From: Michael Meffie Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 03:09:01 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Import NEWS from openafs-stable-1_6_x X-Git-Tag: BP-openafs-stable-1_8_x~19 X-Git-Url: https://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=1d5b255ff68af03da891a0babefdadd85f48def0 Import NEWS from openafs-stable-1_6_x Import change descriptions for 1.6.20.1, 1.6.20.2, 1.6.21. Change-Id: Ib4f06c7046eb6e1bb0a1ccfb9f6c45191154fe0e Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.openafs.org/12659 Tested-by: BuildBot Reviewed-by: Benjamin Kaduk --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ac880aa..5e3f3ab 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -332,6 +332,123 @@ OpenAFS 1.8 (in progress) (These runtime options override the use of UID-based PAGs, which were introduced to appease the CDE screensaver.) +OpenAFS 1.6.21 + + All platforms + + * Avoid a possible 100ms transmit delay in the RX protocol when a peer's + receive window transitions from closed to open (12627) + + * Documentation improvements (12476 12477 12559[RT #133339]) + + All server platforms + + * When bosserver is started with an unknown option, print an error message + and exit with a non-zero value rather than failing silently (12631) + + All DB server platforms + + * Hold the DB lock while checking for an aborted write transaction (12516) + + All file server platforms + + * On demand attach fileservers, don't save or restore a client's host + state if CPS ("Current Protection Subdomain") recalculation for it is + in progress, to avoid fileserver thread exhaustion (12568) + + * On demand attach fileservers, avoid flooding the log with error messages, + which could happen when the fileserver was restarted while a volume was + offline (12569) + + * Update a volume's "Last Update" time when its content is modified by + the salvager, to make the change visible in the output of "vos examine" + and to backup services (12633) + + All client platforms + + * Corrected the DCentries bucket counts for very large and zero length + files in the output of "fs getcacheparms -excessive" (12604 12605) + + * Fixed a bug that prevented users with GID 2748 and 2750 from executing + the "fs sysname" command on clients running afsd with -rmtsys (12607) + + * Provide a new -inumcalc switch for afsd to allow enabling the alternative + MD5 method of inode number calculation, which was previously only + possible on Linux and through the sysctl interface (12608 12632) + + Linux clients + + * Support for mainline kernel 4.12 and distribution kernels with backports + from it (12624 12626) + + * Re-added the improved algorithm for freeing unused vcaches to reduce + memory consumption first introduced with the 1.6.18 release, together + with a fix for the issue leading to its removal in 1.6.18.2 (12448..12451) + + macOS clients + + * Fixed a crash while stopping the client on macOS 10.12 "Sierra" (12602) + + +OpenAFS 1.6.20.2 + + All platforms + + * Build fixes required by recent compilers or platforms (12514 12521 12534 + 12536 12538) + + * Allow the bos server to start successfully in the presence of those, by + accepting a now checked return value indicating that the client ThisCell + and CellServDB already exist (12522) + + Linux clients + + * Support for mainline kernels 4.10 and - most likely - 4.11 and + distribution kernels with backports from them (12530 12588..12590 12598) + + * Support for distribution kernels with partial backports from 4.9 (12535) + (RT #134158) + + * In Red Hat packaging, moved the klog.krb5 manual page into the krb5 + subpackage (12511) + + * In Red Hat packaging, prevent systemd from double-starting the client + (12587) + + * Allow aklog to function on current S390/S390x (12499) + + Solaris clients + + * Make process authentication groups work on Solaris 11, now using a single + group ID (12524..12527) + + * Fix a BAD TRAP panic on Solaris 11 clients built with Studio 12.5 (12567) + + macOS clients + + * Fixed the preference pane for OS X 10.11 and later (12512) + +OpenAFS 1.6.20.1 + + All platforms + + * Build fixes required by recent compilers (12482..12484) + + Linux clients + + * Support for mainline kernel 4.9 and distribution kernels with + backports from it (12478..12480) + + * In Red Hat packaging, make systemd deal correctly with the client + when no userland processes remain after starting it (12481) + (RT #133482) + + macOS + + * Support for release 10.12 "Sierra" (12431 12432) + + * Avoid a crash in the Mounts tab of the OpenAFS preference pane (12447) + OpenAFS 1.6.20 (Security Release) All platforms