[Announce] vzctl 4.7

[Kir Kolyshkin]

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 4.6.1)

New functionality and other important changes:
* Disable conntrack for VE0 by default (#2755)
* vzctl set --diskspace: add --offline-resize (#2281)
* vzctl create: use ploop by default
* vzctl create, vzctl convert: honor diskinodes for ploop (#2898)
* vzctl create: add --diskinodes
* vzctl set: new option --netfilter to replace --iptables
* vzmigrate: support for copying CT dump file
* vzmigrate: introduce/use vzfsync for ploop (to shorten CT freeze time)
* bash-completion: CTIDs on ploop for compact
* vzctl create: honor MOUNT_OPTS
* vzctl console: add set_console dist script (#2865)
* vzctl snapshot-switch: add --skip_arpdetect option
* vzctl snapshot-switch: add --skip-resume, --skip-config
* vzctl set --diskinodes, DISKINODES: allow suffixes (KMG)
* vzpid: new option "-p" to show in-container PID(s)
* etc/vz.conf: add SKIP_ARPDETECT example
* etc/vz.conf: use ploop by default
* etc/vz.conf: use vswap config by default
* etc/vz.conf: merge IP6TABLES to IPTABLES_MODULES

Fixes:
* vzctl destroy: fix locking (#2814)
* debian-add_ip.sh: setup loopback device at least (#2859)
* vzctl start --wait: fix for non-standard Debian 7
* postcreate.sh: add Fedora 20+
* postcreate.sh: set file caps for suse 13.1+
* vzmigrate: fix ploop for diff VE_PRIVATE case (#2875)
* vzmigrate: hide ploop getdev output
* vzctl status, snapshot-list: don't mess with stdout even when verbose
* vzlist: don't spoil output with ploop messages
* logger.c: fix wrt ploop logging
* etc/network/if-up.d/vzifup-post: fix for Debian Wheezy (#2914)
* hooks_ct.c: bind-mount root to itself (fix for kernel v3.11+)
* hooks_ct: mount /proc and /sys before umounting old root
* bash_completion: replace exit with return
* bash_completion: add --quiet to vzctl
* vzmigrate: call vzctl status with --quiet
* vzcptcheck: fix program name in usage

Improvements:
* add_reach_runlevel_mark(): improve error messages
* set(): don't ignore fail from fill_vswap_ub()
* vzctl restore: warn in CPT_SET_LOCKFD2 not supported
* config.c: add SKIP_ARPDETECT to ignored list
* vzmigrate: lock CT locally
* vzmigrate --live: check for running CT earlier
* destroy_dump(): don't log "Removing" if no dump
* etc/conf/*sample: tune DISKINODES for ploop diskspace/diskinodes ratio
* etc/conf/ve-unlimited.conf-sample: remove
* hooks_ct: remove non-working devpts mount
* hooks_ct: mount devtmpfs in CT
* ct_chroot(): do not change a set of CT0's mounts
* parse_netif_str(): improve NETIF= param parsing
* setup_hardlink_dir(): show error if mkdir() failed

Documentation:
* vzctl(8): document MAX_VEID (#2784)
* vzctl --help: fix convert synopsys

Build system:
* setver.sh: rework buildid
* setver.sh: make it work on fresh git source
* autogen.sh, setver.sh: fix build from screwed git repo
* vzctl.spec: require bridge-utils (as we use brctl)

See full changelog here:
http://git.openvz.org/?p=vzctl;a=shortlog;h=vzctl-4.7


Download
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http://wiki.openvz.org/Download/vzctl/4.7


Thanks
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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):

* Sean Fulton
* Igor Podlesnyi
* Mike Fedyk
* Pavel Odintsov
* Donatas Abraitis
* reduzent
* Oskar Groh
* Dietmar Maurer


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


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Regards,
   OpenVZ team