[lfs-announce] LFS and BLFS 12.4 are released.

The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of
LFS Version 12.4, LFS Version 12.4 (systemd), BLFS Version 12.4, and
BLFS Version 12.4 (systemd).

This release is a major update to both LFS and BLFS.

The LFS release includes updates to binutils-2.45, gcc-15.2, and glibc-2.42. In
total, 49 packages were updated since the last release and extensive updates to the
text have been made throughout the book to improve readability. The Linux kernel has
also been updated to version 6.15.1.

Overall there have been over 130 commits to LFS since the previous stable version of
the book. Packages that have security updates include: glibc, coreutils, expat, Perl,
Python, systemd, xz, and vim. See
https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/advisories/12.3.html for a complete description
of security updates since the last stable release.

In BLFS new packages that were added include: roman-numerals-py (Python module),
Clone::PP (Perl Module), and fast_float.

The following packages have been removed: libsoup2, libgdata, uhttpmock, and AbiWord.

See https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/advisories/12.3.html for BLFS packages that
were affected by security updates since the last stable release.

Overall there were 843 tickets closed via more than 1300 commits made to BLFS.

Please see the ChangeLog in the book for a full list of changes.

Thanks for this release goes to many contributors. Notably:

Douglas Reno
Xi Ruoyao
Thomas Trepl
Pierre Labastie
Rahul Chandra
Zeckma

You can read the books online[0]-[3], or download[4]-[7] to read locally.

Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS development
team at lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org or
blfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org. Registration for the mailing lists
is required to avoid junk email.

-- Bruce Dubbs
LFS

[0] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/12.4/
[1] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/12.4/
[2] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/12.4-systemd/
[3] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/12.4-systemd/

[4] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/12.4/
[5] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/downloads/12.4/
[6] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/12.4-systemd/
[7] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/downloads/12.4-systemd/