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authorKarel Zak2011-08-29 12:43:05 +0200
committerKarel Zak2011-08-29 13:03:03 +0200
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docs: update v2.20 ReleaseNotes
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/docs/v2.20-ReleaseNotes b/docs/v2.20-ReleaseNotes
index 4e9253e6d..4d0bd3675 100644
--- a/docs/v2.20-ReleaseNotes
+++ b/docs/v2.20-ReleaseNotes
@@ -61,10 +61,14 @@ mountpoint(1):
- this NEW COMMAND is libmount based re-implementation of mountpoint(1) from
sysvinit suite
+setarch(8):
+ - supports new command line options "--uname-2.6" to enable UNAME26
+ personality flag
+
simpleinit:
- this set of deprecated utils has been REMOVED
-Wall(1):
+wall(1):
- support new command line option "--timeout" to specify write timeout to
terminals in seconds.
@@ -144,6 +148,7 @@ blockdev:
- use pathnames.h to find partitions [Sami Kerola]
build-sys:
- Enable automake's -Wno-portability option. [Sami Kerola]
+ - add --enable-ddate [Karel Zak]
- add required files to dist [Sami Kerola]
- add term-utils/ [Karel Zak]
- add term-utils/.gitignore [Karel Zak]
@@ -180,9 +185,11 @@ build-sys:
- print helpful error when pkg.m4 is missing [Sami Kerola]
- provide alternatives for err, errx, warn and warnx [Fabian Groffen]
- release++ (v2.20-rc1) [Karel Zak]
+ - release++ (v2.20-rc2) [Karel Zak]
- remove and ignore generated files [Karel Zak]
- remove check-news [Karel Zak]
- remove unnecessary files from getopt [Sami Kerola]
+ - rename --enable-partx to --disable-partx [Karel Zak]
- stop building line(1) by default [Sami Kerola]
- use AC_LANG_SOURCE to suppress warnings [Sami Kerola]
- use AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu [Sami Kerola]
@@ -258,6 +265,7 @@ cytune:
- fix compiler warnings [-Wsign-compare] [Karel Zak]
- remove unused variable [Karel Zak]
ddate:
+ - fix St. Tib's Day in other languages [Karel Zak]
- remove non-ascii chars from ddate [Karel Zak]
- use ARRAY_SIZE [Karel Zak]
dmesg:
@@ -300,8 +308,10 @@ docs:
- add long options to mkfs.bfs.8 [Sami Kerola]
- agetty long options [Sami Kerola]
- agetty manual update [Sami Kerola]
+ - also uniformize headers and footers of troff-formatted man pages [Benno Schulenberg]
- col manual update [Sami Kerola]
- colcrt manual update [Sami Kerola]
+ - drop the pluralization item with ngettext() in TODO file [Benno Schulenberg]
- favour small patches [Sami Kerola]
- inform about cal long options [Sami Kerola]
- inform about mcookie long options [Sami Kerola]
@@ -315,15 +325,20 @@ docs:
- scriptreplay mention basic long options [Sami Kerola]
- sfdisk manual update [Sami Kerola]
- tell mount/* is in maintenance mode [Sami Kerola]
+ - tweak the formatting and wording of several disk-utils man pages [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - tweak the formatting and wording of some text-utils man pages [Benno Schulenberg]
- un-deprecate kill(1) [Karel Zak]
+ - uniformize the header and footer lines in man pages [Benno Schulenberg]
- update AUTHORS file [Karel Zak]
- update DEPRECATED file [Karel Zak]
- update ReleaseNotes [Karel Zak]
+ - update ReleaseNotes fix typo in v2.20-ReleaseNotes [Bernhard Voelker]
- update TODO [Karel Zak]
- update TODO [Sami Kerola]
- update TODO file [Karel Zak]
- update TODO file [Sami Kerola]
- update exmaple files [Karel Zak]
+ - update v2.20 ReleaseNotes [Karel Zak]
- uuidgen.1 mention long options [Sami Kerola]
elvtune, isosize:
- print usage text in case of invalid option [Francesco Cosoleto]
@@ -350,9 +365,9 @@ fdisk:
- print logical partition number while adding it [Francesco Cosoleto]
- quit from partition type dialog after invalid response [Francesco Cosoleto]
- use a single variable for the current disklabel [Francesco Cosoleto]
- - correct the grammar of an error message [Benno Schulenberg]
fdisk, display, hexdump.h:
- Use standard C types instead of u_int, u_char, u_long, etc. [Josiah Worcester]
+ - correct the grammar of an error message [Benno Schulenberg]
findmnt:
- (man page) short option for --timeout is not -t but -w [Benno Schulenberg]
- add --pairs to output in key="value" format [Karel Zak]
@@ -370,6 +385,7 @@ findmnt:
- slice up the help text into manageable chunks [Benno Schulenberg]
flock:
- cleanup usage() [Karel Zak]
+ - fix example in man page [Karel Zak]
fsck:
- fix -C parsing [Karel Zak]
- fix clang compiler warning [Sami Kerola]
@@ -461,6 +477,7 @@ include:
ionice:
- IOPRIO_PRIO_* macros [Karel Zak]
- add long options [Sami Kerola]
+ - adjust synopsis and wording and formatting on the man page [Benno Schulenberg]
- allow to use names for -c <class> [Karel Zak]
- coding style fixes [Sami Kerola]
- fix -V output [Sami Kerola]
@@ -510,6 +527,7 @@ lib:
- [linux_version.c] simplify version parsing [Karel Zak]
- [loopdev.c] add module for work loop devices [Karel Zak]
- [loopdev.c] cleanup flags usage [Karel Zak]
+ - [loopdev.c] correct qsort compare function [Karel Zak]
- [loopdev.c] correct trivial typo [Davidlohr Bueso]
- [mangle.c] fix compiler warnings [-Wsign-compare] [Karel Zak]
- [procutils.c] add missing files. Sorry. [Karel Zak]
@@ -596,6 +614,7 @@ libmount:
- cut up mount's help text into manageable chunks [Benno Schulenberg]
- don't export functions for vfs/fs/userspace mount options [Karel Zak]
- fix compiler warnings [-Wunused-parameter -Wsign-compare] [Karel Zak]
+ - fix debug message [Karel Zak]
- fix fstype caching [Karel Zak]
- fix leak in sample program [Karel Zak]
- fix memory leak in cache [Karel Zak]
@@ -655,14 +674,18 @@ login-utils:
- include fix [Sami Kerola]
look:
- add long options [Sami Kerola]
+ - adjust the formatting and some wording of the man page [Benno Schulenberg]
- cleanup usage() [Karel Zak]
- fix manpage formatting [Petr Uzel]
losetup:
+ - allow to use --verbose with --all [Karel Zak]
- cleanup usage() [Karel Zak]
+ - correct qsort compare function [Andreas Schwab]
- spelling fixes [Petr Uzel]
lsblk:
- add --pairs to output in key="value" format [Karel Zak]
- add TYPE column to lsblk output [Milan Broz]
+ - add note to the man page [Karel Zak]
- add queue request size attribute [Milan Broz]
- add state attribute [Milan Broz]
- add support for discard topology (-D option) [Martin K. Petersen]
@@ -811,6 +834,7 @@ partx, lsblk:
pg:
- fix compiler warnings [-Wunused-result] [Karel Zak]
- fix write_all() usage [Karel Zak]
+ - normalize formatting of the man page, and tweak some of its wording [Benno Schulenberg]
- return value warning fix [Sami Kerola]
- use size_t for wcstombs() return code [Sami Kerola]
po:
@@ -820,7 +844,11 @@ po:
- merge changes [Karel Zak]
- update cs.po (from translationproject.org) [Petr Písař]
- update da.po (from translationproject.org) [Joe Hansen]
+ - update de.po (from translationproject.org) [Philipp Thomas]
- 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]
procutils:
- include missing header [Davidlohr Bueso]
raw:
@@ -863,8 +891,10 @@ scriptreplay:
- cleanup usage() [Karel Zak]
- end printing with new line [Sami Kerola]
- fix buffer overflow [Sami Kerola]
+ - improve synopsis and formatting and wording in man page [Benno Schulenberg]
- support long options [Sami Kerola]
setarch:
+ - add --uname-2.6 option for personality flag UNAME26 [Ben Hutchings]
- fix compiler warnings [-Wsign-compare] [Karel Zak]
setterm:
- add note about long dump file paths to man page [Sami Kerola]
@@ -888,6 +918,7 @@ sfdisk:
- help screen format [Sami Kerola]
- improve descriptions of options --no-reread and --show-extended [Benno Schulenberg]
- indent usage() [Karel Zak]
+ - make some tests conditional to !Linux [Giulio Orsero]
- previously undocumented options to usage [Sami Kerola]
- remove inconsistent and wasteful newlines in the _() calls [Benno Schulenberg]
- rename warn to my_warn [Fabian Groffen]
@@ -937,6 +968,7 @@ tests:
- add tests for [u]mount regular file [Karel Zak]
- don't run mount/regfile test on old kernel [Karel Zak]
- fix compiler warnings [-Wunused-parameter] [Karel Zak]
+ - grammar fixes [Davidlohr Bueso]
- remove generated file [Karel Zak]
- test column(1) with multiple input files [Karel Zak]
- update GPT test [Karel Zak]
@@ -979,6 +1011,8 @@ umount:
unshare:
- cleanup usage() [Karel Zak]
uuidd:
+ - (man page) alphabetize the options [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - (man page) repair the snipped up description of option -T [Benno Schulenberg]
- add "-q" to synopsis, order options alphabetically [Benno Schulenberg]
- cleanup usage() [Karel Zak]
- coding style fixes [Sami Kerola]
@@ -992,6 +1026,8 @@ uuidd:
uuidgen:
- add long options [Sami Kerola]
- cleanup usage() [Karel Zak]
+vipw:
+ - (man page) uniformize header and footer, tweak the formatting [Benno Schulenberg]
wall:
- add long options and 79 char cut info to the man page [Sami Kerola]
- build with SUID_{C,LD}FLAGS [Petr Uzel]