Update RELEASE-NOTES for 1.14 release.

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Richard W.M. Jones
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Release notes for libguestfs 1.14.0 Release notes for libguestfs 1.14.0
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UPDATED TO COMMIT 41260de67f9fa852eab168a6d36276c5deb02bf7
These release notes only cover the differences from the previous These release notes only cover the differences from the previous
stable/dev branch split (1.12.0). For detailed changelogs, please see stable/dev branch split (1.12.0). For detailed changelogs, please see
the git repository, or the ChangeLog file distributed in the tarball. the git repository, or the ChangeLog file distributed in the tarball.
@@ -20,6 +18,65 @@ New features
virt-sysprep is a new tool to make cloning guests from a template virt-sysprep is a new tool to make cloning guests from a template
simpler. simpler.
guestfish:
- New commands setenv, unsetenv, to set environment variables.
- The input file and line number is printed in error messages.
- guestfish progress bars are now a "mini-library" used by other
tools too.
guestmount:
- the --live option (for access to live VMs) now works.
virt-cat:
- virt-cat can now handle Windows paths and drive letters (RHBZ#693359).
virt-filesystems:
- the MBR partition type byte is displayed in --long output.
virt-make-fs:
- virt-make-fs now sets the MBR partition type byte correctly,
improving compatibility with Windows (RHBZ#746295).
virt-resize:
- virt-resize can now work with guests using extended and logical
partitions, in particular Ubuntu guests.
- virt-resize can now align the first partition of Windows guests,
improving performance. The new virt-resize --align-first option
controls this behaviour.
- The virt-resize --machine-readable flag makes it possible to use
virt-resize from other programs.
- Partitions are now aligned to 128 sectors (usually 64K) by
default. This improves efficiency on high-end storage. The new
virt-resize --alignment option allows the alignment to be
adjusted.
virt-win-reg:
- The syntax for deleting registry keys and values is documented
in the man page (RHBZ#737944).
library:
- non-printing characters are escaped correctly in debug output.
- GUESTFS_EVENT_ENTER is a new event type generated whenever a
libguestfs function is called.
- the library contains systemtap/DTrace probes.
- the library can now be compiled without hivex (RHBZ#723474).
inspection: inspection:
- Improve detection of Windows disks. - Improve detection of Windows disks.
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- Add support for guests with HP Smart Array disks (thanks Matthew Booth) - Add support for guests with HP Smart Array disks (thanks Matthew Booth)
guestfish:
- New commands setenv, unsetenv, to set environment variables.
- The input file and line number is printed in error messages.
- guestfish progress bars are now a "mini-library" used by other
tools too.
febootstrap: febootstrap:
- FEBOOTSTRAP_KERNEL, FEBOOTSTRAP_MODULES environment variables can - FEBOOTSTRAP_KERNEL, FEBOOTSTRAP_MODULES environment variables can
be set in order to choose which kernel to use for the appliance. be set in order to choose which kernel to use for the appliance.
virt-resize:
- The virt-resize --machine-readable flag makes it possible to use
virt-resize from other programs.
- Partitions are now aligned to 128 sectors (usually 64K) by
default. This improves efficiency on high-end storage.
library:
- non-printing characters are escaped correctly in debug output.
- GUESTFS_EVENT_ENTER is a new event type generated whenever a
libguestfs function is called.
- the library contains systemtap/DTrace probes.
misc: misc:
- ArchLinux support now working with Linux 3.0 (thanks Erik Nolte) - ArchLinux support now working with Linux 3.0 (thanks Erik Nolte)
- libvirt disks marked <readonly/> are now added readonly when
using the virt-tools '-d' option.
Security Security
(no security problems were found or fixed in this release)
New APIs New APIs
compress-out, compress-device-out, copy-device-to-device,
copy-device-to-file, copy-file-to-device, copy-file-to-file,
get-smp, part-to-partnum, set-smp.
The mount API no longer implicitly adds -o sync,noatime options. The mount API no longer implicitly adds -o sync,noatime options.
compress-out, compress-device-out, set-smp, get-smp add-domain has a new 'readonlydisk' optional parameter to control
how <readonly/> disks are handled.
Internals Internals
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Bugs fixed Bugs fixed
./bugs-in-changelog.sh 1.12.0.. - 748266 libguestfs should detect versions of qemu which require -machine pc option
- 747290 libguestfs ignores <readonly/> in libvirt XML
- 747287 Misleading error message when permission denied opening a disk image
- 746295 virt-make-fs doesn't set partition ID
- 744795 guestmount --live is not usable
- 737944 virt-win-reg hyphen (delete key) syntax may be wrong, and is not documented
- 733297 ruby event handlers fail with "exception in callback: wrong argument type Proc (expected Data)" - 733297 ruby event handlers fail with "exception in callback: wrong argument type Proc (expected Data)"
- 731744 libguestfs should escape special/non-printing characters in debug output - 731744 libguestfs should escape special/non-printing characters in debug output
- 729887 appliance crashes running aug_init with flags=4 - 729887 appliance crashes running aug_init with flags=4
- 729075 libguestfs confuses Hp_recovery partition with Windows root filesystem - 729075 libguestfs confuses Hp_recovery partition with Windows root filesystem
- 727178 error: luks_open: cryptsetup: error while loading shared libraries: libfipscheck.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory - 727178 error: luks_open: cryptsetup: error while loading shared libraries: libfipscheck.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
- 726739 libguestfs: error: aug_get: no matching node, trying to find hostname - 726739 libguestfs: error: aug_get: no matching node, trying to find hostname
- 723474 If hivex and/or pcre not installed, libguestfs fails to compile
- 693359 virt-cat and virt-edit don't handle case sensitive NTFS paths properly
- 678231 virt-inspector reports unknown filesystem UUID - 678231 virt-inspector reports unknown filesystem UUID
- 671082 libguestfs does not work with kernel-rt - 671082 libguestfs does not work with kernel-rt
- 666578 libguestfs: unknown filesystem label SWAP-sda2 - 666578 libguestfs: unknown filesystem label SWAP-sda2
- 642821 virt-resize falls over on a disk image with a logical swap partition
Release notes for libguestfs 1.12.0 Release notes for libguestfs 1.12.0