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nbdkit-release-notes-1.8(1)	    NBDKIT	   nbdkit-release-notes-1.8(1)

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 (Franois
	   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

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat Inc.

LICENSE
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nbdkit-1.20.4			  2025-04-13	   nbdkit-release-notes-1.8(1)

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