[Announce] vzctl 4.5

Kir Kolyshkin kir at openvz.org
Sat Aug 24 02:11:11 EDT 2013


OpenVZ project has released a new major vzctl version.
Read below for more information. Everybody is advised to upgrade.


Changes
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(since 4.4)

New functionality:
     vztmpl-dl: add --upload-all, --ignore-errors
     vztmpl-dl: add --list-remote, --list-local
     vztmpl-dl: do not check GPG signatures by default
     vztmpl-dl: add --gpg-check and --update options
     vz-postinstall: enable iptables for bridges (#2641)
     vz-postinstall: be verbose about what we do
     vzmigrate: support for VE_PRIVATE being a symlink (#2694)

Fixes:
     ndsend: fix option field in sending packets (#2709)
     libvzchown: link to -ldl (#2705)
     vps_create(): save LOCAL_UID/GID=0 if !userns for upstream CT
     vzctl.spec: run vz-postinstall on a fresh install only
     vz-postinstall: do not change rp_filter sysctl
     vzmigrate: remove a bashism
     vzctl create: fix running postcreate action wrt --ostemplate path/tmpl
     vzctl create: use proper version of basename()
     vzdaemon_stop(): don't return error if stopped already
     read_resolv_conf(): fix potential buffer overflow
     vzctl_env_switch_snapshot: fix leak on error path
     vzctl_env_convert_ploop(): check chmod return code

Improvements:
     veth: improve veth random MAC generation (#2695)
     vzctl start: always mount /dev/pts for upstream CT
     vzmigrate: add / to paths for rsync (#2686)
     load_ploop_lib(): load .so.1, try .so too (for ploop-1.9)
     scripts: use VPSCONFDIR instead of PKGCONFDIR/conf
     vzctl.spec: add /var/lib/vz as a symlink to /vz
     vzctl.spec: don't mark symlink as %dir
     vzctl.spec: remove a bunch of defines
     vzctl.spec: use %_sharedstatedir not /var/lib
     vzctl.spec: quote rpm macros
     vzctl.spec: remove extra slashes

Documentation:
     vztmpl-dl: improve usage
     vztmpl-dl(8): describe new options


See full changelog here:
     http://git.openvz.org/?p=vzctl;a=shortlog;h=vzctl-4.5


Download
========
     http://wiki.openvz.org/Download/vzctl/4.5


Thanks
======
OpenVZ project would like to thank the following people who contributed 
patches
and/or provided bug reports for this vzctl release (in no particular order):

     Igor Gnatenko
     Marc MAURICE
     Pavel Odintsov
     Dan Bassett
     Ola Lundqvist
     George Kargiotakis
     Coverity ;)
     Alvaro Polo
     Slava Dubrovskiy


Bug reporting
=============
Please report all bugs found to http://bugzilla.openvz.org/


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================================
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Regards,
   OpenVZ team.


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