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Finalize release notes for libguestfs 1.24 release.
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Richard W.M. Jones
@@ -6,19 +6,12 @@ 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 d6f87fe6be5e09c0c462f92455171581a7120000
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=head1 RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.24
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@@ -38,9 +31,8 @@ ARM (32 bit) and PPC64 are now fully supported.
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=head3 Tools
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L<virt-builder(1)> is a new tool for rapidly building virtual machine
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images. It is far more secure than other approaches, and allows
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flexible configuration of the images.
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L<virt-builder(1)> is a new tool for building virtual machine images.
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It lets you rapidly and securely create guests and customize them.
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New L<virt-sysprep(1)> operations:
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Remove files in C</tmp> and C</var/tmp>.
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@@ -65,6 +57,9 @@ way through.
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L<virt-format(1)> and L<virt-make-fs(1)>: new I<--label> option for
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setting filesystem label.
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virt-resize I<--no-sparse> flag can be used to resize on to partitions
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and other targets that are not zeroed.
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=head3 Language bindings
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New bindings for the Go programming language.
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@@ -79,6 +74,8 @@ performance for temporary drives, or safety.
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C<guestfs_set_label> now works for XFS and btrfs.
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New GUESTFS_EVENT_WARNING event for warning messages.
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=head3 Inspection
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Better inspection of SUSE guests (Olaf Hering).
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@@ -87,8 +84,6 @@ Better support for non-standard Windows %systemroot% (Matthew Booth).
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Enhanced error reporting for Augeas errors.
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=head3 Other
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=head2 Security
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=over 4
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@@ -100,6 +95,13 @@ L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968306>
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A denial of service was possible when inspecting certain guests. The
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fix has been backported to 1.20 and 1.22 branches.
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=item CVE-2013-4419
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L<https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2013-October/msg00031.html>
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Fix insecure temporary directory handling for remote guestfish. The
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fix has been backported to 1.20 and 1.22 branches.
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=back
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=head2 New APIs
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@@ -173,6 +175,9 @@ directory. This reduces the overhead of builds considerably.
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Additional tests for Augeas, hivex.
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Add a launch timeout of 20 minutes waiting for the appliance to start
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up.
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Add a timeout (4 hours) to all tests so we can catch the case where
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qemu or other components hang.
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@@ -187,6 +192,9 @@ is now feasible for developers to keep this flag enabled at all times.
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Backends have been refactored to be modular (although they are not
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actually loadable modules).
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When enabled, the network now uses resolver configuration
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(ie. /etc/resolv.conf) from the host.
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=head2 Bugs fixed
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=begin comment
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@@ -197,6 +205,14 @@ actually loadable modules).
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=over 4
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1019889>
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libguestfs-tools.conf should have a man page
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1018149>
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valgrind errors in btrfs_subvolume_list
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1002032>
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mke2fs can't return the correct filesystem type when blockscount is less than 2048 for ext3
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@@ -301,6 +317,10 @@ upload to a directory occasionally hangs instead of failing
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virt-sysprep should support URL-type arguments
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/624334>
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blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
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=back
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=for comment ################################################################
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@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.24
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Tools
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virt-builder(1) is a new tool for rapidly building virtual machine
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images. It is far more secure than other approaches, and allows
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flexible configuration of the images.
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virt-builder(1) is a new tool for building virtual machine images. It
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lets you rapidly and securely create guests and customize them.
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New virt-sysprep(1) operations: Remove files in /tmp and /var/tmp.
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Remove RPM database files. Change root and user passwords. More log
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@@ -43,6 +42,9 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.24
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virt-format(1) and virt-make-fs(1): new --label option for setting
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filesystem label.
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virt-resize --no-sparse flag can be used to resize on to partitions and
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other targets that are not zeroed.
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Language bindings
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New bindings for the Go programming language.
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@@ -57,6 +59,8 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.24
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guestfs_set_label now works for XFS and btrfs.
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New GUESTFS_EVENT_WARNING event for warning messages.
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Inspection
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Better inspection of SUSE guests (Olaf Hering).
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@@ -65,8 +69,6 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.24
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Enhanced error reporting for Augeas errors.
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Other
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Security
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CVE-2013-2124
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@@ -76,6 +78,13 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.24
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A denial of service was possible when inspecting certain guests. The
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fix has been backported to 1.20 and 1.22 branches.
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CVE-2013-4419
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2013-October/msg00031.html
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Fix insecure temporary directory handling for remote guestfish. The
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fix has been backported to 1.20 and 1.22 branches.
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New APIs
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add-drive-scratch: Add a temporary scratch drive
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@@ -139,6 +148,9 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.24
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Additional tests for Augeas, hivex.
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Add a launch timeout of 20 minutes waiting for the appliance to start
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up.
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Add a timeout (4 hours) to all tests so we can catch the case where
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qemu or other components hang.
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@@ -153,8 +165,19 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.24
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Backends have been refactored to be modular (although they are not
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actually loadable modules).
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When enabled, the network now uses resolver configuration (ie.
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/etc/resolv.conf) from the host.
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Bugs fixed
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1019889
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libguestfs-tools.conf should have a man page
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1018149
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valgrind errors in btrfs_subvolume_list
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1002032
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mke2fs can't return the correct filesystem type when blockscount is
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@@ -270,6 +293,10 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.24
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virt-sysprep should support URL-type arguments
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/624334
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blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
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RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.22
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These release notes only cover the differences from the previous
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