linux-kernel - [ANNOUNCE] util-linux v2.40.2

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Message-ID: <zmx6wo6ottei3znlkbzfsyok63g365t56agyemojzxmpgsfbrr@2tpaszgblugt>
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 10:52:10 +0200
From: Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 
	util-linux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux v2.40.2


The util-linux stable maintenance release v2.40.2 is now available at
 
  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.40/

Feedback and bug reports, as always, are welcomed.
 
  Karel


util-linux v2.40.2 Release Notes
================================

Changes between v2.40.1 and v2.40.2
-----------------------------------

autotools:
   - Properly order install dependencies of pam_lastlog2  [Thomas Weißschuh]
   - make pam install path configurable  [Thomas Weißschuh]
bash-completion:
   - add logger --sd-* completions  [Ville Skyttä]
build-sys:
   - _PATH_VENDORDIR workaround  [Karel Zak]
cfdisk:
   - fix possible integer overflow [coverity scan]  [Karel Zak]
docs:
   - update AUTHORS file  [Karel Zak]
include/pidfd-utils:
   - provide ENOSYS stubs if pidfd functions are missing  [Thomas Weißschuh]
   - remove hardcoded syscall fallback  [Karel Zak]
lib/buffer:
   - introduce ul_buffer_get_string()  [Thomas Weißschuh]
lib/fileutils:
   - add ul_basename()  [Karel Zak]
lib/path:
   - Fix ul_path_read_buffer() [Daan De Meyer]
lib/sysfs:
   - abort device hierarchy walk at root of sysfs  [Thomas Weißschuh]
   - zero-terminate result of sysfs_blkdev_get_devchain()  [Thomas Weißschuh]
libmount:
   - fix syscall save function  [Karel Zak]
   - fix tree FD usage in subdir hook  [Karel Zak]
   - improving robustness in reading kernel messages  [Karel Zak]
   - add pidfs to pseudo fs list  [Mike Yuan]
libsmartcols:
   - fix reduction stages use  [Karel Zak]
   - ensure filter-scanner/paser.c file is newer than the .h file  [Chen Qi]
libuuid:
   - clear uuidd cache on fork()  [Thomas Weißschuh]
   - drop check for HAVE_TLS  [Thomas Weißschuh]
   - drop duplicate assignment liuuid_la_LDFLAGS  [Karel Zak]
   - split uuidd cache into dedicated struct  [Thomas Weißschuh]
   - Conditionally add uuid_time64 to sym. version map [Nicholas Vinson]
lscpu:
   - New Arm Cortex part numbers  [Jeremy Linton]
lsfd:
   - Refactor the pidfd logic into lsfd-pidfd.c  [Xi Ruoyao]
   - Support pidfs  [Xi Ruoyao]
   - test  Adapt test cases for pidfs  [Xi Ruoyao]
meson:
   - Correctly require the Python.h header for the python dependency  [Jordan Williams]
   - Fix build-python option  [Jordan Williams]
   - Only require Python module when building pylibmount  [Jordan Williams]
misc-utils:
   - uuidd  Use ul_sig_err instead of errx  [Cristian Rodríguez]
mkswap.8.adoc:
   - update note regarding swapfile creation  [Mike Yuan]
po:
   - merge changes  [Karel Zak]
   - update es.po (from translationproject.org)  [Antonio Ceballos Roa]
   - update ja.po (from translationproject.org)  [Hideki Yoshida]
po-man:
   - merge changes  [Karel Zak]
rename:
   - use ul_basename()  [Karel Zak]
sys-utils/setpgid:
   - make -f work  [Emanuele Torre]
wdctl:
   - always query device node when sysfs is unavailable  [Thomas Weißschuh]

-- 
 Karel Zak  <kzak@...hat.com>
 http://karelzak.blogspot.com