-Util-linux-ng 2.17 Release Notes
-================================
+Util-linux-ng 2.17 Release Notes (08-Jan-2010)
+==============================================
Release highlights
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* ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.16/v2.16.1-ReleaseNotes
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.16/v2.16.1-ChangeLog
+util-linux-ng 2.16.2 [30-Nov-2009]
+
+ * ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.16/v2.16.2-ReleaseNotes
+ ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.16/v2.16.2-ChangeLog
+
ChangeLog between v2.16 and v2.17
---------------------------------
For more details see ChangeLog files at:
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.17/
-
addpart:
- addpart.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner]
blkid:
- 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]
- dmesg.1 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner]
- fix typo in man page [Ken Kopin]
docs:
- - add ngettext() into TODO file [Karel Zak]
+ - 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]
- - README width and language correction [Jan Sarenik]
- - update AUTHORS file [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:
- 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:
- 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]
- 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 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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:
- 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 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:
- 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]
- 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]
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]
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