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diff --git a/Documentation/releases/v2.17-ReleaseNotes b/Documentation/releases/v2.17-ReleaseNotes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..91e8e75 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/releases/v2.17-ReleaseNotes @@ -0,0 +1,526 @@ +Util-linux-ng 2.17 Release Notes (08-Jan-2010) +============================================== + +Release highlights +------------------ + +fallocate: + - this NEW COMMAND is a command line interface to fallocate + Linux syscall and allows to preallocate blocks to a file. + +unshare + - this NEW COMMAND is a command line interface to unshare Linux syscall + and allows to run program with some namespaces unshared from parent. + +wipefs + - this NEW COMMAND is based on libblkid and allows to remove filesystem + or RAID signatures from a device. + +libblkid: + - libblkid allows to gather information about block device topology, + currently supported methods are: + + * ioctl - supported since kernel 2.6.32 + * sysfs - supported since kernel 2.6.31 + * fallback for DM, MD, LVM and EVMS on old kernels (base on code + from xfsprogs/libdisk) + + The topology support is mostly designed for mkfs programs or partitioning + tools (already used in mkfs.xfs, mkex2fs, libparted and fdisk) + + - libblkid supports partition tables parsing (currently supported are + aix, bsd, dos, mac, gpt, minix, sgi, solaris, sun and unixware). This + functionality is designed for mkfs programs, DeviceKits, [k]partx or so. + + - libblkid API documentation is available at + http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/libblkid-docs/ + +blockdev: + - supports all new topology ioctls + +fdisk: + - the fdisk command aligns newly created partitions to minimum_io_size + boundary ("minimum_io_size" is physical sector size or stripe chunk + size on RAIDs). + + - the fdisk command supports disks with alignment_offset now. + + +Stable maintenance releases between v2.16 and v2.17 +--------------------------------------------------- + +util-linux-ng 2.16.1 [07-Sep-2009] + + * https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.16/v2.16.1-ReleaseNotes + https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.16/v2.16.1-ChangeLog + +util-linux-ng 2.16.2 [30-Nov-2009] + + * https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.16/v2.16.2-ReleaseNotes + https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.16/v2.16.2-ChangeLog + + +ChangeLog between v2.16 and v2.17 +--------------------------------- + + For more details see ChangeLog files at: + https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.17/ + +addpart: + - addpart.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +blkid: + - add ID_FS_AMBIVALENT for udev output [Karel Zak] + - add pretty output, document -L incompatibility with e2fsprogs [Karel Zak] + - allow to use -s <TAG> for low-level probing (-p mode) [Karel Zak] +blockdev: + - add support for uint and ushort ioctls [Karel Zak] + - add topology ioctls support [Karel Zak] + - blockdev.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] + - fix topology ioctls [Karel Zak] + - refactoring (better commands definition) [Karel Zak] + - use c.h [Karel Zak] +build-sys: + - add --disable-makeinstall-setuid [Karel Zak] + - add HAVE_LIBBLKID_INTERNAL [Karel Zak] + - check for pkg-config before gtk-doc [Karel Zak] + - check for union semun instead of using _SEM_SEMUN_UNDEFINED [Guillem Jover] + - clean up gtk-doc stuff [Karel Zak] + - clean up gtk-doc usage [Karel Zak] + - cleanup --disable-{fallocate,pivot_root,unshare} [Karel Zak] + - cleanup AM_CFLAGS usage [Karel Zak] + - cleanup static building [Karel Zak] + - detect if const is available [Guillem Jover] + - detect if volatile is available [Guillem Jover] + - don't distribute generated *.pc files [Karel Zak] + - don't distribute generated blkid.h [Karel Zak] + - enable silent rules if automake >= 1.11 [Guillem Jover] + - fix (official) gtk-doc.make [Karel Zak] + - fix BUILD_PIVOT_ROOT condition [Karel Zak] + - fix blkid CFLAGS in fdisk/Makefile.am [Karel Zak] + - fix out-of-source build [Karel Zak] + - release++ (v2.17-rc1) [Karel Zak] + - release++ (v2.17-rc2) [Karel Zak] + - release++ (v2.17-rc3) [Karel Zak] + - remove LT_STATIC_LDFLAGS [Karel Zak] + - remove gtkdocize from autogen.sh [Karel Zak] + - remove obsolete --with-fsprobe from distcheck flags [Karel Zak] + - rewrite TLS detection [Karel Zak] +cal: + - cal.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] + - fix (harmless) typo [Peter Breitenlohner] + - fix broken computation for Sep 1752 [Peter Breitenlohner] + - remove obsolete <localeinfo.h> include [Guillem Jover] + - use c.h [Karel Zak] +cfdisk: + - cfdisk.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] + - more key alternatives [Jan Sarenik] +chfn: + - chfn.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +chrt: + - use c.h [Karel Zak] +chsh: + - chsh.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +ctrlaltdel: + - ctrlaltdel.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +cytune: + - cytune.8 missing description of `-S', formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +ddate: + - ddate.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +delpart: + - delpart.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +dmesg: + - add -r to help output [Karel Zak] + - dmesg.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] + - fix typo in man page [Ken Kopin] +docs: + - README width and language correction [Jan Sarenik] + - add 'unshare' and 'wipefs' to AUTHORS [Karel Zak] + - add LGPLv2+ to list of licenses [Karel Zak] + - add ngettext() into TODO file [Karel Zak] + - add v2.17 ReleaseNotes [Karel Zak] + - update "The Perfect Patch" URL [Karel Zak] + - update AUTHORS file [Karel Zak] + - update TODO [Karel Zak] + - update TODO file [Karel Zak] + - update TODO list [Karel Zak] + - update v2.17 ReleaseNotes [Karel Zak] +elvtune: + - elvtune.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +fallocate: + - check for ERANGE errors [Karel Zak] + - new command [Karel Zak, Eric Sandeen] +fdformat: + - fdformat.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] + - fix memory leak in verify_disk() [Cristian Rodríguez] +fdisk: + - add basic routines for LBA alignment [Karel Zak] + - add regression test listing empty/nonsense images [Zdenek Behan] + - align end of partition when defined by +size{K,M,G} [Karel Zak] + - check for partition boundary [Karel Zak] + - fdisk.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] + - fix strict-aliasing bugs [Karel Zak] + - offer aligned first sector [Karel Zak] + - print info and recommendations about alignment [Karel Zak] + - read topology info from libblkid [Karel Zak] + - sgi label - remove duplicate swab16swab[16,32]() definitions [Karel Zak] + - sleep-after-sync and fsync usage [Karel Zak] + - use c.h [Karel Zak] + - use minimal_io_size for the first partition [Karel Zak] +findfs: + - fix typo in findfs.8 [Karel Zak] +flock: + - fix hang when parent ignores SIGCHLD [Mike Frysinger] +fsck: + - document fsck behavior wrt nofail option and fstype 'auto' [Ludwig Nussel] + - fsck.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] + - honor nofail option in fsck [Ludwig Nussel] +fsck.minix: + - fix broken zone checking [Karel Zak] + - fix strict-aliasing bugs [Karel Zak] + - fsck.minix.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +fstab: + - fstab.5 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +getopt: + - getopt.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +hexdump: + - bug in hexdump when offset == file length [Américo Wang] + - hexdump.1 erroneous .Nm "" [Peter Breitenlohner] +hwclock: + - do not access hardware clock when using --systz [Scott James Remnant] + - hwclock.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] + - set kernel timezone with --systz --utc [Scott James Remnant] + - use c.h [Karel Zak] + - use time limit for KDGHWCLK busy wait [Karel Zak] +include: + - add c.h with fundamental C definitions [Karel Zak] + - use c.h in canonicalize.h [Karel Zak] +initctl: + - fix strict-aliasing bugs [Karel Zak] + - initctl.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +ionice: + - add a note about none class and CFQ [Karel Zak] + - ionice.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +ipcmk: + - ipcmk.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +ipcrm: + - ipcrm.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +ipcs: + - ipcs.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] + - use __GLIBC__ instead of obsolete __GNU_LIBRARY__ [Guillem Jover] +isosize: + - isosize.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +kill: + - kill.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] + - use c.h [Karel Zak] +last: + - fix utmp.ut_time usage [Karel Zak] + - last.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +ldattach: + - ldattach.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] + - use c.h [Karel Zak] +lib: + - add a generic crc32() [Karel Zak] + - bug (typo) in function MD5Final() [Karel Zak] + - fix file descriptor leak in is_mounted() [Theodore Ts'o] + - fix lib/Makefile.am (remove pttype.c) [Karel Zak] + - import whole ismounted.c code from e2fsprogs [Karel Zak] + - remove pttype.c [Karel Zak] +libblkid: + - DRBD support for blkid [Bastian Friedrich] + - add *.ko.gz support to modules.dep parser [Karel Zak] + - add AIX partitions support [Karel Zak] + - add BLKID_SUBLKS_* flags [Karel Zak] + - add BLKID_{VERSION,DATE} to blkid.h [Karel Zak] + - add BSD partitions support [Karel Zak] + - add DM topology support (for old kernels) [Karel Zak] + - add EFI GPT partitions support [Karel Zak] + - add EVMS topology support (for old kernels) [Karel Zak] + - add LVM topology support (for old kernels) [Karel Zak] + - add MAC partitions support [Karel Zak] + - add MD topology support (for old kernels) [Karel Zak] + - add MINIX partitions support [Karel Zak] + - add MS-DOS partitions support [Karel Zak] + - add SGI partitions support [Karel Zak] + - add SOLARIS-X86 partitions support [Karel Zak] + - add SUN partitions support [Karel Zak] + - add UBI volume support [Corentin Chary] + - add UBIFS support [Corentin Chary] + - add UNIXWARE partitions support [Karel Zak] + - add a probe for bfs [Christoph Hellwig] + - add blkid_devno_to_wholedisk() [Karel Zak] + - add blkid_driver_has_major() [Karel Zak] + - add blkid_new_probe_from_filename() [Karel Zak] + - add blkid_partition_get_type_string() [Karel Zak] + - add blkid_probe_get_{size,sectorsize,devno} [Karel Zak] + - add blkit_[un]ref() to TODO [Karel Zak] + - add chain structs [Karel Zak] + - add functions for chain tags [Karel Zak] + - add generic filter functions [Karel Zak] + - add generic function for binary data [Karel Zak] + - add missing comments [Karel Zak] + - add missing comments to probe.c [Karel Zak] + - add missing packed attributes [Karel Zak] + - add mkfs sample [Karel Zak] + - add note about UUID_SUB, increment number of superblock values [Karel Zak] + - add partitions filter routines [Karel Zak] + - add partitions parsing support [Karel Zak] + - add partitions sample [Karel Zak] + - add private blkid_topology_set_*() functions [Karel Zak] + - add samples/topology.c [Karel Zak] + - add sector size funcs to blkid.h.in [Karel Zak] + - add superblocks chain [Karel Zak] + - add superblocks filter functions [Karel Zak] + - add superblocks.c sample [Karel Zak] + - add support for SBMAGIC and SBMAGIC_OFFSET [Karel Zak] + - add support for VMFS (VMware File System) [Mike Hommey] + - add support for topology ioctls [Karel Zak] + - add test cases for VMFS [Mike Hommey] + - add topology support [Karel Zak] + - allow linking with uClibc [Daniel Mierswa] + - allow to change dimension of probing area [Karel Zak] + - allow to read in sectors [Karel Zak] + - allows more probing methods for topology chain [Karel Zak] + - announce Joliet extension [Maxim Levitsky] + - cleanup blkid_probe_set_device() [Karel Zak] + - cleanup topology fallback [Karel Zak] + - convert GPT partition LBA to 512-byte sectors [Karel Zak] + - cosmetic change in topology sample [Karel Zak] + - create a generic blkid_encode_to_utf8() [Karel Zak] + - create a generic blkid_unparse_uuid() [Karel Zak] + - does not return useless binary data [Karel Zak] + - don't return empty LABELs [Karel Zak] + - don't scan private /dev/.udev directory [Karel Zak] + - fix Adaptec RAID detection [Karel Zak] + - fix FALSE definition [Karel Zak] + - fix FAT super block definition [Lawrence Rust] + - fix NTFS non-ASCII labels [Karel Zak] + - fix UFS detection [Karel Zak] + - fix blkid_devno_to_wholedisk() [Karel Zak] + - fix blkid_do_probe() to work properly with chains [Karel Zak] + - fix blkid_fstatat() code [Karel Zak] + - fix blkid_probe_set_utf8label() call for Joliet [Karel Zak] + - fix buffer overflow in blkid_encode_string() [Florian Zumbiehl] + - fix cache->probe memory leak [Karel Zak] + - fix ext2 detection on systems with ext4 only [Karel Zak] + - fix gcc warning (warn_unused_result) [Karel Zak] + - fix highpoint37x detection [Karel Zak] + - fix non-magic FAT detection [Karel Zak] + - fix probing for binary interface [Karel Zak] + - fix segfault in blkid_do_probe() [Karel Zak] + - fix the default cache file path [Karel Zak] + - fix topology information values [Eric Sandeen] + - fix typo (swsupend -> swsuspend) [Karel Zak] + - fix typo s/Hihg/High/ [Jim Meyering] + - fix warning message in mkfs sample [Karel Zak] + - gtkdocize (API docs generated by gtk-docs) [Karel Zak] + - minor changes to dm topology code [Karel Zak] + - minor changes to samples [Karel Zak] + - minor fix in topology sample [Karel Zak] + - move FS/raid stuff to superblocks directory [Karel Zak] + - move blkid_known_fstype() to superblocks.c [Karel Zak] + - move filter macros to header file [Karel Zak] + - prefer ISO9660 PVD Label to Joliet Label [Karel Zak] + - properly reset position in probing chains [Karel Zak] + - refresh blkid.{h,sym} [Karel Zak] + - remove duplicate debug message [Karel Zak] + - remove superblock functions from probe.c [Karel Zak] + - rename highpoint RAIDs to hpt{37,45}x_raid_member [Karel Zak] + - return first detected crypto device [Scott James Remnant] + - topology - add logical and physical sector size [Karel Zak] + - topology - ignore non-blockdevs [Karel Zak] + - trim tailing whitespace from unicode LABELs [Karel Zak] + - update docs/.gitignore [Karel Zak] + - use BLKSSZGET for GPT sectors [Karel Zak] + - use blkid_new_probe_from_filename() in docs [Karel Zak] + - use c.h [Karel Zak] + - use c.h in samples [Karel Zak] + - use chains in blkid_do_{safe,full,}_probe() [Karel Zak] + - use chains in prober (de)initialization [Karel Zak] + - use fstatat(), improve readdir() usage [Karel Zak] + - use private {lookup,get}_value functions [Karel Zak] + - use superblock filter functions [Karel Zak] + - use superblocks.h [Karel Zak] + - use the new API in whole u-l-ng [Karel Zak] +libuuid: + - remove .UE macro from libuuid man pages. [Milan Broz] +line: + - remove deprecated #ident directive [Karel Zak] +losetup: + - losetup.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] + - remove unused macro [Karel Zak] +lscpu: + - add {32,64}-bit CPU modes detection [Karel Zak] + - lscpu.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +mcookie: + - mcookie.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +mesg: + - mesg.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +mkfs: + - mkfs.8 incomplete sentence and formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +mkfs.bfs: + - mkfs.bfs.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +mkfs.cramfs: + - fix gcc warning (incompatible pointer type) [Karel Zak] +mkfs.minix: + - fix strict-aliasing bugs [Karel Zak] + - mkfs.minix.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +mkswap: + - fix memory leaks, cleanup check_blocks() [Karel Zak] + - mkswap.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] + - restore device argument in mkswap.8 synopsis [Peter Breitenlohner] + - unbreak -c ("check") option. [Peter De Wachter] + - use libblkid to detect PT [Karel Zak] +more: + - limited line buffer length results in corrupted UTF-8 text [Karel Zak] + - more.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +mount: + - add --no-canonicalize option [Karel Zak] + - add a note about /dev/disk/by-* to mount.8 [Karel Zak] + - add a note about bind-dir remounts [Karel Zak] + - add info about ext{3,4} barriers to mount.8 [Karel Zak] + - add long options to mount.8 [Karel Zak] + - add squashfs to mount.8 [Karel Zak] + - add ubifs to the mount.8 man page [Sebastian Andrzej Siewior] + - and libblkid covert /dev/dm-N to /dev/mapper/<name> [Karel Zak] + - better --move description [Karel Zak] + - check for unsuccessful read-only bind mounts [Karel Zak] + - disable --no-canonicalize for non-root users [Karel Zak] + - document changed semantics of tmpfs size option in mount.8 [kevin.granade@gmail.com] + - fix mount.8, xfs attr2 is enabled by default [Karel Zak] + - fix reference to samba-client in mount.8 [Karel Zak] + - fix typo in mount.8 [Karel Zak] + - mention mtab for single mount point mount in mount.8 [Peter Volkov] + - more explicitly explain 'strictatime' in mount.8 [Karel Zak] + - more verbose "mount only root can do that" message [Karel Zak] + - mount.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] + - move info about devices to the top of mount.8 [Karel Zak] + - update list of pseudo filesystems [Karel Zak] +namei: + - better mount points detection [Karel Zak] + - fix alone symlink evaluation [Karel Zak] + - gater information about / (root) [Karel Zak] + - namei.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] + - use c.h [Karel Zak] +newgrp: + - newgrp.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] + - use c.h, remove tailing whitespace [Karel Zak] +partx: + - partx.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] + - use c.h [Karel Zak] + - work properly with 512 sectors (dos PT) [Karel Zak] +pg: + - command enters infinite loop [Mike Frysinger] + - compiler warning with NLS disabled [Peter Breitenlohner] + - pg.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +pivot_root: + - pivot_root.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +po: + - fix grammar glitch in german translation [Hendrik Lönngren] + - fix msgid bugs [Karel Zak] + - merge changes [Karel Zak] + - update POTFILES.in [Karel Zak] + - update cs.po (from translationproject.org) [Petr Pisar] + - update eu.po (from translationproject.org) [Mikel Olasagasti Uranga] + - update eu.po (from translationproject.org) [Mikel Olasagasti] + - update fi.po (from translationproject.org) [Lauri Nurmi] + - update fr.po (from translationproject.org) [Nicolas Provost] + - update id.po (from translationproject.org) [Arif E. Nugroho] + - update ja.po (from translationproject.org) [Makoto Kato] + - update pl.po (from translationproject.org) [Jakub Bogusz] + - update po/POTFILES.in [Karel Zak] + - update vi.po (from translationproject.org) [Clytie Siddall] + - update zh_CN.po (from translationproject.org) [Ray Wang] +rdev: + - rdev.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +readprofile: + - readprofile.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +rename: + - rename.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +renice: + - renice.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +reset: + - reset.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +rtcwake: + - add S5 support [Karel Zak] + - ignore the tm_isdst field returned from the RTC [Paul Fox] + - rtcwake.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +scriptreplay: + - fix typo in error message [Karel Zak] + - scriptreplay.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +setarch: + - setarch.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +setsid: + - setsid.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +setterm: + - setterm.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] + - use c.h, remove tailing whitespace [Karel Zak] +sfdisk: + - confused about disk size [Karel Zak] + - dump has to be $LANG insensitive [Karel Zak] + - sfdisk.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] + - use c.h, remove obsolete #ifdefs [Karel Zak] +shutdown: + - shutdown.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +simpleinit: + - simpleinit.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +swapon: + - fix typo on swapon.8 manpage [Florentin Duneau] + - handle <=linux-2.6.19 bug in /proc/swaps [Mike Frysinger] + - more robust progname probing [Karel Zak] + - swapon.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +switch_root: + - add note about subroots to switch_root.8 [Karel Zak] + - remove TIOCSCTTY and setsid() [Karel Zak] + - switch_root.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +tailf: + - fix printf format [Mike Frysinger] + - report inotify_add_watch() problems [Karel Zak] +tests: + - add BFS libblkid regression test [Karel Zak] + - add NTFS blkid test [Karel Zak] + - add UBIFS test image to blkid test suite [Corentin Chary] + - add UFS test image for libblkid [Karel Zak] + - add VIA RAID test image for libblkid [Karel Zak] + - add adaptec RAID test [Karel Zak] + - add blkid regression tests for ISO9660 [Karel Zak] + - add hpt37x RAID test [Karel Zak] + - add hpt45x RAID test [Karel Zak] + - add isw RAID test [Karel Zak] + - add jmicron RAID test [Karel Zak] + - add lsi RAID test [Karel Zak] + - add nvidia RAID test [Karel Zak] + - add partitions probing test [Karel Zak] + - add promise RAID test [Karel Zak] + - add silicon RAID test [Karel Zak] + - fdisk doslabel test also checks changing partition type [Zdenek Behan] + - fdisk doslabel test also checks setting partition active [Zdenek Behan] + - refresh GPT regression test [Karel Zak] + - refresh lscpu tests [Karel Zak] + - remove vol_id from tests [Karel Zak] + - rename blkid/images to blkid/images-fs [Karel Zak] + - swapon workaround for libtool wrapper [Karel Zak] + - test for basic functionality of sun labels [Zdenek Behan] + - update fsck.ismounted test [Karel Zak] +tunelp: + - tunelp.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +ul: + - ul.1 erroneous .SH instead of .Sh [Peter Breitenlohner] +umount: + - add --no-canonicalize [Karel Zak] + - umount.8 command line for umount helpers, formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +unshare: + - new command [Mikhail Gusarov] +uuidd: + - uuidd.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +uuidgen: + - uuidgen.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +vipw: + - vipw.8 remove erroneous empty line, formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +whereis: + - whereis.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] +wipefs: + - fix coding style [Karel Zak] + - new command [Karel Zak] + - remove obsolete comment [Karel Zak] +write: + - write.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner] |