Release notes for libguestfs 1.12.0
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-LAST UPDATED TO COMMIT 76bd81820f50a390b7e853d65f41b29a37e63f43
+LAST UPDATED TO COMMIT 1e9e351f178dcb425c4796c90fe7c8c5c250d100
These release notes only cover the differences from the previous
stable/dev branch split (1.10.0). For detailed changelogs, please see
"-d UUID" option to specify a guest by UUID. This makes them more
robust to use from other programs.
+ - virt-resize can now handle btrfs.
+
+ - guestfish strings can use escapes, eg. ><fs> write /foo "line 1\nline 2\n"
+
+ - guestfish write-append command can be used to append to files.
+
- guestfs_close now appears in trace messages.
+ - Long-running file uploads and downloads can be cancelled through the
+ API or by hitting ^C in guestfish.
+
- Python binding adds explicit g.close() method.
- Python programs can now use the new event API.
- CentOS and Scientific Linux are now treated as separate distros by
the inspection API.
+ - mkfs-opts can now set inode size and sector size on created filesystems
+ (thanks Nikita Menkovich).
+
+ - In guestfish, tab completion now works on /dev/mapper devices.
+
+ - New virt-resize --ntfsresize-force option allows Windows VMs to be
+ resized multiple times.
+
Security
- [none]
+ - optargs_bitmask is checked even for calls that have no optional
+ arguments. This closes a possible exploit in the daemon from
+ untrusted callers.
New APIs
+ btrfs-filesystem-resize
+ get-pgroup
inspect-get-icon
is-zero
is-zero-device
list-9p
+ list-dm-devices
mount-9p
+ ntfsresize-opts
+ set-pgroup
+ write-append
Internals
- Compatible with gcc 4.6.
+ - Perform safety checks on QEMU.
+
+ - C API tests can now fully test calls that have optional arguments.
+
+ - Use ./configure --enable-install-daemon to install /usr/sbin/guestfsd.
+
Bugs fixed
./bugs-in-changelog.sh 1.10.0.. | sort -n
+ - 602997 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
+ - 661280 virt-rescue: panic when shutting down: "/sbin/reboot: No such file or directory"
- 700369 qemu-system-x86_64 says 'KVM not supported for this target'
- 705200 guestmount attempt results in access denied
- 714981 'list-filesystems' does not know about virtio 9p filesystems or detect existing mounts
- 717786 libguestfs python bindings should have an explicit close call
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Release notes for libguestfs 1.10.0
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