Below is a list of changes specifics for this architecture made since the previous release of the book. For general changes see Master Changelog,
Changelog Entries:
Febuary 6, 2012
[Jonathan] - Fixed e2fsprogs 64bit in the boot section.
Febuary 5, 2012
[Jonathan] - Added build flags to the boot section.
[Jonathan] - Added Util-Linux 32bit to boot method.
January 30, 2012
[Jonathan] - Updated the Chroot or Boot section.
January 20, 2012
[Jonathan] - Updated Yaboot from 1.3.14 to 1.3.17 thanks to Code Monkey.
June 15, 2011
[Jonathan] - Removed duplicated sed command from eglibc 32 bit final.
July 26, 2009
[jim] - By default parted requires the device-mapper library. We don't install it so we disable it.
[jim] - Final system GCC failes on Powerpc. The following is a temporary hack until a permanent fix is in place. See GCC bug http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37739 fo details.
July 23, 2009
[jim] - Updated Parted to 1.9.0.
March 15, 2009
[Jim] - Fixed Yaboot build. Requires 32-bit e2fsprogs libraries.
February 18, 2009
[Jim] - Fixed GCC Build - See http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37739.
February 17, 2009
[Jim] - Added patch for HFS Utils that fixes a missing errno.h and allows HFS Utils to see beyond 2gb.
February 16, 2009
[Jim] - Fixed GCC Build on Powerpc. Changed STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1 to use sysv4.h.
January 7, 2009
[Jim] - Updated to Yaboot 1.3.14.
January 8, 2008
[ken] - Patch gcc so it can compile a modular kernel.
November 17, 2007
[ken] - Put e2fsprogs libraries into /tools/lib64 in "if you are going to chroot". Thanks to Jacek Herold for the report.
[ken] - Add --disable-Werror to parted (required by recent gcc).
September 03, 2007
[jim] - Updated Parted to 1.8.8.
July 24, 2007
[ken] - Removed the patch for cross-compiling e2fsprogs, not needed with 1.40.2.
February 22, 2007
[ken] - Removed the glibc-headers from cross-tools.
[ken] - Removed the sed of procfs.h from the glibc instructions.
[ken] - Mention that Parted installs a library and put it in /usr/lib64.
January 15, 2007
[jim] - Updated to Parted 1.8.2.
November 17, 2006
[jim] - Updated to Parted 1.8.0.
October 11, 2006
[jim] - Updated to Parted 1.7.1.
August 28, 2006
[jim] - Changelog restarted, see the 1.0.0 book for the old changelog.