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diff --git a/Documentation/releases/v2.14-ReleaseNotes b/Documentation/releases/v2.14-ReleaseNotes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1ba5ce7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/releases/v2.14-ReleaseNotes @@ -0,0 +1,418 @@ + +Util-linux-ng 2.14 Release Notes (09-Jun-2008) +============================================== + +Release highlights +------------------ + + mount(8) supports new "nofail" mount option. + + mount(8) supports auto-destruction of loop devices. + + losetup(8) supports new command line option "-j" to show status of all + loop devices associated with given file. + + losetup(8) supports unlimited number of loop devices. + + losetup(8) supports new command line option "--sizelimit" to set data end. + + ldattach(8) command has been added to util-linux-ng. The ldattach + daemon opens the specified device file and attaches the line discipline + to it for processing of the sent and/or received data. + + setterm(8) supports new command line option "-blank [force|poke]" for + TIOCL_{BLANKED,BLANK}SCREEN. + + tailf(8) has been reimplemented to use inotify. + + tailf(8) supports new command line option "-n" to specifying output lines. + + mkswap(8) supports new command line option "-U" to set UUID explicitly. + + fdisk(8) has been fixed to calculate partition size in 2^N. + + cal(8) supports highlighting an arbitrary date. + + agetty(8) makes username-in-uppercase feature optional (off by default). + Users who use uppercase-only terminals need to use the option "-U" now. + + losetup(8), mount(8), umount(8), fdisk(8) and sfdisk(8) support static + linking when compiled with --enable-static-programs. + + hwclock(8) supports new command line option "adjfile" to override + the default /etc/adjtime. + + scriptreplay(1) command has been re-written from Perl to C. + + +Deprecated +---------- + + The losetup(8) '-s' option (introduced by util-linux-ng-2.13) is deprecated + now. This short form of the option '--show' could be in collision with + Loop-AES losetup implementation where the same option is used for the loop + sizelimit. + + +Fixed security issues +--------------------- + + CVE-2008-1926 - audit log injection via login + + The problem was originally reported for OpenSSH few months + ago (CVE-2007-3102). The login(1) is affected by the same + bug when built with the option "--with-audit". + + +Stable maintenance releases between v2.13 and v2.14 +--------------------------------------------------- + +util-linux-ng 2.13.1.1 [22-Apr-2008] + + * https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.13/v2.13.1.1-ReleaseNotes + https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.13/v2.13.1.1-ChangeLog + +util-linux-ng 2.13.1 [16-Jan-2008] + + * https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.13/v2.13.1-ReleaseNotes + https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.13/v2.13.1-ChangeLog + + +ChangeLog between v2.13 and v2.14 +--------------------------------- + + For more details see ChangeLog files at: + https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.14/ + +agetty: + - cleanup MAXHOSTNAMELEN [Karel Zak] + - make username-in-uppercase feature optional (off by default.) [Hamish Coleman] + - non-linux support (use pathnames.h) [Karel Zak] + - replace termio with termios interface [Samuel Thibault] + - ungettextize several debugging messages. [Benno Schulenberg] +blockdev: + - add --getsz to blockdev.8 [Karel Zak] + - add missing description about option --report in manpage [Li Zefan] + - fix opened file leaving unclosed [lizf] + - use lib/blkdev.c, fix --report [Karel Zak] +build-sys: + - add --enable-static-programs [Stepan Kasal, Karel Zak] + - add AC_CANONICAL_HOST [Miklos Szeredi] + - add VARSUFFIX to UTIL_CHECK_LIB [Karel Zak] + - add err.h check [Karel Zak] + - add support ionice for Super-H architecture [Karel Zak] + - add v2.14 to NEWS [Karel Zak] + - autogen.sh reports versions of autotools now [Karel Zak] + - build arch(1) during distcheck [Stepan Kasal] + - cleanup "x$foo" usage [Karel Zak] + - cleanup disk-utils/Makefile.am (use $utils_common) [Karel Zak] + - cleanup usage of linux/major.h [Samuel Thibault] + - disable syscall fallbacks for non-linux systems [Karel Zak] + - do not add -luuid to BLKID_LIBS [Stepan Kasal] + - fix missing deps for swapon [Matthias Koenig] + - ignore a bunch of generated files, mostly binaries [James Youngman] + - nls/locale handling in util-linux-ng general [Mike Frysinger] + - non-linux support [Samuel Thibault] + - release++ [Karel Zak] + - remove errs.h [Karel Zak] + - remove files that are no longer delivered from git [LaMont Jones] + - remove hardcoded _GNU_SOURCE [Karel Zak] + - remove unnecessary check-local target from login-utils/ [Karel Zak] + - set AC_PREREQ to 2.60, increment version to 2.14 [Karel Zak] + - simplify code around RDEV_LINKS and SETARCH_LINKS [Stepan Kasal] + - unify method for checking system calls and fallback handling [Mike Frysinger, Stepan Kasal] + - update .gitignore files [Karel Zak] + - use dist_man_MANS instead of man_MANS [Stepan Kasal] + - use ncursesw (wide version) when possibe [Karel Zak, Mike Frysinger] + - use pkg-config to find the libs for static build [Stepan Kasal] + - use portable $(VAR =) instead of gmake-specific $(addsuffix) [Stepan Kasal] +cal: + - add description about option -V to manpage [Li Zefan] + - add support for highlighting an arbitrary date [Pádraig Brady] + - avoid -Wformat warnings [Jim Meyering] + - fix weekday alignment for certain locales [Pádraig Brady] + - replace errs.h with libc err.h [Karel Zak] + - use HAVE_LIB{NCURSES,NCURSESW} instead HAVE_NCURSES [Karel Zak] +cfdisk: + - define portable {DEFAULT,ALTERNATE}_DEVICE [Samuel Thibault] + - display cylinders beyond 1024 [Peter Breitenlohner] + - slightly increase the size of menu buttons [Benno Schulenberg] + - translate partition-type names when they are printed. [Benno Schulenberg] +chfn: + - add pam_end() call and cleanup PAM code [Karel Zak] + - fix compiler warnings in selinux stuff [Karel Zak] +chfn, chsh, login: + - collapsing three similar messages into a single one [Benno Schulenberg] +chsh: + - should use pam_end function to terminate the PAM transaction [Yu Zhiguo, Karel Zak] +column: + - replace errs.h with libc err.h [Karel Zak] +ddate: + - 11th, 12th and 13th of month [Volker Schatz] +docs: + - add a note about minix v3 to TODO file [Karel Zak] + - add info about .bugfix releases and branches [Karel Zak] + - add note about incorrect tag 2.13.1 [Karel Zak] + - add note about losetup --sizelimit to ReleaseNotes [Karel Zak] + - add note about static linking [Karel Zak] + - add v2.14 ReleaseNotes [Karel Zak] + - cleanup DEPRECATED file [Karel Zak] + - cleanup README.devel, add note about coding style and Signed-off-by [Karel Zak] + - fix ChangeLog URL [Pascal Terjan] + - fix stable branche name in README.devel [Karel Zak] + - mark vipw(1) is deprecated in favor of vipw from shadow-utils [Karel Zak] + - refresh TODO list [Karel Zak] + - remove date from ReleasNotes [Karel Zak] + - tweak a few messages for clarity [Benno Schulenberg] + - update AUTHORS file [Karel Zak] + - update TODO file [Karel Zak] + - update v2.14 ReleaseNotes [Karel Zak] + - we already rewrote the scriptreplay script; remove that TODO entry [James Youngman] +elvtune: + - use get_linux_version() [Karel Zak] +fdformat: + - install to /usr/sbin instead to /usr/bin [Karel Zak] +fdisk: + - better fallback for get_random_id() [H. Peter Anvin] + - calculate +size{K,M,G} in 2^N [Karel Zak] + - cleanup BLK* ioctls usage [Karel Zak] + - doesn't recognize the VMware ESX partitions [Karel Zak] + - doing useless ioctl when editing an image [Pascal Terjan] + - fix building for AVR32 and CRIS [Imre Kaloz] + - fix typo [Karel Zak] + - message tweak [Karel Zak] + - non-linux support (MAXPATHLEN) [Karel Zak] + - non-linux support (use standard uintxy_t instead __uxy) [Samuel Thibault] + - use more readable "GPT" name rather than "EFI GPT" [Robert Millan] + - use swab macros from bitops.h [Karel Zak] +flock: + - typo in man page [A. Costa] +fsck.cramfs: + - clean up gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap] +fsck.minix: + - correct the error message given when we can't open the device [James Youngman] + - reset the terminal state if we are killed by a fatal signal [James Youngman] +getopt: + - fix path to examples in getopt.1 [Karel Zak] + - install example scripts as SCRIPTS, not DATA [Peter Breitenlohner] +hwclock: + - add --adjfile=path option [Karel Zak] + - check for ENODEV [David Woodhouse] + - do not create a zero adjfile [Alain Guibert] + - fix --rtc option [Matthias Koenig, Karel Zak] +include: + - <stdint.h> provides everything [Samuel Thibault] + - add bitops.h with swab{16,32,64} macros [Karel Zak] + - add mount paths to pathnames.h [Karel Zak] + - cleanup pathnames.h [Karel Zak] +ionice: + - add a note about permissions to ionice.1 [Karel Zak] + - update man page to reflect IDLE class change in 2.6.25 [Karel Zak] +ipcs: + - add information about POSIX compatibility to ipcs.1 [Karel Zak] +kill: + - man page is missing a description of "kill -0" [Karel Zak] +ldattach: + - add NLS support [Karel Zak] + - new command [Tilman Schmidt] + - use glibc termios [Karel Zak] +lib: + - add blkdev.{c,h} [Stefan Krah, Karel Zak] + - add linux_version.{c,h} [Stefan Krah] +login: + - audit log injection attack via login [Steve Grubb] + - fix a small memory leak and remove unnecessary zeroing [Karel Zak] + - login segfaults on EOF (rh#298461) [Karel Zak] + - replace termio with termios interface [Samuel Thibault] + - rewrite is_local() to remove limits on line length [James Youngman] +login-utils: + - cleanup strlen() and fgets() usage [James Youngman] +losetup: + - add --associated option [Karel Zak] + - add --sizelimit option [Shachar Shemesh] + - canonicalize loopfile name [Karel Zak, Matthias Koenig] + - clean up gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap] + - fix errno usage [Karel Zak] + - fix typo in losetup.8 [Karel Zak] + - mark the option -s as deprecated [Karel Zak] + - remove duplicate xstrdup() and error() [Karel Zak] + - split help message into two smaller parts [Benno Schulenberg] + - support unlimited number of loops [Karel Zak] + - use standard uintxy_t types (struct loop_info64) [Samuel Thibault] +mesg: + - replace errs.h with libc err.h [Karel Zak] +mkfs.cramfs: + - clean up gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap, Karel Zak] + - remove unused header file [lizf] + - switch on localization. [Benno Schulenberg] +mkfs.minix: + - add sectorsize check [Matthias Koenig] + - clean up gcc warnings [Karel Zak] + - clean up gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap] + - device size cleanup [Matthias Koenig] +mkswap: + - BLKGETSIZE cleanup [Karel Zak] + - cleanup kB vs. KiB usage in error messages [Karel Zak] + - fix compiler warnings [Karel Zak] + - linux_version() code consolidation [Karel Zak] + - possible to crash with SELinux relabeling support [KaiGai Kohei] + - set UUID for swap space (add -U option) [Martin Schulze] + - set errno=0 in write_all() [Karel Zak] + - when writing the signature page, handle EINTR returns [Karel Zak] +more: + - cleanup gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap] + - non-linux support [Samuel Thibault] + - replace CBAUD with cfgetispeed() [Samuel Thibault] + - use HAVE_WIDECHAR instead ENABLE_WIDECHAR [Karel Zak] +mount: + - "can't create lock file" message sometimes means failure, sometimes not [Mark McLoughlin] + - "nofail" mount option [Matthias Koenig, Karel Zak] + - -L|-U segfault when label or uuid doesn't exist [Karel Zak] + - add more details to the --version output [Karel Zak] + - add support for sizelimit= mount option (for loop mounts) [Shachar Shemesh] + - allow auto-destruction of loop devices [Bernardo Innocenti] + - chain of symlinks to fstab causes use of pointer after free [Norbert Buchmuller] + - clean up gcc warnings (mount_mntent.c) [Randy Dunlap] + - clean up global variables [Karel Zak] + - cleanup "none" fstype usage [Karel Zak] + - cleanup KERNEL_VERSION, remove my_dev_t.h [Karel Zak] + - cleanup canonicalize() usage [Karel Zak] + - cleanup error() and die() [Karel Zak] + - cleanup usage of _PATH_* [Karel Zak] + - doesn't drop privileges properly when calling helpers [Ludwig Nussel] + - don't call canonicalize(SPEC) for cifs, smbfs and nfs [Karel Zak] + - don't canonicalize LABEL= or UUID= spec [Karel Zak] + - drop the part always true from a while condition [Pascal Terjan] + - fix a small typo in mount.8 [Christophe Blaess] + - fix fd leak [Matthias Koenig] + - fix typo in mount.8 [Karel Zak] + - hint about helper program if device doesn't exist [Karel Zak] + - improve chmod & chown usage and clean up gcc warnings (fstab.c) [Karel Zak] + - improve error message when helper program not present [LaMont Jones] + - prevent loop mounting the same file twice [Karel Zak, Matthias Koenig] + - remount doesn't care about loop= [Karel Zak] + - remove MS_{REPLACE,AFTER,BEFORE,OVER} [Karel Zak] + - remove built-in support for background mounts [Karel Zak] + - remove redundant fflush [Karel Zak] + - remove set_proc_name() [Karel Zak] + - remove useless if-before-my_free, define my_free as a macro [Karel Zak] + - use MNTTYPE_SWAP (from mntent.h) [Karel Zak] + - use atexit() rather than (*at_die)() [Karel Zak] + - use blkdev_get_size() [Karel Zak] + - use canonicalize in getfs_by_devname [Karel Zak] +namei: + - add to identify FIFO (named pipe) and update manpage [Li Zefan] + - cleanup tailing white-spaces [Karel Zak] + - non-linux support (get_current_dir_name() and PATH_MAX) [Karel Zak, Samuel Thibault] +partx: + - fix compiler warnings [Karel Zak] + - use swab macros from bitops.h [Karel Zak] +pg: + - fix segfault on search [Rajeev V. Pillai] +po: + - add eu.po (from translationproject.org) [Mikel Olasagasti] + - add pl.po (from translationproject.org) [Andrzej Krzysztofowicz] + - fix typo in de.po [Karel Zak] + - merge changes [Karel Zak] + - update POTFILES.in [Karel Zak] + - update ca.po (from translationproject.org) [Josep Puigdemont] + - update cs.po (from translationproject.org) [Petr Pisar] + - update da.po (from translationproject.org) [Claus Hindsgaul] + - update de.po (from translationproject.org) [Michael Piefel] + - update es.po (from translationproject.org) [Santiago Vila Doncel] + - update et.po (from translationproject.org) [Meelis Roos] + - update fi.po (from translationproject.org) [Lauri Nurmi] + - update fr.po (from translationproject.org) [Michel Robitaille] + - update hu.po (from translationproject.org) [Gabor Kelemen] + - update id.po (from translationproject.org) [Arif E. Nugroho] + - update it.po (from translationproject.org) [Marco Colombo] + - update ja.po (from translationproject.org) [Daisuke Yamashita] + - update nl.po (from translationproject.org) [Benno Schulenberg] + - update po files [Karel Zak] + - update pt_BR.po (from translationproject.org) [Rodrigo Stulzer Lopes] + - update ru.po (from translationproject.org) [Pavel Maryanov] + - update sl.po (from translationproject.org) [Simon Mihevc] + - update sv.po (from translationproject.org) [Daniel Nylander] + - update tr.po (from translationproject.org) [Nilgün Belma Bugüner] + - update uk.po (from translationproject.org) [Maxim V. Dziumanenko] + - update vi.po (from translationproject.org) [Clytie Siddall] +rename: + - add description about option -V to manpage [Li Zefan] + - remove useless variable [Li Zefan] +renice: + - detect errors in arguments, add -v, -h and long options [LaMont Jones, Karel Zak] +rev: + - use warn() in errs.h [Li Zefan] +rtcwake: + - fix UTC time usage [David Brownell] + - fix the default mode to "standby" [Paulius Zaleckas] + - fix typo [Karel Zak] + - fix typo SATE -> STATE [Mike Frysinger] + - fix verbose message [Karel Zak] + - include libgen.h for basename prototype [Mike Frysinger] + - misc cleanups [David Brownell] +script: + - cleanup gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap] + - cleanup includes [Samuel Thibault] + - dies on SIGWINCH [Karel Zak] + - read returns a size_t [James Youngman] +scriptreplay: + - gettextize a forgotten messages [Karel Zak] + - rewrite in C [Karel Zak, James Youngman] +setarch: + - add fallback for linux/personality [Karel Zak] + - add long options to setarch and update manpage [Karel Zak, Li Zefan] + - add missing alpha subarchs [Oliver Falk] + - adding groff symlinks to setarch manual page [Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz] + - fix compiler warning [LaMont Jones] + - generate groff links in a better way [Karel Zak] + - provide backwards compatibility [Dmitry V. Levin] + - tweak the help text, and gettextize a forgotten message [Benno Schulenberg] +setterm: + - add -blan [force|poke] options for TIOCL_{BLANKED,BLANK}SCREEN [Samuel Thibault, Karel Zak] + - dump by TIOCLINUX is deprecated since linux 1.1.92. [Karel Zak] + - opened file leaving unclosed [Karel Zak, lizf] + - remove unnecessaty ifndef TCGETS [Samuel Thibault] +sfdisk: + - allow partitioning drives of over 2^31 sectors. [Kunihiko IMAI] + - cleanup 83 gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap] + - opened files leaving unclosed [Karel Zak, Li Zefan] + - remove unnecessary linux/unistd.h [Samuel Thibault] + - use get_linux_version() [Karel Zak] +shutdown: + - use _PATH_MOUNTED instead of _PATH_MTAB [Stepan Kasal] +swapon: + - Reinitialize software suspend areas to avoid future corruption. [Kees Cook, Karel Zak] + - add sundries.h [Karel Zak] + - clean up gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap] + - cleanup usage output [Karel Zak] + - cleanup usage() [Karel Zak] + - fix swsuspend detection [Karel Zak] + - fix typo in usage() [Karel Zak] + - readjust the usage summaries [Benno Schulenberg] + - remove unnecessary myrealpath() call [Karel Zak] +sys-utils: + - correct setarch.8 manpage link creation [Frédéric Bothamy] +tailf: + - add option -n to specifying output lines [Li Zefan] + - clean up gcc warnings & fix use of errno [Karel Zak] + - inotify based reimplementation [Karel Zak] + - non-linux support [Samuel Thibault] + - opened file leaving unclosed [lizf] + - replace errs.h with libc err.h [Karel Zak] +tests: + - add "sort" to cramfs test [Karel Zak] + - add test for include/pathnames.h [Karel Zak] + - add ts-mount-noncanonical [Karel Zak] + - exactly define a time format in ls -l output [Karel Zak] + - fix blkid cache usage [Karel Zak] + - move test_bkdev to lib/ [Karel Zak] + - redirect libblkid cache to BLKID_FILE [Karel Zak] + - rename test_sysinfo, remove tailing white-spaces [Karel Zak] + - use losetup -s [Karel Zak] +umount: + - add hint about lsof & fuser [Karel Zak] + - don't print duplicate error messages [Karel Zak] + - use atexit() rather than (*at_die)() [Karel Zak] +wall: + - cleanup MAXHOSTNAMELEN [Karel Zak] |