The Linux From Scratch (LFS) community has shipped LFS and BLFS version 8.1, latest releases of tools and guide lines required for building your own custom GNU/Linux operating system from scratch.This release announcement includes variations of LFS and BLFS projects with systemd and without systemd.
LFS and BLFS version 8.1 includes various updated packages in tool chain and other package updates for BLFS also. So, it is considered as a major release.
The LFS release includes updates to glibc-2.26, binutils-2.29, and gcc-7.2.0. In total, 32 packages were updated, fixes made to bootscripts, and changes to text have been made throughout the book.For more information, see original release announcement published in Linux From Scratch mailing list.
The BLFS version includes approximately 900 packages beyond the base Linux From Scratch Version 8.1 book. This release has over 885 updates from the previous version including numerous text and formatting changes.