NEWS - list of user-visible changes between releases of jfsutils

New in 1.1.8 - 2005-05-03
* fsck should not bail out if reserved (but unused) inode 1 is bad
* code cleanup - remove unused variables, eliminate compiler warnings
* Added blocks parameter to specify file system size
* Ensure that data gets flushed to disk
* Fix bug in replaying journal that corrupted inodes
* Update directory index table when moving directory entries
* Use O_DIRECT when checking for bad blocks (jfs_mkfs -c)

New in 1.1.7 - 2004-07-22
* --replay_journal_only shouldn't clear FM_DIRTY
* Ensure changes to disk occur in proper order
* Message corrections
* Directory Index Table corrections for big-endian systems

New in 1.1.6 - 2004-04-28
* Verify Directory Index Table and reset if necessary

New in 1.1.5 - 2004-03-04
* Fix problem creating entries in lost+found
* Fix buffer overflow
* Fix replaying symlink journal records
* Improve performance of duplicate block checking
* Fix segfault printing errant message
* Done open volume with O_EXCL unless it's necessary
* Support sharing of journal between multiple volumes - Requires 2.6.4-rc2
  or later kernel

New in 1.1.4 - 2003-10-30
* Work around gcc 2.95 bug
* Handle log full without crashing
* Message format fix

New in 1.1.3 - 2003-09-05
* jfs_fsck can now find external journal on evms release 2 volumes
* code cleanup: fsck messaging is much cleaner
* Don't right-justify when printing volume label
* jfs_fsck should return zero when replaying the journal is successful
* jfs_fsck should not require that the device is opened with O_EXCL
  - A recent change to the 2.6.0 kernel makes O_EXCL fail when the volume
    is mounted, even if read-only

New in 1.1.2 - 2003-03-25
* fix undefined reference to errno (G. D. Haraldsson)
* allow jfs_mkfs to run on regular file
* fix for-loop going past last element of vopen array
* sanity checking on variable this_ag
* s_label displayed incorrectly when 16 chars long

New in 1.1.1 - 2002-12-17
* fix segmentation fault in mkfs.jfs when given bad block device
* fix jfs_debugfs to display directory index with directory entries

New in 1.1.0 - 2002-11-20
* rename jfs utilities as follows:
    fsck.jfs -> jfs_fsck, is hard linked to fsck.jfs upon install
    mkfs.jfs -> jfs_mkfs, is hard linked to mkfs.jfs upon install
    jfs_tune remains the same
    logdump -> jfs_logdump
    xchklog, xchkdmp combined -> jfs_fscklog
    xpeek -> jfs_debugfs
    logredo removed, function added to jfs_fsck via --replay_journal_only option
* update man pages appropriately for name changes
* change jfs_fsck option -o to --omit_journal_replay
* fix log replay errors
* fix off-by-one error, minor formatting error in jfs_fsck
* keep jfs_fsck from complaining during specific tree restructuring
* fix jfs_debugfs to recognize all inode types
* code cleanup

New in 1.0.24 - 2002-10-18
* byte-swapping fixes for big-endian hardware
* code cleanup

New in 1.0.23 - 2002-09-27
* print fsck.jfs start timestamp correctly in fsck.jfs log
* allow xchklog to run on a JFS file system with an external journal
* initialize program name in logdump properly
* code cleanup

New in 1.0.22 - 2002-09-09
* add jfs_tune utility (see jfs_tune man page for details)
  jfs_tune allows users to:
      attach a JFS external journal to a JFS file system 
      set/change volume label, UUID of JFS file system and external log devices
      view superblock information of JFS file system and external log devices
* add option '-J journal_device' to mkfs.jfs to create an external journal only 
  and optionally set its volume label (see mkfs.jfs man page)
* add option '-J device=' to mkfs.jfs to attach an existing JFS external journal 
  to the JFS file system that will be created (see mkfs.jfs man page)
* fix mkfs.jfs to store 16 character volume labels properly
* code cleaup
* add extend support to JFS FSIM for EVMS - see http://sourceforge.net/projects/evms/

New in 1.0.21 - 2002-08-12
* add external log support to xpeek
* fix fsck.jfs to update log device number in superblock after logredo with external log.
* fix typo in mkfs.jfs Emergency help. (Bas)
* do not build currently unused defrag, extendfs utilities
* eliminate uuid redefinition compiler warnings
* add logsuper functions to libfs
* fix printf format specifiers.  (Christoph Hellwig)
* code cleanup (all)
* update JFS FSIM for EVMS - see http://sourceforge.net/projects/evms/

New in 1.0.20 - 2002-06-21
* don't display heartbeat during log format if output is redirected
  (eliminates strange characters in redirected output from mkfs.jfs with external log, fsck.jfs Phase 9)
* fix mkfs.jfs to set version in JFS superblock properly if external log is used
  (enables JFS external log compatibility with EVMS 1.1-pre2 or greater)
* enhance jfsutils to support enormous disks like 8TB+ (Peter C.)
* remove unused variables (Christoph Hellwig)

New in 1.0.19 - 2002-06-07
* fix jfsutils packaging/build error from 1.0.18

New in 1.0.18 - 2002-05-24
* add support for external log
* endian code cleanup
* fix typo in fsck.jfs help
* fix fsck.jfs bug on big endian machines

New in 1.0.17 - 2002-04-02
* more rigorous dtree validation in fsck.jfs
* fix fsck.jfs to write to the fsck.jfs log properly on big endian machines
* fix xchklog to read the fsck.jfs log properly on big endian machines
* fix xpeek to display/modify PXD information properly on big endian machines
* replace fsck.jfs heartbeat with alarm() based heartbeat (Christoph Hellwig)
* improve mkfs.jfs and fsck.jfs parameter parsing and usage alerts
* messaging code cleanup, logredo code cleanup, general code cleanup (all)

New in 1.0.16 - 2002-03-11
* make fsck.jfs exit codes conform to fsck (see updated fsck.jfs man page)
* display/log fsck.jfs exit code in debug exit msg
* fix xchkdmp to print logredo messages
* make xchkdmp print message text instead of message number
* use PBSIZE for physical block size instead of BLKSSZGET ioctl
  (eliminates MD error msg "used obsolete MD ioctl", fixes S/390 mkfs.jfs)
* remove libfs open/close wrappers (Christoph Hellwig)
* messaging code cleanup, general code cleanup (all)

New in 1.0.15 - 2002-02-15
* eliminate invalid fsck.jfs internal error 10
* update xpeek and fsck.jfs man pages
* better error message if device to be fsck.jfs'ed is not jfs
* add support for 4.4 BSD-style getmntinfo (Christoph Hellwig)
* include sys/types.h for BSD (Hiten Pandya)
* use defacto standard autoconf macro for large file support (Christoph Hellwig)
* general jfsutils code cleanup (all)

New in 1.0.14 - 2002-01-28
* fix typecast problem causing fsck.jfs 'corrupt superblock' error message
* remove old types PVOID, UCHAR, USHORT, ULONG (code cleanup)
    
New in 1.0.13 - 2002-01-25
* update xchklog and xchkdump parameters and man pages
* reduce/eliminate instances of 'access beyond end of device' error message
* compatibility fix for different versions of automake
* fix typo in spec file
* defines cleanup (Christoph Hellwig) 
* unicode cleanup (Christoph Hellwig)
* endian portability fix (Christoph Hellwig)  
* convert types uxx, uintxx, sxx, intxx to C99 types (code cleanup)
    
New in 1.0.12 - 2002-01-08
* autoheader must precede automake or config.h doesn't make the tarball
* use current date as release date in jfs utils (Christoph Hellwig)
* fix fsck to update maps at auto check time (fixes file system corruption).
* fix file system utilities to be more portable (Christoph Hellwig) 

New in 1.0.11 - 2001-12-17
* convert JFS utilities to use autoconf/automake (Christoph Hellwig)
* display correct error messages for disk not accessible
* have all utilities print version number

New in 1.0.10 - 2001-11-28
* fsck shouldn't endian swap dtree struct twice

New in 1.0.9 - 2001-11-09
* don't print heartbeat if fsck.jfs output is redirected
* make mkfs.jfs options conform to mkfs, clean up parse code
* fix typo in mkfs.jfs man_html page
* allow xpeek to show us directory xtrees
* fix fsck.jfs infinite loop on big endian hardware (jitterbug 182)
* fix infinite loop when endian swapping bad directory tree page

New in 1.0.8 - 2001-10-17
* install prefix support for jfsutils
* cleanup option handling make -y behave (jitterbug 177), -f override -p
* Add more informative error message when running fsck.jfs RO, (jitterbug 173)
* clean up remove carriage return after new line in messaging
* print mkfs.jfs version correctly

New in 1.0.7 - 2001-10-10
* improve fsck's 'mounted' detection.
* improve utils' checking for fs type jfs
* replace __uX with uintX_t
* change fsck.jfs options to be similar to e2fsck
* set fsck.jfs default to automatically fix the file system

New in 1.0.6 - 2001-09-28
* If fsck rebuilds root directory, reset di_next_index to 2
* fsck needs to process, validate inodes with size=0

New in 1.0.5 - 2001-09-14
* Fixed jfsprogs.spec to handle utilities not being in the file system
  source tree
* Cleaned up include files
* Fixed inconsistencies in mkfs man, html pages

New in 1.0.4 - 2001-08-31
* Fixed typecast problem causing intermittent fsck failures on 64 bit
  hardware (jitterbug 159)
* Fixed pointer calculation problem causing intermittent fsck failures
  on 64bit hardware
* Fixed compiler warnings on s/390 and IA64
* Fixed structure size mismatch between file system and utilities causing
  fsck problems when large numbers of inodes are used
* Fixed seg fault in fsck when logging path lengths greater than 512
  characters
* Fixed fsck printf format errors

New in 1.0.3 - 2001-08-20
* Fixed compiler warnings on 64 bit systems 
* Created jfsutils package

New in 1.0.2 - 2001-08-03
* Fixed mkfs to display the correct error message if device name is
  not valid or missing
* gzip the man pages and place /usr/share/man/man8
* Fixed mkfs to properly setup buf_ai
* Fixed fsck to display path correctly
    
New in 1.0.1 - 2001-07-10
* Updated jfsprogs.spec file make it work on more distros
* Add force option to mkfs so the confirmation message isn't displayed
* Fixed fsck to handle index table on the root directory.
* Fixed error message displayed when partition was just created and haven't
  rebooted (jitterbug 130)
* Correctly place the built utilities in /sbin vs. /usr/sbin when using
  the make install option.

New in 1.0.0 - 2001-06-28
* Fixed small logredo problem
