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+Util-linux-ng 2.14 Release Notes (26-Mar-2008)
+==============================================
+
+Release highlights:
+------------------
+
+ mount(8) supports new "nofail" mount option.
+
+ mount(8) supports auto-destruction of loop devices.
+
+ losetup(8) supports new command line option "-j" to show status of all
+ loop devices associated with given file.
+
+ losetup(8) supports unlimited number of loop devices.
+
+ ldattach(8) command has been added to util-linux-ng. The ldattach
+ daemon opens the specified device file and attaches the line discipline
+ to it for processing of the sent and/or received data.
+
+ setterm(8) supports new command line option "-blank [force|poke]" for
+ TIOCL_{BLANKED,BLANK}SCREEN.
+
+ tailf(8) has been reimplemented to use inotify.
+
+ tailf(8) supports new command line option "-n" to specifying output lines.
+
+ mkswap(8) supports new command line option "-U" to set UUID explicitly.
+
+ fdisk(8) has been fixed to calculate partition size in 2^N.
+
+ cal(8) supports highlighting an arbitrary date.
+
+ agetty(8) makes username-in-uppercase feature optional (off by
+ default). Uses who use uppercase-only terminals need to use option "-U"
+ now.
+
+ losetup(8), mount(8), umount(8), fdisk(8) and sfdisk(8) support static
+ linking when compiled with --enable-static-programs.
+
+
+ChangeLog between v2.13 and v2.14
+---------------------------------
+
+ For more details see ChangeLog files at:
+ ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.14/
+
+agetty:
+ - cleanup MAXHOSTNAMELEN [Karel Zak]
+ - make username-in-uppercase feature optional (off by default.) [Hamish Coleman]
+ - non-linux support (use pathnames.h) [Karel Zak]
+ - replace termio with termios interface [Samuel Thibault]
+ - ungettextize several debugging messages. [Benno Schulenberg]
+blockdev:
+ - add --getsz to blockdev.8 [Karel Zak]
+ - add missing description about option --report in manpage [Li Zefan]
+ - fix opened file leaving unclosed [lizf]
+ - use lib/blkdev.c, fix --report [Karel Zak]
+build-sys:
+ - add --enable-static-programs [Stepan Kasal, Karel Zak]
+ - add AC_CANONICAL_HOST [Miklos Szeredi]
+ - add VARSUFFIX to UTIL_CHECK_LIB [Karel Zak]
+ - add err.h check [Karel Zak]
+ - add v2.14 to NEWS [Karel Zak]
+ - autogen.sh reports versions of autotools now [Karel Zak]
+ - build arch(1) during distcheck [Stepan Kasal]
+ - cleanup "x$foo" usage [Karel Zak]
+ - cleanup disk-utils/Makefile.am (use $utils_common) [Karel Zak]
+ - cleanup usage of linux/major.h [Samuel Thibault]
+ - disable syscall fallbacks for non-linux systems [Karel Zak]
+ - do not add -luuid to BLKID_LIBS [Stepan Kasal]
+ - fix missing deps for swapon [Matthias Koenig]
+ - nls/locale handling in util-linux-ng general [Mike Frysinger]
+ - non-linux support [Samuel Thibault]
+ - release++ [Karel Zak]
+ - remove errs.h [Karel Zak]
+ - remove files that are no longer delivered from git [LaMont Jones]
+ - remove hardcoded _GNU_SOURCE [Karel Zak]
+ - set AC_PREREQ to 2.60, increment version to 2.14 [Karel Zak]
+ - simplify code around RDEV_LINKS and SETARCH_LINKS [Stepan Kasal]
+ - unify method for checking system calls and fallback handling [Mike Frysinger, Stepan Kasal]
+ - use dist_man_MANS instead of man_MANS [Stepan Kasal]
+ - use ncursesw (wide version) when possibe [Karel Zak, Mike Frysinger]
+ - use pkg-config to find the libs for static build [Stepan Kasal]
+ - use portable $(VAR =) instead of gmake-specific $(addsuffix) [Stepan Kasal]
+cal:
+ - add description about option -V to manpage [Li Zefan]
+ - add support for highlighting an arbitrary date [Pádraig Brady]
+ - avoid -Wformat warnings [Jim Meyering]
+ - fix weekday alignment for certain locales [Pádraig Brady]
+ - replace errs.h with libc err.h [Karel Zak]
+cfdisk:
+ - define portable {DEFAULT,ALTERNATE}_DEVICE [Samuel Thibault]
+ - display cylinders beyond 1024 [Peter Breitenlohner]
+ - slightly increase the size of menu buttons [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - translate partition-type names when they are printed. [Benno Schulenberg]
+chfn:
+ - add pam_end() call and cleanup PAM code [Karel Zak]
+ - fix compiler warnings in selinux stuff [Karel Zak]
+chsh:
+ - should use pam_end function to terminate the PAM transaction [Yu Zhiguo, Karel Zak]
+column:
+ - replace errs.h with libc err.h [Karel Zak]
+docs:
+ - add a note about minix v3 to TODO file [Karel Zak]
+ - add info about .bugfix releases and branches [Karel Zak]
+ - add note about incorrect tag 2.13.1 [Karel Zak]
+ - add note about static linking [Karel Zak]
+ - fix ChangeLog URL [Pascal Terjan]
+ - fix stable branche name in README.devel [Karel Zak]
+ - mark vipw(1) is deprecated in favor of vipw from shadow-utils [Karel Zak]
+ - refresh TODO list [Karel Zak]
+ - tweak a few messages for clarity [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - update AUTHORS file [Karel Zak]
+ - update TODO file [Karel Zak]
+elvtune:
+ - use get_linux_version() [Karel Zak]
+fdformat:
+ - install to /usr/sbin instead to /usr/bin [Karel Zak]
+fdisk:
+ - better fallback for get_random_id() [H. Peter Anvin]
+ - calculate +size{K,M,G} in 2^N [Karel Zak]
+ - cleanup BLK* ioctls usage [Karel Zak]
+ - doing useless ioctl when editing an image [Pascal Terjan]
+ - fix building for AVR32 and CRIS [Imre Kaloz]
+ - fix typo [Karel Zak]
+ - non-linux support (MAXPATHLEN) [Karel Zak]
+ - non-linux support (use standard uintxy_t instead __uxy) [Samuel Thibault]
+ - use more readable "GPT" name rather than "EFI GPT" [Robert Millan]
+ - use swab macros from bitops.h [Karel Zak]
+flock:
+ - typo in man page [A. Costa]
+fsck.cramfs:
+ - clean up gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap]
+getopt:
+ - fix path to examples in getopt.1 [Karel Zak]
+ - install example scripts as SCRIPTS, not DATA [Peter Breitenlohner]
+hwclock:
+ - check for ENODEV [David Woodhouse]
+ - do not create a zero adjfile [Alain Guibert]
+ - fix --rtc option [Matthias Koenig, Karel Zak]
+include:
+ - <stdint.h> provides everything [Samuel Thibault]
+ - add bitops.h with swab{16,32,64} macros [Karel Zak]
+ - add mount paths to pathnames.h [Karel Zak]
+ - cleanup pathnames.h [Karel Zak]
+ionice:
+ - add a note about permissions to ionice.1 [Karel Zak]
+ipcs:
+ - add information about POSIX compatibility to ipcs.1 [Karel Zak]
+kill:
+ - man page is missing a description of "kill -0" [Karel Zak]
+ldattach:
+ - add NLS support [Karel Zak]
+ - new command [Tilman Schmidt]
+lib:
+ - add blkdev.{c,h} [Stefan Krah, Karel Zak]
+ - add linux_version.{c,h} [Stefan Krah]
+login:
+ - fix a small memory leak and remove unnecessary zeroing [Karel Zak]
+ - login segfaults on EOF (rh#298461) [Karel Zak]
+ - replace termio with termios interface [Samuel Thibault]
+losetup:
+ - add --associated option [Karel Zak]
+ - canonicalize loopfile name [Karel Zak, Matthias Koenig]
+ - clean up gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap]
+ - fix errno usage [Karel Zak]
+ - remove duplicate xstrdup() and error() [Karel Zak]
+ - support unlimited number of loops [Karel Zak]
+ - use standard uintxy_t types (struct loop_info64) [Samuel Thibault]
+mesg:
+ - replace errs.h with libc err.h [Karel Zak]
+mkfs.cramfs:
+ - clean up gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap, Karel Zak]
+ - remove unused header file [lizf]
+mkfs.minix:
+ - add sectorsize check [Matthias Koenig]
+ - clean up gcc warnings [Karel Zak]
+ - clean up gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap]
+ - device size cleanup [Matthias Koenig]
+mkswap:
+ - BLKGETSIZE cleanup [Karel Zak]
+ - cleanup kB vs. KiB usage in error messages [Karel Zak]
+ - fix compiler warnings [Karel Zak]
+ - linux_version() code consolidation [Karel Zak]
+ - possible to crash with SELinux relabeling support [KaiGai Kohei]
+ - set UUID for swap space (add -U option) [Martin Schulze]
+more:
+ - cleanup gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap]
+ - non-linux support [Samuel Thibault]
+ - replace CBAUD with cfgetispeed() [Samuel Thibault]
+mount:
+ - "can't create lock file" message sometimes means failure, sometimes not [Mark McLoughlin]
+ - "nofail" mount option [Matthias Koenig, Karel Zak]
+ - -L|-U segfault when label or uuid doesn't exist [Karel Zak]
+ - add more details to the --version output [Karel Zak]
+ - allow auto-destruction of loop devices [Bernardo Innocenti]
+ - chain of symlinks to fstab causes use of pointer after free [Norbert Buchmuller]
+ - clean up gcc warnings (mount_mntent.c) [Randy Dunlap]
+ - clean up global variables [Karel Zak]
+ - cleanup "none" fstype usage [Karel Zak]
+ - cleanup KERNEL_VERSION, remove my_dev_t.h [Karel Zak]
+ - cleanup canonicalize() usage [Karel Zak]
+ - cleanup error() and die() [Karel Zak]
+ - cleanup usage of _PATH_* [Karel Zak]
+ - doesn't drop privileges properly when calling helpers [Ludwig Nussel]
+ - don't call canonicalize(SPEC) for cifs, smbfs and nfs [Karel Zak]
+ - don't canonicalize LABEL= or UUID= spec [Karel Zak]
+ - drop the part always true from a while condition [Pascal Terjan]
+ - fix fd leak [Matthias Koenig]
+ - hint about helper program if device doesn't exist [Karel Zak]
+ - improve chmod & chown usage and clean up gcc warnings (fstab.c) [Karel Zak]
+ - improve error message when helper program not present [LaMont Jones]
+ - prevent loop mounting the same file twice [Karel Zak, Matthias Koenig]
+ - remove MS_{REPLACE,AFTER,BEFORE,OVER} [Karel Zak]
+ - remove redundant fflush [Karel Zak]
+ - remove useless if-before-my_free, define my_free as a macro [Karel Zak]
+ - use MNTTYPE_SWAP (from mntent.h) [Karel Zak]
+ - use atexit() rather than (*at_die)() [Karel Zak]
+ - use blkdev_get_size() [Karel Zak]
+ - use canonicalize in getfs_by_devname [Karel Zak]
+namei:
+ - add to identify FIFO (named pipe) and update manpage [Li Zefan]
+ - cleanup tailing white-spaces [Karel Zak]
+ - non-linux support (get_current_dir_name() and PATH_MAX) [Karel Zak, Samuel Thibault]
+partx:
+ - fix compiler warnings [Karel Zak]
+ - use swab macros from bitops.h [Karel Zak]
+pg:
+ - fix segfault on search [Rajeev V. Pillai]
+po:
+ - add eu.po (from translationproject.org) [Mikel Olasagasti]
+ - add pl.po (from translationproject.org) [Andrzej Krzysztofowicz]
+rename:
+ - add description about option -V to manpage [Li Zefan]
+ - remove useless variable [Li Zefan]
+renice:
+ - detect errors in arguments, add -v, -h and long options [LaMont Jones, Karel Zak]
+rev:
+ - use warn() in errs.h [Li Zefan]
+rtcwake:
+ - fix UTC time usage [David Brownell]
+ - fix typo [Karel Zak]
+ - fix typo SATE -> STATE [Mike Frysinger]
+ - fix verbose message [Karel Zak]
+ - include libgen.h for basename prototype [Mike Frysinger]
+ - misc cleanups [David Brownell]
+script:
+ - cleanup gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap]
+ - cleanup includes [Samuel Thibault]
+ - dies on SIGWINCH [Karel Zak]
+setarch:
+ - add long options to setarch and update manpage [Karel Zak, Li Zefan]
+ - add missing alpha subarchs [Oliver Falk]
+ - adding groff symlinks to setarch manual page [Arkadiusz Miskiewicz]
+ - fix compiler warning [LaMont Jones]
+ - generate groff links in a better way [Karel Zak]
+ - tweak the help text, and gettextize a forgotten message [Benno Schulenberg]
+setterm:
+ - add -blan [force|poke] options for TIOCL_{BLANKED,BLANK}SCREEN [Samuel Thibault, Karel Zak]
+ - dump by TIOCLINUX is deprecated since linux 1.1.92. [Karel Zak]
+ - opened file leaving unclosed [Karel Zak, lizf]
+ - remove unnecessaty ifndef TCGETS [Samuel Thibault]
+sfdisk:
+ - allow partitioning drives of over 2^31 sectors. [Kunihiko IMAI]
+ - cleanup 83 gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap]
+ - opened files leaving unclosed [Karel Zak, Li Zefan]
+ - remove unnecessary linux/unistd.h [Samuel Thibault]
+ - use get_linux_version() [Karel Zak]
+shutdown:
+ - use _PATH_MOUNTED instead of _PATH_MTAB [Stepan Kasal]
+swapon:
+ - Reinitialize software suspend areas to avoid future corruption. [Kees Cook, Karel Zak]
+ - add sundries.h [Karel Zak]
+ - clean up gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap]
+ - cleanup usage output [Karel Zak]
+ - cleanup usage() [Karel Zak]
+ - fix typo in usage() [Karel Zak]
+ - readjust the usage summaries [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - remove unnecessary myrealpath() call [Karel Zak]
+sys-utils:
+ - correct setarch.8 manpage link creation [Frédéric Bothamy]
+tailf:
+ - add option -n to specifying output lines [Li Zefan]
+ - clean up gcc warnings & fix use of errno [Karel Zak]
+ - inotify based reimplementation [Karel Zak]
+ - non-linux support [Samuel Thibault]
+ - opened file leaving unclosed [lizf]
+ - replace errs.h with libc err.h [Karel Zak]
+tests:
+ - add "sort" to cramfs test [Karel Zak]
+ - add test for include/pathnames.h [Karel Zak]
+ - add ts-mount-noncanonical [Karel Zak]
+ - exactly define a time format in ls -l output [Karel Zak]
+ - fix blkid cache usage [Karel Zak]
+ - move test_bkdev to lib/ [Karel Zak]
+ - redirect libblkid cache to BLKID_FILE [Karel Zak]
+ - rename test_sysinfo, remove tailing white-spaces [Karel Zak]
+ - use losetup -s [Karel Zak]
+umount:
+ - add hint about lsof & fuser [Karel Zak]
+ - don't print duplicate error messages [Karel Zak]
+ - use atexit() rather than (*at_die)() [Karel Zak]
+wall:
+ - cleanup MAXHOSTNAMELEN [Karel Zak]
+
+- cleanup MAXHOSTNAMELEN [Karel Zak]
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