-1.7.0
+1.8.0
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libparted:
-* support for Apple GUIDs to GPT code
-* BeOS/ZETA/Haiku support
-* probe /dev/hd? before /dev/sd?
-* prefer /sys/block to /proc/partitions where possible
-* fix of ext2 "strange layout" bug (EXPERIMENTAL)
-* Linux: detection of sector sizes not equal to 512
-* GPT handles sector sizes not equal to 512 correctly now (EXPERIMENTAL)
-* ext2 handles sector sizes not equal to 512 correctly now (EXPERIMENTAL)
-* added ped_device_get_constraint to support device-dependent constraints
-* API documentation moved to Doxygen
+* GPT fixes:
+ - Correctly handle disks with non-512 byte sector sizes
+ - Support LUN resizing (see new space, allow parted to use it)
+ - Prevent overlap of LastUsableLBA and PartitionEntryLBA in backup GPT
+* Prevent SIGFPE when FAT sector size is 0
+* Add ped_exception_get_handler()
+* DASD support for IBM zSeries systems
+* AIX disk label support
+* Detect Promise SX8 storage devices
+* Macintosh (ppc and x86) disk label improvements:
+ - Prevent LVM and RAID partition types from corrupting the table
+ - Fix removal of driver partition
+* Add support binary units (MiB, KiB, GiB)
parted:
-* new formatter for "print" command
-* removed copyright preamble and introduced "version" command
-* SIGSEGV handler
-* fixed "rescue" command core dump
-* 'mkpart' and 'mkpartfs' align partitions to physical block size boundaries
- now
-* 'mkpart' and 'mkpartfs' let the user set a partition name where supported now
-* 'print' accepts 'free' argument to display free space information
-* 'print' accepts 'all' argument to display information about all
- detected devices
-* position and size of partitions are displayed with up to two
- digits after the decimal dot (depending on the unit and value)
-
-manual:
-* cut down substantially. Lots of general content will be moved to the GNU
- Storage Guide.
-
+* Various bug fixes, signal handling fixes, and spelling error fixes