[ANNOUNCE] util-linux v2.37.2

From: Karel Zak
Date: Mon Aug 16 2021 - 09:46:40 EST



The util-linux stable release v2.37.2 is available at

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.37

Feedback and bug reports, as always, are welcomed.

Karel



util-linux 2.37.2 Release Notes
===============================

blockdev:
- allow for larger values for start sector [Thomas Abraham]
- use snprintf() rather than sprintf() [Karel Zak]
docs:
- fix info about LIBSMARTCOLS_DEBUG_PADDING [Karel Zak]
- update AUTHORS file [Karel Zak]
lib/pwdutils:
- don't use getlogin(3). [Érico Nogueira]
- use assert to check correct usage. [Érico Nogueira]
libfdisk:
- (dos) don't ignore MBR+FAT use-case [Karel Zak]
- (dos) support partition and MBR overlap [Karel Zak]
libmount:
- don't use setgroups at all() [Karel Zak]
- fix setgroups() use [Karel Zak]
logger:
- use xgetlogin from pwdutils. [Érico Nogueira]
losetup:
- use LOOP_CONFIGURE in a more robust way [Karel Zak]
lscpu:
- Add Phytium FT-2000+ & S2500 support [panchenbo]
- Add Phytium aarch64 cpupart [panchenbo]
- fix NULL dereference [Karel Zak]
- fix compilation against librtas [Karel Zak]
mount:
- mount.8 don't consider additional mounts as experimental [Karel Zak]
po:
- add sk.po (from translationproject.org) [Jose Riha]
- merge changes [Karel Zak]
- update pl.po (from translationproject.org) [Jakub Bogusz]
prlimit:
- fix compiler warning [-Wmaybe-uninitialized] [Karel Zak]
sulogin:
- fix getpasswd() [Karel Zak]
sys-utils/ipcutils:
- be careful when call calloc() for uint64 nmembs [Karel Zak]
wall:
- use xgetlogin. [Érico Nogueira]

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