"Encrypted password support, with a new utility `grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2'."
Dose this mean that GRUB 1.98 now has support for password-protection (of the bootloader), or is this something completely different? -- Fini D. > Send Grub-devel mailing list submissions to > grub-devel@gnu.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > grub-devel-requ...@gnu.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > grub-devel-ow...@gnu.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Grub-devel digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. GRUB 1.98 released. (Vladimir '?-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko) > 2. [PATCH] fix ?UUID? generation in grub-mkrescue (Thorsten Glaser) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:20:22 +0100 > From: Vladimir '?-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko <phco...@gmail.com> > Subject: GRUB 1.98 released. > To: The development of GRUB 2 <grub-devel@gnu.org> > Cc: Felix Zielcke <fziel...@z-51.de>, Colin Watson > <cjwat...@ubuntu.com>, Robert Millan <r...@aybabtu.com> > Message-ID: <4b92c716.3050...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello, all > > I'm proud to announce the release of GNU GRUB version 1.98. > > GRUB, also known as the GRand Unified Bootloader, is a modular, portable > bootloader that supports a number of platforms, including standard > BIOS-based > PCs, IEEE-1275 platforms (such as the OLPC and some PowerPC/Sparc64 > hardware) > and coreboot, the free (as in freedom) pre-boot initialization framework. > This is the first time that we include Yeeloong support. Yeeloong is free > (as in freedom) > Loongson-2F-based (MIPS compliant CPU) laptop. This release can only be > chainloaded from PMON > but on PLCC version is on its way. > This is also a first time that widget-based menu is included into official > release. > Other major improvements include (extract from NEWS file): > > * Multiboot on EFI support. > > * Saved default menu entry support, with new utilities `grub-reboot' and > `grub-set-default'. > > * Unit testing framework. > > * Support for multiple terminals. > > * Encrypted password support, with a new utility `grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2'. > > * `grub-mkfloppy' removed; use `grub-mkrescue' to create floppy images. > > * Add grub-probe support for GNU/Hurd. > > * Add support for gettext. > > <http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/> > > A source tarball for the new release can be found at: > > http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/grub-1.98.tar.gz > > and its GPG detached signature [*]: > > http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/grub-1.98.tar.gz.sig > > [*] You can use either of the above signature files to verify that > the corresponding file (without the .sig suffix) is intact. First, > be sure to download both the .sig file and the corresponding tarball. > Then, run a command like this: > > gpg --verify grub-1.97.tar.gz.sig > > If that command fails because you don't have the required public key, > then run this command to import it: > > gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys E82E4209 > > and rerun the `gpg --verify' command. > > This release was bootstrapped with the following tools: > Autoconf 2.65 > Ruby 1.8.7 > > GCC 4.4 is the recommended version for building it, although any version > starting with 4.1.3 is supported in this release. > > I hope you enjoy using GRUB as much as we enjoyed developing it. > > -- > Regards > Vladimir 'Ï-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 293 bytes > Desc: OpenPGP digital signature > Url : > http://lists.gnu.org/pipermail/grub-devel/attachments/20100306/ab4bf460/signature.bin > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 21:55:14 +0000 (UTC) > From: Thorsten Glaser <t...@mirbsd.org> > Subject: [PATCH] fix ?UUID? generation in grub-mkrescue > To: grub-devel@gnu.org > Message-ID: <pine.bsm.4.64l.1003062151410.17...@herc.mirbsd.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA384 > > Hi, > > my copy of Ecma 119 at least states that byte 17 is the time zone > offset of the modification time which you use as âUUIDâ. It is set > to 0 by your variant of mkisofs, and Iâm going to apply the same > to makefs(8) so that it can be used instead. Hence, we should ask > date(1) to give us Universal Time instead of local. > > For the record (not relevant for this diff, I think), I do have > copyright assignment papers with the FSF standing (from earlier > work on things like libtool, gcc, â¦) and, if desired, extend it > to work on GRUB (either version) hereby. > > bye, > //mirabilos > - -- > FWIW, I'm quite impressed with mksh interactively. I thought it was much > *much* more bare bones. But it turns out it beats the living hell out of > ksh93 in that respect. I'd even consider it for my daily use if I hadn't > wasted half my life on my zsh setup. :-) -- Frank Terbeck in #!/bin/mksh > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MirBSD) > > iQIVAwUBS5LPQXa1NLLpkAfgAQmPnQ//V2ZogOOADrxcvLS1d196SSksRTm5rvUh > FbjFVGOiKOMRKZFtVS8Bfd6E3Vw61YnAjnCTyB1z7CD0XUFQiBf9ge6lEaGX+mXJ > u1co6Q2NUGCIfsUx/4oocXEKhkR8E3M5vMsAnDXkblkOrivTwpAPiiw1PDf0lUdZ > ZFTBv3I7/jm4hF2z0my0SSSUVxkM+0m1IRECxP0AnrIgyfEf58Nrym12MGzavCsY > uYH+r4YFZYDnCZqQJ5EhsAlaeD4qe+WQd9G30/Xc5+rzo9IR9Kt9/ZEJY1uygLu2 > EsGPpT92Fw9lRyV3fs000SIpFLq55gGLcXYrwxpwd12i5SY9Zkw1gfoN0mlkMdeu > AhLWBDI5uhSl1oGo3AIvrC8xPD/9+iUUR+bQd2iU7iEGj/E8cbJf+ExWd1nF2fTF > wR9PcGkILgohY/6O6jH+11Mj4Gt/bnlCqoICr1yRyMNFv7PgrPSze06m3m/uTJ7Q > +RwRt+sUw1XGPbJTnfBHDXpicKrS2YAKRj+qNb6fjefaC8Eg3FP5x3wLUrKcSkUj > 5izL0TBH07ZX2Ql0GuqZEYM09421ns/wvElU0GB9Vqt9DEVvlAcoBp4MI4KEHWWb > JPjdAAawjH4w2D6hFfwhpgTG7HZYbsvLD2NwVlzMsrCNzl1RZY19SfbkhfwEsXga > jibnXtVgy6g= > =UR3B > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -------------- next part -------------- > === modified file 'util/grub-mkrescue.in' > --- util/grub-mkrescue.in 2010-03-06 16:28:25 +0000 > +++ util/grub-mkrescue.in 2010-03-06 21:49:04 +0000 > @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ > memdisk_dir=`mktemp -d "$MKTEMP_TEMPLATE"` > mkdir -p ${memdisk_dir}/boot/grub > # obtain date-based UUID > - iso_uuid=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S-00) > + iso_uuid=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S-00) > > modules="$(cat ${coreboot_dir}/partmap.lst) ${modules}" > cat << EOF > ${memdisk_dir}/boot/grub/grub.cfg > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > > > End of Grub-devel Digest, Vol 73, Issue 9 > ***************************************** > _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
