- Update to util-linux-2.24
+ Release highlights (2.24)
fdisk(8):
* the code has been completely refactored and moved to libfdisk
(the library does not have a stable API yet)
* user interface has been unified for all label types and it
supports colors
* GPT disk UUID, partition UUID and partition name modification
is supported now
pylibmount:
* this new library provides PYTHON BINDINGS for libmount;
use --with-python[=2|3] to enable the bindings
last(1) and lastb(1):
* the NEW IMPLEMENTATION has been merged from sysvinit to
util-linux and extended; now it supports command line options
--present, --since, and --time-format
* use --enable-deprecated-last to enable the old util-linux
last(1) implementation
swapon(8):
* the option --discard= and fstab mount option discard= allow
to explicitly specify 'pages' or 'once' discard policy. If no
policy is selected, the default behavior is to enable both.
See swapon.8 man page for more details.
libblkid and blkid(8):
* supports LOGUUID= for external logs (e.g. extN and XFS)
* generates a pseudo PARTUUID= for MBR partitions (based on MBR
Id, Linux kernel supports the same concept for root= command
line option)
agetty(8):
* supportes new issue file \S escape code to read information