[ANNOUNCE] util-linux stable v2.30.1

From: Karel Zak
Date: Thu Jul 20 2017 - 05:40:21 EST



The util-linux stable maintenance release v2.30.1 is available at

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.30

Feedback and bug reports, as always, are welcomed.

Karel


util-linux 2.30.1 Release Notes
===============================

agetty:
- fix login name DEL/CTRL^U issue [Karel Zak]
cfdisk:
- simplify ncurses includes [Karel Zak]
column:
- fix compilation when libc lacks wide-character support [Carlos Santos]
dmesg:
- print only 2 hex digits for each hex-escaped byte [Ivan Delalande]
docs:
- update AUTHORS file [Karel Zak]
fdformat:
- clear progress message before printing "done" [Jakub Wilk]
fstrim:
- prefer earlier mounted filesystems [Alex Ivanov]
libblkid:
- don't use CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY ioctl for DM devices [Karel Zak]
- udf Fix detection of UDF images with block size 1024 and 4096 [Pali Rohár]
libfdisk:
- (dos) accept start for log.partitions on template [Karel Zak]
- (dos) be more verbose on partno -ERANGE error [Karel Zak]
- (dos) cleanup template based partitioning [Karel Zak]
- (dos) fix primary/logical logic when follow template [Karel Zak]
- make fdisk compliant to UEFI/GPT specification on PMBR [Karel Zak]
libmount:
- make mnt_context_is_fs_mounted work for /proc [Ivan Delalande]
lscpu:
- cleanup DMI detection return codes [Karel Zak]
mount:
- fix man page typo (--bind,ro) [Karel Zak]
po:
- merge changes [Karel Zak]
- update da.po (from translationproject.org) [Joe Hansen]
- update pt_BR.po (from translationproject.org) [Rafael Fontenelle]
pylibmount:
- NULL terminate kwlist in Context_init [Zac Medico]
test:
- update PMBR hex dumps [Karel Zak]
tests:
- Add UDF hdd images with blocksize 1024 and 4096 created by Linux mkudffs 1.3 [Pali Rohár]
- fix fincore, don't use variable COLUMNS [Ruediger Meier]
- update build-sys non-widechar test [Karel Zak]
umount:
- add note about NFS and -c to umount.8 [Karel Zak]
- never 'stat' the path when "-c" is given. [NeilBrown]
wipefs:
- exit on failed erase [Karel Zak]


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