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diff --git a/doc/RelNotes/v1.24.txt b/doc/RelNotes/v1.24.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f8fd56c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/RelNotes/v1.24.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +E2fsprogs 1.24a (September 2, 2001) +=================================== + +Fix brown-paper bug in mke2fs which caused it to segfault when +printing the version string. + + +E2fsprogs 1.24 (August 30, 2001) +================================ + +Revert the BLKGETSIZE64 support, since for some distributions, this +ioctl has been used by an unofficial kernel patch to update the last +sector on the disk, and this was causing disk corruption problems as a +result. + +Mke2fs is now more careful about zapping swap space signatures and +other filesystem/raid superblock magic values so that programs like +mount who try to use heuristics to determine the filesystem type of a +partition are less likely to be confused. + +E2fsck will no longer complain if the the mode of EXT2_RESIZE_INO is a +regular file (since Andreas Dilger's on-line resizing tools will set +its mode bits). + +Fixed some minor texinfo, man pages nits for spelling errors, +texinfo warnings, etc. (Addresses Debian bug #110621.) + +E2fsprogs program no longer print the filesystem version number +(i.e. 0.5b), since it only confuses people and doesn't serve any real +purpose. + +E2fsck will once again compile under libc5, since it will supply its +own version of strnlen if necessary. + +mke2fs and tune2fs will allow the use of UUID= or LABEL= specifiers +when specifying the external journal device. tune2fs will also search +devices looking for the external journal device when removing it. + |