Message-ID: <wnfaquaapqknjnu2bdvddkp2xbleowfcr2g3cqiewpl54oclmi@mrseflcu5nyk>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:19:03 +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 v2.41.1


The util-linux stable release 2.41.1 is now available at
                                  
  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.41/
                                  
Feedback and bug reports, as always, are welcomed.
                                  
  Karel         


util-linux 2.41.1 Release Notes
===============================

autotools:
    - don't use wide-character ncurses if --disable-widechar (by Karel Zak)

cfdisk:
    - fix memory leak and possible NULL dereference [gcc-analyzer] (by Karel Zak)

column:
    - fix compiler warning for non-widechar compilation (by Karel Zak)

fdformat:
    - use size_t and ssize_t (by Karel Zak)

fdisk:
    - fix possible memory leak (by Karel Zak)

fdisk,partx:
    - avoid strcasecmp() for ASCII-only strings (by Karel Zak)

findmnt:
    - fix -k option parsing regression (by Karel Zak)

hardlink:
    - define more function as inline (by Karel Zak)
    - fix performance regression (inefficient signal evaluation) (by Karel Zak)
    - Use macro for verbose output (by Karel Zak)

include/cctype:
    - fix string comparison (by Karel Zak)

include/mount-api-utils:
    - include linux/unistd.h (by Thomas Weißschuh)

libblkid:
    - Fix crash while parsing config with libeconf (by Stanislav Brabec)
    - befs fix underflow (by Milan Broz)
    - avoid strcasecmp() for ASCII-only strings (by Karel Zak)

libblkid/src/topology/dm:
    - fix fscanf return value check to match expected number of parsed items (by Mingjie Shen)

libfdisk:
    - avoid strcasecmp() for ASCII-only strings (by Karel Zak)

libmount:
    - (subdir) restrict for real mounts only (by Karel Zak)
    - (subdir) remove unused code (by Karel Zak)
    - avoid calling memset() unnecessarily (by Karel Zak)
    - avoid strcasecmp() for ASCII-only strings (by Karel Zak)
    - fix --no-canonicalize regression (by Karel Zak)

libuuid:
    - fix uuid_time on macOS without attribute((alias)) (by Eugene Gershnik)

lsblk:
    - use ID_PART_ENTRY_SCHEME as fallback for PTTYPE (by Karel Zak)
    - avoid strcasecmp() for ASCII-only strings (by Karel Zak)

lscpu:
    - fix possible buffer overflow in cpuinfo parser (by Karel Zak)
    - Fix loongarch op-mode output with recent kernel (by Xi Ruoyao)

lsfd:
    - (bug fix) scan the protocol field of /proc/net/packet as a hex number (by Masatake YAMATO)
    - fix the description for PACKET.PROTOCOL column (by Masatake YAMATO)

lsns:
    - enhance compilation without USE_NS_GET_API (by Karel Zak)
    - fix undefined reference to add_namespace_for_nsfd #3483 (by Thomas Devoogdt)

meson:
    - add feature for translated documentation (by Thomas Weißschuh)
    - remove tinfo dependency from 'more' (by Thomas Weißschuh)
    - fix manadocs for libsmartcols and libblkid (by Karel Zak)
    - fix po-man installation (by Karel Zak)

misc:
    - never include wchar.h (by Karel Zak)

more:
    - fix broken ':!command' command key (by cgoesche)
    - fix implicit previous shell_line execution #3508 (by cgoesche)

mount:
    - (man) add missing word (by Jakub Wilk)

namespace.h:
    - fix compilation on Linux < 4.10 (by Thomas Devoogdt)

po:
    - update uk.po (from translationproject.org) (by Yuri Chornoivan)
    - update sr.po (from translationproject.org) (by Мирослав Николић)
    - update ro.po (from translationproject.org) (by Remus-Gabriel Chelu)
    - update pt.po (from translationproject.org) (by Pedro Albuquerque)
    - update pl.po (from translationproject.org) (by Jakub Bogusz)
    - update nl.po (from translationproject.org) (by Benno Schulenberg)
    - update ja.po (from translationproject.org) (by YOSHIDA Hideki)
    - update hr.po (from translationproject.org) (by Božidar Putanec)
    - update fr.po (from translationproject.org) (by Frédéric Marchal)
    - update es.po (from translationproject.org) (by Antonio Ceballos Roa)
    - update de.po (from translationproject.org) (by Mario Blättermann)
    - update cs.po (from translationproject.org) (by Petr Písař)

po-man:
    - merge changes (by Karel Zak)
    - update sr.po (from translationproject.org) (by Мирослав Николић)
    - update de.po (from translationproject.org) (by Mario Blättermann)

tests:
    - (test_mkfds::mapped-packet-socket) add a new parameter, protocol (by Masatake YAMATO)

treewide:
    - add ul_ to parse_timestamp() function name (by Karel Zak)
    - add ul_ to parse_switch() function name (by Stanislav Brabec)
    - add ul_ to parse_size() function name (by Karel Zak)
    - add ul_ to parse_range() function name (by Karel Zak)
    - fix optional arguments usage (by Karel Zak)
    - avoid strcasecmp() for ASCII-only strings (by Karel Zak)

Wipefs:
    - improve --all descriptions for whole-disks (by Karel Zak)

Misc:
    - Do not call exit() on code ending in shared libraries (by Cristian Rodríguez)
    - remove two leftover license lines from colors.{c,h} (by Benno Schulenberg)
    - remove "Copyright (C) ...." notes from files that claim no copyright (by Benno Schulenberg)
    - correct the full name of the GPL in various files (by Benno Schulenberg)
    - Make scols_column_set_data_func docs visible (by FeRD (Frank Dana))
    - Do not use strerror on shared libraries (by Cristian Rodríguez)
    - Fix typo in blkdiscard docs (by pls-no-hack)
    - lib/fileeq.c Fix a typo in message. (by Masanari Iida)

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

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