Packages to update

[Thomas Trepl]

Hi all,

the days ago i set up a brand new LFS-SVN (based on 20081031) system and added 
some packages from the BLFS book but for each of them I checked whether there 
are new versions. The followin list shows how far I came:

Updates in BLFS
---------------

1	*	pkgconfig	0.23
2	*	glib		2.19.0		dann nochmal pkgconfig mit --with-installed-glib
3		which		2.20
4	*	popt		1.14
5		gpm		1.20.5
6	*	ed		1.1
7		tcpwrapper	7.6
8		portmap		6.0
9	*	nfsutils	1.1.4
10	*	openssl		0.9.8i		mit 0.9.8h-manpage patch von CBLFS
11	*	ntp		4.2.4p5
12	*	openssh		5.1p1
13		inetutils	1.5		Required to do "sed -i "1i\#include <stdlib.h>" 
libicmp/icmp_timestamp.c"
14	*	curl		7.19.0
15		wget		1.11.4
16	*	dhcpcd		3.2.3		(website currently down)
17	*	alsalib		1.0.17
18	*	alsautils	1.0.17		(even ~.18 is out, the kernel has ~.17)
19		lynx		2.8.6rel.5
20		java		1.6.0.10	binary install !
21	*	tcl		8.5.5		this version is same as in LFS!
22	*	bdb		4.7.25
23	*	ant		1.7.1		binary install !
24		fcron		3.0.4
25	*	sudo		1.6.9p17
26	*	libxml2		2.7.2
27		libxslt		1.1.24
28		expat		2.0.1
29	*	python		2.6		and redo libxml2
30		traceroute	1.4a12
31		unzip		5.52
32		zip		2.32
33		sgmlcommon	0.6.3
34		sgml dtd	4.5
35		docbookdtd	4.5
36		docbookxsl		1.71.1
37		docbookdsssl	1.79
38	*	tidy		20081102	CVS export
39	*	fop		0.95
40	*	bind		9.5.0-P2	Only client programs
41		cyrus-sasl	2.1.22
42	*	openldap	2.4.12		rebuild sasl again
43	*	postfix		2.5.5
44	*	nail		12.4
45	*	xfsprogs	2.10.1
46	+	apr		1.3.3		new pkg
47	+	apr-util	1.3.4		new pkg
48		rcs		5.7
49	*	cvs		1.11.23
50	*	svn		1.5.4
51	*	postgresql	8.3.4
52	*	pcre		7.8		secure-patch can be dropped; the other too.
53	*	httpd		2.2.10
54		libjpeg		6b
55	*	libpng		1.2.33
56		freetype	2.3.7
57	*	fontconfig	2.6.0
58		libgd		2.0.35
59		php5		5.2.6
60	+	xmlparser	2.36
61	*	pciutils	3.0.2
62	*	dbus		1.2.4

In every line where col 2 has an asterisk, there are (by far) newer versions. 
A plus shows that I added the package (its not in the book). I have installed 
the versions shown above and the system seems to work very well.  Next step 
will be adding Xorg, QT4, KDE4 and so on.

My question to you - do you have the same experiences that the version 
upgrades are working ok?  If so, I'll go for preparing patches on the book to 
reflect those updates. If not, a short note would be great!

-- 
Thomas