[Fwd: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng 2.13-rc1]
Moritz Heiber
moe at lunar-linux.org
Wed Jul 4 01:35:40 CEST 2007
Just on a very brief notice: This is not going to get through without
an udev update (which I will not be able to handle at the moment).
Please be aware of that as well.
Cheers from Spain .. (yes, I'm very busy)
Moritz
On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:51:02 -0700
"Kok, Auke" <sofar at foo-projects.org> wrote:
>
> major changes required for this release, please make sure to read the
> notes below before you even *try* to test this.
>
> Auke
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng 2.13-rc1
> Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 00:11:56 +0200
> From: Karel Zak <kzak at redhat.com>
> To: List util-linux-ng <util-linux-ng at vger.kernel.org>
> CC: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel at vger.kernel.org
>
>
>
> The first util-linux-ng 2.13 release candidate is available at
>
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.13/
>
>
> Thanks to all who help with util-linux resuscitation:
>
> H. Peter Anvin
> Ian Kent
>
> and contribute to this project:
>
> Arkadiusz Miskiewicz Matthias Koenig
> Cliff Wickman Mike Frysinger
> David Brownell Pádraig Brady
> David Miller Radek Biba
> Jason Vas Dias Ram Pai
> Kay Sievers Stepan Kasal
> Luciano Chavez Steve Grubb
> Marco d'Itri Valerie Henson
> Martin Schlemmer
>
>
> Feedback and bug reports, as always, are welcomed.
>
> Karel
>
>
>
> Util-linux-ng 2.13 Release Notes
> ================================
>
> Release highlights:
> ------------------
>
> mount(8) doesn't include NFS client code anymore. Don't forget to
> install nfs-utils 1.1.0 or newer with /sbin/[u]mount.{nfs,nfs4}.
>
> mount(8) doesn't include filesystem detection code anymore. You
> have to compile --with-fsprobe={blkid,volume_id}, and libblkid
> (e2fsprogs) or libvolume_id (udev >= v110) is required.
>
> mount(8) supports new relatime, context, fscontext, and defcontext
> mount options.
>
> losetup(8) supports command line option "-a" to list all used loop
> devices, '-s' to print a device name if "-f" and a file argument
> are present, and "-r" to create a read-only loop device.
>
> fdisk(8) Sun label support has been improved. fdisk(8) is also able
> to warn about detected GPT (fdisk doesn't support GPT).
>
> taskset(1) is independent on hardcoded NR_CPUS. chrt(1) supports
> SCHED_BATCH scheduling policy.
>
> The package build system is now based on autotools. The build system
> supports separate CFLAGS and LDFLAGS for suid programs
> (SUID_CFLAGS, SUID_LDFLAGS). For more details see the README file
>
> hwclock(8) supports command line option --rtc=<path> and /dev/rtc0
> device. --systohc functionality has been improved, and it doesn't
> cause a 500ms inaccuracy each time it is used.
>
> Audit system support (--with-audit) has been added to hwclock(8) and
> login(1).
>
> SELinux support (--with-selinux) has been added to mkswap(8) and
> mount(8).
>
> The setarch(8) upstream has been merged with util-linux-ng.
>
>
> Fixed security issues:
> ---------------------
>
> CVE-2007-0822 - mount(8) allows local users to trigger a NULL
> dereference and an application crash
> CVE-2006-7108 - login(1) omits PAM account validation when auth is
> skipped
>
>
> Changelog:
> ---------
>
> agetty:
> add 'O' escape code to display domain name
> check gethostname() return value
> blockdev:
> add BLKFRAGET/BLKFRASET ioctls
> cleanup usage() and update man page
> build-sys:
> add AC_GNU_SOURCE
> add Automake option dist-bzip2
> add missing files
> add SUID_CFLAGS
> add SUID_LDFLAGS
> add support for audit
> amend .gitignore
> call automake after autoconf
> cleanup architecture conditionals
> cleanup sys-utils/ rdev symlinks
> configure.am selinux support cleanup
> declare SUID_CFLAGS and SUID_LDFLAGS as precious
> do not build convenience libraries in lib/
> do not kick off AM_CFLAGS by SUID_CFLAGS
> do not play with DEFS, use AM_CPPFLAGS
> do not set with_foo twice
> do not use internal Autoconf variables
> do not use wildcards in EXTRA_DIST
> factor out common parts from mount/Makefile.am
> fix HAVE_NCURSES
> fix ifdef ENABLE_WIDECHAR usage
> fix linking when ncurses is built with --with-termlib=tinfo
> fix README filenames and add missing files to EXTRA_DISTs
> fix the example configure call in README
> fix the final message of autogen.sh
> in configure.ac, change "po" -> "$srcdir/po"
> in the clean targets use "find ... | xargs rm -f"
> let configure instantiate the misc-utils/*.pl scripts
> make the getopt example directory relative to datadir
> merge adjacent AC_CONFIG_HEADERS and AC_CONFIG_FUNCS calls
> minor fixes in configure.in
> mount/Makefile.am tiny cleanup
> mount/Makefile.am tiny cleanup II
> move -D flags to *_CPPFLAGS
> move the optimization flags to AM_CFLAGS
> --prefix defaults to /usr
> remove aclocal.m4 from SCM
> remove AC_PROG_RANLIB
> remove config.h.in from VCS
> remove config/include-Makefile.am from EXTRA_DIST
> remove DEFAULT_INCLUDES workaround
> remove -fomit-frame-pointer
> remove generated autotools stuff from git
> remove po/Makevars.template from EXTRA_DIST
> remove swapargs.h, move the tests to main configure.ac
> rename to -ng, change maintainer name
> replace AC_TRY_* by AC_*_IFELSE
> s/AC_HELP_STRING/AS_HELP_STRING/
> set DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS in top-level makefile
> simplify "clean" in tests/Makefile.am
> update po/POTFILES.in
> use dist_example_DATA
> use dist_noinst_DATA to work around the bug with dist_man_MANS
> use dist_noinst_HEADERS in include/Makefile.am
> use dist_usrbinexec_SCRIPTS in misc-utils/Makefile.am
> check exit status of autotools
> cal:
> fix a segfault and -3m highlighting
> ifdef cleanup, non-curses/tempcap code fixes
> widechar code cleanup
> cfdisk:
> build-sys defines HAVE_RPMATCH, not HAVE_rpmatch
> fix stupid typo in GPT checker call
> chsh:
> remove tailing wihit-spaces and use PATH_BSHELL
> col:
> getwchar() errors shouldn't be hidden
> ddate:
> fix compiler warnings
> docs:
> add the DEPRECATED file
> clean up TODO file and add a new resuest for 2.14
> fix info about devel/master branchs
> fix URL and typos in README.devel
> refresh AUTHORS file
> remove deprecated section from README
> update AUTHORS file
> update TODO file
> fdisk:
> add GPT detection code
> add MAC label detection
> cleanup full disk detection code
> fix "differ in signedness" compiler warnings
> fix "type qualifiers ignored on function return type"
> Makefile.am refactoring
> many significant improvements and fixes to Sun label handling
> move duplicate stuff from fdisk*label.h to fdisk.h
> use unsigned long long instead int for sectors
> getopt:
> remove old unused files
> hexdump:
> don't use memset with zero lenght
> hwclock:
> add --rtc=<path> option and support for /dev/rtc0
> add support for audit system
> fix --systohc sets clock 0.5 seconds slow
> make ggc happy and check return values from fgets, read and
> write remove tailing white-spaces and clean up clock.h
> ipcs:
> add new tests for ipcs limits
> add regression test for output headers
> fix typo in Semaphore headers
> max total shared memory in kbytes instead pages
> login:
> add audit support
> add IPv6 support
> add regression test for IP address checking code
> attempt to run if it has no read/write access to its terminal
> close PAM session after failed pam_setcred
> improve work with signals
> keep syslog useful for end of PAM session.
> login's timeout can fail
> omits PAM account validation when auth is skipped
> (CVE-2006-7108) remove triiling white-spaces
> update 32bit utmp correctly on 64bit system
> look:
> fix problem with !isalnum() words
> remove tailing white-spaces
> losetup:
> add a new option -s
> add -a option to list all used loop devices
> add long options and fix man page
> add support read-only loops
> add to man page info about deprecated cryptoloop
> man pages:
> add "AVAILABILITY" section
> mcookie:
> remove non-linux code
> misc-utils:
> add scriptreplay manpage
> remove old cal test
> mkfs.cramfs:
> cleanup HAVE_ macros usage
> fix a way how mkfs works with empty files
> remove hardcoded limit for directories
> mkswap:
> add regression test
> automatically add selinux label to swapfile
> avoid mkswap usage on already mounted device
> gcc happy: unsigned long usage
> fix libuuid usage in mkswap
> more:
> fix file descriptor leak
> mount:
> add note about /etc/mtab unreliability to mount.8
> add note about fcntl/ioctl unreliability on NFS to mount.8
> add -s and -f and note to man page for external mount helpers
> add simple (printf-like) debug routine and --debug option
> add support for context, fscontext and defcontext selinux
> mount options add support for mixed usage of SPECes
> add support for mtab "uhelper" option
> avoid duplicate entries in mtab when mount -f
> call /sbin/mount.<type> also when mounting without "-t"
> clean up getfs* (fstab.c) interface
> clean up info about NFS in mount.8
> doesn't rpc_pipefs and nfsd on umount -a
> do not treat arm/sparc specially.
> don't umount sysfs when running umount -a
> fix -fv so that it doesn't incorrectly spit out an error that
> nothing was done. fix has_* functions (CVE-2007-0822)
> fix list logic in update_mtab
> fix memory usage in update_mtab
> fix mtab_lock
> fix typo in error message
> fsprobe: add libvolume_id support
> fsprobe: add libvolume_id support to configure.ac
> fsprobe: make fsprobe_get_devname functions more generic
> fsprobe: remove mount_guess_fstype.{c,h}
> fsprobe: remove non-blkid code
> fsprobe: rename files to fsprobe_*
> fsprobe: rename the rest of API routines to fsprobe_*
> fsprobe: use blkid cache only when really necessary
> getfs_* (fstab) interface has to work with canonicalize()
> kill mount_guess_rootdev
> loop device race condition
> needs to handle special mountprog even on guessed file
> systems. parse SPEC before search in fstab
> relative atime support
> remove all NFS code
> remove nfsmount() from sundries.h
> rewrite getfs_by_specdir() without mem leaks
> shared-subtree support
> update mtab correctly when mount --move
> use encoded labels for volume_id
> use growable string for options
> use loop= option when mounting by /sbin/mount.<type>
> use realloc for xstrconcat functions
> use verbose mode instead debug mode
> namei:
> fix logic and infinite loop of symlinks
> new regression test
> newgrp:
> add support for /etc/gshadow
> check result from getgrnam() more carefully
> partx:
> add man pages for addpart, delpart and partx
> po:
> rename mount/mntent.c to mount/mount_mntent.c
> typo in french translation of mount error.
> update po files
> vipw doesn't use rpmatch, all translations have to use y/n
> raw:
> add file with udev rule example
> don't accept raw0 as a target name
> move the raw command to /sbin
> update man page (about dd and O_DIRECT)
> schedutils:
> add support for SCHED_BATCH
> define SCHED_BATCH when compile with old glibc
> remove extra hyptens from man pages
> taskset is independent of hardcoded NR_CPUS max
> fix ionice build on sparc
> setarch:
> add NLS support
> sfdisk:
> fix "differ in signedness" compiler warnings
> fix "may be used uninitialized" compiler warnings
> setting default geometry values
> swapon:
> cleanup PATH_ macros and tailing white-spaces
> does not correctly deal with symlinks
> fix swapon headers and syscalls
> simplify an #if
> sys-utils:
> added setarch command
> add note about obsolete ramsize option to rdev.8
> fix man page headers
> move some man pages from category 8 to 1
> tests:
> add basic infrastructure for regression tests
> add cal -1 test
> add cal -3 test
> add cal -y test
> add expected outputs for cramfs
> add functions for label, uuid and fstype detection
> add hwclock systohc test
> add library for LD_PRELOAD to manipulate with time() in tests
> add lock_mtab() performance and reliability test
> add look test for words with separator
> add missing header
> add mkfs.cramfs tests
> add more variants to {mount,fstab}-by-{label,uuid,devname}
> add mount by devname from fstab
> add mount by devname test
> add mount by devname with label in fstab
> add mount by devname with uuid in fstab
> add mount by label from fstab test
> add mount by LABEL test
> add mount by label with devname in fstab
> add mount by label with uuid in fstab
> add mount by UUID from fstab test
> add mount by UUID test
> add mount by uuid with devname in fstab
> add mount by uuid with label in fstab
> add mount /dev/symlink test
> add mount --move test
> add mount -o remount test
> add return code
> add simple helper that returns info about system
> add support for fstab modification
> add support for suid programs
> add swapon by devname test
> add swapon by UUID test
> add test for /sbin/mount.<type> call
> add ts_log and --verbose support
> add ts_ok and ts_failed
> cleanup blkid cache after test device deinitialization
> code refactoring -- new ts_device_init function
> code refactoring -- new ts_skip_nonroot function
> code refactoring -- new ts_udev_loop_support function
> enable mtablock test when uid=0 only
> fix argv[] usage in mnt_test_sysinfo.c
> fix dependence on blkid
> fix Makefile.am (add missing tests)
> fix ts_fstab_add function
> "if [...]" clean up
> make clean need to remove diffs and outputs
> pass all arguments to ts_init, add ts_has_option function
> refresh mtablock output in expected/ directory
> simplify devices usage
> text-utils:
> fix the more command compilation against termcap
> tools:
> add codecheck-config that checks for {HAVE,ENABLE}_ orphans
> vipw:
> fix permissions (600->400) for edited /etc/[g]shodow files
> wall:
> fix O_NONBLOCK usage
> misc:
> Clean up pagesize/PAGE_SIZE usage.
> clean up realpath.[ch] includes and macros
> execl() should be use NULL not 0
>
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