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+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/default/su.
+
+ -- 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