-E2fsprogs 1.41-WIP-0617 (June 17, 2008) git ID: f1420977
-========================================================
-
-Add support to badblocks to limit how quickly it reads from the disk
-drive (so it can be used for background scrubbing), and so it will
-abort after finding a given number of errors.
+E2fsprogs 1.41-WIP-0707 (July 7, 2008) git ID: c03d9924
+=======================================================
Add support for ext4 filesystem features, in particular extents,
uninit_bg, flex_bg, huge_file, and dir_nlink features. Also add
field in the superblock is in the future. (Addresses Debian Bug:
#446005).
+Enhance mke2fs to print a more explanatory error message when
+ext2fs_get_device_size() returns EFBIG. (Addresses Debian Bug:
+#488663)
+
+Fix mke2fs to use a default block size of 4k when formatting an
+external journal device. This is done by using a fixed filesystem
+type list that consists only of the single filesystem type "journal"
+when looking up configuration keys in /etc/mke2fs.conf. (Addresses
+Debian Bug: #488663)
+
Speed up how mke2fs writes the journal data blocks by writing the disk
blocks in larger chunks.
+Fix blkid handling of stale devices. Fix a bug which could cause a
+core dump while garbage collecting the blkid cache, and assure that
+blkid_find_dev_with_tag() never returns a non-existent device. Also,
+if a filesystem is found at a new /dev location, eliminate any
+duplicate stale entries which can not be verified.
+(Addresses-Debian-Bugs: #487758, #487783)
+
Add more paranoid checks for LVM volumes and swap partitions in
blkid's probe function, to reduce the chances of false positives.
The chattr program will return a non-zero exit code in case of
failures, and error messages can be suppressed with the -f option.
-(Addresses-Red-Hat-Bugzilla: #180596)
+(Addresses Red Hat Bugzilla: #180596)
+
+Fix a bug in badblocks which caused it to overrun an array and likely
+crash if more than 8 test patterns are specified using the -t option.
+(Addresses Debian Bug: #487298)
+Add support to badblocks to limit how quickly it reads from the disk
+drive (so it can be used for background scrubbing), and so it will
+abort after finding a given number of errors.
+
Remove support for the legacy big-endian filesystem format which only
existed on extremely long-dead PowerPC kernels almost a decade ago.
Add I/O statistics reporting to e2fsck.
+Update Vietnamese, Polish, French, Spanish, German, Catalan, Dutch,
+Czech translations.
+
+Fixed various Debian packaging issues --- see debian/changelog for
+details. (Addresses Debian Bugs: #487443, #487675)
+
+Fixed spelling mistakes, typos, and otherwise clarified man pages.
+(Addresses Debian Bug: #393313)
+
Programmer's Notes
------------------
+e2fsprogs (1.41~WIP-2008-07-07-1) experimental; urgency=low
+
+ * New upstream version (pre-release for e2sprogs 1.41)
+ * Update to indicate compliance with debian policy version 3.8.0.0.
+ * Fix e2fsck to not truncate valid extent files that are larger than
+ what is supported by indirect files.
+ * Add -dbg packages which contain the debugging information.
+ * mke2fs: Print a better error message when a device is too big.
+ (Closes: #488663)
+ * Create external journal devices with a default blocksize of 4k
+ * Fix bug in badblocks which caused crash when lots of -t patterns are
+ given. (Closes: #487298)
+ * Fix blkid handling of stale entries. (Closes: #487758, #487783)
+ * Update Vietnamese, Polish, French, Spanish, German, Catalan,
+ Dutch, Czech translations from the translation project.
+ * Fix FTBFS problem on MIPS (Closes: #487675)
+ * Fix bug in libuuid1.postinst which would cause it to blow up if
+ there were spaces around the equals sign in /etc/adduser.conf.
+ (Closes: #487443)
+ * Update/clarified man pages. (Closes: #393313)
+
+ -- Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:30:43 -0400
+
e2fsprogs (1.41~WIP-2008-06-17-1) experimental; urgency=low
* New upstream version (pre-release for e2fsprogs 1.41)