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docs: Finalize release notes for libguestfs 1.36 release.
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@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@ guestfs-release-notes - libguestfs Release Notes
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=head1 RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.36
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@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ the git repository, or the ChangeLog file distributed in the tarball.
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=head2 New features
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Bash completion is now available in every command line tool that is
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shipped.
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ExFAT filesystems are now supported (Miles Wolbe).
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=head3 New tools
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Virt-tail is a new tool for following (tailing) log files within a
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@@ -60,6 +55,9 @@ Toscano).
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Virt-dib can now create squashfs files (Pino Toscano).
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Bash tab-completion is now available in every command line tool that
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is shipped.
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=head3 virt-v2v and virt-p2v
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Conversions of Debian (6+) and Ubuntu (10.04+) guests are now
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@@ -174,6 +172,10 @@ usable qemu at the time of writing).
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Detection of S/390 and S/390x binaries and guests is now supported.
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=head3 Other
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ExFAT filesystems are now supported (Miles Wolbe).
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=head2 Security
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See also L<guestfs-security(1)>.
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@@ -262,6 +264,9 @@ This call can now change the labels of swap partitions (Pino Toscano).
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=head2 Build changes
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libmagic, the library part of the C<file> command, is now required at
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build time (previously optional).
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GCC 7 is now supported.
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"Silent rules" are now used for OCaml programs, Java bindings. To
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@@ -271,7 +276,8 @@ line (Pino Toscano).
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Slow testing (C<make check-slow>) now covers: firstboot scripts in
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Linux guests; v2v conversion of a selection of real Linux guests; the
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virt-customize I<--hostname> and I<--timezone> settings; the
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I<--root-password> parameter; that the serial console works.
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I<--root-password> parameter; that the serial console works in
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virt-builder guests.
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Large generated C source files, eg. the list of commands found in
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F<fish/cmds.c> (and many more), have been split into smaller files to
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@@ -285,8 +291,8 @@ going to be removed soon (Pino Toscano).
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Debian hosts using UsrMerge are now supported (Pino Toscano).
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Header files and C C<struct>s can now have internal documentation
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using the special C</** ... */> comments.
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Header files and C structs can now have internal documentation using
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the special C</** ... */> comments.
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C<@VAR@> subtitutions in C<./run> are now fully quoted. This is
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necessary so that (eg) C<./configure PYTHON=/some/path> works robustly
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@@ -299,7 +305,7 @@ Kraxel's old edk2 builds can no longer be used for UEFI support. UEFI
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code is now fully free software, so use the versions bundled with your
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Linux distro instead.
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Libguestfs can now mostly be compiled on RHEL 5 (2007-era) Linux.
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Virt-p2v can now be compiled on RHEL 5 (2007-era) Linux with Gtk 2.10.
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=head2 Internals
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@@ -360,7 +366,7 @@ The C<$TERM> environment variable is now validated before passing it
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through to the appliance kernel command line.
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Useless USB and memballoon devices are no longer created in the
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appliance.
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appliance (Laine Stump).
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On aarch64 we now use virtio-pci for the appliance. This is somewhat
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faster than virtio-mmio.
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