X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=7a787d4247f0aed4f0c7e6d1be32b39d9e65a0c5;hp=0cf5b2df7d6d53edd2218bb54e792e712ce24dcb;hb=6e0ef33d84dcc090d91d6fa8f4fd660ae24b1768;hpb=0f25f61f874e53e1784e0f74e94fe4daad4a4b5b diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0cf5b2df..7a787d42 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,45 @@ -Version 1.8.1-BETA: +Version 1.8.3-BETA: + Fixed a bug with libntfs-3g extraction present since v1.8.1. Sometimes, + some Microsoft software would not correctly recognize data in the + resulting filesystem. Users of the (UNIX-only) NTFS-3g based WIM + extraction support should not use wimlib v1.8.1 or wimlib v1.8.2. + +Version 1.8.2: + This release primarily contains various minor bug fixes and + improvements, including: + + Improved handling of deep directory structures. + + Fixed a bug where on 32-bit systems, the library could enter an + infinite loop if a WIM file was malformed in a specific way. + + Added a workaround for a case where libntfs-3g may report + duplicate streams in an NTFS file. + + Windows symbolic links and junctions in mounted WIM images are + now automatically rewritten to be valid in the mounted location. + + Reparse point fixes: correctly handle the "ReparseReserved" + field, and correctly handle "empty" (data-less) reparse points. + + On Windows, wimlib now acquires SeManageVolumePrivilege, which + is needed to create externally backed files using the + "wofadk.sys" driver. + + Improved validation of filenames. + + Improved LZMS decompression speed. + + The configure script now honors alternate pkg-config settings. + + Links have been updated to point to the new website. + + In addition, experimental support has been added for compressing + extracted files using System Compression on Windows 10. This + functionality is available through the new '--compact' option to + 'wimapply' and 'wimextract' as well as new library flags. + +Version 1.8.1: Fixed a bug in the LZX decompressor: malicious input data could cause out of bounds writes to memory (since wimlib v1.2.2). @@ -17,6 +58,9 @@ Version 1.8.1-BETA: On Windows, named data streams are now correctly extracted to existing "readonly" directories. Before, an error would be reported. + On Windows, it is now possible to do a "WIMBoot mode" extraction with + non-standalone WIMs such as delta WIMs. + On Windows, when doing an extraction in "WIMBoot mode", files larger than 4 gigabytes are now never extracted as externally backed. This works around a bug in Microsoft's "WOF" driver.