LFS-13.1-rc2 is released

The message below has been updated for LFS-13.1-rc2. A new release candidate
has become necessary due to the need for adding an important patch from
upstream to glibc-2.44.

   -- Bruce

On 8/14/26 11:11 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> The Linux From Scratch community announces the release of LFS Version 13.1-rc2. It is 
> a preliminary release of LFS-13.1.
> 
> Major changes include tool chain updates to binutils-2.47.0, gcc-16.2.0, and 
> glibc-2.44. In total, 45 different packages were updated since the last release. 
> Changes to the text have also been made throughout the book. The Linux kernel has 
> also been updated to version 7.1.8.
> 
> We 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 [0], or download [1] to read locally.
> 
> Important Note:
> 
> Over the last six months there has been a huge number (195 and counting) of security 
> updates to packages in both LFS and BLFS. To review the security advisories for these 
> packages see the LFS Security Advisories at [2].
> 
> 
>      -- Bruce Dubbbs
>         linuxfromscratch.org
> 
> [0] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/13.1-systemd-rc2/
> [1] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/13.1-systemd-rc2/
> [2] https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/advisories/

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