.bash_profile</filename> file in both your personal home
+  directory and in  <filename>/root/.bash_profile</filename> and
+  enter the <command>export</command> and <command>umask</command> commands
+  above.  In addition, the shell specified in the
   <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file for all users that need the
   <envar>LFS</envar> variable must be bash to ensure that the
-  <filename>/root/.bash_profile</filename> file is incorporated as a part of
+  <filename>.bash_profile</filename> file is incorporated as a part of
   the login process.</para>
 
   <para>Another consideration is the method that is used to log into the
   host system.  If logging in through a graphical display manager, the
   user's <filename>.bash_profile</filename> is not normally used when
-  a virtual terminal is started.  In this case, add the export command to
+  a virtual terminal is started.  In this case, add the commands to
   the <filename>.bashrc</filename> file for the user and
   <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>.  In addition,
   some distributions use an "if" test, and do not run the remaining <filename>.bashrc</filename>
   instructions for a non-interactive bash invocation.  Be sure to place the
-  export command ahead of the test for non-interactive use.</para>
+  commands ahead of the test for non-interactive use.</para>
 
   </note>
 

chapter02/mounting.xml

@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ mount -v -t ext4 /dev/<replaceable>&lt;yyy&gt;</replaceable> $LFS/home</userinpu
   <replaceable>&lt;yyy&gt;</replaceable> with the appropriate partition
   names.</para>
 
+  <para>Set the owner and permission mode of the
+  <filename class='directory'>$LFS</filename> directory (i.e. the root
+  directory in the newly created file system for the LFS system) to
+  &root; and <literal>755</literal> in case the host distro has been
+  configured to use a different default for <command>mkfs</command>:</para>
+
+<screen role='nodump'><userinput>chown root:root $LFS
+chmod 755 $LFS</userinput></screen>
+
   <para>Ensure that this new partition is not mounted with permissions that are
   too restrictive (such as the <option>nosuid</option> or
   <option>nodev</option> options). Run the <command>mount</command> command

chapter04/addinguser.xml

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
   the installation process. As <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>,
   issue the following commands to add the new user:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>groupadd lfs
+<screen><userinput>groupadd &lfs-groupname;
-useradd -s /bin/bash -g lfs -m -k /dev/null lfs</userinput></screen>
+useradd -s /bin/bash -g &lfs-groupname; -m -k /dev/null &lfs-username;</userinput></screen>
 
   <variablelist>
     <title>This is what the command line options mean:</title>
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ useradd -s /bin/bash -g lfs -m -k /dev/null lfs</userinput></screen>
   have a password), you need to set a password for &lfs-user;.  Issue the
   following command as the &root; user to set the password:</para>
 
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>passwd lfs</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>passwd &lfs-username;</userinput></screen>
 
   <para>Grant <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem> full access to
   all the directories under <filename class="directory">$LFS</filename> by making
   <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem> the owner:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>chown -v lfs $LFS/{usr{,/*},lib,lib64,var,etc,bin,sbin,tools}</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>chown -v &lfs-username; $LFS/{usr{,/*},lib,lib64,var,etc,bin,sbin,tools}</userinput></screen>
 
 <note><para>In some host systems, the following <command>su</command> command does not complete
   properly and suspends the login for the &lfs-user; user to the background.
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ useradd -s /bin/bash -g lfs -m -k /dev/null lfs</userinput></screen>
   logging in as &lfs-user; on a virtual console, or with the following
   substitute/switch user command:</para>
 
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>su - lfs</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>su - &lfs-username;</userinput></screen>
 
   <para>The <quote><parameter>-</parameter></quote> instructs
   <command>su</command> to start a login shell as opposed to a non-login shell.

chapter04/settingenviron.xml

@@ -76,11 +76,8 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
     <varlistentry>
       <term><parameter>umask 022</parameter></term>
       <listitem>
-  <para>Setting the user file-creation mask (umask) to 022 ensures that newly
+        <para>Setting the umask as we've already explained in
-  created files and directories are only writable by their owner, but are
+        <xref linkend='ch-partitioning-aboutlfs' role='.'/></para>
-  readable and executable by anyone (assuming default modes are used by the
-  <ulink role='man' url='&man;open.2'>open(2)</ulink> system call, new files
-  will end up with permission mode 644 and directories with mode 755).</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 

chapter07/changingowner.xml

@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@
   user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> by running the following
   command:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>chown --from lfs -R root:root $LFS/{usr,lib,lib64,var,etc,bin,sbin,tools}</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>chown --from &lfs-username; -R root:root $LFS/{usr,lib,lib64,var,etc,bin,sbin,tools}</userinput></screen>
 
 </sect1>

chapter08/dbus.xml

@@ -48,41 +48,21 @@
 
     <para>Prepare D-Bus for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr                        \
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">mkdir build
-            --sysconfdir=/etc                    \
+cd    build
-            --localstatedir=/var                 \
+
-            --runstatedir=/run                   \
+meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release --wrap-mode=nofallback ..</userinput></screen>
-            --enable-user-session                \
-            --disable-static                     \
-            --disable-doxygen-docs               \
-            --disable-xml-docs                   \
-            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/dbus-&dbus-version; \
-            --with-system-socket=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
-      <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
+      <title>The meaning of the meson options:</title>
 
       <varlistentry>
         <term>
-          <parameter>--runstatedir=/run</parameter> and
+          <parameter>--wrap-mode=nofallback</parameter>
-          <parameter>--with-system-socket=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket</parameter>
         </term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>These cause the PID file and the system bus socket
+          <para>This switch prevents meson from attempting to download a copy
-          to be in <filename class="directory">/run</filename>, instead of
+          of the Glib package for the tests.</para>
-          the deprecated <filename class="directory">/var/run</filename>.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-
-      <varlistentry>
-        <term>
-          <parameter>--enable-user-session</parameter>
-        </term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>This ensures the D-Bus per-user service and socket unit
-          files are installed for Systemd.  They are not useful (but
-          harmless) in a base LFS installation, however they can be used
-          once systemd is rebuilt with PAM support in BLFS.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
@@ -90,11 +70,11 @@
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="make">ninja</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">ninja test</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Many tests are disabled because they require additional
     packages that are not included in LFS. Instructions for running the
@@ -103,7 +83,7 @@
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="install">ninja install</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Create a symlink so that D-Bus and systemd can use the same
     <filename>machine-id</filename> file:</para>
@@ -149,7 +129,7 @@
       <varlistentry id="dbus-daemon">
         <term><command>dbus-daemon</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Is the D-Bus message bus daemon</para>
+          <para>is the D-Bus message bus daemon</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-dbus dbus-daemon">
             <primary sortas="b-dbus-daemon">dbus-daemon</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -159,7 +139,7 @@
       <varlistentry id="dbus-launch">
         <term><command>dbus-launch</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Starts <command>dbus-daemon</command> from a shell
+          <para>starts <command>dbus-daemon</command> from a shell
           script</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-dbus dbus-launch">
             <primary sortas="b-dbus-launch">dbus-launch</primary>
@@ -170,7 +150,7 @@
       <varlistentry id="dbus-monitor">
         <term><command>dbus-monitor</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Monitors messages passing through a D-Bus message bus</para>
+          <para>monitors messages passing through a D-Bus message bus</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-dbus dbus-monitor">
             <primary sortas="b-dbus-monitor">dbus-monitor</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -180,7 +160,7 @@
       <varlistentry id="dbus-run-session">
         <term><command>dbus-run-session</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Starts a session bus instance of <command>dbus-daemon</command>
+          <para>starts a session bus instance of <command>dbus-daemon</command>
           from a shell script and starts a specified program in that
           session</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-dbus dbus-run-session">
@@ -192,7 +172,7 @@
       <varlistentry id="dbus-send">
         <term><command>dbus-send</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Sends a message to a D-Bus message bus</para>
+          <para>sends a message to a D-Bus message bus</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-dbus dbus-send">
             <primary sortas="b-dbus-send">dbus-send</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -202,7 +182,7 @@
       <varlistentry id="dbus-test-tool">
         <term><command>dbus-test-tool</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Is a tool to help packages test
+          <para>is a tool to help packages test
           <application>D-Bus</application></para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-dbus dbus-test-tool">
             <primary sortas="b-dbus-test-tool">dbus-test-tool</primary>
@@ -214,7 +194,7 @@
       <varlistentry id="dbus-update-activation-environment">
         <term><command>dbus-update-activation-environment</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Updates environment variables that will be set for
+          <para>updates environment variables that will be set for
           <application>D-Bus</application> session services</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-dbus dbus-update-activation-environment">
             <primary sortas="b-dbus-update-activation-environment">dbus-update-activation-environment</primary>

chapter08/flit-core.xml

@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@
 
     <para>Build the package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="install">pip3 wheel -w dist --no-cache-dir --no-build-isolation --no-deps $PWD</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="make">pip3 wheel -w dist --no-cache-dir --no-build-isolation --no-deps $PWD</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="install">pip3 install --no-index --no-user --find-links dist flit_core</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="install">pip3 install --no-index --find-links dist flit_core</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
       <title>The meaning of the pip3 configuration options and commands:</title>

chapter08/gettext.xml

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Gettext</title>
-
+<!--
     <para>At first, fix an issue causing the package fail to build with
     libxml-2.12 or later.  The fix is optional for building LFS, but
     required if rebuilding this package in BLFS with libxml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -e '/^structured/s/xmlError \*/typeof(xmlCtxtGetLastError(NULL)) /' \
     -i gettext-tools/src/its.c</userinput></screen>
-
+-->
     <para>Prepare Gettext for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr    \

chapter08/glibc.xml

@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ done
 
 cp -v zone.tab zone1970.tab iso3166.tab $ZONEINFO
 zic -d $ZONEINFO -p America/New_York
-unset ZONEINFO</userinput></screen>
+unset ZONEINFO tz</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
       <title>The meaning of the zic commands:</title>

chapter08/jinja2.xml

@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@
 
     <para>Build the package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="install">pip3 wheel -w dist --no-cache-dir --no-build-isolation --no-deps $PWD</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="make">pip3 wheel -w dist --no-cache-dir --no-build-isolation --no-deps $PWD</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="install">pip3 install --no-index --no-user --find-links dist Jinja2</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="install">pip3 install --no-index --find-links dist Jinja2</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>
 

chapter08/libtool.xml

@@ -52,13 +52,7 @@
 
 <para>To test the results<!--(about 11.0 SBU)-->, issue:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">make -k check</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>Five tests are known to fail in the LFS build environment due
-    to a circular dependency, but these tests pass if rechecked after
-    automake has been installed.  Additionally, with grep-3.8 or newer,
-    two tests will trigger a warning for non-POSIX regular expressions and
-    fail.</para>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 

chapter08/markupsafe.xml

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="install">pip3 install --no-index --no-user --find-links dist Markupsafe</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="install">pip3 install --no-index --find-links dist Markupsafe</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>
 

chapter08/procps.xml

@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
-<screen revision='sysv'><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
-<screen revision='systemd'><userinput remap="make">make src_w_LDADD='$(LDADD) -lsystemd'</userinput></screen>
 
     <!-- To editors: "pmap {X,XX} with unreachable process" tests don't work
          as root.  They may seem to pass due to some Tcl/Expect/DejaGNU

chapter08/setuptools.xml

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
     <para>Build the package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="install">pip3 wheel -w dist --no-cache-dir --no-build-isolation --no-deps $PWD</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="make">pip3 wheel -w dist --no-cache-dir --no-build-isolation --no-deps $PWD</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 

chapter08/vim.xml

@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@
 
     <para>To prepare the tests, ensure that user
     <systemitem class="username">tester</systemitem> can write
-    to the source tree:</para>
+    to the source tree and exclude one file containing tests requiring
+    <command>curl</command> or <command>wget</command>:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -R tester .</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -R tester .
+sed '/test_glvs/d' -i src/testdir/Make_all.mak</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Now run the tests as user <systemitem
     class="username">tester</systemitem>:</para>

chapter08/wheel.xml

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
     <para>Install Wheel with the following command:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="install">pip3 install --no-index --find-links=dist wheel</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="install">pip3 install --no-index --find-links dist wheel</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>
 

general.ent

@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@
 
 <!ENTITY root            "<systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem>">
 <!ENTITY lfs-user        "<systemitem class='username'>lfs</systemitem>">
+<!ENTITY lfs-username    "<userinput remap='user'>lfs</userinput>">
+<!ENTITY lfs-groupname   "<userinput remap='group'>lfs</userinput>">
 <!ENTITY devtmpfs        "<systemitem class='filesystem'>devtmpfs</systemitem>">
 <!ENTITY fstab           "<filename>/etc/fstab</filename>">
 <!ENTITY boot-dir        "<filename class='directory'>/boot</filename>">

packages.ent

@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@
 <!ENTITY coreutils-fin-du "173 MB">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-fin-sbu "1.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY dbus-version "1.14.10">
+<!ENTITY dbus-version "1.16.0">
-<!ENTITY dbus-size "1,344 KB">
+<!ENTITY dbus-size "1,092 KB">
 <!ENTITY dbus-url "https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-&dbus-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY dbus-md5 "46070a3487817ff690981f8cd2ba9376">
+<!ENTITY dbus-md5 "66bfcf1f42d4ebc634ca558d14335e92">
 <!ENTITY dbus-home "https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus">
-<!ENTITY dbus-fin-du "19 MB">
+<!ENTITY dbus-fin-du "17 MB">
 <!ENTITY dbus-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY dejagnu-version "1.6.3">
@@ -245,10 +245,10 @@
 <!ENTITY gdbm-fin-du "13 MB">
 <!ENTITY gdbm-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY gettext-version "0.23">
+<!ENTITY gettext-version "0.23.1">
-<!ENTITY gettext-size "10,795 KB">
+<!ENTITY gettext-size "10,780 KB">
 <!ENTITY gettext-url "&gnu;gettext/gettext-&gettext-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY gettext-md5 "9f4f6040ac1022278ea26d28f37b1688">
+<!ENTITY gettext-md5 "1a174902c396e95c7d9761033fe1360e">
 <!ENTITY gettext-home "&gnu-software;gettext/">
 <!ENTITY gettext-tmp-du "321 MB">
 <!ENTITY gettext-tmp-sbu "1.1 SBU">
@@ -317,10 +317,10 @@
 <!ENTITY gzip-fin-du "21 MB">
 <!ENTITY gzip-fin-sbu "0.3 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY iana-etc-version "20241206">
+<!ENTITY iana-etc-version "20250108">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-size "591 KB">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-url "https://github.com/Mic92/iana-etc/releases/download/&iana-etc-version;/iana-etc-&iana-etc-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY iana-etc-md5 "8ed4c07cada287f55207577976d6a37f">
+<!ENTITY iana-etc-md5 "8cf4ca88adeec73add07041b7057a051">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-home "https://www.iana.org/protocols">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-fin-du "4.8 MB">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -349,18 +349,18 @@
 <!ENTITY iproute2-fin-du "17 MB">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY jinja2-version "3.1.4">
+<!ENTITY jinja2-version "3.1.5">
-<!ENTITY jinja2-size "235 KB">
+<!ENTITY jinja2-size "239 KB">
 <!ENTITY jinja2-url "&pypi-src;/J/Jinja2/jinja2-&jinja2-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY jinja2-md5 "02ca9a6364c92e83d14b037bef4732bc">
+<!ENTITY jinja2-md5 "083d64f070f6f1b5f75971ae60240785">
 <!ENTITY jinja2-home "https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/3.1.x/">
 <!ENTITY jinja2-fin-du "2.5 MB">
 <!ENTITY jinja2-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY kbd-version "2.7">
+<!ENTITY kbd-version "2.7.1">
-<!ENTITY kbd-size "1,437 KB">
+<!ENTITY kbd-size "1,438 KB">
 <!ENTITY kbd-url "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kbd/kbd-&kbd-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY kbd-md5 "bf40be5bea1b62e691410f5c6e0bbd6b">
+<!ENTITY kbd-md5 "f15673d9f748e58f82fa50cff0d0fd20">
 <!ENTITY kbd-home "https://kbd-project.org/">
 <!ENTITY kbd-fin-du "34 MB">
 <!ENTITY kbd-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
@@ -421,22 +421,22 @@
 <!ENTITY libtool-fin-du "45 MB">
 <!ENTITY libtool-fin-sbu "0.8 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY libxcrypt-version "4.4.36">
+<!ENTITY libxcrypt-version "4.4.37">
-<!ENTITY libxcrypt-size "610 KB">
+<!ENTITY libxcrypt-size "612 KB">
 <!ENTITY libxcrypt-url "&github;/besser82/libxcrypt/releases/download/v&libxcrypt-version;/libxcrypt-&libxcrypt-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY libxcrypt-md5 "b84cd4104e08c975063ec6c4d0372446">
+<!ENTITY libxcrypt-md5 "13b528d04c74dab3c1c5471430161a8f">
 <!ENTITY libxcrypt-home "&github;/besser82/libxcrypt/">
 <!ENTITY libxcrypt-fin-du "12 MB">
 <!ENTITY libxcrypt-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "6">
 <!ENTITY linux-minor-version "12">
-<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "5">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "9">
 <!--<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;">-->
 <!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
-<!ENTITY linux-size "144,535 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-size "144,520 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "33a827ff7dea6908e7615d0766f1018e">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "699e6279c7b28c68c61db50fc5ad126c">
 <!ENTITY linux-home "https://www.kernel.org/">
 <!-- measured for 6.10.1 / gcc-14.1.0 on x86_64 with -j4 : 
  minimum is allnoconfig 
@@ -503,10 +503,10 @@
 <!ENTITY markupsafe-fin-du "508 KB">
 <!ENTITY markupsafe-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY meson-version "1.6.0">
+<!ENTITY meson-version "1.6.1">
-<!ENTITY meson-size "2,225 KB">
+<!ENTITY meson-size "2,223 KB">
 <!ENTITY meson-url "&github;/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/&meson-version;/meson-&meson-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY meson-md5 "0031ea392f8ef97eeadfe1906c5cc5b4">
+<!ENTITY meson-md5 "397e29700c71f69d70fd2b5898620177">
 <!ENTITY meson-home "https://mesonbuild.com">
 <!ENTITY meson-fin-du "43 MB">
 <!ENTITY meson-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -585,10 +585,10 @@
 <!ENTITY pkgconf-fin-du "4.7 MB">
 <!ENTITY pkgconf-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY procps-ng-version "4.0.4">
+<!ENTITY procps-ng-version "4.0.5">
-<!ENTITY procps-ng-size "1,369 KB">
+<!ENTITY procps-ng-size "1,483 KB">
 <!ENTITY procps-ng-url "https://sourceforge.net/projects/procps-ng/files/Production/procps-ng-&procps-ng-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY procps-ng-md5 "2f747fc7df8ccf402d03e375c565cf96">
+<!ENTITY procps-ng-md5 "90803e64f51f192f3325d25c3335d057">
 <!ENTITY procps-ng-home "https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/">
 <!ENTITY procps-ng-fin-du "26 MB">
 <!ENTITY procps-ng-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
@@ -637,26 +637,26 @@
 <!ENTITY sed-fin-du "30 MB">
 <!ENTITY sed-fin-sbu "0.3 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY setuptools-version "75.6.0">
+<!ENTITY setuptools-version "75.8.0">
-<!ENTITY setuptools-size "1,307 KB">
+<!ENTITY setuptools-size "1,312 KB">
 <!ENTITY setuptools-url "&pypi-src;/s/setuptools/setuptools-&setuptools-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY setuptools-md5 "94458e508bd8e9dc6e6d097fc8747cf0">
+<!ENTITY setuptools-md5 "a42b075e3e18e724580f4caf7944354a">
 <!ENTITY setuptools-home "&pypi-home;/setuptools/">
 <!ENTITY setuptools-fin-du "35 MB">
 <!ENTITY setuptools-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY shadow-version "4.16.0">
+<!ENTITY shadow-version "4.17.2">
-<!ENTITY shadow-size "2,154 KB">
+<!ENTITY shadow-size "2,267 KB">
 <!ENTITY shadow-url "&github;/shadow-maint/shadow/releases/download/&shadow-version;/shadow-&shadow-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY shadow-md5 "eb70bad3316d08f0d3bb3d4bbeccb3b4">
+<!ENTITY shadow-md5 "d9b6b8028ebb5971857b7f6b10ffba0e">
 <!ENTITY shadow-home "&github;/shadow-maint/shadow/">
 <!ENTITY shadow-fin-du "112 MB">
 <!ENTITY shadow-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY sysklogd-version "2.6.2">
+<!ENTITY sysklogd-version "2.7.0">
-<!ENTITY sysklogd-size "453 KB">
+<!ENTITY sysklogd-size "465 KB">
 <!ENTITY sysklogd-url "https://github.com/troglobit/sysklogd/releases/download/v&sysklogd-version;/sysklogd-&sysklogd-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY sysklogd-md5 "9f64535a9a791f20504841b94d194391">
+<!ENTITY sysklogd-md5 "611c0fa5c138eb7a532f3c13bdf11ebc">
 <!ENTITY sysklogd-home "https://www.infodrom.org/projects/sysklogd/">
 <!ENTITY sysklogd-fin-du "3.9 MB">
 <!ENTITY sysklogd-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -679,10 +679,10 @@
 <!ENTITY systemd-fin-du   "267 MB">
 <!ENTITY systemd-fin-sbu  "0.8 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY sysvinit-version "3.11">
+<!ENTITY sysvinit-version "3.13">
-<!ENTITY sysvinit-size "235 KB">
+<!ENTITY sysvinit-size "236 KB">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-url "&github;/slicer69/sysvinit/releases/download/&sysvinit-version;/sysvinit-&sysvinit-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY sysvinit-md5 "cb4e4bdabd902b774c4d66a85e1f6209">
+<!ENTITY sysvinit-md5 "5916289cba8c67152df0b542fde78d22">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-home "&savannah-nongnu;/projects/sysvinit">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-fin-du "2.8 MB">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -709,10 +709,10 @@
 <!ENTITY tcl-tmp-du "91 MB">
 <!ENTITY tcl-tmp-sbu "3.2 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY texinfo-version "7.1.1">
+<!ENTITY texinfo-version "7.2">
-<!ENTITY texinfo-size "5,443 KB">
+<!ENTITY texinfo-size "6,259 KB">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-url "&gnu;texinfo/texinfo-&texinfo-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY texinfo-md5 "e5fc595794a7980f98ce446a5f8aa273">
+<!ENTITY texinfo-md5 "11939a7624572814912a18e76c8d8972">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-home "&gnu-software;texinfo/">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-tmp-du "130 MB">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-tmp-sbu "0.2 SBU">
@@ -735,20 +735,20 @@
 <!ENTITY udev-lfs-home    " ">
 
 <!ENTITY util-linux-minor "2.40">
-<!ENTITY util-linux-version "2.40.2"> <!-- 2.33.x -->
+<!ENTITY util-linux-version "2.40.4"> <!-- 2.33.x -->
-<!ENTITY util-linux-size "8,648 KB">
+<!ENTITY util-linux-size "8,641 KB">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-url "&kernel;linux/utils/util-linux/v&util-linux-minor;/util-linux-&util-linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY util-linux-md5 "88faefc8fefced097e58142077a3d14e">
+<!ENTITY util-linux-md5 "f9cbb1c8315d8ccbeb0ec36d10350304">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-home "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-tmp-du "180 MB">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-tmp-sbu "0.2 SBU">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-fin-du "315 MB">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-fin-sbu "0.5 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY vim-version "9.1.0927">
+<!ENTITY vim-version "9.1.1016">
 <!-- <!ENTITY vim-majmin "90"> -->
 <!ENTITY vim-docdir "vim/vim91">
-<!ENTITY vim-size "17,906 KB">
+<!ENTITY vim-size "17,982 KB">
 <!ENTITY vim-url "https://github.com/vim/vim/archive/v&vim-version;/vim-&vim-version;.tar.gz">
 <!-- N.B. LFS 9.0 uses
      https://github.com/vim/vim/archive/v8.1.1846/vim-8.1.1846.tar.gz
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@
      example, https://github.com/vim/vim/tags?after=v8.1.1847 will show
      us v8.1.1846. -->
 <!--<!ENTITY vim-url "&anduin-sources;/vim-&vim-version;.tar.gz">-->
-<!ENTITY vim-md5 "912f5a4303b2b779ba608b0d06f28aa8">
+<!ENTITY vim-md5 "05a89c49f68b6b17c5b0b397de1cf8c0">
 <!ENTITY vim-home "https://www.vim.org">
 <!ENTITY vim-fin-du "245 MB">
 <!ENTITY vim-fin-sbu "2.9 SBU">

patches.ent

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 <!ENTITY readline-fixes-patch-size "13 KB">
 -->
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-consolidated-patch "sysvinit-&sysvinit-version;-consolidated-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY sysvinit-consolidated-patch-md5 "17ffccbb8e18c39e8cedc32046f3a475">
+<!ENTITY sysvinit-consolidated-patch-md5 "3af8fd8e13cad481eeeaa48be4247445">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-consolidated-patch-size "2.5 KB">
 <!--
 <!ENTITY systemd-upstream-patch "systemd-&systemd-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch">