X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=75b2b7d5021201899b416ca3a22c9c6a9bc46915;hp=a00626ceb7c741b83817efc7819a8568e97d116d;hb=30cfd915ede8a2b24b693525ff835b2f03220cc9;hpb=a230e880e0d08062c37bd73dc7eebdf9cadd615d diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index a00626ce..75b2b7d5 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,70 @@ Only the most important changes more recent than version 0.6 are noted here. +Version 1.4.1: + On Windows, paths given to wimlib-imagex are now treated case + insensitively. + + Improved behavior regarding invalid filenames; in particular, on + Windows, wimlib-imagex will, when extracting, now omit (with an option + to override this default) filenames differing only in case, or filenames + containing characters not valid on Windows. + + On Windows, wimlib now supports capturing and extracting long paths + (longer than the so-called MAX_PATH). + + On Windows, `wimlib-imagex update' now acquires proper privileges when + running as an Administrator. + + `wimlib-imagex update' will now complain if no image is specified when + trying to update a multi-image WIM. + + `wimlib-imagex update' now supports specifying a single update command + directly on the command line using the --command option. + + wimlib-imagex will now choose different units for progress messages, + depending on the amount of data that needs to be processed. + + `wimlib-imagex append' will now generate a unique WIM image name if no + name is specified and the defaulted name already exists in the WIM. + + wimlib now allows you to create unnamed WIM images, which can then only + be referred to by index. + + wimlib now allows you to explicitly declare you want write access to a + WIM by providing the WIMLIB_OPEN_FLAG_WRITE_ACCESS flag to + wimlib_open_wim(). + + Progress callbacks have been added to wimlib's wimlib_update_image() + function. + + NTFS-3g capture now only warns about two conditions previously treated + as errors. + + Fixed a couple issues with using wimlib-imagex on UDF filesystems. + +Version 1.4.0: + Added new "extract" and "update" subcommands to wimlib-imagex, along + with associated APIs in the library. These commands are intended mainly + for Windows use but can be used on UNIX as well. + + Many documentation improvements. + + Fixed a bug in the Windows build where relative symbolic links were not + captured in reparse-point fixup mode. + + Fixed a bug in the Windows build where file handles were left open to + the WIM file, causing `wimlib_imagex optimize' to fail in some cases. + + Fixed a bug in the Windows build of wimlib-imagex where globbing + split-WIM parts could cause the program to crash. + + Fixed a bug where the creation time of WIM images would be shown instead + of the last modification time. + + With the Windows build it is now possible to restore a WIM containing + symbolic links as a non-Administrator; however you will receive warnings + about not being able to extract the symbolic links. + Version 1.3.3: Capturing a WIM image should now be significantly faster in most cases due to improved use of the operating system's cache and avoiding reading @@ -7,13 +72,13 @@ Version 1.3.3: The Windows build should now work on Windows XP. - On the Windows build, hidden directories are now correctly restored as - hidden. Also compressed and sparse files are now restored as such. - (Support for encrypted files still in progress.) + The Windows build now supports capturing and restoring hidden, + compressed, sparse, and encrypted files. + + The Windows build now supports capturing and applying WIM images from + filesystems other than NTFS (with some reduced functionality). - Capturing and applying WIM images from filesystems other than NTFS - should now be possible, although it may not do exactly what you expect - yet. + The Windows build now extracts short names correctly. Added support for "reparse-point" fixups (i.e. fixing up of symbolic links). See docs for --rpfix and --norpfix flags of `wimlib-imagex @@ -22,8 +87,8 @@ Version 1.3.3: The performance of splitting and joining WIMs should be slightly improved. - The compression and decompression functions are now exported from the - library. + The LZX and XPRESS compression and decompression functions are now + exported from the library. Version 1.3.2: Improvements and bugfixes for the Windows build.