libparted: msdos_partition_is_flag_available: fix hidden on extended

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@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@ GNU parted NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
 
+** New features
+
+  parted now recognizes ATA over Ethernet (AoE) devices
+
+** Bug fixes
+
+  libparted's msdos_partition_is_flag_available function now always reports
+  that the "hidden" flag is not available for an extended partition.
+  Similarly, msdos_partition_get_flag(p,PED_PARTITION_HIDDEN) always returns 0
+  for an extended partition.
+
+
+* Noteworthy changes in release 2.2 (2010-02-26) [stable]
+
 ** Changes in behavior
 
   The default alignment (--align option) for newly created partitions has
@@ -19,6 +33,10 @@ GNU parted NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   Parted no longer uses a physical sector size of 0 or of any other
   value smaller than the logical sector size.
 
+  dos: creating an HFS or HFS+ partition in an msdos partition table
+  used to set the partition type to 0x83.  That is wrong.  The required
+  number is 0xaf, and that is what is used now.
+
   gpt: read-only operation could clobber MBR part of hybrid GPT+MBR table
   [bug introduced in parted-2.1]
 
@@ -27,6 +45,12 @@ GNU parted NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   found to be corrupt.
   [bug introduced prior to parted-1.8.0]
 
+  sun: the version, sanity and nparts VTOC fields were ignored by libparted.
+  Those fields are properly initialized now. The nparts (number of partitions)
+  field is initialized to 8 (max. number of sun partitions) rather that to a
+  real number of partitions. This solution is compatible with Linux kernel
+  and Linux fdisk.
+
   "make install" no longer installs tests programs named disk and label
 
   libparted: try harder to inform kernel of partition changes.