Release highlights
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+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)
+
+
Stable maintenance releases between v2.15 and v2.16
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* ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.15/v2.15.1-ReleaseNotes
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.15/v2.15.1-ChangeLog
+
ChangeLog between v2.15 and v2.16
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ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.16/
-blkid:
- - add device-mapper snapshot cow device probe [Milan Broz]
- - blkid_do_safeprobe() has to be tolerant to RAIDs [Karel Zak]
- - cleanup debug messages and return codes in blkid_do_probe() [Karel Zak]
- - fix "hangs forever with partition type mdraid" [Karel Zak]
- - fix LVM1 probe [Milan Broz]
- - make libuuid optional [Karel Zak]
build-sys:
- add --disable-libblkid, remove volume_id support [Karel Zak]
- add --disable-switch_root [Karel Zak]
ionice:
- Allow setting the none class [Jakob Unterwurzacher]
libblkid:
+ - add device-mapper snapshot cow device probe [Milan Broz]
+ - 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 LVM1 probe [Milan Broz]
- fix reiserfs name [Karel Zak]
+ - make libuuid optional [Karel Zak]
- update man page [Karel Zak]
libuuid:
- add --disable-libuuid and LIBUUID_VERSION [Karel Zak]
- new command (UUID daemon from e2fsprogs) [Karel Zak]
uuidgen:
- new command (from e2fsprogs) [Karel Zak]
+