X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?p=libguestfs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=836225b6375c38cd323da1997ee6c07b690d4766;hp=84e6c5236c72e3bbe59b2d36024528d3a83930ea;hb=4ac261b3ee3fbc72614623b4ef630a55393b462f;hpb=fffe73ec6faebe2847ba0fa45c8a397fb5972d25 diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 84e6c52..836225b 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,7 +1,175 @@ -Release notes for libguestfs 1.12.0 +Release notes for libguestfs 1.14.0 ----------------------------------- -LAST UPDATED TO COMMIT f91c6f217facc88b60225769c61604a8b8c7169b +These release notes only cover the differences from the previous +stable/dev branch split (1.12.0). For detailed changelogs, please see +the git repository, or the ChangeLog file distributed in the tarball. + +New features + + Erlang bindings. + + virt-alignment-scan is 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. + + guestfish: + + - New commands setenv, unsetenv, to set environment variables. + + - The input file and line number is printed in error messages. + + - guestfish progress bars are now a "mini-library" used by other + tools too. + + guestmount: + + - the --live option (for access to live VMs) now works. + + virt-cat: + + - virt-cat can now handle Windows paths and drive letters (RHBZ#693359). + + virt-filesystems: + + - the MBR partition type byte is displayed in --long output. + + virt-make-fs: + + - virt-make-fs now sets the MBR partition type byte correctly, + improving compatibility with Windows (RHBZ#746295). + + virt-resize: + + - virt-resize can now work with guests using extended and logical + partitions, in particular Ubuntu guests. + + - virt-resize can now align the first partition of Windows guests, + improving performance. The new virt-resize --align-first option + controls this behaviour. + + - 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. The new + virt-resize --alignment option allows the alignment to be + adjusted. + + virt-win-reg: + + - The syntax for deleting registry keys and values is documented + in the man page (RHBZ#737944). + + 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. + + - the library can now be compiled without hivex (RHBZ#723474). + + inspection: + + - Improve detection of Windows disks. + + - 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. + + - Fix handling of guests with > 26 disks (thanks Matthew Booth) + + - Add support for guests with HP Smart Array disks (thanks Matthew Booth) + + febootstrap: + + - FEBOOTSTRAP_KERNEL, FEBOOTSTRAP_MODULES environment variables can + be set in order to choose which kernel to use for the appliance. + + misc: + + - ArchLinux support now working with Linux 3.0 (thanks Erik Nolte) + + - libvirt disks marked are now added readonly when + using the virt-tools '-d' option. + +Security + + (no security problems were found or fixed in this release) + +New APIs + + compress-out, compress-device-out, copy-device-to-device, + copy-device-to-file, copy-file-to-device, copy-file-to-file, + get-smp, part-to-partnum, set-smp. + + The mount API no longer implicitly adds -o sync,noatime options. + + add-domain has a new 'readonlydisk' optional parameter to control + how disks are handled. + +Internals + + - Coverity was run on the source and more bugs were identified and + fixed. + + - PCRE library is now required to build libguestfs. + + - APIC is now the default for the appliance. You can also enable + SMP support in the appliance. + + - OCaml bindings now correctly acquire GC lock during callbacks. + + - Out of tree builds should now work correctly (thanks Hilko Bengen). + + - ./configure --with-extra="..." can be used by packagers to set + the extra version string. + + - zero, zero-device APIs: if the blocks already contain zeroes, + don't write zeroes, so that we don't unnecessarily make the + underlying storage non-sparse. + + - is-zero, is-zero-device APIs: optimize these so zero detection is + faster. + +Bugs fixed + + - 748266 libguestfs should detect versions of qemu which require -machine pc option + - 747290 libguestfs ignores in libvirt XML + - 747287 Misleading error message when permission denied opening a disk image + - 746295 virt-make-fs doesn't set partition ID + - 744795 guestmount --live is not usable + - 737944 virt-win-reg hyphen (delete key) syntax may be wrong, and is not documented + - 733297 ruby event handlers fail with "exception in callback: wrong argument type Proc (expected Data)" + - 731744 libguestfs should escape special/non-printing characters in debug output + - 729887 appliance crashes running aug_init with flags=4 + - 729075 libguestfs confuses Hp_recovery partition with Windows root filesystem + - 727178 error: luks_open: cryptsetup: error while loading shared libraries: libfipscheck.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory + - 726739 libguestfs: error: aug_get: no matching node, trying to find hostname + - 723474 If hivex and/or pcre not installed, libguestfs fails to compile + - 693359 virt-cat and virt-edit don't handle case sensitive NTFS paths properly + - 678231 virt-inspector reports unknown filesystem UUID + - 671082 libguestfs does not work with kernel-rt + - 666578 libguestfs: unknown filesystem label SWAP-sda2 + - 642821 virt-resize falls over on a disk image with a logical swap partition + + + +Release notes for libguestfs 1.12.0 +----------------------------------- These release notes only cover the differences from the previous stable/dev branch split (1.10.0). For detailed changelogs, please see @@ -9,57 +177,84 @@ the git repository, or the ChangeLog file distributed in the tarball. New features - - virt-ls -lR option allows complex file iteration and guest analysis. + guestfish: + + - guestfish strings can use escapes, + eg. > 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: - - virt-win-reg supports HKEY_USERS\ and HKEY_USERS\. + - Inspection API can get an icon or logo for certain guests. - - virt-win-reg new option --unsafe-printable-strings allows printable - strings to be displayed in the output (unsafely: read the documentation - before using). + - virt-inspector includes the logo and hostname for certain guests. - - Inspection API can get an icon or logo for certain guests. + - virt-inspector can now get the version and release numbers for RPM + packages. - - virt-inspector includes the logo and hostname for certain guests. + - CentOS and Scientific Linux are now treated as separate distros by + the inspection API. - - virt-inspector can now get the version and release numbers for RPM - packages. + virt-resize: - - virt-edit has been rewritten in C. + - virt-resize can now handle btrfs. - - 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. + - New virt-resize --ntfsresize-force option allows Windows VMs to be + resized multiple times. - - guestfs_close now appears in trace messages. + other virt tools: - - Python binding adds explicit g.close() method. + - 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. - - Python programs can now use the new event API. + - virt-ls -lR option allows complex file iteration and guest analysis. - - Python GIL is released during libguestfs calls, allowing multithreaded - Python programs to work properly. + - virt-win-reg supports HKEY_USERS\ and HKEY_USERS\. - - New guestfish "display" command for displaying graphical files - inside guests. + - virt-win-reg new option --unsafe-printable-strings allows printable + strings to be displayed in the output (unsafely: read the documentation + before using). - - 9pfs (Plan 9 filesystems exported from the host) are now supported. + - virt-edit has been rewritten in C. - - Add -DGUESTFS_WARN_DEPRECATED=1 to warn about use of deprecated API - functions in C programs. + API and language bindings: - - New manual page guestfs-recipes(1) with recipes. + - Java is now completely supported. + See http://libguestfs.org/guestfs-java.3.html - - CentOS and Scientific Linux are now treated as separate distros by - the inspection API. + - JRuby is supported via the Java bindings. - - mkfs-opts can now set inode size and sector size on created filesystems - (thanks Nikita Menkovich). + - guestfs_close now appears in trace messages. - - In guestfish, tab completion now works on /dev/mapper devices. + - Python binding adds explicit g.close() method. - - New virt-resize --ntfsresize-force option allows Windows VMs to be - resized multiple times. + - 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 @@ -69,13 +264,9 @@ Security New APIs - inspect-get-icon - is-zero - is-zero-device - list-9p - list-dm-devices - mount-9p - ntfsresize-opts + 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 @@ -93,9 +284,13 @@ Internals - C API tests can now fully test calls that have optional arguments. -Bugs fixed + - Use ./configure --enable-install-daemon to install /usr/sbin/guestfsd. + + - po-docs directory now covers all man pages. - ./bugs-in-changelog.sh 1.10.0.. | sort -n + - 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" @@ -103,6 +298,7 @@ Bugs fixed - 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