From 8cb83eee5a58b1fad74c34094ce3afb9e430b5a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 04:42:50 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 2.33.1. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- Documentation/releases/v2.16-ReleaseNotes | 182 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 182 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/releases/v2.16-ReleaseNotes (limited to 'Documentation/releases/v2.16-ReleaseNotes') diff --git a/Documentation/releases/v2.16-ReleaseNotes b/Documentation/releases/v2.16-ReleaseNotes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0cd2984 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/releases/v2.16-ReleaseNotes @@ -0,0 +1,182 @@ + +Util-linux-ng 2.16 Release Notes (15-Jul-2009) +============================================== + +Release highlights +------------------ + +libuuid, uuidgen(1) and uuidd(8): + - the libuuid library has been moved from e2fsprogs to util-linux-ng + +switch_root: + - this NEW COMMAND allows to switch to another filesystem as the root + of the mount tree. + +mount, umount, fsck: + - DOES NOT SUPPORT linking against obsolete libvolume_id (from udev) + +libblkid: + - development files (.so, .a, ...) have been moved from /lib to /usr/lib. + + +Stable maintenance releases between v2.15 and v2.16 +--------------------------------------------------- + +util-linux-ng 2.15.1 [10-Jun-2009] + + * https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.15/v2.15.1-ReleaseNotes + https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.15/v2.15.1-ChangeLog + + +ChangeLog between v2.15 and v2.16 +--------------------------------- + + For more details see ChangeLog files at: + https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.16/ + + +build-sys: + - add --disable-libblkid, remove volume_id support [Karel Zak] + - add --disable-switch_root [Karel Zak] + - add --disable-tls [Karel Zak] + - add --disable-uuidd [Karel Zak] + - add UTIL_{SET,RESTORE}_FLAGS [Karel Zak] + - check for openat() and linux for switch_root [Karel Zak] + - cleanup libuuid stuff [Karel Zak] + - complete /libs to /shlibs rename [Karel Zak] + - enable fsck by default [Karel Zak] + - fix "make -C" bug [Karel Zak] + - fix --disable-uuidd [Karel Zak] + - fix blkid.h include for old e2fsprogs [Karel Zak] + - fix exec/data install hooks [Karel Zak] + - fix headers in mkswap and libblkid [Karel Zak] + - fix libuuid Makefile.am [Karel Zak] + - fix libuuid and libblkid version-info [Karel Zak] + - fix typo from 30688dde55f637c9b984809c685b61378b82805f [Robert Förster] + - improve $libdirname definition [Karel Zak] + - improve symlinks creation in shlibs/ [Karel Zak] + - release++ (v2.16-rc1) [Karel Zak] + - release++ (v2.16-rc2) [Karel Zak] + - rename /libs to /shlibs [Karel Zak] + - rename to _execdir [Karel Zak] + - reverse shlibs installation [Kay Sievers] +buildsys: + - move $usr{bin,sbin,lib}execdir definition to ./configure [Karel Zak] +cal: + - Highlight today even when month or year specified [Rajeev V. Pillai] + - uClibc has langinfo.h but not _NL_TIME_WEEK_1STDAY. [Tom Prince] +chrt: + - don't assume SCHED_BATCH and SCHED_IDLE exist [Aurelien Jarno] +docs: + - add missing commands/projects to AUTHORS file [Karel Zak] + - add v2.16 ReleaseNotes [Karel Zak] + - refresh TODO list [Karel Zak] + - remove example.files/rc[.local] [Karel Zak] + - remove obsolete information from fstab example [Karel Zak] + - update AUTHORS file [Karel Zak] + - update v2.16 ReleaseNotes [Karel Zak] + - update v2.16-ReleaseNotes [Karel Zak] +fdisk: + - (and cfdisk) fix to be consistent about maximum heads [Chris Webb] + - add simple test for doslabel stuff [Zdenek Behan] +hwclock: + - fix mismatched popen/fclose. [John Keeping] +include: + - clean up _PATH_DEV_* macros [Karel Zak] + - fix _PATH_DEV [Karel Zak] +ionice: + - Allow setting the none class [Jakob Unterwurzacher] +ldattach: + - add N_PPS support [Tilman Schmidt] +libblkid: + - add device-mapper snapshot cow device probe [Milan Broz] + - add install-hook for libuuid.[a,so] devel files [Karel Zak] + - add stdarg.h to blkidP.h [Karel Zak] + - blkid_do_safeprobe() has to be tolerant to RAIDs [Karel Zak] + - cleanup debug messages and return codes in blkid_do_probe() [Karel Zak] + - don't require udev symlinks verification for non-root users [Karel Zak] + - fix "hangs forever with partition type mdraid" [Karel Zak] + - fix #ifdefs readability [Karel Zak] + - fix $libdir in blkid.pc [Karel Zak] + - fix LVM1 probe [Milan Broz] + - fix reiserfs name [Karel Zak] + - make libuuid optional [Karel Zak] + - move to misc-utils/ directory [Karel Zak] + - update man page [Karel Zak] +libuuid: + - add --disable-libuuid and LIBUUID_VERSION [Karel Zak] + - add .gitignore [Karel Zak] + - add info about u-l-ng to man pages [Karel Zak] + - add install-hook for libuuid.[a,so] devel files [Karel Zak] + - Don't run uuidd if it would fail due to permission problems [Theodore Ts'o] + - fix $libdir in uuid.pc [Karel Zak] + - fix parallel building [Karel Zak] + - generate uuid_generate_{random,time}.3 man page links [Karel Zak] + - import UUID library from e2fsprogs [Karel Zak] + - Make sure fd's 0, 1, and 2 are valid before exec'ing uuidd [Theodore Ts'o] + - move clock state file from /var/lib to /var/run [Karel Zak] +libuuid, uuidd: + - Avoid infinite loop while reading from the socket fd [Theodore Ts'o] +losetup: + - add --set-capacity [Karel Zak] + - fix return codes of functions arounf is_associated() [Karel Zak] + - handle symlinks in /dev/loop/ [Mike Frysinger] + - suggest to use modprobe rather than insmod in losetup.8 [Karel Zak] +lscpu: + - fix cpuid code on x86/PIC [Mike Frysinger] +mount: + - (and fsck) remove libvolume_id support [Karel Zak] + - a little clean up info about loopdevs in man page [Karel Zak] + - add ext4 to mount.8 [Karel Zak] + - add ext4 to the list of filesystems in mount.8 [Karel Zak] + - add info about obsolete vfat options to mount.8 [Karel Zak] + - allow loop suid umount [Kay Sievers] + - cleanup notes about -l option in mount.8 [Karel Zak] + - fix undefined reference to `security_get_initial_context' [Karel Zak] + - move MS_{PROPAGATION,BIND,MOVE} detection [Karel Zak] + - use "none" fstype for MS_PROPAGATION mounts [Karel Zak] + - use TAG parsing function from libblkid [Karel Zak] + - when a remount to rw fails, quit and return an error [Valerie Aurora] +po: + - fix typo in French translation [Olivier Blin] + - merge changes [Karel Zak] + - refresh POTFILES.in [Karel Zak] + - update cs.po (from translationproject.org) [Petr Pisar] + - update fi.po (from translationproject.org) [Lauri Nurmi] + - update fr.po (from translationproject.org) [Nicolas Provost] + - update vi.po (from translationproject.org) [Clytie Siddall] +raw: + - Use the RAW_SETBIND ioctl without stat'ing the raw# file [Jeff Mahoney] + - undeprecate raw [Karel Zak] +switch_root: + - add man page [Karel Zak] + - add subroot support [Daniel Drake] + - clean up argv[] usage, add -h and -V [Karel Zak] + - do recursiveRemove after our root is moved to avoid races. [Peter Jones] + - fix coding style [Karel Zak] + - fork before cleaning up the filesystem. [Peter Jones] + - new command [Karel Zak] + - rewrite to use fstatat() and unlinkat() [Karel Zak] + - use err.h, clean up return codes [Karel Zak] + - use file descriptor instead of path for recursiveRemove() [Peter Jones] + - use snprintf() rather tan str{cpy,cat}() [Karel Zak] +tests: + - add functions for work withdisk images [Karel Zak] + - add mdraid libblkid test [Karel Zak] + - don't run some mount tests for non-root users [Karel Zak] + - fix 'delete extended partition' checksum [Karel Zak] + - fix reiserfs test [Karel Zak] + - fix script that creates lscpu dumps [Karel Zak] + - move lscpu /proc and /sys dumps to tarballs [Karel Zak] + - remove broken Xen dumps for lscpu [Karel Zak] +umount: + - clean up help output [Karel Zak] +uuidd: + - Avoid closing the server socket when calling create_daemon() [Theodore Ts'o] + - fix $PIDFILE in uuidd.rc [Karel Zak] + - init /var/run/uuidd, add option for on-demand mode to .rc file [Karel Zak] + - move uuidd files from /var/lib/libuuid to /var/run/uuidd [Karel Zak] + - move uuidd.rc to misc-utils directory [Karel Zak] + - new command (UUID daemon from e2fsprogs) [Karel Zak] +uuidgen: + - new command (from e2fsprogs) [Karel Zak] -- cgit v1.2.3