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author | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 2021-08-19 17:29:49 -0400 |
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committer | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 2021-08-19 17:29:49 -0400 |
commit | 7cd5f3fcc8b19dbf0a61f3fda5d9dcc7115d5b21 (patch) | |
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Update for the 1.46.4 release
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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diff --git a/htdocs/e2fsprogs-release.html b/htdocs/e2fsprogs-release.html index 561dc93dd..2454b613c 100644 --- a/htdocs/e2fsprogs-release.html +++ b/htdocs/e2fsprogs-release.html @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ <H2>Release notes for the e2fsprogs package</H2> <UL> +<LI><A HREF="#1.46.4">E2fsprogs 1.46.4 (August 18, 2021)</A> <LI><A HREF="#1.46.3">E2fsprogs 1.46.3 (July 27, 2021)</A> <LI><A HREF="#1.46.2">E2fsprogs 1.46.2 (February 28, 2021)</A> <LI><A HREF="#1.46.1">E2fsprogs 1.46.1 (February 9, 2021)</A> @@ -141,6 +142,68 @@ <LI><A HREF="#1.02">E2fsprogs 1.02 (January 16, 1996)</A> </UL> +<H2><A NAME="1.46.4">E2fsprogs 1.46.4 (August 18, 2021)</A></H2> + +<h3>UI and Features</h3> + +<p>The defaults for mke2fs now call for 256 byte inodes for all file +systems (with the exception of file systems for the GNU Hurd, which only +supports 128 byte inodes). Creating non-Hurd file systems with 128 byte +inodes will trigger a warning message to make sure users are aware of +the potential problems of using small/legacy inode sizes.</p> + +<p>The bigalloc feature is now considered supported if the cluster size no +more than 16 times the block size. So the mke2fs program has been +changes to only warn if the cluster size is larger than that.</p> + + +<h3>Fixes</h3> + +<p>E2fsck now checks to make sure directory entries do not reference +internal quota inodes.</p> + +<p>E2image now includes the quota inodes when creating file system image, +since they are part of the file system metadata.</p> + +<p>E2fsck now properly accounts the quota usage of the project quota file.</p> + +<p>Fix a regression introduced in 1.64.3 where attempting to create a file +system image using mke2fs into a non-existent file would fail. +(Addresses Debian Bug: #992094)</p> + +<p>Fix mke2fs to correctly create Posix ACL's on big-endian systems when +copying files from a directory hierarchy.</p> + +<p>Updated and clarified the resize2fs man pages. (Addresses Debian Bug: +#979411)</p> + +<h3>Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.</h3> + +<p>Improve various regression tests to be more portable and to reflect the +new default inode size of 256 byte inodes, even for small file systems.</p> + +<p>Fixed a GNU Hurd portability problem which was causing tests to fail.</p> + +<p>Fixed a test failure in f_baddotdir on big-endian systems. This wasn't +necessarily a bug per se in e2fsck, but rather e2fsck having different +behaviour on big-endian systems. (Addresses Debian Bug: #991922)</p> + +<p>Use WantedBy=multi-user.target in e2scrub_reap.service. (Addresses +Debian Bug: #991349)</p> + +<p>Synchronize e2fsck/recovery.c with the kernel's fs/jbd2/recovery.c</p> + +<p>Fix various Coverity and compiler warnings.</p> + +<p>Fix various error pathes to make sure we don't leak resources or +potentially use or try to free uninitialized pointers.</p> + +<p>Added a setup-schroot command for use on Debian porter boxes.</p> + +<p>Updated config.guess and config.sub with newer versions from the FSF.</p> + +<p>Update Czech, Dutch, French, Polish, Portuguese, and Swedish translations.</p> + <H2><A NAME="1.46.3">E2fsprogs 1.46.3 (July 27, 2021)</A></H2> <h3>UI and Features</h3> diff --git a/htdocs/ext2.html b/htdocs/ext2.html index 19ed2b648..7d34b1d30 100644 --- a/htdocs/ext2.html +++ b/htdocs/ext2.html @@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ <!-- Begin actual content --> <IMG SRC="../images/new.gif" ALIGN=LEFT> -<H2>Release 1.46.3 of e2fsprogs is available!</H2> +<H2>Release 1.46.4 of e2fsprogs is available!</H2> -<P>On July 27, 2021, version 1.46.3 of e2fsprogs was <A +<P>On August 18, 2021, version 1.44.3 of e2fsprogs was <A HREF="http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net">announced</A>.</P> <H2>Ext2fs Utilities</H2> diff --git a/htdocs/index.html b/htdocs/index.html index c0279e11b..008ec7bc8 100644 --- a/htdocs/index.html +++ b/htdocs/index.html @@ -34,18 +34,18 @@ <A HREF="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gittutorial.html">here</A>.</P> - <IMG SRC="images/new.gif" ALIGN=LEFT><H2>Release 1.46.3 of e2fsprogs is + <IMG SRC="images/new.gif" ALIGN=LEFT><H2>Release 1.46.4 of e2fsprogs is available!</H2> <P>I am happy to announce a new release of the e2fsprogs distribution. - All users of e2fsprogs are urged to upgrade to the 1.46.3 version as + All users of e2fsprogs are urged to upgrade to the 1.46.4 version as soon as possible, which can be - downloaded from <A HREF="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-1.46.3.tar.gz">sourceforge</A> - or <A HREF="http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tytso/e2fsprogs/v1.46.3">kernel.org</A>.</P> + downloaded from <A HREF="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-1.46.4.tar.gz">sourceforge</A> + or <A HREF="http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tytso/e2fsprogs/v1.46.4">kernel.org</A>.</P> <P>This release contains a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous releases. For more details, see the - <A HREF="e2fsprogs-release.html#1.46.3">release notes.</A></P> + <A HREF="e2fsprogs-release.html#1.46.4">release notes.</A></P> <ADDRESS> |