[ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng 2.13-rc3

From: Karel Zak
Date: Tue Aug 07 2007 - 19:12:19 EST



The third util-linux-ng 2.13 release candidate is available at

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/

Feedback and bug reports, as always, are welcomed.

Karel


v2.13-rc3 changelog:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

agetty:
- 8 bit characters on the Linux console lead to input corruption [Moritz Muehlenhoff]
- fix short malloc in initstring handling [LaMont Jones]
blockdev:
- fix "blockdev --getsz" for large devices [Karel Zak]
- use LU and LLU for BLKGETSIZE and BLKGETSIZE64 [Karel Zak]
build-sys:
- add ${AC,AP,AM,AH}_OPTS to autogen.sh [Karel Zak]
- add warning when libuuid is not found [Karel Zak]
- fix directories in EXTRA_DIST [Karel Zak]
- missing header when NLS is disabled [Gabriel Barazer]
- release++ [Karel Zak]
- remove asm/page.h test [Karel Zak]
cytune:
- remove linux/tty.h inclusion [Karel Zak]
disk-utils:
- let mkfs tools open with O_EXCL [Matthias Koenig]
docs:
- add rdev(8) between deprecated utils [Karel Zak]
fdisk:
- add support for udev persistent device names [Matthias Koenig]
- cleanup partname.c [Karel Zak]
ionice:
- cleanup usage for idle class [Matthias Koenig]
logger:
- use snprintf instead of sprintf in logger.c [LaMont Jones]
look:
- man page clarification [PÃdraig Brady]
mkfs:
- remove nonsense from man page [Karel Zak]
mkswap:
- default to V1 in any case [Matthias Koenig]
- fix signedness problems and remove obsolete code [Karel Zak]
mount:
- fix -f -o remount [Karel Zak]
- fix incorrect behavior when more than one fs type is specified [Attila Ãfra]
- mention hfsplus in mount manpage [LaMont Jones]
- should set proper permissions on locktime [FlÃvio Leitner]
- update xfs mount options [Matthias Koenig]
po:
- update po/ stuff [Karel Zak]
rdev:
- should be delivered on amd64 as well as i386. [LaMont Jones]
readprofile:
- fix on ppc64 [Matthias Koenig]
script:
- fix race conditions [Karel Zak]
- improve quiet mode [Karel Zak]
swapoff:
- correctly handle UUID= and LABEL= identifiers [LaMont Jones]
swapon:
- cleanup fsprobe_*() usage [Karel Zak]
tests:
- add license notices, change from gplv2-only to gplv2-or-later [Karel Zak]
- add script(1) race condition test [Karel Zak]
- add warning "For development purpose only." [Karel Zak]
- use $AWK based on configure results [Karel Zak]
- use relative paths when sourcing files [Mike Frysinger]

- manpage typos [LaMont Jones]
- remove hardcoded package name from some utils [Karel Zak]



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