ChangeLog, script:
f_swapfs: Fix script to ignore the version string header which debugfs
now prints when it starts up.
libext2fs.texinfo:
Update copyright notice and revision date.
RELEASE-NOTES, version.h:
Update for 1.12 release.
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 03c60eb..e1ac441 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-E2fsprogs 1.12 (February 20, 1998)
+E2fsprogs 1.12 (July 4, 1998)
==================================
E2fsprogs now works with glibc (at least with the version shipped wtih
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@
complaints about libc developers don't understand the concept of
compatibility with previous versions of libc.)
-Added support for the EXT2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_DIRNAME_SIZE feature,
+The ext2fs library now writes out the block group number in each of
+the superblock copies. This makes it easier to automatically
+determine the starting block group of the filesystem when the block
+group information is trashed.
+
+Added support for the EXT2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FILETYPE feature,
which means that e2fsprogs will ignore the high 8 bits of the
directory entry's name_len field, so that it can be used for other
purposes.
@@ -31,6 +36,12 @@
filesystem size larger than the apparent size of the device it will
print a warning message and ask if the user wants to proceed.
+E2fsck has a new option -C, which sends completion information to the
+specified file descriptor. For the most part, this is intended for
+programs to use, although -C 0 will print a spinning character to the
+stdout device, which may be useful for users who want to see something
+happening while e2fsck goes about its business.
+
Fixed a bug in e2fsck which could cause a core dump when it needs to
expand the /lost+found directory, and sometimes the bitmaps haven't
been merged in. Also fixed a related bug where ext2fs_write_dir_block