From 8701ac3083977c8d511615e4bd23b9a505685143 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benno Schulenberg Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 22:08:23 +0100 Subject: docs: fix grammar and punctuation and typos in 2.26 release notes Also trim some trailing whitespace. Reviewed-by: Peter Cordes Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg --- Documentation/releases/v2.26-ReleaseNotes | 74 +++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/releases') diff --git a/Documentation/releases/v2.26-ReleaseNotes b/Documentation/releases/v2.26-ReleaseNotes index b7712f7ee..655aebe21 100644 --- a/Documentation/releases/v2.26-ReleaseNotes +++ b/Documentation/releases/v2.26-ReleaseNotes @@ -1,29 +1,29 @@ Util-linux 2.26 Release Notes ============================= - This version provides completely new sfdisk(8) command, the new version is - based on libfdisk. If your use-cases depend on sfdisk(8) then it is strongly + This version provides a completely new sfdisk(8) command; the new version is + based on libfdisk. If your use cases depend on sfdisk(8), then it is strongly recommended to be careful and re-test your scripts. The new version supports - MBR and GPT disk labels (SGI and SUN are also supported but no well tested). - The new version does no more support some obscure MBR specific command line - options and legacy CHS addressing. + MBR and GPT disk labels (SGI and SUN are also supported but not well tested). + The new version no longer supports some obscure MBR-specific command-line + options nor legacy CHS addressing. - The library libblkid (and blkid(8) on command line) now uses the same UDF - fields like Windows and another operations systems to get human readable - UDF volume identifiers (LABEL= tag). This change maybe backwardly incompatible + The library libblkid (and blkid(8) on the command line) now uses the same UDF + fields as Windows and other operating systems in order to get human-readable + UDF volume identifiers (LABEL= tag). This change may be backwardly incompatible for some UDF volumes. The command hwclock(8) uses the drift correction for all relevant operations - and it is unnecessary to specify --adjuts on hwclock command line now. + and it is unnecessary to specify --adjust on the hwclock command line now. - The command hwclock(8) does not automatically (re)calculate drift factor on - --systohc to avoid several problem (ntpd with an '11 minute mode', etc.), but - new command line option --update-drift has to be explicitly used to force - hwclock(8) to update /etc/adjtime. + The command hwclock(8) does not automatically (re)calculate the drift factor on + --systohc to avoid several problems (ntpd with '11 minute mode', for example), + but the new command-line option --update-drift has to be explicitly used to + force hwclock(8) to update /etc/adjtime. - For more details see hwclock(8) man page. + For more details see the hwclock(8) man page. Release highlights @@ -33,56 +33,56 @@ zramctl(8): - this NEW COMMAND allows to control /dev/zramN devices agetty(8): - - supports new options --reload to force already running agetty processes to - reprint /etc/issue file. + - supports new option --reload to force already running agetty processes to + reprint the /etc/issue file cfdisk(8), sfdisk(8) and fdisk(8): - - supports sfdisk compatible scripts, it's possible to save your partitioning - layout to text files and (re)use it in all fdisks. + - support sfdisk-compatible scripts; it's possible to save your partitioning + layout to text files and (re)use it in all fdisks fdisk(8), sfdisk(8): - - support new command line option "--output " to specify output columns - for --list or print commands. + - support new command-line option "--output " to specify output columns + for --list or print commands nsenter(1): - has been updated to work with the latest kernel changes in user namespaces - - supports new command line option --preserve-credentials + - supports new command-line option --preserve-credentials unshare(1): - has been updated to work with the latest kernel changes in user namespaces - - suuports new command line option "--setgroups=" + - supports new command-line option "--setgroups=" swapon(8): - - supports new command line option "-o " with the same semantic like - -o for mount(8); now it's possible to specify swap options on command line - by the same string like in fstab + - supports new command-line option "-o " with the same semantics as + -o for mount(8); it's now possible to specify swap options on the command + line by the same string as in fstab fdformat(8): - - supports new command line options --from/to to specify tracks and --repear - for broken floppies. + - supports new command-line options --from and --to to specify tracks and + --repair for broken floppies getopt(1): - - has been updated to the latest version (originally maintained out of - util-linux) and refactored. + - has been updated to the latest version (originally maintained outside of + util-linux) and refactored ldattach(8): - - has been improved to support GSM0710 and intro modem commands + - has been improved to support GSM0710 and intro modem commands logger(1): - - supports new command line option --id= to specify PID (or another ID) + - supports new command-line option --id= to specify PID (or another ID) - allows to specify --rfc3164 or --rfc5424 syslog protocols libfdisk: - - the library is distributed as shared library with stable API and standard - header file. + - the library is distributed as a shared library with a stable API and a + standard header file libmount: - - provides new simple API to monitor mount table changes (including - changes in userspace mount options). + - provides a new simple API to monitor mount-table changes (including + changes in userspace mount options) -The debug infrastructure in libraries libmount, libsmartcolsm, libfdisk and -libblkid allows to specify debug options by human readable strings too. For +The debug infrastructure in the libraries libmount, libsmartcolsm, libfdisk and +libblkid allows to specify debug options by human-readable strings too. For example "LIBMOUNT_DEBUG=all mount /mnt". -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522