[Clfs-dev] Upgrading some packages

[William Harrington]

On Mar 7, 2012, at 4:38 AM, Jonathan Norman wrote:

> Hi Tony,
> 
> I was not aware of the newer versions of File, Grep, Psmisc and util-linux, they must have been updated since I last checked. I will add a note about using the latest kernel from the series in the book.
> 
> I plan on waiting until GCC 4.7 comes out later this month or early April but will look at GCC 4.6.2. 
> 
> As for udev it is something I'm aware off but it isn't an easy upgrade. module-util-linux needs to be replaced by kmod and new configuration options need to be found.
> 
> Thank you for your input,
> Cosmo~
> 
> 
> On 7 Mar 2012, at 08:05, tony lemaire wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>  
>> I have trying to upgrade some packages into CLFS.
>> Currently, i have upgrade successfully :
>> - GCC 4.6.2 to 4.6.3 (the patchs for 4.6.2 works with 4.6.3)
>> - Grep 2.10 to 2.11
>> - File 5.10 to 5.11
>> - Linux 3.2.6 to 3.2.9
>>  
>> I will try to upgrade this day :
>> - util-linux 2.20 to 2.21
>> - psmisc 22.15 to 22.16
>> - Udev 168 to 181
>>  
>> If it's needed, i will write or modify some patchs.
>>  
>> Those upgrades are OK on x86 and x86_64. I test on other architectures as soon as my x86 and x86_64 buildsare completed.
>>  
>> Regards,
>> Tony
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Howdy,

We've been getting a list of changes going to get udev updated with kmod and udevtmpfs from the kernel. The README in the source tree states requirements we'll have to make sure the host system, built kernel (if booting), and the mountkernfs boot scripts, and the udev bootscript as well.

Sincerely,

William Harrington