INTRODUCTION
-This is wimlib version 1.9.2 (June 2016). wimlib is a C library for
+This is wimlib version 1.11.0-BETA4 (December 2016). wimlib is a C library for
creating, modifying, extracting, and mounting files in the Windows Imaging
Format (WIM files). wimlib and its command-line frontend 'wimlib-imagex'
provide a free and cross-platform alternative to Microsoft's WIMGAPI, ImageX,
automatically be loaded if you try to mount a WIM image. For more
information see http://fuse.sourceforge.net/.
-* libattr (optional but recommended)
- Unless configured --without-fuse, wimlib also requires libattr. Almost
- all Linux distributions should include this; however, you may need to
- install the header files, which might be in a package named "attr-dev",
- "libattr1-dev", or similar.
-
* libntfs-3g (optional but recommended)
Unless configured --without-ntfs-3g, wimlib requires the library and
- headers for libntfs-3g version 2011-4-12 or later to be installed.
+ headers for libntfs-3g to be installed. The minimum required version is
+ 2011-4-12, but newer versions contain important bug fixes.
* OpenSSL / libcrypto (optional)
wimlib can use the SHA-1 message digest implementation from libcrypto
--without-fuse
The --without-fuse option disables support for mounting WIM images.
- This removes dependencies on libfuse, librt, and libattr. The wimmount,
+ This removes dependencies on libfuse and librt. The wimmount,
wimmountrw, and wimunmount commands will not work.
The default is --with-fuse when building for Linux, and --without-fuse
but was designed primarily for UNIX, you may want to consider SquashFS
(http://squashfs.sourceforge.net/). However, you may find that wimlib works
surprisingly well on UNIX. It will store hard links and symbolic links, and it
-has optional support for storing UNIX owners, groups, modes, and special files
-such as device nodes and FIFOs. Actually, I use it to back up my own files on
-Linux!
+supports storing standard UNIX file permissions (owners, groups, and modes);
+special files such as device nodes and FIFOs; and extended attributes.
+Actually, I use it to back up my own files on Linux!
HISTORY