Release notes for libguestfs 1.14.0
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-UPDATED TO COMMIT e59e35708b4ad66c99f908c5226cb232931e1791
+UPDATED TO COMMIT 782a2e0299b0c22155f0c115f94903c519040247
These release notes only cover the differences from the previous
stable/dev branch split (1.12.0). For detailed changelogs, please see
Erlang bindings.
- virt-sparsify: A new tool to make virtual machine disk images sparse.
+ virt-alignment-scan is a new tool to check the alignment of
+ partitions within virtual machines or disk images.
- virt-alignment-scan: A new tool to check the alignment of partitions
- within virtual machines or disk images.
+ virt-sparsify is a new tool to make virtual machine disk images
+ sparse.
+
+ virt-sysprep is a new tool to make cloning guests from a template
+ simpler.
inspection:
- Improve detection of Windows disks.
- - Add support for ttylinux (a minimal Linux).
+ - Adds support for:
+ ttylinux - a minimal Linux
+ Mageia (thanks Michael Scherer)
+ OpenSUSE and zypper (thanks Michael Scherer, Vincent Untz)
+ Ubuntu logos (thanks Michael Scherer)
+ NetBSD and pkgsrc (thanks Michael Scherer)
- Handle some guest types that use /dev/root in /etc/fstab.
- The virt-resize --machine-readable flag makes it possible to use
virt-resize from other programs.
+ - Partitions are now aligned to 128 sectors (usually 64K) by
+ default. This improves efficiency on high-end storage.
+
library:
- non-printing characters are escaped correctly in debug output.
- GUESTFS_EVENT_ENTER is a new event type generated whenever a
libguestfs function is called.
+ - the library contains systemtap/DTrace probes.
+
misc:
+ - ArchLinux support now working with Linux 3.0 (thanks Erik Nolte)
+
Security
New APIs