NAME

       nbdkit-release-notes-1.8 - release notes for nbdkit 1.8

DESCRIPTION

       These are the release notes for nbdkit stable release 1.8.  This describes the major changes since 1.6.

       nbdkit 1.8.0 was released on 12th November 2018.

   New features
       •   New  plugin:  nbdkit-sh-plugin(1)  for  running  shell  scripts  and  other  external programs.  See:
           https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/write-nbdkit-plugins-in-shell-script/

       •   New plugin: nbdkit-partitioning-plugin(1) which creates a partitioned disk from a list of  partitions
           in files.

       •   New  plugin:  nbdkit-iso-plugin(1) which creates an ISO (CD-ROM) image on the fly from a directory of
           files.  See: https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2018/10/18/new-in-nbdkit-create-an-iso-image-on-the-fly/

       •   New plugin: nbdkit-floppy-plugin(1)  which  creates  a  virtual  FAT-formatted  floppy  disk  from  a
           directory                                          of                                          files.
           https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/new-in-nbdkit-create-a-virtual-floppy-disk/

       •   Magic config key allows simpler invocation of many plugins, eg:

            nbdkit file file=foo

           becomes:

            nbdkit file foo

       •   nbdkit-data-plugin(1): Add disk2data.pl script to generate data parameters.

       •   nbdkit-data-plugin(1) Use "<file" to inline a file.

       •   nbdkit-vddk-plugin(1): Use -D vddk.diskinfo=1 to enable extra debug information.

       •   tests: Use a helper function to refactor and simplify most tests.

       •   nbdkit-partition-filter(1): Can handle > 128 GPT partitions.

       •   nbdkit can be compiled on the Haiku operating system (François Revol).

       •   New "nbdkit_parse_bool" API for parsing boolean parameters (Eric Blake).

       •   nbdkit-log-filter(1): Add "logappend=[true|false]" (Eric Blake).

       •   nbdkit-ocaml-plugin(3): New "set_error" and "debug" calls.

       •   Analyze code under AddressSanitizer and ThreadSanitizer and fix bugs (Eric Blake).

       •   Analyze code under Coverity and fix bugs.

       •   Tests now run more quickly.

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHORS

       Eric Blake

       Richard W.M. Jones

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nbdkit-1.36.3                                      2024-03-31                        nbdkit-release-notes-1.8(1)