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util-linux-ng 2.15-rc1: Mar 18 2009
* see docs/v2.15-ReleaseNotes or complete changelog at
  ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.15/v2.15-rc1-ChangeLog

util-linux-ng 2.14: Jun 9 2008
* see docs/v2.14-ReleaseNotes or complete changelog at
  ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.14/v2.14-ChangeLog

util-linux-ng 2.14-rc3
* see docs/v2.14-ReleaseNotes or complete changelog at
  ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.14/v2.14-rc3-ChangeLog

util-linux-ng 2.14-rc2
* see docs/v2.14-ReleaseNotes or complete changelog at
  ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.14/v2.14-rc2-ChangeLog

util-linux-ng 2.14-rc1
* see docs/v2.14-ReleaseNotes or complete changelog at
  ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.14/v2.14-rc1-ChangeLog

util-linux-ng 2.13

* see docs/v2.13-ReleaseNotes or complete changelog at
  ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.13/v2.13-ChangeLog

util-linux-ng 2.13-rc3

* see docs/v2.13-ReleaseNotes or complete changelog at
  ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.13/v2.13-rc3-ChangeLog

util-linux-ng 2.13-rc2

* see docs/v2.13-ReleaseNotes or complete changelog at
  ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.13/v2.13-rc2-ChangeLog

util-linux-ng 2.13-rc1

* see docs/v2.13-ReleaseNotes or complete changelog at
  ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.13/v2.13-rc1-ChangeLog

util-linux 2.13-pre7

* mount: default to cifs instead of smbfs for sources
         starting with // Lars Mueller()
* flock: documentation updates (H. Peter Anvin)
* new translation: id
* updated translations: de, it, sl, uk

util-linux 2.13-pre6

* getopt: updated to 1.1.4
* replaced all *llseek variants with lseek
* misc build system, code and docs cleanups and fixes
* updated translations: fr, it

util-linux 2.13-pre5

* {fsck,mkfs}.cramfs: updated to cramfs-1.1
* {fsck,mkfs}.cramfs: removed PAGE_CACHE_SIZE usage
* umount: fix "umount -n -r" (Derick Swanepoel)
* misc build system and code cleanups and fixes
* updated translation: ca

util-linux 2.13-pre4

* don't build fdisk on m68k (Mike Frysinger)
* misc build system and documentation fixes
* removed program: clear

util-linux 2.13-pre3

* misc buld system fixes
* cfdisk: fix a segfault with ReiserFS partitions
* umount: disallow -r option for non-root users
* updated translations: da, fr, it, nl, ru, sl, tr

util-linux 2.13-pre2

* flock: replaced with flock-2.0.2 by H. Peter Anvin
* misc build system fixes, libtool is no longer used
* misc code fixes
* updated translations: ca, fi, fr, nl, ru, tr

util-linux 2.13-pre1

* use GNU autoconf/automake/libtool for building
* added schedutils
* removed support for curses implementations other than ncurses
* removed programs: arch, passwd, rescuept, setfdprm, sln
* removed mkminix-0.1/
* misc fixes and documentation updates
* new translation: vi
* updated translations: ca, de, fi, fr, it, nl, ru, tr

util-linux 2.12q

* updated translation: nl

util-linux 2.12q-pre2

* sfdisk: document -G option in --help output
* updated translations: ca, et, fr

util-linux 2.12q-pre1

* new maintainer
* sfdisk: add -G option (Andries Brouwer)
* updated translations: de, es, ru, sv, tr

util-linux 2.12p

* cfdisk: fix number of new partition when partitions not in disk order
* fdisk: fix Sun label handling in sector mode
* mkfs: never truncate filename (not that that ever happened)
* more: fix redraw flaw

util-linux 2.12n,o

* lomount: revert patch from 2.12j
* lptune.8: -T option is obsolete
* mkswap, mkswap.8, swapon: support labels
  (use HAVE_BLKID=no as long as the blkid library doesnt support this)
* umount: allow user unmounting repeatedly mounted nfs mounts

util-linux 2.12m

* cfdisk: recognize JFS, support reiserfs labels (flavio.stanchina@tin.it)
* mount: fix option parsing bug
* mount.8: several updates
* swapon.8: document -v option

util-linux 2.12l

* Makefile: remove cat-id-tbl.c upon make clean
* fdisk: fixed a bug that would cause a non-update of a sun disklabel
* fdisk: use sectorsize instead of 512 for SGI (Eric Y. Theriault)
* fdisk: use __attribute__((packed)) for alpha, ARM: avoid unaligned accesses
* hwclock: actually use HAVE_tm_gmtoff
* swapon: fix priority handling
* umount: refuse to unmount an empty string

util-linux 2.12k

* cfdisk: fixed a signed character bug causing problems for Spanish users
* configure, MCONFIG: detect gcc 3.4.0 and use -mtune option (Matthew Burgess)
* configure: do not run ./conftest (for cross compilation) (NIIBE Yutaka)
* fsck.cramfs: try to get correct PAGE_CACHE_SIZE
* losetup: try to give better error messages
* readprofile: default map file is /boot/System.map
* rdev.8: added historical info on ramdisk
* New French, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish messages

util-linux 2.12j

* cal: highlight today (Pádraig Brady)
* lomount: stop reading passwd at NUL, fix lo_encrypt key_size (Wolfram Kleff)
* losetup: add -f option to find an unused loop device
  (Alexander Wigen, Remco van Mook)
* more: code cleanup (Joachim Henke)
* mount: add "group" mount option (Martin Dickopp)
* sfdisk: fix 2.6.8 BLKRRPART ioctl damage (Eric Lammerts)
* swapon: let swapon -a skip the swapfiles marked "noauto" (Dale R. Worley)
* umount: fix problem with empty mtab (Bryan Kadzban)
* umount: use special umount program if it exists (Ram Pai)
* New Danish and French messages

util-linux 2.12i

* MCONFIG: fix build conditions
* chfn, chsh: add error checking
* cytune: use local header cyclades.h
* fdisk: fix default SGI volume header size (Eric Sandeen)
* fstab.c: use strsignal() instead of sys_siglist[]
* hwclock: use <sys/io.h> when available on i386
* hwclock: dont try KDGHWCLK on archs other than __m68k__
* sfdisk: correct typo in __attribute__used nonsense
* sfdisk: use PACKED on __arm__ (Jeroen Dobbelaere)
* sfdisk: fix warning printout

util-linux 2.12e,f,g,h

* cfdisk: avoid crash if no partition table
* elvtune: tell user that this only works on 2.4 kernels
* lomount: clear passwords after use
* mount: accept comments (introduced by \;) in fstab - withdrawn again
* mount: accept comments (specified by comment=) in fstab
* mount: support ocfs, ocfs2
* [u]mount: be more careful with malloc, try to avoid OOM with many mounts
* sfdisk: __attribute__used nonsense to support gcc 3.4
* shutdown: do not unmount various virtual filesystems

util-linux 2.12c,d

* mount.8: added recent ext2 mount options
* mount: support jfs mount-by-label, improve reiserfs support
* sfdisk: remove strange "ends in a digit" heuristic
* *fdisk: use common disksize() routine

util-linux 2.12b

* chsh: improved error message
* dmesg: ask kernel proper buffer size
* losetup: handle 64-bit offsets
* blockdev: also report BLKGETSIZE64 result
* blockdev, elvtune, fdisk: handle new kernel _IOR,_IOW defines
* fdisk: remove strange "ends in a digit" heuristic
* fdisk: also list Solaris as possible type for 0x82
* mount: added --rbind option
* mount: use blkid, uuid libraries when available
* mount: support reiserfs mount by label
* mount: attempt to use the right definition of dev_t in struct loopinfo
* mount.8: jfs mount options added
* readprofile: new -s option
* rename.1: added ref to mmv.1
* replay: renamed to scriptreplay; correct typos
* script: do not use locale for time delay floating point number format
* sfdisk: error messages to stderr
* New Catalan, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish,
  Ukrainian messages

util-linux 2.12a

* chfn, chsh, login, vipw: SElinux support
* fdisk: fix for kernels 2.4.15-2.4.17
* fdisk: fix when all partitions are in use