nbdkit-release-notes-1.81

New features

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New plugin: nbdkit-sh-plugin(3) for running shell scripts and other external programs. See: https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/write-nbdkit-plugins-in-shell-script/

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

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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/

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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/

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

 nbdkit file file=foo

becomes:

 nbdkit file foo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Analyze code under Coverity and fix bugs.

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Tests now run more quickly.