[ANNOUNCE] util-linux stable v2.39.2

From: Karel Zak
Date: Thu Aug 17 2023 - 05:28:01 EST



The util-linux release v2.39.2 is available at

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.39/

Feedback and bug reports, as always, are welcomed.

Karel


util-linux v2.39.2 Release Notes
================================

Changes between v2.39.1 and v2.39.2
-----------------------------------

build-sys:
- add AX_COMPARE_VERSION [Thomas Weißschuh]
chrt:
- (man) add note about --sched-period lower limit [Karel Zak]
column:
- fix -l [Karel Zak]
docs:
- update AUTHORS file [Karel Zak]
github:
- check apt-cache in more robust way [Karel Zak]
include:
- define pidfd syscalls if needed [Markus Mayer]
libblkid:
- fix topology chain types mismatch [Karel Zak]
libmount:
- (python) work around python 3.12 bug [Thomas Weißschuh]
- (utils) fix statx fallback [Thomas Weißschuh]
- check for linux/mount.h [Markus Mayer]
- check for struct statx [Markus Mayer]
- cleanup --fake mode [Karel Zak]
- fix typo [Debarshi Ray]
- handle failure to apply flags as part of a mount operation [Debarshi Ray]
- ifdef statx() call [Karel Zak]
- improve EPERM interpretation [Karel Zak]
- update documentation for MNT_ERR_APPLYFLAGS [Debarshi Ray]
- use mount(2) for remount on Linux < 5.14 [Karel Zak]
- use some MS_* flags as superblock flags [Karel Zak]
lscpu:
- Even more Arm part numbers (early 2023) [Jeremy Linton]
meson:
- add check for linux/mount.h [Thomas Weißschuh]
- add check for struct statx [Thomas Weißschuh]
- check for HAVE_STRUCT_STATX_STX_MNT_ID [Karel Zak]
po:
- merge changes [Karel Zak]
- update es.po (from translationproject.org) [Antonio Ceballos Roa]
- update hr.po (from translationproject.org) [Božidar Putanec]
- update ja.po (from translationproject.org) [Takeshi Hamasaki]
- update sr.po (from translationproject.org) [Мирослав Николић]
po-man:
- merge changes [Karel Zak]
- update sr.po (from translationproject.org) [Мирослав Николић]
setarch:
- add PER_LINUX_FDPIC fallback [Karel Zak]
uuidd:
- improve man page for -cont-clock [Karel Zak]
wall:
- do not error for ttys that do not exist [Mike Gilbert]
zramctl:
- add hint about supported algorithms [Karel Zak]

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http://karelzak.blogspot.com