[ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng 2.13 (stable)
The stable util-linux-ng 2.13 release is available at:
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/
A few numbers:
- 8 months (grr...)
- 368 patches (wow...)
- 35 contributors (thanks...!)
Feedback and bug reports, as always, are welcomed.
Karel
Util-linux-ng 2.13 Release Notes (28-Aug-2007)
===
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= 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).
setarch(8) upstream has been merged with util-linux-ng.
rtcwake(8) command has been added to util-linux-ng.
arch(1) is deprecated in favor of "uname -m" or arch(1) from coreutils
(>= 6.9+). The util-linux-ng package doesn't build arch by default,
you have to use the option --enable-arch.
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:
-
For more details see ChangeLog files at:
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.13/
agetty:
- 8 bit characters on the Linux console lead to input corruption [Samuel
Thibault]
- add 'O' escape code to display domain name [Karel Zak]
- check gethostname() return value [Karel Zak]
- fix short malloc in initstring handling [LaMont Jones]
blockdev:
- add BLKFRAGET/BLKFRASET ioctls [Karel Zak]
- cleanup usage() and update man page [Karel Zak]
- fix "blockdev --getsz" for large devices [Karel Zak]
- use LU and LLU for BLKGETSIZE and BLKGETSIZE64 [Karel Zak]
build-sys:
- add ${AC,AP,AM,AH}_OPTS to autogen.sh [Karel Zak]
- add AC_GNU_SOURCE [Karel Zak]
- add Automake option dist-bzip2 [Stepan Kasal]
- add --disable-makeinstall-chown [Karel Zak]
- add missing files [Karel Zak]
- add SUID_CFLAGS [Karel Zak]
- add SUID_LDFLAGS [Stepan Kasal]
- add support for audit [Karel Zak]
- add warning when libuuid is not found [Karel Zak]
- amend .gitignore [Stepan Kasal]
- call automake after autoconf [Stepan Kasal]
- cleanup architecture conditionals [Karel Zak]
- cleanup sys-utils/ rdev symlinks [Karel Zak]
- configure.am selinux support cleanup [Karel Zak]
- declare SUID_CFLAGS and SUID_LDFLAGS as precious [Stepan Kasal]
- do not build convenience libraries in lib/ [Stepan Kasal]
- do not kick off AM_CFLAGS by SUID_CFLAGS [Stepan Kasal]
- do not play with DEFS, use AM_CPPFLAGS [Stepan Kasal]
- do not set with_foo twice [Stepan Kasal]
- do not use internal Autoconf variables [Stepan Kasal]
- do not use wildcards in EXTRA_DIST [Stepan Kasal]
- factor out common parts from mount/Makefile.am [Stepan Kasal]
- fix directories in EXTRA_DIST [Karel Zak]
- fix HAVE_NCURSES [Karel Zak]
- fix ifdef ENABLE_WIDECHAR usage [Karel Zak]
- fix linking when ncurses is built with --with-termlib=tinfo [Arkadiusz
Miskiewicz]
- fix README filenames and add missing files to EXTRA_DISTs [Karel Zak]
- fix the example configure call in README [Stepan Kasal]
- fix the final message of autogen.sh [Stepan Kasal]
- in configure.ac, change "po" -> "$srcdir/po" [Stepan Kasal]
- in the clean targets use "find ... | xargs rm -f" [Stepan Kasal]
- let configure instantiate the misc-utils/*.pl scripts [Stepan Kasal]
- make the getopt example directory relative to datadir [Stepan Kasal]
- merge adjacent AC_CONFIG_HEADERS and AC_CONFIG_FUNCS calls [Stepan Kasal]
- minor fixes in configure.in [Karel Zak]
- missing header when NLS is disabled [Gabriel Barazer]
[ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng 2.13 (stable)
The stable util-linux-ng 2.13 release is available at:
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/
A few numbers:
- 8 months (grr...)
- 368 patches (wow...)
- 35 contributors (thanks...!)
Feedback and bug reports, as always, are welcomed.
Karel
Util-linux-ng 2.13 Release Notes (28-Aug-2007)
===
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).
setarch(8) upstream has been merged with util-linux-ng.
rtcwake(8) command has been added to util-linux-ng.
arch(1) is deprecated in favor of uname -m or arch(1) from coreutils
(= 6.9+). The util-linux-ng package doesn't build arch by default,
you have to use the option --enable-arch.
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:
-
For more details see ChangeLog files at:
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.13/
agetty:
- 8 bit characters on the Linux console lead to input corruption [Samuel
Thibault]
- add 'O' escape code to display domain name [Karel Zak]
- check gethostname() return value [Karel Zak]
- fix short malloc in initstring handling [LaMont Jones]
blockdev:
- add BLKFRAGET/BLKFRASET ioctls [Karel Zak]
- cleanup usage() and update man page [Karel Zak]
- 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 AC_GNU_SOURCE [Karel Zak]
- add Automake option dist-bzip2 [Stepan Kasal]
- add --disable-makeinstall-chown [Karel Zak]
- add missing files [Karel Zak]
- add SUID_CFLAGS [Karel Zak]
- add SUID_LDFLAGS [Stepan Kasal]
- add support for audit [Karel Zak]
- add warning when libuuid is not found [Karel Zak]
- amend .gitignore [Stepan Kasal]
- call automake after autoconf [Stepan Kasal]
- cleanup architecture conditionals [Karel Zak]
- cleanup sys-utils/ rdev symlinks [Karel Zak]
- configure.am selinux support cleanup [Karel Zak]
- declare SUID_CFLAGS and SUID_LDFLAGS as precious [Stepan Kasal]
- do not build convenience libraries in lib/ [Stepan Kasal]
- do not kick off AM_CFLAGS by SUID_CFLAGS [Stepan Kasal]
- do not play with DEFS, use AM_CPPFLAGS [Stepan Kasal]
- do not set with_foo twice [Stepan Kasal]
- do not use internal Autoconf variables [Stepan Kasal]
- do not use wildcards in EXTRA_DIST [Stepan Kasal]
- factor out common parts from mount/Makefile.am [Stepan Kasal]
- fix directories in EXTRA_DIST [Karel Zak]
- fix HAVE_NCURSES [Karel Zak]
- fix ifdef ENABLE_WIDECHAR usage [Karel Zak]
- fix linking when ncurses is built with --with-termlib=tinfo [Arkadiusz
Miskiewicz]
- fix README filenames and add missing files to EXTRA_DISTs [Karel Zak]
- fix the example configure call in README [Stepan Kasal]
- fix the final message of autogen.sh [Stepan Kasal]
- in configure.ac, change po - $srcdir/po [Stepan Kasal]
- in the clean targets use find ... | xargs rm -f [Stepan Kasal]
- let configure instantiate the misc-utils/*.pl scripts [Stepan Kasal]
- make the getopt example directory relative to datadir [Stepan Kasal]
- merge adjacent AC_CONFIG_HEADERS and AC_CONFIG_FUNCS calls [Stepan Kasal]
- minor fixes in configure.in [Karel Zak]
- missing header when NLS is disabled [Gabriel Barazer]
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