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+Util-linux-ng 2.17 Release Notes
+================================
+
+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-ng/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]
+
+ * 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
+
+
+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:
+ - 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 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]
+ - remove LT_STATIC_LDFLAGS [Karel Zak]
+ - remove gtkdocize from autogen.sh [Karel Zak]
+ - remove obsolete --with-fsprobe from distcheck flags [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]
+ - update "The Perfect Patch" URL [Karel Zak]
+ - update AUTHORS file [Karel Zak]
+ - update TODO [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]
+ - use c.h [Karel Zak]
+ - use minimal_io_size for the first partition [Karel Zak]
+findfs:
+ - fix typo in findfs.8 [Karel Zak]
+fsck:
+ - fsck.8 formatting [Peter Breitenlohner]
+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:
+ - 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]
+ - 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:
+ - 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 FALSE definition [Karel Zak]
+ - fix FAT super block definition [Lawrence Rust]
+ - fix NTFS non-ASCII labels [Karel Zak]
+ - fix blkid_devno_to_wholedisk() [Karel Zak]
+ - fix blkid_do_probe() to work properly with chains [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 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]
+ - 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:
+ - 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 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]
+ - and libblkid covert /dev/dm-N to /dev/mapper/<name> [Karel Zak]
+ - check for unsuccessful read-only bind mounts [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]
+ - 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]
+ - 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:
+ - 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]
+ - merge changes [Karel Zak]
+ - update 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 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]
+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:
+ - 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:
+ - 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 blkid regression tests for ISO9660 [Karel Zak]
+ - add partitions probing 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]
+ - 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:
+ - 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]
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