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Richard W.M. Jones
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ guestfs-release-notes - libguestfs Release Notes
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=begin comment
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NOTE! Pre-release notes for the next stable version of libguestfs.
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Updated to commit dfa25a46e35b87ae8a5e548d383e8bf75b4b4b26
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Updated to commit f7c312ba6bc99a331f2b3996624dc3408a8cc3c0
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=end comment
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@@ -30,8 +30,48 @@ the git repository, or the ChangeLog file distributed in the tarball.
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=head3 API
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Remote access to disks: Network Block Device (nbd), Gluster, Ceph
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(rbd) and Sheepdog protocols are now supported.
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Remote access to disks:
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=over 4
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=item *
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Network Block Device (nbd)
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=item *
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Secure Shell (ssh)
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=item *
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HTTP and HTTPS
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=item *
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FTP and FTPS
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=item *
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iSCSI
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=item *
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Gluster
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=item *
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Ceph/rbd
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(Mike Kelly)
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=item *
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Sheepdog
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=item *
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TFTP
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=back
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The SYSLINUX and EXTLINUX bootloaders can now be installed in disk
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images using the API.
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@@ -42,6 +82,8 @@ are separately mountable (Matthew Booth).
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"Attach methods" are now known as "backends". Compatibility with
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existing code is preserved.
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Filenames can contain ':', as long as newer QEMU is being used.
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=head3 Tools
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Virt-alignment-scan and virt-df scan multiple guests in parallel.
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@@ -49,6 +91,16 @@ Virt-alignment-scan and virt-df scan multiple guests in parallel.
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Guestmount now passes errno accurately back to userspace in almost
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all cases.
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Guestfish and other tools can now use a URI-like syntax to access
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remote disks, eg:
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guestfish -a ssh://example.com/path/to/disk.img
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Guestfish and guestmount now allow you to specify the filesystem type
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when mounting, which is more secure (Dave Vasilevsky).
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Guestfish is now the "guest filesystem shell".
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Guestfish allows only C<1> C<true> C<t> C<yes> C<y> C<on> C<0>
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C<false> C<f> C<no> C<n> C<off> for boolean values (case insensitive),
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and gives an error for all other strings.
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@@ -81,6 +133,11 @@ The long-deprecated Perl C<Sys::Guestfs::Lib> library has been
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removed.
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L<https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2013-April/msg00001.html>
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=head3 Examples
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New example program showing how to enable debugging and capture
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log messages.
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=head3 Other
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Distributors can add arbitrary extra packages to the appliance by
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@@ -88,18 +145,27 @@ doing:
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./configure --with-extra-packages="list of package names"
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Distributors can use:
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./configure --with-supermin-extra-options="..."
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to add arbitrary extra options to supermin.
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=head2 Security
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No security issues were found in this release.
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=head2 New APIs
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cp-r
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extlinux
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feature-available
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get-program
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is-whole-device
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part-get-gpt-type
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part-set-gpt-type
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rename
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set-program
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syslinux
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C only:
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@@ -118,20 +184,31 @@ The febootstrap tool has now been renamed to "supermin". Libguestfs
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can use either, but now prefers "supermin".
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L<http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/supermin/>
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libxml2 is required to build libguestfs.
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The hivexregedit program (from hivex) is required to build from git.
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Internal functions can no longer be used unless the caller defines
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C<-DGUESTFS_PRIVATE=1>.
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Enable C compiler warnings in Python, Ruby bindings.
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Fail early and clearly if libvirt does not support qemu/KVM (eg. if
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Fail early and clearly if libvirt does not support qemu/KVM (eg. if
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default libvirt connection is to Xen).
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C<make print-subdirs> rule, useful for selectively running tests.
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Multiple fixes to allow separated (sourcedir != builddir) builds.
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Multiple fixes to Haskell bindings.
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C<ln> and C<ln-f> APIs now capture C<errno> correctly.
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Language binding tests use (mostly) a standard numbering scheme and
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aim to test the same range of features in each language. Also the
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number of launches required has been reduced so these tests should run
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much more quickly.
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Library code internally uses GCC C<__attribute__((cleanup))> (if
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available) to simplify memory allocation.
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@@ -165,6 +242,9 @@ Valgrind log files are now written to C<tmp/valgrind-I<DATE>-I<PID>.log>
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C<make clean> cleans the local C<tmp/> directory.
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The C API tests have been rewritten using a more flexible generator
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language that allows arbitrary C code to be executing during tests.
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=head2 Bugs fixed
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=begin comment
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@@ -175,6 +255,22 @@ C<make clean> cleans the local C<tmp/> directory.
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=over 4
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/961812>
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Segfault in inspect-fs.c in mountable code
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/957772>
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tar-out and base64-out quoting error
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/957380>
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libguestfs: error: btrfsvol:/dev/sda2/root: root device not found: only call this function with a root device previously returned by guestfs_inspect_os
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/948324>
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inspection fails if libosinfo is not installed
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/928995>
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file on zero-sized file now produces "empty " instead of "empty"
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@@ -227,6 +323,10 @@ virt-tar fails on non-existent directory names "error in chunked encoding at /ho
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virt-cat fails on directory names "/dev/stdout: error in chunked encoding"
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/907554>
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btrfs causes subsequent ntfs-3g filesystem to fail
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/905341>
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"No such file or directory" when execute "hivex-commit"
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@@ -267,6 +367,14 @@ libguestfs with libvirt attach-method fails with odd error if default hypervisor
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Addng a zero-length virtio-scsi disk causes: qemu-kvm: hw/scsi-bus.c:1568: scsi_req_complete: Assertion `req->status == -1' failed.
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/811649>
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libguestfs cannot open disk images which are symlinks to files that contain ':' (colon) character
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/664558>
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RFE: Allow to set log callback in Ruby bindings
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=back
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=for comment ################################################################
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@@ -12,8 +12,25 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.22
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API
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Remote access to disks: Network Block Device (nbd), Gluster, Ceph (rbd)
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and Sheepdog protocols are now supported.
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Remote access to disks:
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* Network Block Device (nbd)
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* Secure Shell (ssh)
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* HTTP and HTTPS
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* FTP and FTPS
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* iSCSI
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* Gluster
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* Ceph/rbd (Mike Kelly)
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* Sheepdog
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* TFTP
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The SYSLINUX and EXTLINUX bootloaders can now be installed in disk
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images using the API.
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@@ -24,6 +41,8 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.22
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"Attach methods" are now known as "backends". Compatibility with
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existing code is preserved.
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Filenames can contain ':', as long as newer QEMU is being used.
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Tools
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Virt-alignment-scan and virt-df scan multiple guests in parallel.
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@@ -31,6 +50,16 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.22
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Guestmount now passes errno accurately back to userspace in almost all
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cases.
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Guestfish and other tools can now use a URI-like syntax to access
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remote disks, eg:
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guestfish -a ssh://example.com/path/to/disk.img
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Guestfish and guestmount now allow you to specify the filesystem type
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when mounting, which is more secure (Dave Vasilevsky).
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Guestfish is now the "guest filesystem shell".
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Guestfish allows only 1 true t yes y on 0 false f no n off for boolean
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values (case insensitive), and gives an error for all other strings.
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@@ -61,6 +90,11 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.22
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The long-deprecated Perl Sys::Guestfs::Lib library has been removed.
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2013-April/msg00001.html
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Examples
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New example program showing how to enable debugging and capture log
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messages.
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Other
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Distributors can add arbitrary extra packages to the appliance by
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@@ -68,18 +102,27 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.22
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./configure --with-extra-packages="list of package names"
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Distributors can use:
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./configure --with-supermin-extra-options="..."
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to add arbitrary extra options to supermin.
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Security
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No security issues were found in this release.
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New APIs
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cp-r
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extlinux
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feature-available
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get-program
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is-whole-device
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part-get-gpt-type
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part-set-gpt-type
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rename
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set-program
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syslinux
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C only:
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@@ -98,6 +141,10 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.22
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use either, but now prefers "supermin".
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http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/supermin/
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libxml2 is required to build libguestfs.
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The hivexregedit program (from hivex) is required to build from git.
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Internal functions can no longer be used unless the caller defines
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-DGUESTFS_PRIVATE=1.
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@@ -108,10 +155,17 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.22
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make print-subdirs rule, useful for selectively running tests.
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Multiple fixes to allow separated (sourcedir != builddir) builds.
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Multiple fixes to Haskell bindings.
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ln and ln-f APIs now capture errno correctly.
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Language binding tests use (mostly) a standard numbering scheme and aim
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to test the same range of features in each language. Also the number of
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launches required has been reduced so these tests should run much more
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quickly.
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Library code internally uses GCC __attribute__((cleanup)) (if
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available) to simplify memory allocation.
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@@ -144,8 +198,29 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.22
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make clean cleans the local tmp/ directory.
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The C API tests have been rewritten using a more flexible generator
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language that allows arbitrary C code to be executing during tests.
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Bugs fixed
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/961812
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Segfault in inspect-fs.c in mountable code
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/957772
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tar-out and base64-out quoting error
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/957380
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libguestfs: error: btrfsvol:/dev/sda2/root: root device not found:
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only call this function with a root device previously returned by
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guestfs_inspect_os
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/948324
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inspection fails if libosinfo is not installed
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/928995
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file on zero-sized file now produces "empty " instead of "empty"
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@@ -204,6 +279,10 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.22
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virt-cat fails on directory names "/dev/stdout: error in chunked
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encoding"
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/907554
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btrfs causes subsequent ntfs-3g filesystem to fail
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/905341
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"No such file or directory" when execute "hivex-commit"
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@@ -249,6 +328,15 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.22
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hw/scsi-bus.c:1568: scsi_req_complete: Assertion `req->status == -1'
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failed.
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/811649
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libguestfs cannot open disk images which are symlinks to files that
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contain ':' (colon) character
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/664558
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RFE: Allow to set log callback in Ruby bindings
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RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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These release notes only cover the differences from the previous
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