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authorKarel Zak2013-10-21 14:44:50 +0200
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docs: update v2.24-ReleaseNotes
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/releases/v2.24-ReleaseNotes38
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diff --git a/Documentation/releases/v2.24-ReleaseNotes b/Documentation/releases/v2.24-ReleaseNotes
index f7cad0590..132a5e30e 100644
--- a/Documentation/releases/v2.24-ReleaseNotes
+++ b/Documentation/releases/v2.24-ReleaseNotes
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ blkid:
blkid, hwclock, ldattach:
- use program_invocation_short_name [Sami Kerola]
blockdev:
+ - Remove the --setbsz (set blocksize) option which has never worked. [Richard W.M. Jones]
- add note about --setbsz usability [Karel Zak]
build-sys:
- Check for type sighandler_t and use if present [Michael Forney]
@@ -135,14 +136,18 @@ build-sys:
- fix last stuff [Karel Zak]
- fix lastb symlink [Karel Zak]
- fix static builds [Karel Zak]
+ - fix tinfo congitional [Karel Zak]
+ - fix {lib,sbin}dir paths [Karel Zak]
- improbe UL_CONFLICT_BUILD macro [Karel Zak]
- install pylibmount into [Karel Zak]
- install to the correct python dirs [Karel Zak]
+ - move getopt examples to docdir [Karel Zak]
- one install dir for all pylibmount stuff [Karel Zak]
- prefer AS_CASE rather than shell 'case' [Sami Kerola]
- prefer AS_IF rather than shell 'if' [Sami Kerola]
- pylibmount will not work when python3 is present [Sami Kerola]
- release++ (v2.24-rc1) [Karel Zak]
+ - release++ (v2.24-rc2) [Karel Zak]
- remove deprecated elvtune command [Karel Zak]
- remove unnecessary environment variable [Sami Kerola]
- simplify python detection [Sami Kerola]
@@ -157,9 +162,11 @@ cal:
- convert function like definitions to functions [Sami Kerola]
- de-duplicate julian specific functions [Sami Kerola]
- fix -y output for UTF8 [Karel Zak]
+ - fix compiler warning on systems without term libs [Karel Zak]
- fix few type mismatches [Sami Kerola]
- fix gettext warning [Karel Zak]
- fix preprocessor directive indendation [Sami Kerola]
+ - fix warning when compiled --without-ncurses [Karel Zak]
- improve coding style [Karel Zak]
- improve the help text and man page [Pádraig Brady]
- mark all functions static [Sami Kerola]
@@ -199,7 +206,6 @@ dmesg:
- regroup time related options close to each other [Sami Kerola]
- support --color[={auto,always,never}] [Karel Zak]
docs:
- - fix grammar of referring phrase, and indicate location better [Benno Schulenberg]
- add --present to last(1) manual page [Sami Kerola]
- add --since and time option formats to last(1) manual [Sami Kerola]
- add --time-format option and ISO-8601 format to manual [Sami Kerola]
@@ -214,14 +220,26 @@ docs:
- cal stop telling year 9999 is upper limit [Sami Kerola]
- correct sfdisk --activate instructions [Sami Kerola]
- fix wording and formatting of man page for dmesg [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - format, grammarize, and standardize the wall man page [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - improve a bit the wording on the logger man page [Benno Schulenberg]
- improve formatting and wording of man pages for fdisk and cfdisk [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - improve formatting and wording of the getopt man page [Benno Schulenberg]
- improve grammar and consistency of comments in login.c [Benno Schulenberg]
- improve grammar and wording of the release-schedule text [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - improve grammar, wording and formatting of su man page [Benno Schulenberg]
- make description of --activate clearer on man page of sfdisk [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - mention in ReleaseNotes only PO files that were actually updated [Benno Schulenberg]
- normalize the formatting of man pages for nsenter and unshare [Benno Schulenberg]
- note ddate removal [Mike Frysinger]
- slightly correct the man page of column [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - sort options in last man page alphabetically [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - sort the options in the logger man page alphabetically [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - standardize the phrases for --help and --version in all man pages [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - tweak formatting and grammar of the ipcrm man page [Benno Schulenberg]
- tweak the grammar of an agetty man-page fragment [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - tweak wording and formatting of last man page [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - tweak wording and formatting of unshare and nsenter man pages [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - tweak wording, grammar and formatting of fdisk man page [Benno Schulenberg]
- update AUTHORS file [Karel Zak]
- update TODO [Karel Zak]
- update TODO [Sami Kerola]
@@ -336,7 +354,9 @@ fdisk:
- don't use ptes[] in generic code [Karel Zak]
- fix 'r' in BSD menu [Karel Zak]
- fix -l [Karel Zak]
+ - fix man warning [Karel Zak]
- fix possible memleak [coverity scan] [Karel Zak]
+ - fix printf stuff [Karel Zak]
- improve info output [Karel Zak]
- improve menus to make it more usable for BSD label [Karel Zak]
- main() refactoring [Karel Zak]
@@ -381,6 +401,7 @@ fsck:
- don't print warning if there is no /etc/fstab at all [Karel Zak]
- use libmount fs reference counter [Karel Zak]
fsck.cramfs:
+ - add LC_CTYPE [Karel Zak]
- check writing to a file descriptor was successful [Sami Kerola]
fsck.minix:
- check writing to a file descriptor was successful [Sami Kerola]
@@ -431,6 +452,7 @@ last:
- parse easy to use time formats [Sami Kerola]
- prefer enum rather than #definition list [Sami Kerola]
- remove broken code [Sami Kerola]
+ - remove mistaken -F, --fullnames entry from the man page [Benno Schulenberg]
- tell verbally system is still running [Sami Kerola]
- trim trailing white spaces [Sami Kerola]
- use as narrow variable scoping as possible [Sami Kerola]
@@ -495,9 +517,12 @@ libblkid:
- use separate function to verify checksums [Karel Zak]
libfdisk:
- (bds) cleanup includes [Karel Zak]
+ - (bsd) leave context if new disklabel unwanted [Karel Zak]
+ - (dos) all disklabel locate function [Karel Zak]
- (dos) correct the grammar of the disk-identifier prompt [Benno Schulenberg]
- (dos) cosmetic changes [Karel Zak]
- (dos) improve the grammar of an error message [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - (gpt) %ld -> %ju in verify function [Karel Zak]
- (gpt) cleanup structs members names [Karel Zak]
- (gpt) fix warning [Karel Zak]
- (gpt) more robust PMBR partition size check [Karel Zak]
@@ -513,6 +538,7 @@ libfdisk:
- add API to disable specified label [Karel Zak]
- add FDISK_DEBUG_FRONTEND [Karel Zak]
- add FDISK_LABEL_FL_REQUIRE_GEOMETRY [Karel Zak]
+ - add Intel Rapid Start Technology GUID [Karel Zak]
- add asktype "string" and support UUID partition change [Karel Zak]
- add bsd driver [Karel Zak]
- add fdisk_context_enable_details() [Karel Zak]
@@ -663,6 +689,7 @@ more:
- assigned value is never read [clang-analyzer] [Sami Kerola]
- check for buffer size when write multibyte char [Karel Zak]
- fix buffer overflow [Karel Zak]
+ - fix warning when compiled --without-ncurses [Karel Zak]
- guarantee space for multibyte [Karel Zak]
- make output redirection more efficient [Sami Kerola]
- use variable lenght printf field width to print blanks [Sami Kerola]
@@ -676,6 +703,7 @@ nologin:
- add new command [Karel Zak]
nsenter:
- Allow selecting the uid and gid to be used in the entered userns [Richard Weinberger]
+ - unshare use LC_ALL [Karel Zak]
partx:
- check writing to a file descriptor was successful [Sami Kerola]
- correct three messages [Benno Schulenberg]
@@ -683,6 +711,7 @@ partx:
- use TT_FL_FREEDATA for tt table [Karel Zak]
pg:
- check writing to a file was successful [Sami Kerola]
+ - use LC_ALL [Karel Zak]
pg.c:
- Add --help and --version [Jari Aalto]
po:
@@ -741,6 +770,8 @@ pylibmount:
- use libmount reference counting [Karel Zak]
- use mnt_fs_set_userdata() rather than ->userdata [Karel Zak]
- use only public libmount API in tab.c [Karel Zak]
+raw:
+ - use LC_ALL [Karel Zak]
renice:
- exit with non-zero value when arguments cause warnings [Sami Kerola]
resizepart:
@@ -761,6 +792,7 @@ setpriv:
- allow login and group name option arguments [Sami Kerola]
- check writing to a file descriptor was successful [Sami Kerola]
- check writing to a file was successful [Sami Kerola]
+ - use LC_ALL [Karel Zak]
setsid:
- add an option to wait child return value [Daniel Kahn Gillmor]
- exit when control terminal cannot be set [Sami Kerola]
@@ -780,6 +812,7 @@ sfdisk:
- use libc error printing function, and symbolic exit values [Sami Kerola]
- use program_invocation_short_name to determine program name [Sami Kerola]
su:
+ - add info about pam_lastlog to su.1 [Karel Zak]
- consistent angular brackets and lowercase in help text of 'su' [Benno Schulenberg]
- fix caught_signal logic and initialize oldact [coverity scan] [Karel Zak]
- fix exit status if terminated by signal [Ondrej Oprala]
@@ -806,6 +839,7 @@ tests:
- add calendar reformation check [Sami Kerola]
- add last(1) test [Sami Kerola]
- add losetup tests [Karel Zak]
+ - add nologin to build tests [Karel Zak]
- add partx regression tests [Ondrej Oprala]
- check cal works when year is far in future [Sami Kerola]
- check last(1) and utmpdump(1) IPv6 functionality [Sami Kerola]
@@ -829,6 +863,7 @@ tests:
textual:
- change spelling of "disk label" to the more abundant "disklabel" [Benno Schulenberg]
- end both the singular and the plural message with a period [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - equalize four error messages with already existing ones [Benno Schulenberg]
- fix misspelled words in -rc1 [Karel Zak]
- fix several typos and angular brackets in messages [Benno Schulenberg]
- fix typo in error message and uniformize their use of period [Benno Schulenberg]
@@ -837,6 +872,7 @@ textual:
- improve clarity of some error messages [Benno Schulenberg]
- make two messages somewhat easier to understand [Benno Schulenberg]
- properly use uppercase in certain abbreviations [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - remove duplicate mention of '--help' from lsblk help text [Benno Schulenberg]
- standardize some "cannot read" and "seek failed" error messages [Benno Schulenberg]
- standardize synopsis for login, and improve an error message [Benno Schulenberg]
- standardize the spelling of "superuser" [Benno Schulenberg]