util-linux-2.40.4

[Bruce Dubbs]

New point version.

util-linux v2.40.3 Release Notes

Changes between v2.40.2 and v2.40.3

agetty:

• Prevent cursor escape
• add "systemd" to --version output
• fix ambiguous ‘else’ [-Werror=dangling-else]

audit-arch.h:

• add defines for m68k, sh

autotools:

• Check for BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN (required by lsfd)
• add --disable-enosys, check for linux/audit.h
• add Libs.private to uuid.pc
• allow enabling dmesg with --disable-all-programs
• allow enabling lsblk with --disable-all-programs
• check for sys/vfs.h and linux/bpf.h
• fix securedir and pam_lastlog2 install

bash-completion:

• add --pty and --no-pty options for su and runuser
• complete --user only for runuser, not for su

chcpu(8):

• Document CPU deconfiguring behavior
• Fix typo

ci:

• bump coveralls compiler version to gcc 13

doc:

• fsck.8.adoc - fix email typo

docs:

• update AUTHORS file

fdisk:

• (man) improve --sector-size description
• fix SGI boot file prompt
• fix fdisk_sgi_set_bootfile return value
• fix sgi_check_bootfile name size minimum
• fix sgi_menu_cb return value fincore:
• Use correct syscall number for cachestat on alpha

fstab.5 mount:

• fstab.5 mount.8 add note about field separator

hardlink:

• fix memory corruption (size calculation)
• hardlink.1 directory|file is mandatory

hwclock:

• Remove ioperm declare as it causes nested extern declare warning

lib/env:

• fix env_list_setenv() for strings without '='

libblkid:

• (exfat) validate fields used by prober
• (gpt) use blkid_probe_verify_csum() for partition array checksum
• add FSLASTBLOCK for swaparea
• bitlocker add image for Windows 7+ BitLocker
• bitlocker fix version on big-endian systems
• improve portability

libfdisk:

• make sure libblkid uses the same sector size

libmount:

• exec mount helpers with posixly correct argument order
• extract common error handling function
• propagate first error of multiple filesystem types

libmount/context_mount:

• fix argument number comments

logger:

• correctly format tv_usec

lscpu:

• Skip aarch64 decode path for rest of the architectures
• make code more readable

lslocks:

• remove deadcode [coverity scan]

lsns:

• ignore ESRCH errors reported when accessing files under /proc

man pages:

• document --user option for runuser
• use user rather than username

meson:

• check for BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN and linux/bpf.h

mkswap:

• set selinux label also when creating file

more:

• make sure we have data on stderr

nsenter:

• support empty environ[]

partx:

• Fix example in man page

po:

• merge changes
• update de.po (from translationproject.org)
• update ja.po (from translationproject.org)
• update pt_BR.po (from translationproject.org)
• update sr.po (from translationproject.org)
• update zh_CN.po (from translationproject.org)

po-man:

• add missing langs to po4a.cfg
• fix typo, update .gitignore
• merge changes
• update fr.po (from translationproject.org)
• update pt_BR.po (from translationproject.org)

tests:

• fdisk/bsd Update expected output for alpha

umount, losetup:

• Document loop destroy behavior

uuidd:

• fix /var/lib/libuuid mode uuidd-tmpfiles.conf
• fix typo in tmpfiles.conf

[Bruce Dubbs]

Now version 2.40.4.

Please note that the previous release, v2.40.3 (4 days ago), contained a bug that made it impossible to use some /sbin/mount.<type> helpers.

[Bruce Dubbs]

Fixed at commit ea9df10321.

Update to vim-9.1.1016.
Update to iana-etc-20250108.
Update to util-linux-2.40.4.
Update to sysvinit-3.13.
Update to sysklogd-2.7.0.
Update to shadow-4.17.2.
Update to setuptools-75.8.0.
Update to linux-6.12.9.
Update to gettext-0.23.1.