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authorKarel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>2010-06-18 12:15:36 +0200
committerKarel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>2010-06-18 12:15:36 +0200
commit74c73b11dbcf65a05d8ad22298d18f7ddd845f73 (patch)
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parentbd52b1551f80d18d8a67a4fd069b297b52aaa430 (diff)
downloadutil-linux-old-74c73b11dbcf65a05d8ad22298d18f7ddd845f73.tar.gz
docs: update v2.18 ReleaseNotes
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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@@ -113,7 +113,10 @@ blockdev:
- reduce usage text width [Francesco Cosoleto]
build-sys:
- add missing tests for libuuid and libblkid [Karel Zak]
+ - cleanup lib{mount,blkid} building [Karel Zak]
- improved check for fallocate() [Yann Droneaud]
+ - minor changes for GNU/Hurd [Samuel Thibault]
+ - release++ (v2.18-rc1) [Karel Zak]
- remove duplicate #includes [Karel Zak]
- replace ../ with $top_srcdir [Karel Zak]
- update include/Makefile.am [Karel Zak]
@@ -121,6 +124,7 @@ build-sys:
cal:
- factor out and update multibyte alignment code [Pádraig Brady]
- fix first day of the week calculation on BE systems [Karel Zak]
+ - remove unnecessary info from man page [Karel Zak]
cfdisk:
- set '[New]' as default item on menu for non allocated space instead of '[Help]'. [Francesco Cosoleto]
- set '[Quit]' as default menu item on first run instead of '[Bootable]'. [Francesco Cosoleto]
@@ -128,8 +132,13 @@ cfdisk:
- use libblkid [Matthias König]
chrt:
- add --reset-on-fork [Karel Zak]
+ - add --verbose to man page, correct -V for --version, alphabetize [Benno Schulenberg]
- add support for SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK [Adrian Knoth]
+ - change two messages into four translatable sentences [Benno Schulenberg]
+ - slice help text into manageable chunks for translators [Benno Schulenberg]
docs:
+ - fix umount --fake note in ReleaseNotes [Karel Zak]
+ - update ReleaseNotes [Karel Zak]
- update AUTHORS file [Karel Zak]
- update TODO file [Karel Zak]
- update tests/README [Karel Zak]
@@ -142,9 +151,11 @@ fdisk:
- cleanup help, add -h option [Karel Zak]
- cleanup warnings [Karel Zak]
- correctly truncate and align translated partition names [Pádraig Brady]
+ - disable DOS mode and cylinders by default [Karel Zak]
- don't check alignment_offset against geometry [Karel Zak]
- don't include scsi.h [Karel Zak]
- don't use 1MiB grain on small devices [Karel Zak]
+ - extend -c and -u options to support old DOS stuff [Karel Zak]
- fallback for topology values [Karel Zak]
- fix 'p' output for sun label [Karel Zak]
- fix -b <sectorsize> [Karel Zak]
@@ -153,8 +164,10 @@ fdisk:
- fix default first sector [Karel Zak]
- improve 'move begin of partition' command [Karel Zak]
- improve add partition dialog [Karel Zak]
+ - remove erroneous <size> argument from -u option in help text [Benno Schulenberg]
- replace bzero with memset [Jon Ringle]
- swap VTOC values for warning messages [Karel Zak]
+ - untangle the reporting of deprecated mode and unit [Benno Schulenberg]
- use "optimal I/O size" in warnings [Karel Zak]
- use 1MiB offset and grain always when possible [Karel Zak]
- use more elegant way to count and check alignment [Karel Zak]
@@ -169,6 +182,7 @@ findmnt:
- move from /sbin to /bin [Karel Zak]
- rewrite to use lib/tt.c [Karel Zak]
- small change in usage() [Karel Zak]
+ - ungettextize the directions and fix spelling [Benno Schulenberg]
fsck/mkfs/mount:
- unify default search paths for helpers [Mike Frysinger]
fsfreeze:
@@ -293,6 +307,7 @@ libmount:
- another Makefile.am fix [Karel Zak]
- cleanup cache flags and debug messages [Karel Zak]
- cleanup docs [Karel Zak]
+ - don't build tests by default [Karel Zak]
- export mnt_init_debug() [Karel Zak]
- fix Makefile.am [Karel Zak]
- fix mnt_fs_match_source() [Karel Zak]
@@ -314,21 +329,31 @@ login:
losetup:
- support suffixes and hex numbers for --offset and --sizelimit [Karel Zak]
lscpu:
+ - add CPU_EQUAL_S definition for old/obscure libc [Karel Zak]
- cleanup path_scanstr() [Karel Zak]
- cleanup used names [Karel Zak]
+ - fix CPU_EQUAL_S macro [Karel Zak]
- fix cpuid opcode detection [Henne Vogelsang]
+ - fix typo, "faild" to "failed" [Benno Schulenberg]
- improve --sysroot code [Karel Zak]
- use cpuset masks, read data for all CPUs [Karel Zak]
+messages:
+ - gettextize a few skipped or forgotten ones [Benno Schulenberg]
mkswap:
+ - add a note that -p is uncecessary [Karel Zak]
- don't call blkdev_find_size() [Karel Zak]
+ - don't use too small user-specified page size [Karel Zak]
- fixed strtoll() usage [Yann Droneaud]
- more robust strtoull() usage [Karel Zak]
- move write_all() to include/writeall.h [Karel Zak]
+ - use calloc(), remove obsolete v1 header usage [Karel Zak]
- zap bootbits on regular files [Karel Zak]
mount:
+ - add notes about -o remount,ro,bind to mount.8 [Karel Zak]
- advise users to use "modprobe", not "insmod" [Karel Zak]
- automatically detect and loop-mount regular files [Karel Zak]
- detect when kernel silently adds MS_RDONLY flag [Petr Uzel]
+ - don't create loopdev for MS_BIND [Karel Zak]
- fix coding style [Karel Zak]
- fix information about XFS log buffers in mount.8 [Christoph Hellwig]
- fix typo in comment [Petr Uzel]
@@ -340,6 +365,7 @@ mount:
- revert ugly ENOMEDIUM support [Karel Zak]
- support suffixes for offset= and sizelimit= [Karel Zak]
- update documentation about barrier mount options [Jan Kara]
+ - use %u for uid_t and gid_t [Karel Zak]
- use auto-loopdev for all known filesystems [Karel Zak]
- use unmangle/mangle() from lib [Karel Zak]
- warn users that mtab is read-only [Karel Zak]
@@ -356,6 +382,7 @@ po:
- update id.po (from translationproject.org) [Arif E. Nugroho]
- update ja.po (from translationproject.org) [Makoto Kato]
- update list of files [Karel Zak]
+ - update nl.po (from translationproject.org) [Benno Schulenberg]
- update pl.po (from translationproject.org) [Jakub Bogusz]
- update vi.po (from translationproject.org) [Clytie Siddall]
rdev:
@@ -404,14 +431,21 @@ tests:
- update lscpu [Karel Zak]
- update lscpu test [Karel Zak]
- use POSIX locale [Yann Droneaud]
+textual:
+ - fix typos [Karel Zak]
+ - fix typos, and rephrase some things for clarity [Benno Schulenberg]
umount:
- add --fake option to umount(8) [Miklos Szeredi]
- do not sync() as the kernel does it by itself [Petr Uzel]
unshare:
- drop potential euid privileges before exec [Karel Zak]
+uuidd:
+ - spell the plural of "UUID" consistently as "UUIDs" [Benno Schulenberg]
wipefs:
- cleanup usage() and man page [Karel Zak]
- fix license (GPL -> GPLv2+) [Karel Zak]
+ - fix mem usage [Karel Zak]
+ - fix memory leaks [Karel Zak]
- ignore devices with partition table [Karel Zak]
- print warning is PT detected [Karel Zak]
- support suffixes for --offset [Karel Zak]