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NEWS - list of user-visible changes between releases of jfsutils
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New in 1.1.7 - 2004-07-22
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* --replay_journal_only shouldn't clear FM_DIRTY
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* Ensure changes to disk occur in proper order
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* Directory Index Table corrections for big-endian systems
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New in 1.1.6 - 2004-04-28
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* Verify Directory Index Table and reset if necessary
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New in 1.1.5 - 2004-03-04
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* Fix problem creating entries in lost+found
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* Fix replaying symlink journal records
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* Improve performance of duplicate block checking
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* Fix segfault printing errant message
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* Done open volume with O_EXCL unless it's necessary
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* Support sharing of journal between multiple volumes - Requires 2.6.4-rc2
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New in 1.1.4 - 2003-10-30
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* Work around gcc 2.95 bug
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* Handle log full without crashing
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New in 1.1.3 - 2003-09-05
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* jfs_fsck can now find external journal on evms release 2 volumes
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* code cleanup: fsck messaging is much cleaner
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* Don't right-justify when printing volume label
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* jfs_fsck should return zero when replaying the journal is successful
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* jfs_fsck should not require that the device is opened with O_EXCL
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- A recent change to the 2.6.0 kernel makes O_EXCL fail when the volume
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is mounted, even if read-only
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New in 1.1.2 - 2003-03-25
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* fix undefined reference to errno (G. D. Haraldsson)
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* allow jfs_mkfs to run on regular file
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* fix for-loop going past last element of vopen array
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* sanity checking on variable this_ag
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* s_label displayed incorrectly when 16 chars long
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New in 1.1.1 - 2002-12-17
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* fix segmentation fault in mkfs.jfs when given bad block device
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* fix jfs_debugfs to display directory index with directory entries
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New in 1.1.0 - 2002-11-20
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* rename jfs utilities as follows:
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fsck.jfs -> jfs_fsck, is hard linked to fsck.jfs upon install
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mkfs.jfs -> jfs_mkfs, is hard linked to mkfs.jfs upon install
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jfs_tune remains the same
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logdump -> jfs_logdump
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xchklog, xchkdmp combined -> jfs_fscklog
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logredo removed, function added to jfs_fsck via --replay_journal_only option
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* update man pages appropriately for name changes
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* change jfs_fsck option -o to --omit_journal_replay
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* fix log replay errors
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* fix off-by-one error, minor formatting error in jfs_fsck
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* keep jfs_fsck from complaining during specific tree restructuring
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* fix jfs_debugfs to recognize all inode types
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New in 1.0.24 - 2002-10-18
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* byte-swapping fixes for big-endian hardware
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New in 1.0.23 - 2002-09-27
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* print fsck.jfs start timestamp correctly in fsck.jfs log
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* allow xchklog to run on a JFS file system with an external journal
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* initialize program name in logdump properly
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New in 1.0.22 - 2002-09-09
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* add jfs_tune utility (see jfs_tune man page for details)
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jfs_tune allows users to:
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attach a JFS external journal to a JFS file system
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set/change volume label, UUID of JFS file system and external log devices
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view superblock information of JFS file system and external log devices
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* add option '-J journal_device' to mkfs.jfs to create an external journal only
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and optionally set its volume label (see mkfs.jfs man page)
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* add option '-J device=' to mkfs.jfs to attach an existing JFS external journal
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to the JFS file system that will be created (see mkfs.jfs man page)
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* fix mkfs.jfs to store 16 character volume labels properly
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* add extend support to JFS FSIM for EVMS - see http://sourceforge.net/projects/evms/
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New in 1.0.21 - 2002-08-12
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* add external log support to xpeek
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* fix fsck.jfs to update log device number in superblock after logredo with external log.
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* fix typo in mkfs.jfs Emergency help. (Bas)
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* do not build currently unused defrag, extendfs utilities
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* eliminate uuid redefinition compiler warnings
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* add logsuper functions to libfs
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* fix printf format specifiers. (Christoph Hellwig)
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* update JFS FSIM for EVMS - see http://sourceforge.net/projects/evms/
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New in 1.0.20 - 2002-06-21
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* don't display heartbeat during log format if output is redirected
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(eliminates strange characters in redirected output from mkfs.jfs with external log, fsck.jfs Phase 9)
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* fix mkfs.jfs to set version in JFS superblock properly if external log is used
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(enables JFS external log compatibility with EVMS 1.1-pre2 or greater)
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* enhance jfsutils to support enormous disks like 8TB+ (Peter C.)
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* remove unused variables (Christoph Hellwig)
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New in 1.0.19 - 2002-06-07
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* fix jfsutils packaging/build error from 1.0.18
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New in 1.0.18 - 2002-05-24
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* add support for external log
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* endian code cleanup
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* fix typo in fsck.jfs help
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* fix fsck.jfs bug on big endian machines
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New in 1.0.17 - 2002-04-02
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* more rigorous dtree validation in fsck.jfs
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* fix fsck.jfs to write to the fsck.jfs log properly on big endian machines
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* fix xchklog to read the fsck.jfs log properly on big endian machines
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* fix xpeek to display/modify PXD information properly on big endian machines
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* replace fsck.jfs heartbeat with alarm() based heartbeat (Christoph Hellwig)
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* improve mkfs.jfs and fsck.jfs parameter parsing and usage alerts
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* messaging code cleanup, logredo code cleanup, general code cleanup (all)
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New in 1.0.16 - 2002-03-11
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* make fsck.jfs exit codes conform to fsck (see updated fsck.jfs man page)
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* display/log fsck.jfs exit code in debug exit msg
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* fix xchkdmp to print logredo messages
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* make xchkdmp print message text instead of message number
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* use PBSIZE for physical block size instead of BLKSSZGET ioctl
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(eliminates MD error msg "used obsolete MD ioctl", fixes S/390 mkfs.jfs)
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* remove libfs open/close wrappers (Christoph Hellwig)
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* messaging code cleanup, general code cleanup (all)
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New in 1.0.15 - 2002-02-15
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* eliminate invalid fsck.jfs internal error 10
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* update xpeek and fsck.jfs man pages
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* better error message if device to be fsck.jfs'ed is not jfs
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* add support for 4.4 BSD-style getmntinfo (Christoph Hellwig)
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* include sys/types.h for BSD (Hiten Pandya)
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* use defacto standard autoconf macro for large file support (Christoph Hellwig)
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* general jfsutils code cleanup (all)
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New in 1.0.14 - 2002-01-28
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* fix typecast problem causing fsck.jfs 'corrupt superblock' error message
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* remove old types PVOID, UCHAR, USHORT, ULONG (code cleanup)
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