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authorTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2011-09-25 01:52:03 -0400
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2011-09-25 02:10:54 -0400
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Update for e2fsprogs 1.42-WIP-0925 release
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-E2fsprogs 1.42-WIP (September 16, 2011) -- cd0b97ed9313
+E2fsprogs 1.42-WIP (September 16, 2011) -- f40aadb05a5f
=======================================
This release of e2fsprogs has support for file systems > 16TB.
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ This release of e2fsprogs has support for integrated feature, where
the quota files are hidden system files that are automatically
maintained by e2fsck.
+Added support for the Multi-Mount Protection (MMP) feature.
+
Fix a bug in e2fsck where if the free blocks and inodes counts are
incorrect, e2fsck would fix them without printing an error message.
This would cause a "*** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***" message without
@@ -99,6 +101,9 @@ that can support file systems > 16TB, once it arrives in v3.x kernels.
Fixed tune2fs's mount options parsing. (Addresses Debian Bug: #641667)
+Allow tune2fs to remove external journals if the device can not be
+found.
+
Debugfs's icheck will now correctly find inodes which use the
searched-for block as an extended attribute block.
@@ -143,7 +148,10 @@ Debian Bug: #641667)
Update translations: French, Chinese, Germany, Indonesian, Swedish,
Vietnamese, Polish, Dutch, Czech,
-Updated/clarified man pages. (Addresses Debian Big: #639411)
+Fixed various Debian Packaging issues. (Addresses Debian Bugs:
+#614662, #632169, #641838)
+
+Updated/clarified man pages. (Addresses Debian Bugs: #639411, #642193)
Programming notes
-----------------
@@ -161,10 +169,13 @@ The I/O manager now supports the discard operation.
Reserved file system code points for new 1st class quota feature.
+Shortened the compilation lines by moving the autoconf defines to
+a config.h header file.
+
Fixed a potential free of an unitialized pointer in
ext2fs_update_bb_inode().
-Fixed miscellaneous compile warnings.
+Fixed miscellaneous gcc -Wall and coverity warnings.
Fixed portability issues for Mac OS X.
@@ -175,6 +186,9 @@ Fixed a build failure when OMIT_COM_ERR is defined.
Improved error checking and fixed memory leaks caused by error return
paths.
+Add ext2fs_flush2() and ext2fs_close2() which takes a flag to allow
+the fsync() to be skipped.
+
Added a test for extent-mapped journals by mke2fs and tune2fs.
Added a test for creating a large (over 4GB) journal using mke2fs.