[ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng 2.13.1 (stable)

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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 --getsz to blockdev.8  [Karel Zak]
   - 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]
   - release++  [Karel Zak]
   - release++ (-rc2)  [Karel Zak]
   - remove files that are no longer delivered from git  [LaMont Jones]
   - remove hardcoded _GNU_SOURCE  [Karel Zak]
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]
   - add note about incorrect tag 2.13.1  [Karel Zak]
   - add v2.13.1 ReleaseNotes  [Karel Zak]
   - fix ChangeLog URL  [Pascal Terjan]
   - fix stable branche name in README.devel  [Karel Zak]
   - update AUTHORS file  [Karel Zak]
   - update AUTHORS file, add all translators  [Karel Zak]
   - update ReleaseNotes  [Karel Zak]
fdisk:
   - fix typo  [Karel Zak]
flock:
   - typo in man page  [A. Costa]
getopt:
   - fix path to examples in getopt.1  [Karel Zak]
hwclock:
   - check for ENODEV  [David Woodhouse]
   - 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]
   - don't call canonicalize(SPEC) for cifs, smbfs and nfs  [Karel Zak]
   - fix fd leak  [Matthias Koenig]
   - improve error message when helper program not present  [LaMont Jones]
pg:
   - fix segfault on search  [Rajeev V. Pillai]
po:
   - add eu.po (from translationproject.org)  [Mikel Olasagasti]
   - add pl.po (from translationproject.org)  [Andrzej Krzysztofowicz]
   - fix typo in de.po  [Karel Zak]
   - merge files  [Karel Zak]
   - update ca.po (from translationproject.org)  [Josep Puigdemont]
   - update cs.po (from translationproject.org)  [Petr Pisar]
   - update da.po (from translationproject.org)  [Claus Hindsgaul]
   - update de.po (from translationproject.org)  [Michael Piefel]
   - update es.po (from translationproject.org)  [Santiago Vila Doncel]
   - update et.po (from translationproject.org)  [Meelis Roos]
   - update eu.po (from translationproject.org)  [Mikel Olasagasti]
   - update fi.po (from translationproject.org)  [Lauri Nurmi]
   - update fr.po (from translationproject.org)  [Michel Robitaille]
   - update hu.po (from translationproject.org)  [Gabor Kelemen]
   - update id.po (from translationproject.org)  [Arif E. Nugroho]
   - update it.po (from translationproject.org)  [Marco Colombo]
   - update ja.po (from translationproject.org)  [Daisuke Yamashita]
   - update nl.po (from translationproject.org)  [Benno Schulenberg]
   - update pl.po (from translationproject.org)  [Andrzej Krzysztofowicz]
   - update po files  [Karel Zak]
   - update pt_BR.po (from translationproject.org)  [Rodrigo Stulzer Lopes]
   - update ru.po (from translationproject.org)  [Pavel Maryanov]
   - update sl.po (from translationproject.org)  [Simon Mihevc]
   - update sv.po (from translationproject.org)  [Daniel Nylander]
   - update tr.po (from translationproject.org)  [Nilgün Belma Bugüner]
   - update uk.po (from translationproject.org)  [Maxim V. Dziumanenko]
   - update vi.po (from translationproject.org)  [Clytie Siddall]
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]
sfdisk:
   - allow partitioning drives of over 2^31 sectors.  [Kunihiko IMAI]
sys-utils:
   - correct setarch.8 manpage link creation  [Frédéric Bothamy]
tests:
   - fix blkid cache usage  [Karel Zak]



 AUTHORS                    |   46 +-
 NEWS                       |   25 +-
 README                     |    3 +-
 README.devel               |   14 +-
 config/include-Makefile.am |    1 +
 configure.ac               |    3 +-
 disk-utils/blockdev.8      |   17 +-
 disk-utils/fsck.cramfs.c   |    1 -
 disk-utils/mkfs.cramfs.c   |    2 +-
 disk-utils/mkswap.c        |   15 +-
 docs/v2.13.1-ReleaseNotes  |  111 +
 fdisk/fdisk.c              |    2 +-
 fdisk/sfdisk.c             |    3 +-
 getopt/getopt.1            |    5 +-
 hwclock/rtc.c              |   33 +-
 include/nls.h              |    8 +-
 login-utils/chfn.c         |   55 +-
 login-utils/chsh.c         |   57 +-
 login-utils/login.c        |    4 +-
 misc-utils/cal.1           |    2 +
 misc-utils/cal.c           |    1 -
 misc-utils/look.c          |    1 -
 misc-utils/rename.1        |    7 +
 misc-utils/rename.c        |    5 +-
 misc-utils/script.c        |   14 +-
 misc-utils/write.c         |    1 -
 mount/h/swap.h             |    5 -
 mount/lomount.c            |   20 +-
 mount/mount.c              |   43 +-
 mount/mount.smbfs          |   68 -
 mount/realpath.c           |    9 +-
 mount/umount.c             |    8 +-
 po/ca.po                   |  744 ++--
 po/cs.po                   |  772 ++--
 po/da.po                   |  742 ++--
 po/de.po                   | 1072 +++---
 po/es.po                   |  761 ++--
 po/et.po                   |  924 ++---
 po/eu.po                   | 9466 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 po/fi.po                   | 1494 ++++----
 po/fr.po                   |  767 ++--
 po/hu.po                   |10286 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 po/id.po                   |  777 ++--
 po/it.po                   |  792 ++--
 po/ja.po                   |  985 ++---
 po/nl.po                   |  790 ++--
 po/pl.po                   | 9467 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 po/pt_BR.po                | 1190 +++---
 po/ru.po                   |  766 ++--
 po/sl.po                   |  746 ++--
 po/sv.po                   |  762 ++--
 po/tr.po                   |  772 ++--
 po/uk.po                   |  760 ++--
 po/util-linux-ng.pot       |  722 ++--
 po/vi.po                   |  758 ++--
 schedutils/chrt.c          |    2 -
 schedutils/ionice.1        |    6 +-
 schedutils/taskset.c       |    2 -
 sys-utils/Makefile.am      |   16 +
 sys-utils/flock.1          |    2 +-
 sys-utils/setarch.c        |    6 +-
 tests/functions.sh         |   30 +-
 tests/ts-cramfs-mkfs       |    2 +
 text-utils/colrm.c         |    2 +-
 text-utils/more.c          |    1 -
 text-utils/pg.c            |    4 +-
 66 files changed, 38333 insertions(+), 8644 deletions(-)

-- 
 Karel Zak  <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx>
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