Updated binutils from version 2.22 to 2.23.1 Updated gmp from version 5.0.4 to 5.1.1 Updated mpfr from version 3.1.0 to 3.1.1 Updated gcc from version 4.7.0 to 4.7.2 Updated linux from version 3.2.5 to 3.7.9 Updated glibc from version 2.14.1 to 2.17 Updated file from version 5.11 to 5.12 Build bash after ncurses is built (so it makes use of ncurses) Added workarounds for gnulib assuming 'gets' is declared, while recent glibc drops 'gets' Updated coreutils from version 8.17 to 8.21 Updated nettle from version 2.5 to 2.6 Updated gnutls from version 3.0.22 to 3.1.5 Updated dhcp from version 4.2.4-P1 to 4.2.5 Updated kbd from version 1.15.3 to 1.15.5 Updated util-linux from version 2.22 to 2.22.2 Updated sed from version 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 Updated gawk from version 4.0.1 to 4.0.2 Added note about why we don't use make version 3.82 Updated libnl from version 3.2.12 to 3.2.21 Updated wpa_supplicant from version 1.0 to 2.0 Make a symbolic link from /usr/src/linux to the linux source tree in /usr/parent-src (and copy the source tree there even if doing a sparse build. needed for building external kernel modules) Fix /etc/nsswitch.conf to check /etc/hosts before asking DNS Add GeoTrust CA certificates to the default set of CAs Moved the linux configuration step earlier since we don't need any compiler just to configure it Create /var/spool/mail directory