[Announce] ploop 1.3

Kir Kolyshkin kir at openvz.org
Thu May 31 11:22:51 EDT 2012


OpenVZ project has released a new ploop version.
Read below for more information.


Changes
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New functionality:
* ploop copy is working now
* added pcopy's send_process() and receive_process() to lib
* ploop mount: added -c <component_name> option
* ploop(8): added (still incomplete)
* ploop balloon discard: add --to-free and --min-block
* add Preallocated item to DiskDescriptor.xml
* add ploop_get_mnt_by_dev() to library

Bug fixes:
* fixed offline snapshot creation
* fixed race between register/unregister_ploop_dev()
* create image: if fallocate is not supported, fail
* ploop init, ploop mount: fix -b option value validation
* ploop mount: fix usage, -d is optional
* ploop info: fix usage, DiskDescriptor.xml is required
* ploop.spec: make main package require -lib of the same version
* fixed a few ioctl-related error messages
* ploop_create_snapshot(): check for number of snapshots limit (127)
* ploop.spec: do not own _libdir
* fix SYSEXIT_PARAM value
* tools/ploop.c: do not use ploop_err()
* tools: fixed/improved usage for many commands
* tools: do not forget to print newlines
* make install: use /usr/lib64 LIBDIR for x86_64
* ploop_create_image(): free disk descriptor if fstype is NULL
* create_balloon_file(): fix file name in error message
* create_balloon_file(): umount and remove temp mnt point
* create_balloon_file(): fix error message and return code
* parse_xml(): add Blocksize validation

Improvements and cleanups:
* ploop lib: add visibility=hidden for internal functions
* tools: use parse_size() and is_xml_name() where possible
* remove merge_top_only param of get_delta_info()
* ploop balloon: make it accept either -m or -d or both
* ploop convert: change -t to -f
* tools: unify parsing -f option
* various code and headers cleanups
* setver.sh: add -v, -b, -i

For complete changelog, see http://git.openvz.org/?p=ploop;a=log;h=ploop-1.3


Download
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http://wiki.openvz.org/Download/ploop/1.3


Bug reporting
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Please report all bugs found to
http://bugzilla.openvz.org/enter_bug.cgi?component=ploop


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Regards,
    OpenVZ team


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