mirror of
https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs.git
synced 2026-03-21 22:53:37 +00:00
e2c7bddf10
Run this command across the source:
perl -pi.bak -e 's/(20[012][0-9])-20[12][012]/$1-2023/g' `git ls-files`
and remove changes to po{,-docs}/*.po{,t} (these will be regenerated
later when we run 'make dist').
154 lines
4.4 KiB
Plaintext
154 lines
4.4 KiB
Plaintext
=head1 NAME
|
|
|
|
guestfs-release-notes - libguestfs Release Notes
|
|
|
|
=head1 RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.12
|
|
|
|
These release notes only cover the differences from the previous
|
|
stable/dev branch split (1.10.0). For detailed changelogs, please see
|
|
the git repository, or the ChangeLog file distributed in the tarball.
|
|
|
|
=head2 New features
|
|
|
|
=head3 guestfish
|
|
|
|
- guestfish strings can use escapes,
|
|
eg. ><fs> write /foo "line 1\nline 2\n"
|
|
|
|
- guestfish write-append command can be used to append to files.
|
|
|
|
- Long-running file uploads and downloads can be cancelled through the
|
|
API or by hitting ^C in guestfish.
|
|
|
|
- New guestfish "display" command for displaying graphical files
|
|
inside guests.
|
|
|
|
- In guestfish, tab completion now works on /dev/mapper devices.
|
|
|
|
=head3 virt-inspector
|
|
|
|
- Inspection API can get an icon or logo for certain guests.
|
|
|
|
- virt-inspector includes the logo and hostname for certain guests.
|
|
|
|
- virt-inspector can now get the version and release numbers for RPM
|
|
packages.
|
|
|
|
- CentOS and Scientific Linux are now treated as separate distros by
|
|
the inspection API.
|
|
|
|
=head3 virt-resize
|
|
|
|
- virt-resize can now handle btrfs.
|
|
|
|
- New virt-resize --ntfsresize-force option allows Windows VMs to be
|
|
resized multiple times.
|
|
|
|
=head3 other virt tools
|
|
|
|
- guestfish, guestmount, virt-cat, virt-df, virt-edit, virt-filesystems,
|
|
virt-inspector, virt-ls and virt-rescue now allow you to use
|
|
"-d UUID" option to specify a guest by UUID. This makes them more
|
|
robust to use from other programs.
|
|
|
|
- virt-ls -lR option allows complex file iteration and guest analysis.
|
|
|
|
- virt-win-reg supports HKEY_USERS\<SID> and HKEY_USERS\<username>.
|
|
|
|
- virt-win-reg new option --unsafe-printable-strings allows printable
|
|
strings to be displayed in the output (unsafely: read the documentation
|
|
before using).
|
|
|
|
- virt-edit has been rewritten in C.
|
|
|
|
=head3 API and language bindings
|
|
|
|
- Java is now completely supported.
|
|
See http://libguestfs.org/guestfs-java.3.html
|
|
|
|
- JRuby is supported via the Java bindings.
|
|
|
|
- guestfs_close now appears in trace messages.
|
|
|
|
- Python binding adds explicit g.close() method.
|
|
|
|
- Python programs can now use the new event API.
|
|
|
|
- Python GIL is released during libguestfs calls, allowing multithreaded
|
|
Python programs to work properly.
|
|
|
|
- 9pfs (Plan 9 filesystems exported from the host) are now supported.
|
|
|
|
- Add -DGUESTFS_WARN_DEPRECATED=1 to warn about use of deprecated API
|
|
functions in C programs.
|
|
|
|
- New manual page guestfs-recipes(1) with recipes.
|
|
|
|
- mkfs-opts can now set inode size and sector size on created filesystems
|
|
(thanks Nikita Menkovich).
|
|
|
|
- guestfs_last_errno is now accessible from OCaml (as g#last_errno ()).
|
|
|
|
=head2 Security
|
|
|
|
- optargs_bitmask is checked even for calls that have no optional
|
|
arguments. This closes a possible exploit in the daemon from
|
|
untrusted callers.
|
|
|
|
=head2 New APIs
|
|
|
|
btrfs-filesystem-resize, get-pgroup, inspect-get-icon, is-zero,
|
|
is-zero-device, list-9p, list-dm-devices, mount-9p, ntfsresize-opts,
|
|
set-pgroup, write-append
|
|
|
|
=head2 Internals
|
|
|
|
- Coverity (a static analysis tool) was run across the codebase and
|
|
many fixes were made.
|
|
|
|
- Generator can handle functions that return RBufferOut and have
|
|
optional arguments.
|
|
|
|
- Compatible with Perl 5.14.
|
|
|
|
- Compatible with gcc 4.6.
|
|
|
|
- Perform safety checks on QEMU.
|
|
|
|
- C API tests can now fully test calls that have optional arguments.
|
|
|
|
- Use ./configure --enable-install-daemon to install /usr/sbin/guestfsd.
|
|
|
|
- po-docs directory now covers all man pages.
|
|
|
|
- stderr from qemu process is now captured by the event subsystem.
|
|
|
|
=head2 Bugs fixed
|
|
|
|
- 602997 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
|
|
- 661280 virt-rescue: panic when shutting down: "/sbin/reboot: No such file or directory"
|
|
- 700369 qemu-system-x86_64 says 'KVM not supported for this target'
|
|
- 705200 guestmount attempt results in access denied
|
|
- 714981 'list-filesystems' does not know about virtio 9p filesystems or detect existing mounts
|
|
- 717786 libguestfs python bindings should have an explicit close call
|
|
- 721275 virt-resize in F16 should support btrfs
|
|
|
|
=head1 SEE ALSO
|
|
|
|
L<guestfs-examples(1)>,
|
|
L<guestfs-faq(1)>,
|
|
L<guestfs-performance(1)>,
|
|
L<guestfs-recipes(1)>,
|
|
L<guestfs-testing(1)>,
|
|
L<guestfs(3)>,
|
|
L<guestfish(1)>,
|
|
L<http://libguestfs.org/>
|
|
|
|
=head1 AUTHOR
|
|
|
|
Richard W.M. Jones
|
|
|
|
=head1 COPYRIGHT
|
|
|
|
Copyright (C) 2009-2023 Red Hat Inc.
|