From: Karel Zak Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:41:19 +0000 (+0200) Subject: docs: update v2.14-ReleaseNotes X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4181600ed177cf0dc2f8581039c39d208f5be1d7;p=util-linux docs: update v2.14-ReleaseNotes Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- diff --git a/docs/v2.14-ReleaseNotes b/docs/v2.14-ReleaseNotes index c3aa24c3..7aa67b24 100644 --- a/docs/v2.14-ReleaseNotes +++ b/docs/v2.14-ReleaseNotes @@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ Release highlights: 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. + agetty(8) makes username-in-uppercase feature optional (off by default). + Users who use uppercase-only terminals need to use the option "-U" now. losetup(8), mount(8), umount(8), fdisk(8) and sfdisk(8) support static linking when compiled with --enable-static-programs. @@ -49,9 +48,10 @@ Release highlights: Deprecated ---------- - The losetup(8) '-s' option (introduced by util-linux-ng-2.13) is deprecated. - This short form of the option '--show' could be in collision with Loop-AES - losetup implementation where the same option is used for the loop sizelimit. + The losetup(8) '-s' option (introduced by util-linux-ng-2.13) is deprecated + now. This short form of the option '--show' could be in collision with + Loop-AES losetup implementation where the same option is used for the loop + sizelimit. ChangeLog between v2.13 and v2.14 @@ -85,15 +85,18 @@ build-sys: - 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] + - ignore a bunch of generated files, mostly binaries [James Youngman] - 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] + - remove unnecessary check-local target from login-utils/ [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] + - update .gitignore files [Karel Zak] - 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] @@ -104,6 +107,7 @@ cal: - avoid -Wformat warnings [Jim Meyering] - fix weekday alignment for certain locales [Pádraig Brady] - replace errs.h with libc err.h [Karel Zak] + - use HAVE_LIB{NCURSES,NCURSESW} instead HAVE_NCURSES [Karel Zak] cfdisk: - define portable {DEFAULT,ALTERNATE}_DEVICE [Samuel Thibault] - display cylinders beyond 1024 [Peter Breitenlohner] @@ -112,6 +116,8 @@ cfdisk: chfn: - add pam_end() call and cleanup PAM code [Karel Zak] - fix compiler warnings in selinux stuff [Karel Zak] +chfn, chsh, login: + - collapsing three similar messages into a single one [Benno Schulenberg] chsh: - should use pam_end function to terminate the PAM transaction [Yu Zhiguo, Karel Zak] column: @@ -120,7 +126,11 @@ 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 losetup --sizelimit to ReleaseNotes [Karel Zak] - add note about static linking [Karel Zak] + - add v2.14 ReleaseNotes [Karel Zak] + - cleanup DEPRECATED file [Karel Zak] + - cleanup README.devel, add note about coding style and Signed-off-by [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] @@ -128,6 +138,7 @@ docs: - tweak a few messages for clarity [Benno Schulenberg] - update AUTHORS file [Karel Zak] - update TODO file [Karel Zak] + - update v2.14-ReleaseNotes [Karel Zak] elvtune: - use get_linux_version() [Karel Zak] fdformat: @@ -139,6 +150,7 @@ fdisk: - doing useless ioctl when editing an image [Pascal Terjan] - fix building for AVR32 and CRIS [Imre Kaloz] - fix typo [Karel Zak] + - message tweak [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] @@ -147,10 +159,14 @@ flock: - typo in man page [A. Costa] fsck.cramfs: - clean up gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap] +fsck.minix: + - correct the error message given when we can't open the device [James Youngman] + - reset the terminal state if we are killed by a fatal signal [James Youngman] getopt: - fix path to examples in getopt.1 [Karel Zak] - install example scripts as SCRIPTS, not DATA [Peter Breitenlohner] hwclock: + - add --adjfile=path option [Karel Zak] - check for ENODEV [David Woodhouse] - do not create a zero adjfile [Alain Guibert] - fix --rtc option [Matthias Koenig, Karel Zak] @@ -168,6 +184,7 @@ kill: ldattach: - add NLS support [Karel Zak] - new command [Tilman Schmidt] + - use glibc termios [Karel Zak] lib: - add blkdev.{c,h} [Stefan Krah, Karel Zak] - add linux_version.{c,h} [Stefan Krah] @@ -175,12 +192,19 @@ 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] + - rewrite is_local() to remove limits on line length [James Youngman] +login-utils: + - cleanup strlen() and fgets() usage [James Youngman] losetup: - add --associated option [Karel Zak] + - add --sizelimit option [Shachar Shemesh] - canonicalize loopfile name [Karel Zak, Matthias Koenig] - clean up gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap] - fix errno usage [Karel Zak] + - fix typo in losetup.8 [Karel Zak] + - mark the option -s as deprecated [Karel Zak] - remove duplicate xstrdup() and error() [Karel Zak] + - split help message into two smaller parts [Benno Schulenberg] - support unlimited number of loops [Karel Zak] - use standard uintxy_t types (struct loop_info64) [Samuel Thibault] mesg: @@ -188,6 +212,7 @@ mesg: mkfs.cramfs: - clean up gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap, Karel Zak] - remove unused header file [lizf] + - switch on localization. [Benno Schulenberg] mkfs.minix: - add sectorsize check [Matthias Koenig] - clean up gcc warnings [Karel Zak] @@ -200,15 +225,19 @@ mkswap: - 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] + - set errno=0 in write_all() [Karel Zak] + - when writing the signature page, handle EINTR returns [Karel Zak] more: - cleanup gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap] - non-linux support [Samuel Thibault] - replace CBAUD with cfgetispeed() [Samuel Thibault] + - use HAVE_WIDECHAR instead ENABLE_WIDECHAR [Karel Zak] 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] + - add support for sizelimit= mount option (for loop mounts) [Shachar Shemesh] - 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] @@ -223,12 +252,15 @@ mount: - 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] + - fix typo in mount.8 [Karel Zak] - 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 built-in support for background mounts [Karel Zak] - remove redundant fflush [Karel Zak] + - remove set_proc_name() [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] @@ -246,6 +278,10 @@ pg: po: - add eu.po (from translationproject.org) [Mikel Olasagasti] - add pl.po (from translationproject.org) [Andrzej Krzysztofowicz] + - fix typo in de.po [Karel Zak] + - merge changes [Karel Zak] + - update POTFILES.in [Karel Zak] + - update nl.po (from translationproject.org) [Benno Schulenberg] rename: - add description about option -V to manpage [Li Zefan] - remove useless variable [Li Zefan] @@ -264,12 +300,16 @@ script: - cleanup gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap] - cleanup includes [Samuel Thibault] - dies on SIGWINCH [Karel Zak] + - read returns a size_t [James Youngman] +scriptreplay: + - rewrite in C [Karel Zak, James Youngman] 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] + - provide backwards compatibility [Dmitry V. Levin] - 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] @@ -290,6 +330,7 @@ swapon: - clean up gcc warnings [Randy Dunlap] - cleanup usage output [Karel Zak] - cleanup usage() [Karel Zak] + - fix swsuspend detection [Karel Zak] - fix typo in usage() [Karel Zak] - readjust the usage summaries [Benno Schulenberg] - remove unnecessary myrealpath() call [Karel Zak] @@ -319,4 +360,3 @@ umount: wall: - cleanup MAXHOSTNAMELEN [Karel Zak] -- cleanup MAXHOSTNAMELEN [Karel Zak]