linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng 2.13-rc1

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Date:	Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:42:11 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>
Cc:	List util-linux-ng <util-linux-ng@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng 2.13-rc1

On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 12:11:56AM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
>  mount(8) doesn't include filesystem detection code anymore. You
>  have to compile --with-fsprobe={blkid,volume_id}, and libblkid
>  (e2fsprogs) or libvolume_id (udev >= v110) is required.

Sorry, but it's really annoying to pull in a filesystem-specific devel
package for that.  Having a library is fine, but please move the library
into util-linux so it's always available without another dependency.  That
way xfsprogs could for example drop it's own detection library aswell.

>  The package build system is now based on autotools. The build system
>  supports  separate CFLAGS and LDFLAGS for suid programs (SUID_CFLAGS,
>  SUID_LDFLAGS). For more details see the README file

And this is really dumb.  autotools is a completely pain in the ass and
not useful at all for linux-only tools.

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