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| author | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2011-05-27 17:54:46 +0200 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2011-05-27 17:54:46 +0200 |
| commit | 7e560ac205e62866a4162957d60da99abc36bef1 (patch) | |
| tree | fbf657125d00db6277692eed014c1cd541cec506 | |
| parent | c42df248a320166004950eca31e2a74717ced7fa (diff) | |
| download | parted-7e560ac205e62866a4162957d60da99abc36bef1.tar.gz | |
doc: update NEWS
* NEWS (Changes in behavior): Describe the change.
(Bug fixes): Mention the leak fixes.
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 34 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -2,6 +2,40 @@ GNU parted NEWS -*- outline -*- * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?] +** Bug fixes + + Fix numerous small leaks in both the library and the UI. + +** Changes in behavior + + Remove all FS-related (file system-related) sub-commands; these commands + are no longer recognized because they were all dependent on parted "knowing" + too much about file system: mkpartfs, mkfs, cp, move, check, resize. + This change removes not just the user interface bits, but also the + library functions and nearly all of the underlying FS-munging code. + The code embedded in Parted by which it knew about those file systems + was so old, unmaintainable and buggy that while seemingly drastic, + this change is like removing a gangrenous toe. + + Here is the list of removed functions: + + ped_file_system_clobber + ped_file_system_open + ped_file_system_create + ped_file_system_close + ped_file_system_check + ped_file_system_copy + ped_file_system_resize + ped_file_system_get_create_constraint + ped_file_system_get_resize_constraint + ped_file_system_get_copy_constraint + + This change also removes the corresponding function members + from "struct _PedFileSystemOps": + + clobber open create close check copy resize get_create_constraint + get_resize_constraint get_copy_constraint + * Noteworthy changes in release 2.4 (2011-05-18) [stable] |