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authorKarel Zak2012-02-24 11:52:12 +0100
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docs: update v2.21-ReleaseNotes
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/releases')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/releases/v2.21-ReleaseNotes55
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diff --git a/Documentation/releases/v2.21-ReleaseNotes b/Documentation/releases/v2.21-ReleaseNotes
index 772ce0e6a..9f1ef2cff 100644
--- a/Documentation/releases/v2.21-ReleaseNotes
+++ b/Documentation/releases/v2.21-ReleaseNotes
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ build-sys:
- add path.h to Makefile.am [Karel Zak]
- add sleepexit from login.c to smatch non-return functions [Karel Zak]
- add smatch data [Karel Zak]
+ - add tools/ to EXTRA_DIST [Karel Zak]
- add tools/config-gen and basic compilation scenarios [Karel Zak]
- check HAVE_ definitions with #ifdef [smatch scan] [Sami Kerola]
- check scanf %ms modifier [Karel Zak]
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ build-sys:
- enable .xz, disable .gz [Karel Zak]
- enhance error message for missing libtoolize [Sami Kerola]
- fix UL_INIT_BUILD macro [Karel Zak]
+ - fix building of wall [Petr Uzel]
- fix libuuid initialization [Karel Zak]
- fixes to USAGE_* macros [Sami Kerola]
- improve changelog target [Karel Zak]
@@ -181,6 +183,7 @@ build-sys:
- move swapon from mount/ to sys-utils/ [Karel Zak]
- move type checks before --enable-* [Karel Zak]
- release++ (v2.21-rc1) [Karel Zak]
+ - release++ (v2.21-rc2) [Karel Zak]
- remove redundant __progname check [Karel Zak]
- remove redundant flags from mount/Makefile.am [Karel Zak]
- remove unnecessary perl check [Karel Zak]
@@ -202,6 +205,7 @@ chcpu:
- man page update [Heiko Carstens]
- new tool [Heiko Carstens]
- provide better user feedback [Heiko Carstens]
+ - use appropriate variable type [cppcheck] [Sami Kerola]
chcpu,cpuset:
- reduce code duplication for cpu list parsing [Heiko Carstens]
chfn:
@@ -239,6 +243,7 @@ cytune:
- add long options and usage() [Sami Kerola]
- check numeric user inputs [Sami Kerola]
- coding style fixes [Sami Kerola]
+ - cytune.8 fix formatting [Petr Uzel]
- fix printf type warning [Sami Kerola]
- refactor main(), new function query_tty_stats() [Sami Kerola]
- use libc error printing facilities [Sami Kerola]
@@ -266,6 +271,9 @@ docs:
- add non-return function and if shorthand tips [Sami Kerola]
- add note about BUILD_* macros [Karel Zak]
- add note about config-gen purpose [Karel Zak]
+ - add note about fdisk to TODO [Karel Zak]
+ - add note about losetup to TODO [Karel Zak]
+ - add note about mount(8) options to TODO [Karel Zak]
- add notes about tools/config-gen [Karel Zak]
- add prlimit to the TODO file [Karel Zak]
- add usage() howto for contributors [Sami Kerola]
@@ -307,11 +315,14 @@ docs:
- require kernel support before accepting use of it [Sami Kerola]
- restructure flock.1 manual page [Sami Kerola]
- tell what the Documentation/ is about [Sami Kerola]
+ - trivial documentation fixes and improvements [Petr Uzel]
- update AUTHORS file [Karel Zak]
- update TODO [Karel Zak]
- update TODO [Petr Uzel]
- update TODO file [Davidlohr Bueso]
- update TODO file [Karel Zak]
+ - update copyright years [Karel Zak]
+ - update v2.21-ReleaseNotes [Karel Zak]
- use .LGPL extension for file with GNU Lesser License [Karel Zak]
- use correct translation project url [Sami Kerola]
fallocate:
@@ -343,6 +354,7 @@ fdisk:
- print welcome message [Francesco Cosoleto]
- remove PACKED macro [Karel Zak]
- remove possibly_osf_label variable that is only assigned [Francesco Cosoleto]
+ - remove redundant declaration [cppcheck] [Sami Kerola]
- remove uneecessary code [Karel Zak]
- remove unused 'require' member in enum action [Francesco Cosoleto]
- remove unused guess_device_type() function [Francesco Cosoleto]
@@ -351,6 +363,7 @@ fdisk:
- rename try() and tryprocpt() functions [Francesco Cosoleto]
- rewrite print menu system [Francesco Cosoleto]
- split delete_partition() off from dos_delete_partition() [Francesco Cosoleto]
+ - update information about GNU Parted in fdisk.8 [Petr Uzel]
- use CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY ioctl [Davidlohr Bueso]
- use ngettext() in str_units() for plural forms [Francesco Cosoleto]
findmnt:
@@ -363,8 +376,10 @@ findmnt:
- support multiple --tab-file options [Karel Zak]
- use warnx for libmnt error callback [Dave Reisner]
flock:
+ - add missing word »be« to flock.1 [Paul Menzel]
- align with howto-usage-function.txt [Sami Kerola]
- fix coding style [Sami Kerola]
+ - fix flock.1 grammar by removing »s« [Paul Menzel]
- fix sizeof usage [clang -Wsizeof-pointer-memaccess] [Karel Zak]
- make flock(1) work on NFSv4 [Michal Kubecek]
- move long_options struct to function scope [Sami Kerola]
@@ -467,23 +482,30 @@ lib,tt:
- add TT_FL_NOEXTREMES [Karel Zak]
- don't trim last line char [Karel Zak]
- fix compiler warning [-Wreturn-type] [Karel Zak]
+lib/fsprobe:
+ - mar this internal API as deprecated [Karel Zak]
lib/loopdev:
- fix part scan detection code [Karel Zak]
- fix possible dir leak on error [Karel Zak]
- remove dead assigment and null deference [Karel Zak]
+lib/strutils:
+ - move array bounds check in string_to_idarray() to appropriate place. [Chandan B Rajenda]
lib/sysfs:
- fix handle leak [Karel Zak]
- fix possible fd leak on error [Karel Zak]
libblkid:
- DRBD proxy data-log identification. [Philipp Marek]
- add BLKID_PARTS_MAGIC [Karel Zak]
+ - add BLKID_PARTS_MAGIC to blkid_do_wipe() docs [Karel Zak]
- add blkid_do_wipe() [Karel Zak]
+ - allow return value to indicate error [cppcheck] [Sami Kerola]
- check blkid_probe_set_magic() return in GPT code [coverity scan] [Karel Zak]
- check blkid_probe_set_magic() return in ultrix code [coverity scan] [Karel Zak]
- check blkid_probe_set_magic() return value [coverity scan] [Karel Zak]
- check for NULL in blkid_flush_cache() [coverity scan] [Karel Zak]
- check rename() return value [coverity scan] [Karel Zak]
- check return values in safe_probe code [coverity scan] [Karel Zak]
+ - clarify operation order [cppcheck] [Sami Kerola]
- comparing an array to null is not useful [coverity scan] [Karel Zak]
- don't call CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY for partitions [Karel Zak]
- export PTMAGIC also if only PTTYPE requested [Karel Zak]
@@ -494,6 +516,7 @@ libblkid:
- fix smatch warning [Sami Kerola]
- fix suspicious implicit sign extension [coverity scan] [Karel Zak]
- fix use-after-free [coverity scan] [Karel Zak]
+ - improve reiserfs and btrfs min. size limits [Karel Zak]
- make fd usage in md code more robust [Karel Zak]
- minor docs changes [Francesco Cosoleto]
- more robust idx usage [coverity scan] [Karel Zak]
@@ -501,6 +524,8 @@ libblkid:
- remove >> 9 from GPT code [Karel Zak]
- remove unnecessary position check from list_for_each_safe loops [Karel Zak]
- silence a format string warning [-Wformat] [Francesco Cosoleto]
+ - update docs [Karel Zak]
+ - verify arroy bound before reference [cppcheck] [Sami Kerola]
libmount:
- Use filter arg of scandir* to pickup /etc/fstab.d/*.fstab files [Masatake YAMATO]
- add "+" prefix for options pattern (e.g findmnt -O) [Karel Zak]
@@ -520,6 +545,8 @@ libmount:
- always trust the source of a pseudofs [Dave Reisner]
- avoid duplicate loopdevs [Karel Zak]
- avoid resolving pseudofs source on update [Dave Reisner]
+ - clean up context docs [Karel Zak]
+ - cleanup docs [Karel Zak]
- cleanup post-umount operations [Karel Zak]
- consolidate MNT_FS_* code [Karel Zak]
- consolidate sysconf() usage [Karel Zak]
@@ -559,6 +586,7 @@ libmount:
- remove dead assigment [Karel Zak]
- remove fstab.d support [Karel Zak]
- remove magic constatnt from mount(8) [Karel Zak]
+ - remove teaser proto for mnt_table_get_name [Dave Reisner]
- scandirat based mnt_table_parse_dir implementation [Masatake YAMATO]
- support -o loop=<devname> [Karel Zak]
- support dirs for mnt_table_parse_fstab(), add mnt_table_parse_dir() [Karel Zak]
@@ -587,6 +615,7 @@ login:
- PAM initialization refactoring [Karel Zak]
- PAM session initialization refactoring [Karel Zak]
- add -H option for compatibility with Suse [Karel Zak]
+ - add LOGIN_RETRIES, cleanup retries check code [Karel Zak]
- add hostname to login_context struct [Karel Zak]
- add login.defs code and tests [Karel Zak]
- add pid to login_context struct [Karel Zak]
@@ -714,6 +743,11 @@ lscpu:
- use xalloc libs [Dave Reisner]
misc:
- use %m in format string instead of %s and strerror(errno) [Petr Uzel]
+mkfs.bfs:
+ - add setlocale [Davidlohr Bueso]
+mkfs.cramfs:
+ - check blocksize user input [cppcheck] [Sami Kerola]
+ - close open file after usage [cppcheck] [Sami Kerola]
mkfs.minix:
- Fix super_set_nzones() [Maurizio Lombardi]
- In Minix V3 filesystems the maximum filename lenght is 60 chars and the dirsize is 64 bytes. [Maurizio Lombardi]
@@ -742,8 +776,11 @@ mount:
- append inverting options for mount.<type> [Karel Zak]
- avoid canonicalizing pseudofs paths [Dave Reisner]
- check for target before source on remount [Karel Zak]
+ - clear flags before options parsing [Karel Zak]
- define fallback selinux_warning macro with 2 params [Dave Reisner]
+ - distinguish between MS_COMMENT flags (netdev, nofail, ...) [Karel Zak]
- don't canonicalize the source of a pseudofs [Dave Reisner]
+ - enable fstab.d [Masatake YAMATO]
- fix __attribute__ keyword [Karel Zak]
- fix build [Davidlohr Bueso]
- fix compiler warning [-Wunused-parameter] [Karel Zak]
@@ -781,8 +818,12 @@ pivot_root:
po:
- merge changes [Karel Zak]
- update cs.po (from translationproject.org) [Petr Pisar]
+ - update cs.po (from translationproject.org) [Petr Písař]
- update fr.po (from translationproject.org) [David Prévot]
- update ja.po (from translationproject.org) [Takeshi Hamasaki]
+ - update nl.po (from translationproject.org) [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - update pl.po (from translationproject.org) [Jakub Bogusz]
+ - update uk.po (from translationproject.org) [Yuri Chornoivan]
prlimit:
- add --{raw,noheadings} options [Karel Zak]
- add a units column [Davidlohr Bueso]
@@ -803,6 +844,7 @@ prlimit:
- use xalloc libs [Davidlohr Bueso]
raw:
- fix shadowing of minor function [maximilian attems]
+ - remove unnecessary return [cppcheck] [Sami Kerola]
readprifile:
- remove unnecessary optstring array [Karel Zak]
readprofile:
@@ -827,6 +869,7 @@ setpwnam:
- fix coding style [Sami Kerola]
- remove non-ANSI definitions [smatch scan] [Sami Kerola]
setsid:
+ - add "+" to getopt_long() [Harald Hoyer]
- add long options and fix coding style [Sami Kerola]
setterm:
- order man page items alphabetically [Jari Aalto]
@@ -839,6 +882,7 @@ sfdisk:
- fix poor coding style [Karel Zak]
- fix typo in cdrom detection [Karel Zak]
- fix weird indentation in msdos_partition() [Petr Uzel]
+ - free variable which got the allocation [cppcheck] [Sami Kerola]
- get_disksize() returns long long [Petr Uzel]
- introduce get_ull() function [Petr Uzel]
- make the cylinder boundary check less fatal [Petr Uzel]
@@ -857,8 +901,11 @@ swapon:
switch_root:
- add nls support [Sami Kerola]
- align with howto-usage-function.txt [Sami Kerola]
+ - close open file after usage [cppcheck] [Sami Kerola]
- handle /run and do not mount over existing mounts [Harald Hoyer]
- umount mount points we cannot move with MNT_DETACH [Harald Hoyer]
+taskset:
+ - use appropriate variable type [cppcheck] [Sami Kerola]
test:
- refresh build-sys tests [Karel Zak]
tests:
@@ -876,12 +923,14 @@ tests:
- add valgrind to libmount tab parse test [Karel Zak]
- add valgrind to libmount tabdiff tests [Karel Zak]
- add valgrind to libmount tags eval. tests [Karel Zak]
+ - add wall to build-sys tests [Karel Zak]
- call valgrind from libmount optstr test [Karel Zak]
- call valgrind from libmount utils and update tests [Karel Zak]
- cleanup islocal test [Karel Zak]
- cleanup paths [Karel Zak]
- fix mount/special to be compatible with libmount [Karel Zak]
- fix options evaluation, add support for optional tests [Karel Zak]
+ - make minix tests more robust [Karel Zak]
- remove obsolete checktty test [Karel Zak]
- remove unexpected set -x [Karel Zak]
- remove unssuported losetup -s [Karel Zak]
@@ -890,9 +939,11 @@ tests:
- update tests with fdisk output [Karel Zak]
tools:
- add new code checking script [Dave Reisner]
+ - use gpg-aggent in ko-release-gen [Karel Zak]
tunelp:
- add long options and align with howto-usage-function.txt [Sami Kerola]
- fix coding style [Sami Kerola]
+ - free allocation, use xalloc [Sami Kerola]
- use libc error printing facilities [Sami Kerola]
- use symbolic exit values [Sami Kerola]
umount:
@@ -900,8 +951,10 @@ umount:
- (new) use the same exit codes as mount(8) [Karel Zak]
- add missing break [Karel Zak]
- add warning [Karel Zak]
+ - respect fs search path [Mike Frysinger]
- use new lib/loopdev.c code [Karel Zak]
unshare:
+ - add note about MS_SHARED to unshare.1 [Karel Zak]
- align with howto-usage-function.txt [Sami Kerola]
uuidd:
- Add missing break to option case statement [Eric Sandeen]
@@ -924,5 +977,3 @@ wipefs:
- use xalloc lib [Davidlohr Bueso]
write:
- fix path for freopen() [Karel Zak]
-
-- fix path for freopen() [Karel Zak]