** Summary changed:
- New upstream stable release (1.2129)
+ New upstream stable release (1.2216)
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: ntfs-3g
There is a new marked stable version upstream. What appears to be the
changelog:
===========
+ STABLE Version 1.2216 (February 16, 2008) -- Release Notes
+
+ * Fix: file and directory removal, rename and move may have been denied
with an "Operation not supported" error message.
+ * Fix: setuid-root ntfs-3g had a local root exploit and other security
problems. From now on unprivileged mounts of block devices are possible only
with using the integrated FUSE library (default) which has no known security
problem.
+ * Fix: unprivileged unmount didn't always work.
+ * Fix: create mount.ntfs-3g symlink always in /sbin where mount(8) needs
it.
+ * New: added 'remove_hiberfile' mount option to be able to read/write
mount hibernated volumes for recovery and troubleshooting purposes.
+ * Change: keep shrinking driver size.
+
STABLE Version 1.2129 (January 29, 2008) -- Release Notes
* Version 1.2125-RC is released unchanged as stable.
Version 1.2125-RC (January 24, 2008) -- Release Notes
* Fix: the 1.2121-RC test release didn't compile on 64-bit
architectures.
Version 1.2121-RC (January 21, 2008) -- Release Notes
* New: added ntfs-3g.probe utility which probes a volume for read-only or
read-write mountability.
* New: to facilitate the use of the NTFS-3G driver in scripts, an exit
code is returned to give an indication of the mountability status of the
volume. Zero value means success, and all other ones mean an error. The unique
error codes are documented in the ntfs-3g.probe manual page.
* New: built-in FUSE support by using a stripped down, integrated FUSE
library. Linux uses this by default which means NTFS-3G doesn't require the
installation of the FUSE package, only FUSE kernel support.
* New: the --with-fuse=external configure option makes NTFS-3G to be
compiled with an external FUSE library. For non-Linux operating systems this is
the default and the only compilation option.
* New: README file is installed as documentation.
* New: the --enable-ldscript configure option uses ldscript instead of
.so symlink.
* New: added libntfs-3g.pc.in pkg-config and libntfs-3g.script.so.in
ldconfig files.
* Change: rewritten, backwards compatible build system.
* Change: use 'make install-strip' instead of 'make strip'.
* Fix: the SIGTERM signal may caused deadlock which could block for
instance the shutdown process. If NTFS-3G is used with an external FUSE
library, which is not the default, then FUSE 2.7.2 package is required.
===========
That big release with the bundled FUSE sounds dodgy, though the SIGTERM,
return code, and new ntfs-3g.probe tool sounds like worthwhile changes.
With that said, I don't feel confident enough advocating this change,
but I hope someone more competent at this can weigh in :)
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New upstream stable release (1.2216)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189129
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