* NEWS : Describe some of the latest bugfixes and behavioral changes. --- NEWS | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f19d303..f1a1ce4 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,13 +2,54 @@ GNU parted NEWS -*- outline -*- * Noteworthy changes in release 1.9.0 (????-??-??) [stable] -libparted: -* The linux-swap "filesystem" types are now called "linux-swap(v0)" and - "linux-swap(v1)" rather than "linux-swap(old)" and "linux-swap(new)" - as in parted 1.8, or "linux-swap" as in older versions; "old" and - "new" generally make poor names, and v1 is the only format supported - by current Linux kernels. Aliases for all previous names are - available. +** Bug fixes + + parted now preserves the protective MBR (PMBR) in GPT type labels. + http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/parted-devel/2008-December/\ + 002473.html + http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-parted/2008-12/msg00015.html + + gpt_read now uses SizeOfPartitionEntry instead of the size of + GuidPartitionEntry_t. This ensures that *all* of the partition + entries are correctly read. + http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/parted-devel/2008-December/\ + 002465.html + http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/parted-devel/attachments/\ + 20081202/b7c0528d/attachment.txt + + mklabel (interactive mode) now correctly asks for confirmation, when + replacing an existent label, without outputting an error message. + http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/parted-devel/2009-January/\ + 002739.html + + resize now handles FAT16 file systems with a 64k cluster. This + configuration is not common, but it is possible. + http://parted.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/ticket/207 + + parted now ignores devices of the type /dev/md* when probing. These + types of devices should be handled by the device-mapper capabilities + of parted. + http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/parted-devel/2009-April/\ + 002781.html + + The parted documentation now describes the differences in the options + passed to mkpart for the label types. + http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/parted-devel/2009-April/\ + 002782.html + +** Changes in behavior + + include/parted/beos.h, include/parted/gnu.h and include/parted/linux.h + have been removed. The symbols contained in these files (GNUSpecific, + ped_device_new_from_store, BEOSSpecific, LinuxSpecific, LINUX_SPECIFIC) + were moved to the individual files that need them. + + In libparted, the linux-swap "filesystem" types are now called + "linux-swap(v0)" and "linux-swap(v1)" rather than "linux-swap(old)" + and "linux-swap(new)" as in parted 1.8, or "linux-swap" as in older + versions; "old" and "new" generally make poor names, and v1 is the + only format supported by current Linux kernels. Aliases for all + previous names are available. * Noteworthy changes in release 1.8.8.1 (2007-12-17) [stable] -- 1.6.0.6 _______________________________________________ parted-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/parted-devel
