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NAME

6       nbdkit-release-notes-1.8 - release notes for nbdkit 1.8
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DESCRIPTION

9       These are the release notes for nbdkit stable release 1.8.  This
10       describes the major changes since 1.6.
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12       nbdkit 1.8.0 was released on 12th November 2018.
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14   New features
15       •   New plugin: nbdkit-sh-plugin(1) for running shell scripts and other
16           external programs.  See:
17           https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/write-nbdkit-plugins-in-shell-script/
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19       •   New plugin: nbdkit-partitioning-plugin(1) which creates a
20           partitioned disk from a list of partitions in files.
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22       •   New plugin: nbdkit-iso-plugin(1) which creates an ISO (CD-ROM)
23           image on the fly from a directory of files.  See:
24           https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2018/10/18/new-in-nbdkit-create-an-iso-image-on-the-fly/
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26       •   New plugin: nbdkit-floppy-plugin(1) which creates a virtual FAT-
27           formatted floppy disk from a directory of files.
28           https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/new-in-nbdkit-create-a-virtual-floppy-disk/
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30       •   Magic config key allows simpler invocation of many plugins, eg:
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32            nbdkit file file=foo
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38       •   nbdkit-data-plugin(1): Add disk2data.pl script to generate data
39           parameters.
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41       •   nbdkit-data-plugin(1) Use "<file" to inline a file.
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43       •   nbdkit-vddk-plugin(1): Use -D vddk.diskinfo=1 to enable extra debug
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46       •   tests: Use a helper function to refactor and simplify most tests.
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48       •   nbdkit-partition-filter(1): Can handle > 128 GPT partitions.
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50       •   nbdkit can be compiled on the Haiku operating system (François
51           Revol).
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53       •   New "nbdkit_parse_bool" API for parsing boolean parameters (Eric
54           Blake).
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56       •   nbdkit-log-filter(1): Add "logappend=[true|false]" (Eric Blake).
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58       •   nbdkit-ocaml-plugin(3): New "set_error" and "debug" calls.
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60       •   Analyze code under AddressSanitizer and ThreadSanitizer and fix
61           bugs (Eric Blake).
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63       •   Analyze code under Coverity and fix bugs.
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65       •   Tests now run more quickly.
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SEE ALSO

68       nbdkit(1),
69       https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2018-November/msg00111.html.
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AUTHORS

72       Eric Blake
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74       Richard W.M. Jones
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77       Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat Inc.
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LICENSE

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