Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 3 Jan 1999 02:14:00 +0100 (MET) | From | (Guest section DW) | Subject | Re: util-linux and 2.2 |
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From: Thomas Molina <tmolina@probe.net>
Updating util-linux to 2.9 requires an updated libslang.
False.
So now I have several choices. I can choose to not update util-linux, I can chase down all dependencies and upgrade, or go whole hog (!?) and do a full rawhide upgrade. The least objectionable of these choices is sticking with util-linux 2.8. What will break if I do that?
Changes says the updated package takes care of > 128M swap partition and has an updated mount utility. Since my single swap partition is 72M, and I'm not using NFS, automount, pcmcia, or other esoterica will I be safe?
Only minor things have been changed. See below.
util-linux 2.9h:
* mount recognizes "uid=useruid" and "gid=usergid" in /etc/fstab.
util-linux 2.9g:
* mount updates (locking, "users" keyword, "/etc/filesystems", "proto" and "vers" options in nfsmount, ...)
util-linux 2.9f:
* made ul handle lines of arbitrary length (Scott Maxwell) * killed some C/H/S nonsense in fdisk * fixes for archs with unsigned char type (Ambrose Li) * fdisk fixes for power pc (Tom Rini) * added a define for NCURSES_CONST * fixes for list of signals in kill.c * fixes for user name length in last.c
util-linux 2.9e:
* added a forgotten declaration to login.c (Christian Oyarzun)
util-linux 2.9d:
* fixed segfault in umount caused by Wilcox' patch (Steffen Zahn) * added lnz stuff to fdisk
util-linux 2.9c:
* refixed PAM stuff in login.c that was broken in 2.8.
util-linux 2.9b:
* split README into INSTALL and HISTORY * added a sentence to swapon.8 * behaviour of write on non-ASCII fixed * hwclock adapted to survive a failing mktime()
util-linux 2.9a:
* added an include to lib/my_reboot.c so that __GLIBC__ is defined * added setlocale() to login-utils/chfn.c * do not recompute MAIL in login-utils/login.c
util-linux 2.9:
HIGHLIGHTS for version 2.9:
1) Removed programs: - strings. There is a version in binutils. - frag. (Moved to historic in 2.4, crept back in 2.5. Gone again.) 1a) Not yet removed program: - setfdprm. It also is in fdutils-5.2 (with an exceptionally ugly man page). 1b) Removed directory: - bsd. (The routine getopt() is in libc. err() moved to lib.) 2) Improvements: - ddate has been fixed to count down to the new, right X-day - look is now willing to search non-English dictionaries (i.e., uses locale) - cal now knows that Dutch day abbreviations have length 2 only - mcookie does not block when no random stuff is available - shutdown got a configuration file /etc/shutdown.conf - fdisk now reads SGI disk labels (thanks to Andreas Neuper) - mkswap now knows about new swap areas; mkswap.8 has been rewritten - umount knows about umount2() and forced unmounting of nfs mounts - mount is now willing to handle file names with embedded spaces - mount can now mount things by UUID or volume name 3) Uglifications: - swap.h has been replaced by a private swap_constants.h since <linux/swap.h> does not compile - reboot has become a private routine, since libc5 and glibc2 conflict - a mkminix-0.1 directory contains some patches to let mkfs.minix work under DOS. (Untested.) 4) Numerous other small changes.
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