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authorTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2016-05-12 01:02:53 -0400
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2016-05-12 01:02:53 -0400
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Update release notes for a 1.43-WIP release (12-May-2016)
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-E2fsprogs 1.43-WIP (March 14, 2016) -- f8fd2fdc1e
-=================================================
+E2fsprogs 1.43-WIP (May 12, 2016) -- 4baef0a235
+===============================================
Add support for the ext4 metadata checksum, checksum seed, inline
data, encryption, project quota, and read-only features.
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ compression feature has been removed.
Mke2fs will now create file systems with the metadata_csum and 64bit
features enabled by default.
+The mke2fs program will now support multiple -O options (instead of
+just ignoring all but the last -O option).
+
+Mke2fs will now correctly determine the size of a file system and
+handle the discard operation correctly when the "-E offset=NNN" is
+used. (Addresses Debian Bug: #803629)
+
The tune2fs program will ask the user for confirmation before starting
dangerous operations if the terminal is available, and it will replay
the journal if necessary.
@@ -25,9 +32,14 @@ encoded by older kernels.
Fix miscellaneous MMP bugs in debugfs.
+Fix sparse_super2 bugs in mke2fs and resize2fs.
+
The resize2fs command can now convert file systems between 64-bit and
32-bit mode.
+Fix potential out-of-bounds memory access in resize2fs when doing a
+large off-line file system grow operation.
+
We now use a new e2undo file format which is much more efficient and
faster than the old tdb-based scheme. Since it so much faster,
e2fsck, tune2fs, debugfs, and resize2fs now also can support using
@@ -694,6 +706,9 @@ is invalid if it is exactly 2**32 blocks.
Fixed e2fsck so it won't try checking for, and adding, a missing
lost+found directory when running in read-only mode.
+Fixed e2image so that progress information won't get leaked to stdout.
+(Addresses Red Hat Bugzilla: #1327329)
+
Fixed e2image to avoid some buffer overruns which would cause it to when
creating a "standard (non-raw, non-qcow2) image file. Standard
e2image files are actually very rarely used, so we didn't notice when