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diff --git a/debian/util-linux.NEWS b/debian/util-linux.NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8013a74 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/util-linux.NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +util-linux (2.32-0.4) unstable; urgency=medium + + The util-linux implementation of /bin/su is now used, replacing the + one previously supplied by src:shadow (shipped in login package), and + bringing Debian in line with other modern distributions. The two + implementations are very similar but have some minor differences (and + there might be more that was not yet noticed ofcourse), e.g. + + - new 'su' (with no args, i.e. when preserving the environment) also + preserves PATH and IFS, while old su would always reset PATH and IFS + even in 'preserve environment' mode. + - new 'su -' (creating new environment) will do just that, while old + su would always preserve content of DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY + environment variables. Set them as needed (but beware X doesn't give + you any real privileges separation anyway if you can access an X + server of another user). See pam_xauth(8) if you want to reconfigure + pam for seamless xauth keys. + - su '' (empty user string) used to give root, but now returns an error. + - previously su only had one pam config, but now 'su -' is configured + separately in /etc/pam.d/su-l. This file additionally invokes + 'pam_keyinit' to revoke the session keyring. + + The first difference is probably the most user visible one. Doing + plain 'su' is a really bad idea for many reasons, so using 'su -' is + strongly recommended to always get a newly set up environment similar + to a normal login. If you want to restore behaviour more similar to + the previous one you can add 'ALWAYS_SET_PATH yes' in /etc/login.defs. + + -- Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se> Fri, 03 Aug 2018 10:52:22 +0200 + +util-linux (2.29.2-3) experimental; urgency=medium + + * The cfdisk, fdisk and sfdisk utilities has been split out into a + separate fdisk package. Any package needing these utilities should + add a dependency on: fdisk | util-linux (<< 2.29.2-3~) + (The second part of it makes the dependency also be fulfilled in case + of stretch-backports and should be considered optional.) + + -- Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se> Sun, 06 Aug 2017 14:59:02 +0200 + +util-linux (2.29.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium + + * The deprecated 'pg' utility is no longer shipped. + (Please use either 'more' or 'less' instead.) + * The deprecated 'tunelp' utility is no longer shipped. + (Parallell port printers are suspected to be extinct by now.) + * The deprecated 'line' utility is no longer shipped. + (Please use the 'head' utility instead.) + * The deprecated 'tailf' utility is no longer shipped. + (Please use 'tail -f' instead.) + + -- Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se> Mon, 13 Mar 2017 19:27:14 +0100 + +util-linux (2.25.1~rc1-1) experimental; urgency=medium + + * This version adds a number of patches which again makes + fsck available on non-linux architectures like kfreebsd. + + -- Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se> Sat, 30 Aug 2014 18:32:25 -0700 + +util-linux (2.25-1) experimental; urgency=medium + + * The cytune command is no longer available since it has + been removed upstream. + + * Upstream Release Notes also includes these highlights: + + The "swapon --summary" output format is deprecated in favor of the + "swapon --show[=<columns>]" that provides better control on output + formatting. + + cfdisk(8): + - the code been completely rewritten, now it uses libfdisk and + libsmartcols, supports GPT, SUN, SGI and BSD disk labels + - the command is no more based on CHS addressing + + * WARNING! The fsck command is no longer built on non-linux. + It relies on libmount, which needs porting. + + -- Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se> Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:05:13 +0200 + +util-linux (2.24.2-1) experimental; urgency=low + + This is a major update which is long overdue. + This release attempts to unify the work that has happened upstream + with the work that has gone on in parallell in the Debian package. + + A few things are no longer shipped since they have been removed upstream: + ddate - convert Gregorian dates to Discordian dates + chkdupexe - report dangling symlinks and duplicately-named binaries + + -- Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se> Wed, 11 Jun 2014 12:00:48 +0200 |