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Author SHA1 Message Date
Curtis Gedak d65fb881e2 Update install instructions for some GNU/Linux distributions 2013-10-08 11:09:06 +01:00
Mike Fleetwood 7d6adee516 Update licensing statement in the README file
Explicitly state that GParted is licensed under the GPLv2+ and the
GParted Manual is licensed under the GFDLv1.2+.
2013-05-27 11:08:39 -06:00
Curtis Gedak 00960e0172 Add xdg-su to README (#699626)
Add xdg-su to list of possible programs used to acquire root
privileges in the gparted.desktop file.

Bug #699626 - Enable gparted.desktop to prompt for root on default
              openSUSE installation
2013-05-05 12:39:27 -06:00
Patrick Verner 9b649ed445 Add f2fs file system support (#695396)
Only supports detection and creation of f2fs file systems.  Requires
f2fs-tools and a blkid with f2fs support, util-linux > 2.22.2.

f2fs-tools v1.1.0 only supports file system creation.
Currently requires util-linux directly from the git repository as f2fs
support was only committed on 5 Feb 2013 and it has not yet been
released.

Closes Bug #695396 - Please apply f2fs patch
2013-03-19 22:13:34 +00:00
Curtis Gedak ed236a325c Add docbook style sheets to README to speed up build time
The w3C has implemented measures to discourage excessive DTD traffic
and to encourage caching the XML.  See,

The W3C servers are slow to return DTDs. Is the delay intentional?
http://www.w3.org/Help/Webmaster.html#slowdtd

Caching XML data at install time
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/09/caching_xml_data_at_install_ti.html

Many GNU/Linux distributions conveniently include these docbook
style sheets in a package.  This package has been added to the
dependencies for building from source.

Also added and updated are commands related to installation on
OpenSUSE.
2013-02-24 11:47:14 -07:00
Curtis Gedak de99c530d4 Remove SWRaid method as it is no longer needed (#678379)
Active Linux software RAID devices are detected in the
Proc_Partitions_Info method.  Hence the SWRaid method is no longer
required.

Removal of the SWRaid method fixes the problem with the error message:

  Could not stat device /dev/md/0 - No such file or directory

This fixes the problem because we no longer use "mdadm --examine
--scan" in an attempt to detect Linux software RAID devices.  The
mdadm command was returning device names such as /dev/md/0, which are
incorrect for GParted.

NOTE:  With this change, GParted no longer requires the mdadm command
       to detect Linux software RAID devices.

Closes Bug #678379 - Could not stat device /dev/md/0 - No such file or
                     directory
2012-12-05 09:51:50 -07:00
Curtis Gedak 88a2939880 Use gksudo, if available, in gparted.desktop
If gksu was installed on a KDE system (tested with kubuntu 12.04 LTS),
then gksu would prompt for the password three times and always fail to
load gparted.  In a prior version of kubuntu 8.04 LTS, gksu would
properly invoke gparted from the "K --> System --> GParted" menu
entry.

Since gksudo also works on KDE (and kubuntu 12.04 LTS), add gksudo to
the root privilege invocation search list ahead of gksu.

Note that gksu has been kept for backwards compatibility with systems
that provide only gksu and not gksudo.

Related to Bug #687813 - Use kdesudo on KDE, as gksu is not
                         installed by default
2012-11-11 12:19:39 +00:00
Curtis Gedak ec4a2ac09b Use kdesudo in gparted.desktop when gksu is not installed (#687813)
Normally gksu is not installed by default on KDE systems.  When
compiling and installing gparted on a KDE system without gksu, the
desktop menu entry would try to run gparted as the user, and not with
root privileges.

To fix this, add kdesudo to the search list of root privilege
invocation programs.

Closes Bug #687813 - Use kdesudo on KDE, as gksu is not installed by
                     default
2012-11-11 12:19:39 +00:00
Rogier Goossens 4108daf15f Implement changing UUID for NTFS (#667278)
Part 4 of 4 to provide new UUID support for NTFS.

Closes Bug #667278 - Add support for setting UUID
2012-02-10 10:33:13 -07:00
Rogier Goossens ed51f4b28f README file: dmsetup is not required for lvm 2012-02-08 15:46:29 -07:00
Mike Fleetwood 72ac712024 Show LVM2 PVs as supported, read-only (#160787)
Add LVM2 PV into the File System Support dialog list and remove the
warning message reporting LVM as not being supported.

Bug #160787 - lvm support
2012-02-02 10:24:31 -07:00
Mike Fleetwood df20b54d00 Add nilfs2 support (#642842)
Requires libparted 2.4 or higher, or blkid from utils-linux 2.20 or
higher for nilfs2 file system detection.

Requires nilfs-utils for nilfs2 file system support.

Closes Bug #642842 - nilfs is not detected
2011-12-16 11:40:46 -07:00
Curtis Gedak 1dce98cd3e Add to README packages required for fedora 16 build
Also add configure flag to disable scrollkeeper for desktops that do
not support scrollkeeper.
2011-11-12 17:03:23 -07:00
Curtis Gedak 32659e5e02 Add xfsdump package requirement to copy xfs file systems 2011-11-10 13:12:21 -07:00
Curtis Gedak 3499b2327a Add openSUSE command to install dependencies to README 2011-02-26 10:20:02 -07:00
Curtis Gedak 87acba030c Remove all usage of kpartx to avoid partition entry duplicates
Usage of the kpartx package to create partition names has been
completely removed.  Hence kpartx is no longer even an optionally used
package by gparted.

This change is related to the following bug report:

Ubuntu launchpad bug 719129 - [Natty] Gparted duplicates dmraid
                              partition devices
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/719129
2011-02-22 14:40:02 -07:00
Curtis Gedak 2f99511228 Add flag --enable-libparted-dmraid to use native libparted dmraid
The new configure option --enable-libparted-dmraid enables the native
use of /dev/mapper dmraid support in the libparted library.

If this option is not specified, or is disabled, then gparted code
will be used to support dmraid.  The gparted code uses the old dmraid
partition naming scheme of always appending the partition number to
the device name.  The letter 'p' is not inserted between the device
name and the partition number.  The gparted code is particularly
useful when used with older versions of libparted that do not support
/dev/mapper dmraid.

Ubuntu launchpad bug 719129 - [Natty] Gparted duplicates dmraid
                              partition devices
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/719129
2011-02-22 13:22:49 -07:00
Curtis Gedak 6bf8df6c4c Update README and AUTHORS for attempt data rescue 2011-01-29 15:44:23 -07:00
Curtis Gedak 2fa59d972f Update URL in README 2010-12-12 11:19:36 -07:00
Curtis Gedak c21b38e1ea Add btrfs-tools package to list in README 2010-10-29 09:06:59 -06:00
Curtis Gedak c55a8de305 Remove dependency on kpartx for fake RAID support
With this patch the commands required to support motherboard BIOS
RAID, also known as fake RAID, are dmraid and dmsetup.

If the kpartx command is available, it will be used to maintain
device entries that follow the naming convention used by kpartx.

Closes Ubuntu launchpad bug 554582 - GParted does not list dmraid
devices
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/554582
2010-08-17 10:36:00 -06:00
Curtis Gedak 72d5de8bc1 Update README with udisks command usage note 2010-08-10 14:38:23 -06:00
Curtis Gedak 05e9e36530 Add udevinfo and udevadm as optional commands used with dmraid support 2010-06-01 15:28:06 -06:00
Curtis Gedak afb1ba8a37 Add gnome-doc-utils to apt-get install example 2010-05-25 16:26:07 -06:00
Curtis Gedak b1bdb04e2b Update optional list of commands used 2009-12-06 13:58:27 -07:00
Curtis Gedak 5a43d64486 Update list of optional commands used by gparted 2009-12-06 13:39:09 -07:00
Curtis Gedak cb2bb3ef9b Add mdadm requirement to README for Linux software RAID 2009-11-23 12:19:14 -07:00
Curtis Gedak dd8a57a8fe Remove requirement for xxd and dd for NTFS move or paste action
Perform direct update of Number of Hidden Sectors in NTFS boot record.
This change removes the need for /usr/bin/xxd and /bin/dd.
Related to GParted bug #574389
2009-05-16 12:15:14 -06:00
Curtis Gedak f164e78153 Require xxd and dd for NTFS move or paste action
Related to GParted bug #574389
2009-05-14 14:59:49 -06:00
Curtis Gedak 0eafa2cb72 Updated requirements for dmraid support
svn path=/trunk/; revision=1108
2009-03-26 17:35:00 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 5865c92dc0 Added new class for dmraid support
svn path=/trunk/; revision=1092
2009-03-14 20:02:41 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 4d80ef7f0e Added note that blkid is used for ext4 detection
svn path=/trunk/; revision=1060
2009-02-09 17:46:09 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 5b8c16ba60 Improved read label performance with blkid cached results
svn path=/trunk/; revision=963
2008-11-13 20:06:18 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 67dd9f2c10 Updated directories and dependencies
svn path=/trunk/; revision=962
2008-11-12 22:22:59 +00:00
Curtis Gedak bd0a37e3c5 Changed get_label() to use vol_id instead of debugfs.reiser4
svn path=/trunk/; revision=948
2008-10-31 21:50:07 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 6df6891a07 Added a dependency.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=925
2008-10-08 21:18:21 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 4725b00d60 Added --disable-doc flag to prevent building help docs
svn path=/trunk/; revision=905
2008-09-15 17:23:11 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 0e75f133d7 Updated README with new directories for GParted Manual
svn path=/trunk/; revision=879
2008-08-07 01:07:25 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 0a95638dc8 Rewrote get_label to use vol_id command for hfs file system
svn path=/trunk/; revision=872
2008-07-25 23:05:20 +00:00
Curtis Gedak a242559872 Removed absolute requirement for hal-lock. GParted will now work on systems with or without hal-lock
svn path=/trunk/; revision=850
2008-05-10 15:41:55 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 913a42d268 Added check for hal-lock program, and note about requirement for hal-lock in README
svn path=/trunk/; revision=848
2008-05-08 22:31:53 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 3906a43757 Enhanced INSTALL section of README
svn path=/trunk/; revision=834
2008-04-26 20:20:54 +00:00
Curtis Gedak b6ce298c18 Updated README to better align with GNU coding standards
svn path=/trunk/; revision=832
2008-04-25 15:51:08 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 59ff838bfd Updated installation notes and distributions notes
svn path=/trunk/; revision=831
2008-04-23 20:05:03 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 9af74a541d Updated install notes
svn path=/trunk/; revision=830
2008-04-22 14:58:23 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 37258a456c Added notes for installation and for distribution
svn path=/trunk/; revision=829
2008-04-22 14:57:03 +00:00
Curtis Gedak aa8cca2686 Test of write to repository.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=808
2008-04-07 14:44:33 +00:00
Bart Hakvoort 9d7c133e93 updated description to reflect current situation.
* README: updated description to reflect current situation.
2004-12-07 20:09:46 +00:00
Bart Hakvoort 26d433260d Initial revision 2004-09-19 20:24:53 +00:00