parted @ Savannah: parted-3.8 release [stable]
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This is to announce parted-3.8, a stable release. This is the same as the 3.7.14 alpha release except that gnulib has been updated. The full set of changes since parted 3.7: Brian C. Lane (21): maint: post-release administrivia README-release: Fix typos in doxygen instructions Cleanup zero as null pointer constant warnings libparted: Catch FAT metadata triggered errors resize: Make sure 32bit build cannot overflow frag_count resize: Make sure hfsc_new_cachetable cannot overflow on 32bit fdasd: Make sure data set name is positive parted: Fix partition number allocation in do_print maint: Update to latest gnulib and bootstrap script maint: Update copyright statements to 2026 NEWS: Update news for next release version 3.7.13 maint: post-release administrivia hurd: Fix gnu_read problems with block size > 512b NEWS: Update news for next release maint: Update to latest gnulib version 3.7.14 maint: post-release administrivia maint: Update to latest gnulib NEWS: Releasing stable version 3.8 version 3.8 Colin Watson (1): maint: Distribute Doxyfile Victor Couty (1): Adding support for ExFAT filesystem bug-parted@gnu.org (1): bug #80795 : [PATCH] build: mark functions with const attribute, per gcc warnings Brian [on behalf of the parted maintainers] ================================================================== Here is the GNU parted home page: https://gnu ... g/s/parted/ Here are the compressed sources and a GPG detached signature: https://ftp.gnu.o ... parted-3.8.tar.xz https://ftp.gnu.o ... ed-3.8.tar.xz.sig Use a mirror for higher download bandwidth: https://www.gnu.o ... rg/order/ftp.html Here are the SHA256 and SHA3-256 checksums: File: parted-3.8.tar.xz SHA256 sum: a2b7811f47b0ddb1f7b1d0aa456f7c1270da70708ce231c2fe054c7199eafa63 SHA3-256 sum: dd794daa59755a9201d7cc493bcdf35903e231d48f93f7bdc79a780fcd8bf594 Verify the SHA256 checksum with either sha256sum, sha256, or 'shasum -a 256'. Verify the SHA3-256 checksum with 'cksum -a sha3 -l 256 --base64' from coreutils-9.8. Use a .sig file 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 parted-3.8.tar.xz.sig parted-3.8.tar.xz The signature should match the fingerprint of the following key: pub ed25519/FF9868A2D488A5A9 2026-04-14 [SC] Key fingerprint = 872F 3A8A 0B84 905A FFBC 8766 FF98 68A2 D488 A5A9 uid [ultimate] Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> If that command fails because you don't have the required public key, or that public key has expired, try the following commands to retrieve or refresh it, and then rerun the 'gpg --verify' command. gpg --locate-external-key bcl@redhat.com gpg --recv-keys FF9868A2D488A5A9 wget -q -O- ' https://savannah. ... ed&download=1 ' | gpg --import - As a last resort to find the key, you can try the official GNU keyring: wget -q https://ftp.gnu.o ... u/gnu-keyring.gpg gpg --keyring gnu-keyring.gpg --verify parted-3.8.tar.xz.sig parted-3.8.tar.xz This release is based on the parted git repository, available as git clone https://https.git ... rg/git/parted.git with commit 5f600791b40a48c51aeb6db0432e67a29e8e7951 tagged as v3.8. For a summary of changes and contributors, see: https://gitweb.gi ... a=shortlog;h=v3.8 or run this command from a git-cloned parted directory: git shortlog v3.7.14..v3.8 This release was bootstrapped with the following tools: Autoconf 2.72 Automake 1.18.1 Gettext 0.25.1 Gnulib 2026-09-23 0b416a8a26dbdaea4f413d4fb0c41ef8ea846e4d Gperf 3.2.1 NEWS Noteworthy changes in release 3.8 (2026-09-23) [stable] Promoting alpha release to stable release 3.8
This is to announce parted-3.8, a stable release. This is the same as the 3.7.14 alpha release except that gnulib has been updated. The full set of changes since parted 3.7: Brian C. Lane (21): maint: post-release administrivia README-release: Fix typos in doxygen instructions Cleanup zero as null pointer constant warnings libparted: Catch FAT metadata triggered errors resize: Make sure 32bit build cannot overflow frag_count resize: Make sure hfsc_new_cachetable cannot overflow on 32bit fdasd: Make sure data set name is positive parted: Fix partition number allocation in do_print maint: Update to latest gnulib and bootstrap script maint: Update copyright statements to 2026 NEWS: Update news for next release version 3.7.13 maint: post-release administrivia hurd: Fix gnu_read problems with block size > 512b NEWS: Update news for next release maint: Update to latest gnulib version 3.7.14 maint: post-release administrivia maint: Update to latest gnulib NEWS: Releasing stable version 3.8 version 3.8 Colin Watson (1): maint: Distribute Doxyfile Victor Couty (1): Adding support for ExFAT filesystem bug-parted@gnu.org (1): bug #80795 : [PATCH] build: mark functions with const attribute, per gcc warnings Brian [on behalf of the parted maintainers] ================================================================== Here is the GNU parted home page: https://gnu ... g/s/parted/ Here are the compressed sources and a GPG detached signature: https://ftp.gnu.o ... parted-3.8.tar.xz https://ftp.gnu.o ... ed-3.8.tar.xz.sig Use a mirror for higher download bandwidth: https://www.gnu.o ... rg/order/ftp.html Here are the SHA256 and SHA3-256 checksums: File: parted-3.8.tar.xz SHA256 sum: a2b7811f47b0ddb1f7b1d0aa456f7c1270da70708ce231c2fe054c7199eafa63 SHA3-256 sum: dd794daa59755a9201d7cc493bcdf35903e231d48f93f7bdc79a780fcd8bf594 Verify the SHA256 checksum with either sha256sum, sha256, or 'shasum -a 256'. Verify the SHA3-256 checksum with 'cksum -a sha3 -l 256 --base64' from coreutils-9.8. Use a .sig file 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 parted-3.8.tar.xz.sig parted-3.8.tar.xz The signature should match the fingerprint of the following key: pub ed25519/FF9868A2D488A5A9 2026-04-14 [SC] Key fingerprint = 872F 3A8A 0B84 905A FFBC 8766 FF98 68A2 D488 A5A9 uid [ultimate] Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> If that command fails because you don't have the required public key, or that public key has expired, try the following commands to retrieve or refresh it, and then rerun the 'gpg --verify' command. gpg --locate-external-key bcl@redhat.com gpg --recv-keys FF9868A2D488A5A9 wget -q -O- ' https://savannah. ... ed&download=1 ' | gpg --import - As a last resort to find the key, you can try the official GNU keyring: wget -q https://ftp.gnu.o ... u/gnu-keyring.gpg gpg --keyring gnu-keyring.gpg --verify parted-3.8.tar.xz.sig parted-3.8.tar.xz This release is based on the parted git repository, available as git clone https://https.git ... rg/git/parted.git with commit 5f600791b40a48c51aeb6db0432e67a29e8e7951 tagged as v3.8. For a summary of changes and contributors, see: https://gitweb.gi ... a=shortlog;h=v3.8 or run this command from a git-cloned parted directory: git shortlog v3.7.14..v3.8 This release was bootstrapped with the following tools: Autoconf 2.72 Automake 1.18.1 Gettext 0.25.1 Gnulib 2026-09-23 0b416a8a26dbdaea4f413d4fb0c41ef8ea846e4d Gperf 3.2.1 NEWS Noteworthy changes in release 3.8 (2026-09-23) [stable] Promoting alpha release to stable release 3.8