-Release notes for libguestfs 1.10.0
+Release notes for libguestfs 1.12.0
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+These release notes only cover the differences from the previous
+stable/dev branch split (1.10.0). For detailed changelogs, please see
+the git repository, or the ChangeLog file distributed in the tarball.
+
+New features
+
+ guestfish:
+
+ - 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.
+
+ - Long-running file uploads and downloads can be cancelled through the
+ API or by hitting ^C in guestfish.
+
+ - New guestfish "display" command for displaying graphical files
+ inside guests.
+
+ - In guestfish, tab completion now works on /dev/mapper devices.
+
+ virt-inspector:
+
+ - Inspection API can get an icon or logo for certain guests.
+
+ - virt-inspector includes the logo and hostname for certain guests.
+
+ - virt-inspector can now get the version and release numbers for RPM
+ packages.
+
+ - CentOS and Scientific Linux are now treated as separate distros by
+ the inspection API.
+
+ virt-resize:
+
+ - virt-resize can now handle btrfs.
+
+ - New virt-resize --ntfsresize-force option allows Windows VMs to be
+ resized multiple times.
+
+ other virt tools:
+
+ - guestfish, guestmount, virt-cat, virt-df, virt-edit, virt-filesystems,
+ virt-inspector, virt-ls and virt-rescue now allow you to use
+ "-d UUID" option to specify a guest by UUID. This makes them more
+ robust to use from other programs.
+
+ - virt-ls -lR option allows complex file iteration and guest analysis.
+
+ - virt-win-reg supports HKEY_USERS\<SID> and HKEY_USERS\<username>.
+
+ - virt-win-reg new option --unsafe-printable-strings allows printable
+ strings to be displayed in the output (unsafely: read the documentation
+ before using).
+
+ - virt-edit has been rewritten in C.
+
+ API and language bindings:
+
+ - Java is now completely supported.
+ See http://libguestfs.org/guestfs-java.3.html
+
+ - JRuby is supported via the Java bindings.
+
+ - guestfs_close now appears in trace messages.
+
+ - Python binding adds explicit g.close() method.
+
+ - Python programs can now use the new event API.
+
+ - Python GIL is released during libguestfs calls, allowing multithreaded
+ Python programs to work properly.
+
+ - 9pfs (Plan 9 filesystems exported from the host) are now supported.
+
+ - Add -DGUESTFS_WARN_DEPRECATED=1 to warn about use of deprecated API
+ functions in C programs.
+
+ - New manual page guestfs-recipes(1) with recipes.
+
+ - mkfs-opts can now set inode size and sector size on created filesystems
+ (thanks Nikita Menkovich).
+
+ - guestfs_last_errno is now accessible from OCaml (as g#last_errno ()).
+
+Security
+
+ - 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
+
+ - Coverity (a static analysis tool) was run across the codebase and
+ many fixes were made.
+
+ - Generator can handle functions that return RBufferOut and have
+ optional arguments.
+
+ - Compatible with Perl 5.14.
+
+ - 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.
+
+ - po-docs directory now covers all man pages.
+
+ - stderr from qemu process is now captured by the event subsystem.
+
+Bugs fixed
+
+ - 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
+ - 721275 virt-resize in F16 should support btrfs
+
+
+Release notes for libguestfs 1.10.0
+-----------------------------------
These release notes only cover the differences from the previous
stable/dev branch split (1.8.0). For detailed changelogs, please see
- Drive letters can now be used in virt-edit and guestfish programs
when operating on Windows guests.
+ - virt-resize now works on 32 bit hosts.
+
- You can now inspect the install disks and live CDs of many different
operating systems.
and allows nearly all log, debug and trace messages to be rerouted
from stderr.
- - A series of protocol fixes has fixed the old bug RHBZ#576879
- which used to cause errors during the upload command to lose
- protocol synchronization.
-
- Greater FHS compliance for temporary files, including using /var/tmp
for large cached files that should survive reboot (instead of /tmp).
to completion generate "pulse mode" progress events. Progress bar
in guestfish has been updated to display these.
- - Publish example code in: C, Perl, Python, OCaml, Ruby.
+ - Publish new example code in: C, Perl, Python, OCaml, Ruby.
- New virt-dhcp-address example program.
- Inspection can detect 32 bit applications installed in 64 bit
Windows, running on the WOW64 emulator.
+ - A series of protocol fixes has fixed the old bug RHBZ#576879
+ which used to cause errors during the upload command to lose
+ protocol synchronization.
+
- New logo!
Security
New APIs
- first-private,
- get-attach-method,
- inspect-get-drive-mappings,
+ first-private, get-attach-method, inspect-get-drive-mappings,
inspect-get-product-variant,
- inspect-get-windows-current-control-set,
- next-private,
- resize2fs-M,
- set-attach-method,
+ inspect-get-windows-current-control-set, next-private, resize2fs-M,
+ set-attach-method.
Internals
- The 'HACKING' file is obsolete. The contents have been moved into
a section of the guestfs(3) manual page.
+ - libguestfs-test-tool simplified. It no longer needs the static
+ binary or tries to construct an ISO.
+
+ - rpcgen-generated files are compiled with -fno-strict-aliasing
+ which should be safer (thanks Matt Booth).
+
+ - virt-resize was rewritten in OCaml.
+
+ - guestfish and other tools tested with valgrind; some memory leaks
+ were fixed.
+
Bugs fixed
- 502533 Updated Polish translation of libguestfs
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