[ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng 2.13.1-rc1

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 The first util-linux-ng 2.13.1 release candidate is available at

    ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/

 (Note, 2.13.1 is stable maintenance release.)

 Feedback and bug reports, as always, are welcomed.

	Karel


Util-linux-ng 2.13.1 Release Notes
==================================

Fixed security issues:
---------------------

 CVE-2007-5191 - mount(8) doesn't drop privileges properly when
                 calling helpers

Changelog:
---------

 For more details see ChangeLog files at:
 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.13/


blockdev:
   - add missing description about option --report in manpage  [Li Zefan]
build-sys:
   - fix localedir (unsupported by autoconf < 2.60)  [Karel Zak]
   - nls/locale handling in util-linux-ng general  [Mike Frysinger]
   - remove files that are no longer delivered from git  [LaMont Jones]
cal:
   - add description about option -V to manpage  [Li Zefan]
chfn:
   - add pam_end() call and cleanup PAM code  [Karel Zak]
chsh:
   - should use pam_end function to terminate the PAM transaction
     [Yu Zhiguo, Karel Zak]
docs:
   - add info about .bugfix releases and branches  [Karel Zak]
   - fix ChangeLog URL  [Pascal Terjan]
   - fix stable branche name in README.devel  [Karel Zak]
   - update AUTHORS file  [Karel Zak]
fdisk:
   - fix typo  [Karel Zak]
flock:
   - typo in man page  [A. Costa]
hwclock:
   - fix --rtc option  [Matthias Koenig, Karel Zak]
ionice:
   - add a note about permissions to ionice.1  [Karel Zak]
login:
   - login segfaults on EOF (rh#298461)  [Karel Zak]
losetup:
   - fix errno usage  [Karel Zak]
mkswap:
   - possible to crash with SELinux relabeling support  [KaiGai Kohei]
mount:
   - -L|-U segfault when label or uuid doesn't exist  [Karel Zak]
   - chain of symlinks to fstab causes use of pointer after free
     [Norbert Buchmuller]
   - doesn't drop privileges properly when calling helpers  [Ludwig Nussel]
   - improve error message when helper program not present  [LaMont Jones]
pg:
   - fix segfault on search  [Rajeev V. Pillai]
po:
   - fix typo in de.po  [Karel Zak]
   - update de.po (from translationproject.org)  [Michael Piefel]
   - update fi.po (from translationproject.org)  [Lauri Nurmi]
   - update hu.po (from translationproject.org)  [Gabor Kelemen]
   - update nl.po (from translationproject.org)  [Benno Schulenberg]
   - update po files  [Karel Zak]
   - update sv.po (from translationproject.org)  [Daniel Nylander]
rename:
   - add description about option -V to manpage  [Li Zefan]
   - remove useless variable  [Li Zefan]
script:
   - dies on SIGWINCH  [Karel Zak]
setarch:
   - adding groff symlinks to setarch manual page  [Arkadiusz Miskiewicz]
   - fix compiler warning  [LaMont Jones]
   - generate groff links in a better way  [Karel Zak]
tests:
   - fix blkid cache usage  [Karel Zak]

-- 
 Karel Zak  <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx>
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