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Changes

Since version 1.12.2:

New functionality

• snapshot-merge: add merge to new delta ability
• Logging to PLOOP_LOG_FILE (if variable is defined during compilation)
• ploop restore-descriptor: create dd.xml by image (single image only)
• ploop replace: add -k, --keep-name to keep the replaced delta file name
• ploop replace: implement offline replace
• snapshot-delete: introduce specific SYSEXIT_NOSNAP error
• Alternative (incompatible) implementation of ploop copy (C and Python API)

Fixes

• ploop_replace_image(): fix wrt level
• ploop grow: update size in DiskDescriptor.xml after growing
• normalize_image_name(): fix for a corner case
• ploop_replace_image(): always unlock dd.xml
• {mount,umount}.ploop: fixes for filenames with spaces, tabs etc.
• umount.ploop: fix mtab removal (#3164)
• umount.ploop: fix for file names with a semicolon
• scripts/mount.ploop: don't hardcode paths to modprobe and readlink
• ploop_umount(): don't return -1, use SYSEXIT_*
• ploop_merge_snapshot_by_guid(): fix error message, don't print (null)
• ploop tsnapshot(): fix usage
• grow_lower_delta(): fix a memory leak
• ploop_merge_snapshot_by_guid(): fix error message
• check_snapshot_mount(): add is_device_inuse() check

Improvements

• print_sys_block_ploop(): print less info
• Remove delta_fops abstraction layer
• ploop merge: obsolete/disable form with DD.xml (use snapshot-merge)
• ploop snapshot-merge: fix/improve message about merged deltas
• find_level_by_delta(): rework/improve
• ploop_switch_snapshot(): rm non-const cast
• local_delta_open(): make first arg const
• ploop_replace_image: print proper oldfile message
• merge_image(): document the function
• ploop_di_merge_image(): remove last argument
• Rename get_child_by_uuid() to find_child_by_guid()
• ploop_merge_snapshot_by_guid(): untangle MERGE_WITH_{PARENT,CHILD} mess
• ploop_merge_snapshot_by_guid: fix ending message
• Rework check_snapshot_mount()
• ploop_di_merge_image: fix error messages
• ploop_merge_snapshot_by_guid(): fix error message

Documentation

• ploop tool: usage formatting fixes
• ploop(8): expand description of snapshot-merge
• ploop(8): describe replace -k, --keep-name option
• ploop(8): describe restore-descriptor command
• ploop(8): describe snapshot-merge -n option

Build system

• ploop.spec: no perms for symlink
• Makefile.inc: add VERSION and RELEASE vars to specify package version
• setver.sh: modify to use VERSION/RELEASE from Makefile.inc
• setver.sh: add -o, --oldpackage flag

For the complete list of changes in this release, see git changelog for ploop-1.13.