Changelog for util-linux-systemd-2.25-23.3.x86_64.rpm :

* Thu May 14 2015 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- script: Fix hang caused by mis-interpreted EOF on big-endian (bsc#930236, util-linux-script-mangled-EOF-big-endian.patch).
* Mon Apr 20 2015 rmilasanAATTsuse.de- flock: zero timeout is valid (util-linux-flock-zero-timeout-is-valid.patch, bsc#926945).
* Wed Feb 25 2015 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- Fix lack of I18N support in util-linux-systemd (mis-compilation). (See bsc#900935#c46.)
* Fri Feb 20 2015 kkaempfAATTsuse.com- Recognize Unisys s-Par as hypervisor (FATE#318231)
* Mon Feb 16 2015 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- script: Backport new implementation to fix all known hangs (bsc#888678, util-linux-script-backport.patch).- script.1: Document consequences of script misuse (util-linux-script-man-doc-misuse.patch).
* Fri Feb 06 2015 dimstarAATTopensuse.org- Do not try to unregister an info file (ipc.info.gz) which we do not own. Already in May 2011, we stopped registering it: \"do not register ipc.info.gz (not provided by this package)\". (See bsc#888678#c72.)
* Wed Feb 04 2015 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- Fix mis-compilation of libuuid without uuidd support (bnc#900935).- Fix uuidd socket activation (bnc#900935).- Remove obsolete sysvinit script for uuidd.- Remove no more needed uuidd permissions stuff.- Replace PreReq for obsolete pwdutils by names of binaries.- Add fstrim service scripts and rcfstrim helper.
* Thu Jan 15 2015 schwabAATTlinux-m68k.org- Use util-linux:/bin/logger as split-provide, /usr/lib/systemd/system/fstrim.service didn\'t exist in 13.1 (See bsc#888678#c72.)
* Mon Jan 12 2015 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- libblkid: Reset errno in blkid_probe_get_buffer() to prevent failing probes (e. g. for exFAT) (util-linux-robust-probe.patch, bnc#908742).
* Wed Dec 17 2014 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- libblkid: care about unsafe chars and possible buffer overflow in cache (CVE-2014-9114, util-linux-libblkid-unsafe-chars.patch, util-linux-libblkid-overflow.patch, bsc#907434)
* Wed Sep 17 2014 pgajdosAATTsuse.com- do not abort when fdisk -l when device cannot be opened [bnc#886790], [bnc#893712], [bnc#890351]
* Mon Sep 08 2014 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- Install runuser and runuser-l PAM file (runuser.pamd, bnc#894833).
* Thu Sep 04 2014 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- Disable broken testcase ipcs/limits2.- Call pre_checkin.sh to sync all three spec files.
* Tue Aug 26 2014 pgajdosAATTsuse.com- fix parsing of slash in the format string [bnc#889934]- added patches:
* util-linux-slash-in-format-string.patch
* Tue Aug 12 2014 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- Split spec file to three stages:
* util-linux.spec: Everything that do not need python or systemd.
* util-linux-systemd.spec: Stuff that needs systemd: util-linux-systemd and uuidd NOTE: Not building systemd-less variants of utilities.
* python-libmount.spec: Just python-libmount- Move bash-completion files to correct packages.- Add patch util-linux-bash-completion-blockdev.patch.- Add filter for rpmlint false positive (util-linux-rpmlintrc).- Add --enable-static. It makes possible to run more complete test suite.- Mark newly introduced kill/queue test as failing.- Mark libmount/lock test as failing (it sometimes fails).
* Tue Jul 22 2014 tchvatalAATTsuse.com- Update to v2.25 final:
* documentation updates
* translation updates
* small fixes
* Fri Jul 11 2014 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- Update to v2.25-rc2:
* translation updates
* documentation updates
* minor fixes
* Mon Jun 23 2014 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- Update to v2.25-rc1:
* translation updates
* tests updates
* minor fixes
* Thu Jun 12 2014 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- Updated to the latest git snapshot 180b3a7 of forthcoming version 2.25 (using work of Ruediger Meier ):
* based on the git master branch of util-linux
* many fixes (including bnc#871951)
* new Python binding sub-package for libmount: python-libmount
* new library: libsmartcols
* new commands: lslogins, setpriv
* add fstrim systemd timer
* better systemd integration
* DROPPED command:
* cytune: Upstream decided to remove tool untested for years that supports this old hardware.- Dropped patches included in the upstream: (
*git) Included with no changes (+git) Included with improvements (!git) Included with differences
* support-other-tty-lines-not-vconsole.patch (
*b9c7390)
* agetty-fooled-on-serial-line-due-plymouth.patch,
* sulogin-fooled-on-tty-line-due-plymouth.patch (
*bb280f7)
* agetty-on-s390-on-dev-3270-tty1-line.patch (
*f2bcda5)
* sulogin-does-not-find-any-console.patch (
*624b204)
* util-linux-setarch-uname26.patch (
*f6eb160)
* util-linux-ng-2.16-squashfs3-detect.patch (
*11402f5)
* util-linux-lscpu-improve-hypervisor-detection.patch (!b774473, b32488c, 5bd31c6, 0f0c558, 96ce475) WARNING, INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: \"lscpu -p\" no more reports hypervisor, as it breaks standard behavior. Use standard output instead! (FATE#310255)
* blkid-stop-scanning-on-I-O-error.patch (+296d96e)
* blkid-convert-superblocks-to-new-calling-convention.patch (+37f4060)
* util-linux-libblkid-ext-probe.patch (
*a1ca32f)
* util-linux-hwclock-drift-check.patch (
*f196fd1)
* util-linux-hwclock-adjtime-check.patch (
*db8fc5f)
* util-linux-loopdev-dont-clear-FD-at-EBUSY.patch (
*f7e2118)
* util-linux-losetup-dont-ignore-EBUSY.patch (
*d6ef7d6)
* util-linux-sfdisk-suppress-irrelevant-warnings.patch (
*ee63699)- Dropped obsolete patch:
* util-linux-2.23.1-eject-fpie.patch (eject is no more SUID)
* util-linux-2.24-fdisk_remove_bogus_warnings.patch (upstream fixed it in a different way)
* util-linux-HACK-boot.localfs.diff (MOUNT_PRINT_SOURCE is no more referenced)- Ported and renamed:
* util-linux-2.23.1-noenc-suse.diff - > util-linux-noenc-suse.patch- Merge Factory changes from sweet_f_aAATTgmx.de:
* use nologin from upstream (was added in 2.24) (dropped nologin.c, nologin.8)
* remove unknown configure options
* remove unused and outdated suse READMEs
* README.raw (documented migration SLE8 -> SLE9)
* README.largedisk (fdisk now supports large disks as well)
* require bc for checks
* Remove --disable-static. It makes possible to run more complete test suite.
* Thu May 29 2014 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- sfdisk: Suppress warning irrelevant for Linux (bnc#871698#c49, util-linux-sfdisk-suppress-irrelevant-warnings.patch from petr.uzelAATTsuse.cz).
* Tue May 27 2014 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- losetup: Handle EBUSY properly (bnc#869355, util-linux-loopdev-dont-clear-FD-at-EBUSY.patch, util-linux-losetup-dont-ignore-EBUSY.patch, patches from Takashi Iwai).
* Fri May 16 2014 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- Update to util-linux-2.24.2 (by sweet_f_aAATTgmx.de): addpart:
* minor man page improvements blockdev:
* Some minor corrections to the manual build-sys:
* don\'t connect _DEPENDENCIES and _LIBADD
* fix .h.in usage in libblkid and libmount
* libmount/python/__init__.py is always a dist file chcpu:
* cleanup return codes
* cleanup stdout/stderr usage delpart:
* minor man page improvements dmesg:
* -w output not line-buffered
* don\'t report EPIPE docs:
* update AUTHORS file fallocate:
* Clarify that space can also be deallocated fdformat:
* Some minor change to the manual fdisk:
* don\'t colorize \"foo \" prefixes flock:
* use nfs4 fallback on EBADF too fsck:
* Some typographical corrections to the manual fsck.minix:
* A few typographical corrections to the manual fstrim:
* add hint to man page getopt:
* getopt.1 The usual doc dir is /usr/share/doc, not .../docs hwclock:
* fix possible hang and other set_hardware_clock_exact() issues include/closestream:
* don\'t wipe errno on EPIPE ipcs:
* cleanup jumplabel stlyes
* fix ipc_msg_get_info fallback case
* fix ipc_sem_get_info fallback case
* fix ipc_shm_get_info fallback case
* fix memleak in ipc_
*_get_info functions isosize:
* A few typographical changes to the manual last:
* fix minor typos in the man page lib/sysfs:
* make dirent d_type usage more robust libblkid:
* add extra checks to XFS prober libfdisk:
* fix logical partition reorder command
* make qsort_r() optional
* properly implement read-only mode libmount:
* FS id and parent ID could be zero
* accept (deleted) path suffix in mountinfo file
* initialize
*root to NULL in mnt_table_get_root_fs login:
* fix minor typos in the man page losetup:
* wait for udev lscpu:
* cleanup, use _PATH_SYS_CPU/NODE
* don\'t abort if cache size is unknown
* don\'t assume filesystem supports d_type when searching for NUMA nodes
* read_hypervisor_dmi only fallback to memory scan on x86/x86_64 mkfs:
* Some typographical changes to the manual mkfs.bfs:
* One typographical correction to the manual mkfs.cramfs:
* Some typographical corrections to the manual mkfs.minix:
* Some typographical changes in the manual mkswap:
* Some minor typographical corrections to the manual more:
* improve formatting and wording of man page and help text mount:
* apply \"nofail\" to MNT_ERR_NOSOURCE libmount error
* fix --all and nofail return code
* mount.8 Some typographical and prefix corrections to the manual
* remove obsolete and confusing statement from mount.8
* update mount.8 about barrier mount options defaults nologin:
* minor man page improvements nsenter:
* fix set{gid,uid} order,drop supplementary groups partx:
* Improve the typesetting of the manual
* make dirent d_type usage more robust po:
* merge changes
* update cs.po (from translationproject.org)
* update da.po (from translationproject.org)
* update de.po (from translationproject.org) raw:
* Improve the typesetting of the manual renice:
* correct max priority in renice man page runuser:
* fix minor typos in the man page script:
* Also flush writes to timing file.
* time from end of read() call partially fixes #58 scriptreplay:
* no need to skip first time value or last bytes fixes #58 setarch:
* Fix ppc64le architectures setpriv:
* Fix --apparmor-profile su:
* don\'t use kill(0, ...) when propagate signal
* fix minor typos in the man page sulogin:
* minor man page improvements swaplabel:
* Improve the typesetting of the manual
* wrong version number in check switch_root:
* make dirent d_type usage more robust
* verify initramfs by f_type, not devno tests:
* add fdisk \'f\' command MBR test
* add lscpu dump for ppc cpu with no cache size
* clean up backport
* cleanup, remove unused lscpu output
* update Py parse mountinfo test
* update libmount tabdiff tests
* use old output format umount:
* fix typo in usage
* more robust success message for --all unshare:
* include libmount.h to provide missing MS_
* defines utmpdump:
* minor man page improvements vipw:
* minor man page improvements- remove tty3270-on-serial-line-of-s390.patch (was already upstream since 2.24.1)- remove barrier_documentation.patch (applied upstream)- rebase blkid-convert-superblocks-to-new-calling-convention.patch- remove util-linux-hwclock-prevent-hang.patch (was a backport)
* Tue May 13 2014 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- Prevent excessive clock drift calculations (bnc#871698, util-linux-hwclock-drift-check.patch).- Check /etc/adjtime drift factor (bnc#871698, util-linux-hwclock-adjtime-check.patch).- Prevent hang in exact hwclock adjustment (bnc#871698, util-linux-hwclock-prevent-hang.patch).
* Thu May 08 2014 wernerAATTsuse.de- Modify patch support-other-tty-lines-not-vconsole.patch to make it work on virtual console- Modify patch agetty-on-s390-on-dev-3270-tty1-line.patch to add the missed 3270 support upstream
* Wed May 07 2014 wernerAATTsuse.de- Add patch support-other-tty-lines-not-vconsole.patch to be able to support console lines like xvc and hvc- remove tty3270-on-serial-line-of-s390.patch (was already upstream since 2.24.1)
* Thu Apr 17 2014 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- Enable socket activation needed by systemd service (bnc#872807).
* Fri Apr 11 2014 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- libblkid: Drop the broken ext2/ext3/ext4 discrimination logic (util-linux-libblkid-ext-probe.patch, bnc#864703).- Drop util-linux-update-default-commit-interval.patch, this tweak was SLE11 specific.- Drop umount-avoid-readlink.patch, the patch for deprecated branch is not active in SUSE and the code was dropped in the upstream.- Drop sfdisk-warn-about-2TB-limit.patch. Upstream already implemented this check.
* Wed Mar 19 2014 hareAATTsuse.de- Abort blkid probing on I/O errors (bnc#859062, blkid-stop-scanning-on-I-O-error.patch, blkid-convert-superblocks-to-new-calling-convention.patch)
* Mon Mar 17 2014 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- Merge fixes and features from SLE11 (bnc#831868):
* Detect squashfs version <= 3 as squashfs3 and version >= 4 as squashfs. (mszerediAATTsuse.cz, util-linux-ng-2.16-squashfs3-detect.patch, bnc#666893)
* add sfdisk-warn-about-2TB-limit.patch (puzelAATTnovell.com, bnc#495657)
* Document barrier option in mount.8 (jackAATTsuse.cz, hvogelAATTsuse.de, util-linux-ng-2.19.1-barrier_documentation.patch, bnc#489740)
* lscpu: improve hypervisor detection (puzelAATTnovell.com, fate#310255) - util-linux-lscpu-improve-hypervisor-detection.patch
* umount: avoid calling readlink on mountpoints if not necessary - add: umount-avoid-readlink.patch (puzelAATTsuse.com, bnc#794529)
* fix file conflict between util-linux and s390-32 (puzelAATTsuse.com, bnc#805684)
* util-linux-update-default-commit-interval.patch: mount(8): update default commit interval (puzelAATTsuse.com, bnc#809480)
* Obsolete no more packaged uuid-runtime.- Add uname26 (util-linux-setarch-uname26.patch, FATE#313476).
* Thu Mar 06 2014 wernerAATTsuse.de- Modify the patches agetty-fooled-on-serial-line-due-plymouth.patch sulogin-fooled-on-tty-line-due-plymouth.patch to be able to disable plymouth if not already terminated due to a hanging network service (bnc#866860)
* Sun Feb 09 2014 andreas.stiegerAATTgmx.de- util-linux 2.24.1- agetty:
* support the special terminal on first serial line on a S/390- blkdiscard:
* BLKSSZGET fills in an int, not a uint64- blkid:
* escape quotes in the output
* simple typo- blockdev:
* don\'t use HDIO_GETGEO- build-sys:
* add --with-smack to config-gen.d
* fstrim depends on libmount- chsh, chfn:
* add info about non-local support to the man pages- dmesg:
* fix --raw zero timestamp for kmsg- docs:
* add patching process to howto-contribute.txt
* update AUTHORS file
* update links to http //git.kernel.org/ web repository views - fdisk:
* don\'t care about partition type
* fix printf stuff
* fix usage(), -l []- flock:
* Change the \'exit status\' man page section to make more sense- fsck:
* add ext4 to list of filesystems with progress bars in fsck man page- fstrim:
* add --all to discard all filesystem
* cleanup usage()- lib/path:
* add path_strdup()- libblkid:
* (nilfs2) check also backup superblock
* detect alone PMBR
* fix memory leak in blkid_parse_tag_string()
* fix swap-area version- libfdisk:
* (dos) be more verbose when change bootable flag
* (dos) fix free part counter
* (dos) warn on type 0
* (gpt) add /home GUID
* (gpt) improve and cleanup recovery code
* (gpt) recover from corrupted primary/backup PT
* (sgi) generate partname according to partition position
* (sun) fix end sectors with +1 error- libmount:
* add efivarfs to the list of pseudo filesystems
* add mnt_tag_is_valid()
* cleanup fix_optstr() regards to selinux and smack
* fix typo in smack path
* remove smackfs
* option when SMACK not enabled- lsblk:
* fix -D segfault- lscpu:
* sort NUMA nodes to keep output human readable
* support discontinuous NUMA nodes
* support non sequentially numbering of CPUs- man:
* Syntax and spelling fixes- mkfs.minix:
* fix fscanf() format string [coverity scan]- mkswap:
* fix compiler warning [-Wunused-variable]
* remove cruft from the man page- mount:
* add note about \"noauto\" to --all description
* correct mount man page default iso9660 permission
* fix man mount page type
* improve -s man mage info
* make NAME=value tags usable for non-root
* mount.8 fix grammar
* update man page ext3/4 mount options- partx:
* fix --update ranges and out of order tables- po:
* merge changes
* update da.po (from translationproject.org)
* update de.po (from translationproject.org)
* update pt_BR.po (from translationproject.org)
* update zh_CN.po (from translationproject.org)- pylibmount:
* correctly import from pylibmount.so
* import directly from pylibmount in tests
* remove unncessary subdirectory- script:
* don\'t call TIOCGWINSZ in signal handler
* restore errno in signal handler
* use poll() rather then O_NONBLOCK- setpriv:
* simplify usage()- setterm:
* fix -dump man page info- sulogin:
* use dirent->d_type when scans /dev- taskset:
* fix PERMISSIONS section of taskset man page- tests:
* update blkid swap tests
* update build-sys tests
* update lscpu tests- textual:
* small inprovements to usage and man page of fstrim- umount:
* fix umount by tag for non-roots- unshare:
* add more hints about mount namespaces to the man page- wipefs:
* call BLKRRPART when erase partition table- removed patches:
* blkdiscard-BLKSSZGET-fills-in-an-int.patch, applied upstream- modified patches:
* tty3270-on-serial-line-of-s390.patch, one hunk applied upstream
* Fri Feb 07 2014 wernerAATTsuse.de- Add patch sulogin-does-not-find-any-console.patch to enable sulogin to find suitable console device even if first is not usable (bnc#862078)
* Thu Feb 06 2014 wernerAATTsuse.de- Avoid that hanging plymouth locks terminal lines that is add patch sulogin-fooled-on-tty-line-due-plymouth.patch and modify patch agetty-fooled-on-serial-line-due-plymouth.patch to remove any lock which had been left over.
* Tue Feb 04 2014 wernerAATTsuse.de- Modify patch agetty-on-s390-on-dev--3270-tty1-line.patch and patch tty3270-on-serial-line-of-s390.patch to handle 3270 terminals- Really do not verify /usr/bin/eject
* Mon Feb 03 2014 wernerAATTsuse.de- Add patch agetty-on-s390-on-dev--3270-tty1-line.patch to let agetty detect /dev/3270/tty1 as device not as baud rate
* Tue Jan 28 2014 speilickeAATTsuse.com- Don\'t verify /usr/bin/eject, it lost the SUID bit and was dropped from /etc/permissions (bnc#824406)
* Thu Jan 23 2014 wernerAATTsuse.de- Change patch agetty-fooled-on-serial-line-due-plymouth.patch to sleep instead of sending breaks to terminal (bnc#774126).
* Mon Jan 13 2014 fcrozatAATTsuse.com- Ensure localstatedir value used by configure is /run (changed to that value upstream since 2012).
* Fri Jan 10 2014 wernerAATTsuse.de- Add patch agetty-fooled-on-serial-line-due-plymouth.patch even with TTYReset=no it seems with systemd or plymouth the termios flags become changed from under the first agetty on a serial system console as the flags are locked (bnc#774126).
* Tue Dec 10 2013 sweet_f_aAATTgmx.de- 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 from /etc/os-release
* the option -L allows to completely control CLOCAL flag dmesg(1):
* supports new command line option --time-format to specify time format
* supports new iso-8601 time format hexdump(1):
* supports long options now wall(1):
* the command is compatible with sysvinit implementation now logger(1):
* supports new command line option --prio-prefix when logging stdin lscpu(1):
* allows to detect more hypervisor types and provides info about Max and Min CPU Mhz unshare(8):
* supports new command line options --fork and --mount-proc for pid namespaces wipefs(8):
* now wipes superblocks with incorrect checksums too
* supports new command line option --backup to backup erased data to $HOME/wipefs--.bak nologin(8):
* this command has been merged into util-linux, the command politely refuses a login.- Removed following patches now upstream
* eject-scsi-check-host_status-and-driver_status.patch
* more-fix-buffer-overflow.patch
* more-check-for-buffer-size-when-write-multibyte-char.patch
* more-guarantee-space-for-multibyte.patch- Removed following patch because now pkg-config does that
* fdisk-tinfo.patch- Refreshed following patches with updating version string
* util-linux-2.23.1-fdisk_remove_bogus_warnings.patch- Added enable_last condition in case we don\'t want to use the last binary from sysvinit-tools in future- Upstream moved getopt examples from datadir to docdir but we keep the old location because we would need to fix the manpage first.
* Fri Nov 29 2013 wernerAATTsuse.de- Add patch tty3270-on-serial-line-of-s390.patch to better support the first and second serial line on s390/x
* Sun Nov 03 2013 schwabAATTlinux-m68k.org- blkdiscard-BLKSSZGET-fills-in-an-int.patch: Fix type mismatch in blkdiscard
* Fri Oct 25 2013 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- Drop SUID flag for eject (bnc#824406).
* Wed Oct 09 2013 schwabAATTsuse.de- No
*fdisk on m68k
* Wed Oct 02 2013 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- Safely migrate su config files from coreutils to util-linux (bnc#814626#c18).
* Fri Sep 27 2013 mgorseAATTsuse.com- Add more-check-for-buffer-size-when-write-multibyte-char.patch and more-guarantee-space-for-multibyte.patch -- check for buffer space with multi-byte chars (BNC#829720).
* Fri Sep 27 2013 mgorseAATTsuse.com- Add more-fix-buffer-overflow.patch (bnc#829720).
* Fri Sep 13 2013 wernerAATTsuse.de- Avoid build require gpg-offline twice
* Wed Sep 11 2013 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- Update to version 2.23.2: nsenter(1):
* this NEW COMMAND provides command line interface to setns() Linux syscall and allows to run program with namespaces of other processes unshare(1):
* supports new PID and USER namespaces fdisk(8):
* provides experimental support for GUID Partition Table (GPT), the implementation is still not complete and some (unimportant) features are missing.
* ~50% of fdisk code has been refactored, this task is going to be complete in the next release. The goal is to have libfdisk shared between all fdisks. partx(8):
* supports new \"update\" command (implemented by BLKPG_RESIZE_PARTITION ioctl) mount(8):
* supports new userspace mount option x-mount.mkdir[=] to create mountpoints on demand
* the support for propagation flags has been improved, now the flags could be specified in /etc/fstab and used together with regular mount options. It\'s also possible to specify more propagation flags together. This EXPERIMENTAL feature is implemented by additional mount(2) syscalls, because Linux does not allow to use propagation flags with another options or more flags together. umount(8):
* supports new command line option --recursive to recursively unmount all sub-mounts for the specified mountpoint
* supports new command line option --all-targets to unmount all mountpoints in the current namespace for the specified filesystem
* the options --recursive and --all-targets could be used together dmesg(1):
* supports new command line options --color, --human and - -nopager, the --human option enables relative times, colors and pager support. su(1):
* supports new command line options --group and --supp-group to specify primary and supplementary groups chfn(1) and chsh(1):
* the commands could be linked with libuser to support non-local accounts modification (e.g. LDAP, etc). kill(1):
* the command has been improved to be compatible with procps version, the procps version is deprecated now, the util-linux version is enabled by default. blkdiscard(8):
* this NEW COMMAND discard sectors on a device (for example on SSD disks) sulogin(8):
* provides multi-console feature from SysVinit findmnt(8):
* provides new columns FREQ, PASSNO, ID, OPT-FIELDS, PROPAGATION lslocks(8):
* provides new column BLOCKER and detects blocked locks lsblk(8):
* supports new command line option --scsi and new columns HCTL, TRANsport VENDOR and REVision swapon(8) and losetup(8):
* the commands prints basic overview by default if no option specified column(1):
* supports new command line option --output-separator to specify table output delimiter rename(1):
* supports new command line option --symlink to rename symlink target hwclock(8):
* supports new command line option --compare to periodically compare the Hardware Clock to the System Time (based on adjtimex -c) ipcs(1):
* supports new command line options --bytes and --human wipefs(1):
* supports new command line option --force to force erase on used devices- Removed upstreamed patches (mkfs.bfs_cleanup_64bit.patch-Patch, mkfs.bfs_cleanup_endian.patch)
* Mon Jul 01 2013 mailAATTbernhard-voelker.de- Correct condition for Conflicts of sysvinit-tools.
* Mon Jul 01 2013 wernerAATTsuse.de- Correct version in source URL path.
* Fri Jun 28 2013 sbrabecAATTsuse.cz- Fix Provides and Obsoletes of eject.- Conflict with old coreutils and sysvinit-tools with conflicting files to guarantee seamless upgrade.- Remove Provides and Obsoletes of packages that do not exist since SuSE Linux 8.- Include upstreamed patch from SUSE eject package: Check eject host_status and driver_status when using SG_IO (eject-scsi-check-host_status-and-driver_status.patch, bnc#358033).
* Wed Jun 19 2013 cooloAATTsuse.com- rely on systemd-rpm-macros instead of the full thing
* Wed Jun 12 2013 mailAATTbernhard-voelker.de- util-linux.spec: remove previously added \"moving-su-trickery\" again as a su-less coreutils packet is in Base:Build and Factory now.
* Fri Jun 07 2013 mailAATTbernhard-voelker.de- util-linux.spec: work around su(1) PAM problems based on su(1) being provided by both the coreutils and the util-linux package. Fix macro typo in %post and %verifyscript sections related to su(1): s/sysvinit_tools/enable_su/
* Thu Jun 06 2013 wernerAATTsuse.de- Add make-sure-sbin-resp-usr-sbin-are-in-PATH.diff, that is include the old \"let `su\' handle /sbin and /usr/sbin in path\"- Provide the new eject utility to avoid file conflict with old eject package
* Wed Jun 05 2013 wernerAATTsuse.de- Update to util-linux-2.23.1 + Release highlights (2.22) su(1):
* has been merged from coreutils into util-linux
* utils-linux version uses /etc/pam.d/su-l PAM config file for --login (e.g. \"su -\") session. sulogin(8):
* has been merged from sysvinit into util-linux utmpdump(1):
* has been merged from sysvinit into util-linux eject(1):
* has been merged from inactive upstream from sf.net and Fedora into util-linux
* supports new options --manualeject, --force and --no-partitions-unmount lslocks(1)
* this NEW COMMAND prints local system locks and it\'s replacement to very long time unmaintained lslk(1) wdctl(8):
* this NEW COMMAND shows hardware watchdog status libuuid:
* does NOT EXECUTE uuidd on demand, the daemon has to be started by init scripts / systemd uuidd:
* supports socket activation (for systemd)
* supports new options -no-fork, --no-pid and --socket-activation + Release highlights (2.23) blkdiscard(8):
* this NEW COMMAND discard sectors on a device (for example on SSD disks) sulogin(8):
* provides multi-console feature from SysVinit- Removed following patches now upstream
* 0001-Test-for-secure_getenv-too.patch
* 0001-include-bitops.h-Use-the-operating-system-byteswappi.patch
* add-canonicalize_path_restricted.patch
* fdiskbsdlabel.patch
* libmount-add-MNT_ERR_LOOPDEV.patch
* libmount-add-special-MNT_ERR-codes.patch
* libmount-don-t-use-nosuid-noexec-nodev-for-cifs-user.patch
* login-close-tty-before-vhangup.patch
* mount-new-add-loopdev-specific-error-message.patch
* mount-new-allow-sloppy-for-non-root.patch
* mount-new-improve-error-messages.patch
* mount-new-use-MNT_ERR-for-error-messages.patch
* mount-sanitize-paths-from-non-root-users.patch
* util-linux-2.21.2-noenc.diff
* umount-sanitize-paths-from-non-root-users.patch- Removed following patch which otherwise cause to break build
* util-linux-2.20-libmount-deps.patch- Refreshed following patches with updating version string
* util-linux-2.23.1-fdisk_remove_bogus_warnings.patch
* util-linux-2.23.1-noenc-suse.diff- Add util-linux-2.23.1-eject-fpie.patch to compile and link eject with PIE
* Wed May 29 2013 ihnoAATTsuse.com- fixing mkfs.bfs to make it 64bit and endian clean. adding the patches mkfs.bfs_cleanup_64bit.patch and mkfs.bfs_cleanup_endian.patch
* Sun Mar 17 2013 jengelhAATTinai.de- Split \"which\", \"time\" and \"adjtimex\" off util-linux
* Sat Feb 16 2013 schwabAATTsuse.de- fdiskbsdlabel.patch: Fix fdisk compilation on aarch64
* Tue Feb 05 2013 crrodriguezAATTopensuse.org- 0001-Test-for-secure_getenv-too.patch: Current glibc in 12.3/factory no longer exports internal function __secure_getenv() but has secure_getenv() instead.
* Mon Jan 07 2013 puzelAATTsuse.com- add-canonicalize_path_restricted.patch, mount-sanitize-paths-from-non-root-users.patch, umount-sanitize-paths-from-non-root-users.patch: prevent leaking information about existence of folders (bnc#797002, CVE-2013-0157)
* Fri Dec 28 2012 crrodriguezAATTopensuse.org- 0001-include-bitops.h-Use-the-operating-system-byteswappi.patch Use OS byteswapping macros, this patch is functionally identical to the version submitted upstream with the exception it excludes code that target non-linux systems.
* Wed Sep 19 2012 jslabyAATTsuse.com- login: close tty before vhangup (bnc#778842) login-close-tty-before-vhangup.patch
* Fri Jun 22 2012 kukukAATTsuse.de- Remove pam_lastlog from login.pamd, login is doing it itself. [bnc#768067]
* Wed Jun 20 2012 lnusselAATTsuse.de- add a hack for boot.localfs to determine the devices to wait for
* Fri Jun 15 2012 puzelAATTsuse.com- improve error messages from new mount (bnc#767208) - backport patches from upstream git: - mount-new-add-loopdev-specific-error-message.patch - mount-new-use-MNT_ERR-for-error-messages.patch - libmount-add-special-MNT_ERR-codes.patch - mount-new-improve-error-messages.patch - libmount-add-MNT_ERR_LOOPDEV.patch
* Fri Jun 15 2012 lnusselAATTsuse.de- remove encryption options completely as upstream will do that as well in the next release (bnc#748879).
* Thu Jun 14 2012 puzelAATTsuse.com- fix automount with quota (rh#825836) - mount-new-allow-sloppy-for-non-root.patch- fix wrong mount options for CIFS mounts (bnc#766157) - libmount-don-t-use-nosuid-noexec-nodev-for-cifs-user.patch
* Thu May 31 2012 sweet_f_aAATTgmx.de- require binutils-devel because \"which\" wants to find libiberty.a- remove which-lib64.patch because it\'s broken and couldn\'t find libiberty.a whithin /usr/lib64- which doesn\'t need autoreconf anymore
* Tue May 29 2012 puzelAATTsuse.com- switch to new libmount-based mount(8)
* Fri May 25 2012 puzelAATTsuse.com- update to util-linux-2.21.2 - bugfix release- drop sfdisk-fix-calculation-due-to-type-mismatch.patch (fixed upstream)
* Fri May 25 2012 puzelAATTsuse.com- build with RPM_OPT_FLAGS again (removed by mistake)
* Thu Apr 12 2012 puzelAATTsuse.com- fix miscalculation in sfdisk on ix86 (bnc#754789) - add sfdisk-fix-calculation-due-to-type-mismatch.patch
* Sat Mar 31 2012 puzelAATTsuse.com- update to util-linux-2.21.1 - bugfix release
* Fri Mar 16 2012 fcrozatAATTsuse.com- Fix Obsoletes / Provides for login.
* Tue Mar 13 2012 kukukAATTsuse.de- Enable /bin/login and obsolete old fork now merged back (not moved to /usr/bin until all problems are solved to avoid that root is not able to login).
* Tue Mar 06 2012 rschweikertAATTsuse.com- keep binaries in /usr tree (UsrMerge project)
* Tue Feb 21 2012 puzelAATTsuse.com- update to util-linux-2.21 chcpu(8): - new command prlimit(1): - new command losetup(8): - the command has been rewritten, features:
* supports 64bit ioctls only
* losetup -a does not require root permissions
* uses new /dev/loop-control kernel API
* supports new command line option --partscan to enable kernel partition table parser agetty(8): - supports new command line options --nohints to disable hints about Num, Caps and Scroll Locks - supports new command line option --remote to add a hostname to the login(1) command line dmesg(1): - supports new command line options --file to read the log from a file rather than from kernel buffer fallocate(8): - supports new command line options --punch-hole to punch holes in the file findmnt(8): - supports alternative location of the fstab file ipcrm(8): - supports new command line option --all to remove all resources lscpu(1): - supports new command line options --all, --offline and - -online to list all, offline or online CPUs - supports s390 topology description (polarization, books, ...) partx(8): - supports partitioned loop devices wipefs(8): - allows to zap partition tables - supports new command line option \"--type \" to wipe only specified filesystems, RAIDs or partition table types libblkid: - provides new function blkid_do_wipe() to remove all signatures from the given block device.- disable elvtune (works only with 2.4 kernel)- drop patches which are upstream now: - drop fsck-use-FS-blacklist-for-non-all-mode-too.patch - drop util-linux-dmesg-fix-printing-of-multibyte-characters.patch - libmount-ignore-tailing-slash-in-netfs-source-paths.patch - libmount-fix-chdir-to-parent-for-restricted-user-umo.patch- update to adjtimex-1.29- use fdupes to symlink duplicate manpages- disabled make check for time (noop)- libraries back to %{_libdir}, /usr merge project (by crrodriguezAATTopensuse.org)- drop cryptoloop support (provided by dm-crypt) - util-linux-2.17.1-mount_losetup_crypto.patch
* Tue Feb 07 2012 jengelhAATTmedozas.de- Remove redundant tags/sections
* Mon Dec 26 2011 cooloAATTsuse.com- do not call %suse_update_config
* Mon Nov 21 2011 ajAATTsuse.de- add fdisk-tinfo.patch to fix build with newer curses.
* Tue Nov 15 2011 cooloAATTsuse.com- add libtool as buildrequire to avoid implicit dependency
* Wed Nov 09 2011 puzelAATTsuse.com- add libmount-ignore-tailing-slash-in-netfs-source-paths.patch and libmount-fix-chdir-to-parent-for-restricted-user-umo.patch: fix umounting network filesystems as plain user (bnc#728480)
* Tue Nov 08 2011 puzelAATTsuse.com- add fsck-use-FS-blacklist-for-non-all-mode-too.patch (bnc#728645)
* Wed Nov 02 2011 puzelAATTsuse.com- add util-linux-dmesg-fix-printing-of-multibyte-characters.patch (bnc#725993)
* Thu Oct 20 2011 puzelAATTsuse.com- update to util-linux-2.20.1 - bugfix release- drop patches (in upstream): - util-linux-sfdisk-manpage-fix.patch - util-linux-lib-sysfs-deinit.patch - fdisk-dont-shorten-long-path-to-disk.patch
* Wed Oct 12 2011 puzelAATTsuse.com- add fdisk-dont-shorten-long-path-to-disk.patch (bnc#722959)
* Tue Oct 04 2011 uliAATTsuse.com- cross-build fix: use %__cc, %configure macros- set bindir explicitly when installing- (cross-?)build fix: disable build dependency on SELINUX_LIBS in libmount
* Tue Sep 13 2011 puzelAATTsuse.com- add util-linux-lib-sysfs-deinit.patch (bnc#714151)
* Mon Aug 29 2011 puzelAATTsuse.com- update to util-linux-2.20 - cleanups, bugfixes- build with --enable-ddate- add util-linux-sfdisk-manpage-fix.patch
* Thu Aug 25 2011 rguentherAATTnovell.com- BuildIgnore pwdutils.
* Wed Aug 17 2011 puzelAATTnovell.com- update to util-linux-2.20-rc2 - bugfixes- drop patches: - util-linux-fix-manpages.patch - util-linux-wall-build-with-pie.patch - util-linux-2.20-rc1-agetty-fixes.patch - util-linux-2.20-rc1-hexdump-segfault.patch - util-linux-2.20-rc-fix-dmesg.patch
* Wed Aug 10 2011 puzelAATTnovell.com- add util-linux-2.20-rc1-hexdump-segfault.patch (bnc#710877)
* Wed Aug 10 2011 puzelAATTnovell.com- add util-linux-2.20-rc-fix-dmesg.patch (bnc#710417)
* Wed Aug 10 2011 puzelAATTnovell.com- add util-linux-2.20-rc1-agetty-fixes.patch (bnc#711240)
* Mon Aug 01 2011 puzelAATTnovell.com- update to util-linux-2.20-rc1 - Release highlights agetty(8): - mingetty features have been merged to agetty chrt(1), taskset(1): - supports new command line option \"--all-tasks\" to set or retrieve the scheduling attributes of all the tasks (threads) for a given PID dmesg(1): - supports new command line options: --clear, --console-on, - -console-off, --ctime, --decode, --facility=, - -level=, --show-delta, --notime, --kernel and - -userspace fdisk(8): - improved dialogs to be more user-friendly findmnt(8), partx(8), lsblk(8) - support new command line option \"--pairs\" to enable key=\"value\" output format findmnt(8): - supports new command line options \"--poll\" and \"--timeout\" to monitor /proc/self/mountinfo changes ionice(1): - supports human-readable scheduling class names, for example: ionice -c best-effort $PID kill(1): - supports new command line option \"-q \" to use sigqueue(2) - supports real-time signals in formats RT, RTMIN+ and RTMAX- lsblk(8): - supports new columns - supports new command line option \"-D\" to print device discard topology lscpu(8): - improved support for s390 boxes mkfs.minix: - supports minix version 3 simpleinit: - this set of deprecated utils has been REMOVED wall(1): - support new command line option \"--timeout\" to specify write timeout to terminals in seconds.- add util-linux-fix-manpages.patch- add util-linux-wall-build-with-pie.patch- package /sbin/rcuuidd
* Tue May 03 2011 puzelAATTnovell.com- update to util-linux-2.19.1 - numerous bugfixes, including (bnc#690486 and bnc#690488)- drop umount-by-imgname.patch (merged upstream)- cleanup: do not register ipc.info.gz (not provided by this package)
* Thu Apr 14 2011 puzelAATTnovell.com- merge util-linux-2.17.1-losetup-honor-documented-c-option and util-linux-2.17.1-mount_losetup_crypto.patch)
* Mon Feb 21 2011 puzelAATTnovell.com- add umount-by-imgname.patch (bnc#666161)
* Thu Feb 10 2011 puzelAATTnovell.com- update to util-linux-2.19 - uuid fixes - cleanups, documentation and translation updates- drop util-linux-2.19-rc1-loop-offset.diff (fixed in upstream, by different patch)
* Wed Jan 26 2011 puzelAATTnovell.com- update to util-linux-2.19-rc3 - bugfixes
* Tue Jan 25 2011 lnusselAATTsuse.de- don\'t mess with /etc/mtab in %post. aaa_base does that for us already.
* Fri Jan 21 2011 lnusselAATTsuse.de- fix parsing offset= followed by more options (bnc#666150)
* Tue Jan 18 2011 bwiedemannAATTnovell.com- fix bnc#664873
* Thu Jan 06 2011 puzelAATTnovell.com- update to util-linux-2.19-rc1- important changes:
* lsblk(8): - this NEW COMMAND lists information about all or selected block devices in tree-like format.
* partx(8): - this command has been rewritten to use libblkid for partition tables parsing. It supports aix, bsd, dos, gpt, mac, minix, sgi, solaris_x86, sun, ultrix and unixware now. - supports new command line option \"--show\" to list partitions in new format - prints UUID and name for GPT and mac partitions
* findmnt(8): - supports new command line option \"--submounts\" to list all submounts for selected mountpoint(s)
* agetty(8): - supports new command line options \"-c\" and \"-s\" to reuse already initialized tty cflags and existing baud rate
* mount(8), umount(8): - could be linked with libmount (--enable-libmount-mount) to manage userspace mount options outside /etc/mtab on systems where the file is a symlink to /proc/mounts. (EXPERIMENTAL, enabled in openSUSE package)
* losetup(8), mount(8): - uses /sys/dev/block//loop/backing_file rather than loopdev ioctls (requires kernel >= 2.6.37)
* fsck(8): - supports new command line option \"-l\" to lock whole-disk device by exclusive flock(2). This option is recommended when more fsck(8) instances are executed in the same time.
* rtcwake(8): - supports new mode \"show\" to print the current RTC alarm time
* fstrim(8): - this NEW COMMAND allows to discard unused blocks on a mounted filesystem (wrapper for FITRIM ioctl)
* swapon(8): - supports new options \"discard\" and \"nofail\"- in post, replace /etc/mtab with a symlink to /proc/mounts/self- drop following patches (in upstream) - util-linux-swapon-btrfs-limitations - util-linux-agetty-s-option.patch - util-linux-fsck-l-option.patch - util-linux-2.18-no-canonicalize-fix.patch - util-linux-swapon-canonicalize-swap-device.patch- fix uuidd Summary and Description- build with --enable-libmount-mount (new option)- use set_permissions macros- run spec-cleaner
* Tue Dec 14 2010 puzelAATTnovell.com- add util-linux-swapon-canonicalize-swap-device.patch (bnc#641142)
* Thu Dec 02 2010 mszerediAATTsuse.cz- mount: don\'t canonicalize \"spec\" with --no-canonicalize option [bnc#651598]
* Thu Dec 02 2010 mszerediAATTsuse.cz- add Provides: util-linux(fake+no-canonicalize) [bnc#651598]
* Tue Nov 30 2010 puzelAATTnovell.com- update util-linux-2.17.1-mount_losetup_crypto.patch (bnc#655804)
* Fri Nov 26 2010 kay.sieversAATTnovell.com- add Provides: fsck-with-dev-lock
* Thu Nov 25 2010 kay.sieversAATTnovell.com- add \'fsck -l\' option needed for systemd
* Tue Nov 16 2010 cristian.rodriguezAATTopensuse.org- disable silent rules
* Thu Nov 11 2010 kay.sieversAATTnovell.com- add \'agetty\' -s option needed for systemd\'s serial console setup
* Tue Sep 28 2010 ajAATTsuse.de- uuidd rc file already creates /var/run/uuidd, mark it as %ghost in spec file.
* Fri Jul 09 2010 puzelAATTnovell.com- update to util-linux-ng-2.18 - do not provide rdev, ramsize, vidmode and rootflags commands anymore - fdisk does not use cylinders as display units by default - libmount: new library; its API is still officially unstable - new commands: findmnt, fsfreeze, swaplabel - blkid: new option \"-i\" to print I/O limits - full release notes: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.18/v2.18-ReleaseNotes- update to adjtimex-1.28- update to which-2.20- drop util-linux-2.14.1-mount_skip_sync.patch (fixed upstream)- drop util-linux-addpart-use-atoll.patch (fixed upstream)- drop util-linux-mount-detect-ro-mount.patch (fixed upstream)- drop adjtimex-1.20-nosyscall.diff (fixed upstream)- cleanup specfile a bit
* Mon Jun 28 2010 jengelhAATTmedozas.de- use %_smp_mflags
* Thu Jun 24 2010 jeffmAATTsuse.de- document btrfs limitation with swapfiles (bnc#616617)
* Tue Jun 22 2010 bgAATTnovell.com- hppa specific binaries are parisc{,32,64}
* Tue Jun 01 2010 puzelAATTnovell.com- do not run uuidd as root, but uuidd:uuidd (bnc#604168)
* Fri May 28 2010 puzelAATTnovell.com- add util-linux-mount-detect-ro-mount.patch (bnc#481123)
* Tue May 11 2010 puzelAATTnovell.com- add util-linux-addpart-use-atoll.patch (bnc#603328)
* Tue Apr 06 2010 hvogelAATTnovell.com- update to version 2.17.2 - fix small typo in v2.17.1-ReleaseNotes - fix -b fdisk - fix typo in ionice - fix display of device size, fix infinite loop when probe chain bails out early, more robust minix probing, remove \"0x\" prefix from DRBD UUID, reset BLKID_TINY_DEV flag in blkid_probe_set_device, support alignment_offset=-1 in libblkid - fix cpuid opcode detection in lscpu - more explicitly explain fstab usage in mount.8, posix option of vfat is obsolete, properly ignore comments in /etc/filesystems in mount - update ja.po, pl.po, update vi.po - remove \" (deleted)\" from filenames from /proc/swaps - cleanup usage() and man page of wipefs
* Thu Mar 11 2010 jeffmAATTsuse.de- Properly honor documented -c option (bnc#583677)
* Tue Mar 02 2010 lnusselAATTsuse.de- drop freeramdisk (bnc#584565)- drop hostid (bnc#584562)
* Tue Feb 23 2010 lnusselAATTsuse.de- new version 2.17.1 - new commands: wipefs, unshare, fallocate - fdisk: DOS-compatible mode marked deprecated - honor nofail option in fsck - libblkid overhaul - lots of bug fixes- fix self-obsoletes- compile suid programs using -fpie- drop -DCONFIG_SMP for s390 as it doesn\'t seem to be used anyways
* Sun Dec 13 2009 jengelhAATTmedozas.de- add baselibs.conf as a source
* Sun Dec 06 2009 jengelhAATTmedozas.de- enabled parallel build
* Mon Nov 30 2009 meissnerAATTsuse.de- exclude sparc correctly -> %sparc bnc#559180
* Sun Nov 15 2009 meissnerAATTsuse.de- refreshed patches with fuzz=0
* Mon Oct 26 2009 crrodriguezAATTopensuse.org- fsck during boot up fails with Too many open files [bnc#503008]
* Tue Oct 20 2009 dmuellerAATTsuse.de- fix typo in baselibs.conf change
* Tue Oct 13 2009 ajAATTsuse.de- Fix requires of 32-bit devel packages.
* Tue Sep 29 2009 hvogelAATTnovell.com- finaly remove the mount mtab locking patch:
* util-linux-2.14.1-mount_race.patch It causes too much regressions.
* Mon Jul 13 2009 kay.sieversAATTnovell.com- update to final 2.16 release - fix libdir issues in pkgconfig files - fix location of uuidd run directory - improve libuuid handling if uuidd is installed but not setuid- add blkid.conf file to: - disable the sequential /dev scanner - move cache to /dev/.blkid.tab to get file out of /etc and prevent the cache file to survive a reboot
* Wed Jul 08 2009 meissnerAATTnovell.com- added baselibs.conf for libblkid
* and libuuid
*
* Sun Jun 28 2009 kay.sieversAATTnovell.com- update to version 2.16- switch from libvolume_id to new libblkid- provide fsck- provide libblkid- provide libuuid- provide setarch- provide separate uuidd package- remove patches: util-linux-2.14.1-lscpu.patch (upstream) util-linux-2.14.1-lscpu_add_hypervisor_detection.patch (upstream) util-linux-2.14.1-lscpu_sysroot_option.patch (upstream) util-linux-2.14.1-sys-utils_lscpu_exit.patch (upstream) util-linux-2.14.2-schedutils_fix_email.patch (upstream) util-linux-2.12r-fdisk_cyl.patch (upstream) util-linux-2.14.1-mount_swap_pagesize.patch (--fixpg option) util-linux-2.14.2-schedutils_ionice_enosys.patch (-t option) util-linux-2.14.1-hwclock_adjust_and_hctosys.patch (--systz)
* Thu Apr 16 2009 wernerAATTsuse.de- Move /usr/sbin/adjtimex to /sbin/adjtimex to be able to check the kernel time variables even without /usr mounted