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+Util-linux-ng 2.16 Release Notes (15-Jul-2009)
+==============================================
+
+Release highlights
+------------------
+
+libuuid, uuidgen(1) and uuidd(8):
+ - the libuuid library has been moved from e2fsprogs to util-linux-ng
+
+switch_root:
+ - this NEW COMMAND allows to switch to another filesystem as the root
+ of the mount tree.
+
+mount, umount, fsck:
+ - DOES NOT SUPPORT linking against obsolete libvolume_id (from udev)
+
+libblkid:
+ - development files (.so, .a, ...) have been moved from /lib to /usr/lib.
+
+
+Stable maintenance releases between v2.15 and v2.16
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+util-linux-ng 2.15.1 [10-Jun-2009]
+
+ * https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.15/v2.15.1-ReleaseNotes
+ https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.15/v2.15.1-ChangeLog
+
+
+ChangeLog between v2.15 and v2.16
+---------------------------------
+
+ For more details see ChangeLog files at:
+ https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.16/
+
+
+build-sys:
+ - add --disable-libblkid, remove volume_id support [Karel Zak]
+ - add --disable-switch_root [Karel Zak]
+ - add --disable-tls [Karel Zak]
+ - add --disable-uuidd [Karel Zak]
+ - add UTIL_{SET,RESTORE}_FLAGS [Karel Zak]
+ - check for openat() and linux for switch_root [Karel Zak]
+ - cleanup libuuid stuff [Karel Zak]
+ - complete /libs to /shlibs rename [Karel Zak]
+ - enable fsck by default [Karel Zak]
+ - fix "make -C" bug [Karel Zak]
+ - fix --disable-uuidd [Karel Zak]
+ - fix blkid.h include for old e2fsprogs [Karel Zak]
+ - fix exec/data install hooks [Karel Zak]
+ - fix headers in mkswap and libblkid [Karel Zak]
+ - fix libuuid Makefile.am [Karel Zak]
+ - fix libuuid and libblkid version-info [Karel Zak]
+ - fix typo from 30688dde55f637c9b984809c685b61378b82805f [Robert Förster]
+ - improve $libdirname definition [Karel Zak]
+ - improve symlinks creation in shlibs/ [Karel Zak]
+ - release++ (v2.16-rc1) [Karel Zak]
+ - release++ (v2.16-rc2) [Karel Zak]
+ - rename /libs to /shlibs [Karel Zak]
+ - rename to _execdir [Karel Zak]
+ - reverse shlibs installation [Kay Sievers]
+buildsys:
+ - move $usr{bin,sbin,lib}execdir definition to ./configure [Karel Zak]
+cal:
+ - Highlight today even when month or year specified [Rajeev V. Pillai]
+ - uClibc has langinfo.h but not _NL_TIME_WEEK_1STDAY. [Tom Prince]
+chrt:
+ - don't assume SCHED_BATCH and SCHED_IDLE exist [Aurelien Jarno]
+docs:
+ - add missing commands/projects to AUTHORS file [Karel Zak]
+ - add v2.16 ReleaseNotes [Karel Zak]
+ - refresh TODO list [Karel Zak]
+ - remove example.files/rc[.local] [Karel Zak]
+ - remove obsolete information from fstab example [Karel Zak]
+ - update AUTHORS file [Karel Zak]
+ - update v2.16 ReleaseNotes [Karel Zak]
+ - update v2.16-ReleaseNotes [Karel Zak]
+fdisk:
+ - (and cfdisk) fix to be consistent about maximum heads [Chris Webb]
+ - add simple test for doslabel stuff [Zdenek Behan]
+hwclock:
+ - fix mismatched popen/fclose. [John Keeping]
+include:
+ - clean up _PATH_DEV_* macros [Karel Zak]
+ - fix _PATH_DEV [Karel Zak]
+ionice:
+ - Allow setting the none class [Jakob Unterwurzacher]
+ldattach:
+ - add N_PPS support [Tilman Schmidt]
+libblkid:
+ - add device-mapper snapshot cow device probe [Milan Broz]
+ - add install-hook for libuuid.[a,so] devel files [Karel Zak]
+ - add stdarg.h to blkidP.h [Karel Zak]
+ - blkid_do_safeprobe() has to be tolerant to RAIDs [Karel Zak]
+ - cleanup debug messages and return codes in blkid_do_probe() [Karel Zak]
+ - don't require udev symlinks verification for non-root users [Karel Zak]
+ - fix "hangs forever with partition type mdraid" [Karel Zak]
+ - fix #ifdefs readability [Karel Zak]
+ - fix $libdir in blkid.pc [Karel Zak]
+ - fix LVM1 probe [Milan Broz]
+ - fix reiserfs name [Karel Zak]
+ - make libuuid optional [Karel Zak]
+ - move to misc-utils/ directory [Karel Zak]
+ - update man page [Karel Zak]
+libuuid:
+ - add --disable-libuuid and LIBUUID_VERSION [Karel Zak]
+ - add .gitignore [Karel Zak]
+ - add info about u-l-ng to man pages [Karel Zak]
+ - add install-hook for libuuid.[a,so] devel files [Karel Zak]
+ - Don't run uuidd if it would fail due to permission problems [Theodore Ts'o]
+ - fix $libdir in uuid.pc [Karel Zak]
+ - fix parallel building [Karel Zak]
+ - generate uuid_generate_{random,time}.3 man page links [Karel Zak]
+ - import UUID library from e2fsprogs [Karel Zak]
+ - Make sure fd's 0, 1, and 2 are valid before exec'ing uuidd [Theodore Ts'o]
+ - move clock state file from /var/lib to /var/run [Karel Zak]
+libuuid, uuidd:
+ - Avoid infinite loop while reading from the socket fd [Theodore Ts'o]
+losetup:
+ - add --set-capacity [Karel Zak]
+ - fix return codes of functions arounf is_associated() [Karel Zak]
+ - handle symlinks in /dev/loop/ [Mike Frysinger]
+ - suggest to use modprobe rather than insmod in losetup.8 [Karel Zak]
+lscpu:
+ - fix cpuid code on x86/PIC [Mike Frysinger]
+mount:
+ - (and fsck) remove libvolume_id support [Karel Zak]
+ - a little clean up info about loopdevs in man page [Karel Zak]
+ - add ext4 to mount.8 [Karel Zak]
+ - add ext4 to the list of filesystems in mount.8 [Karel Zak]
+ - add info about obsolete vfat options to mount.8 [Karel Zak]
+ - allow loop suid umount [Kay Sievers]
+ - cleanup notes about -l option in mount.8 [Karel Zak]
+ - fix undefined reference to `security_get_initial_context' [Karel Zak]
+ - move MS_{PROPAGATION,BIND,MOVE} detection [Karel Zak]
+ - use "none" fstype for MS_PROPAGATION mounts [Karel Zak]
+ - use TAG parsing function from libblkid [Karel Zak]
+ - when a remount to rw fails, quit and return an error [Valerie Aurora]
+po:
+ - fix typo in French translation [Olivier Blin]
+ - merge changes [Karel Zak]
+ - refresh POTFILES.in [Karel Zak]
+ - update cs.po (from translationproject.org) [Petr Pisar]
+ - update fi.po (from translationproject.org) [Lauri Nurmi]
+ - update fr.po (from translationproject.org) [Nicolas Provost]
+ - update vi.po (from translationproject.org) [Clytie Siddall]
+raw:
+ - Use the RAW_SETBIND ioctl without stat'ing the raw# file [Jeff Mahoney]
+ - undeprecate raw [Karel Zak]
+switch_root:
+ - add man page [Karel Zak]
+ - add subroot support [Daniel Drake]
+ - clean up argv[] usage, add -h and -V [Karel Zak]
+ - do recursiveRemove after our root is moved to avoid races. [Peter Jones]
+ - fix coding style [Karel Zak]
+ - fork before cleaning up the filesystem. [Peter Jones]
+ - new command [Karel Zak]
+ - rewrite to use fstatat() and unlinkat() [Karel Zak]
+ - use err.h, clean up return codes [Karel Zak]
+ - use file descriptor instead of path for recursiveRemove() [Peter Jones]
+ - use snprintf() rather tan str{cpy,cat}() [Karel Zak]
+tests:
+ - add functions for work withdisk images [Karel Zak]
+ - add mdraid libblkid test [Karel Zak]
+ - don't run some mount tests for non-root users [Karel Zak]
+ - fix 'delete extended partition' checksum [Karel Zak]
+ - fix reiserfs test [Karel Zak]
+ - fix script that creates lscpu dumps [Karel Zak]
+ - move lscpu /proc and /sys dumps to tarballs [Karel Zak]
+ - remove broken Xen dumps for lscpu [Karel Zak]
+umount:
+ - clean up help output [Karel Zak]
+uuidd:
+ - Avoid closing the server socket when calling create_daemon() [Theodore Ts'o]
+ - fix $PIDFILE in uuidd.rc [Karel Zak]
+ - init /var/run/uuidd, add option for on-demand mode to .rc file [Karel Zak]
+ - move uuidd files from /var/lib/libuuid to /var/run/uuidd [Karel Zak]
+ - move uuidd.rc to misc-utils directory [Karel Zak]
+ - new command (UUID daemon from e2fsprogs) [Karel Zak]
+uuidgen:
+ - new command (from e2fsprogs) [Karel Zak]