[Bug 1106257] Re: [update request] STABLE Version 2013.1.13

[Michael Fritscher]

"ntfs-3g: deny mounting when fast restart mode of Windows-8 is detected"
<- this prevents data corruption especially for novince users of ubuntu
which "simply want to try ubuntu"

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Title:
  [update request] STABLE Version 2013.1.13

Status in “ntfs-3g” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  new version at hand since  January 14, 2013

  changes & fixes:

      ntfs-3g: fixed returned files types in readdir()
      ntfs-3g: force option ‘ro’ when mounting a read-only device
      ntfs-3g: keep the name of a deleted file in place for easier undeletion
      ntfs-3g: accept multiple read-only mounts
      ntfs-3g: improved Windows-type ACL inheritance, as needed by Windows-8
      ntfs-3g: avoid unnecessary runlist update when appending data to a file
      ntfs-3g: added inheritance of the set-group-id flag
      ntfs-3g: deny mounting when fast restart mode of Windows-8 is detected
      ntfs-3g: reject getting/setting DOS names on hard linked files

      ntfsclone: fixed wiping user data when creating metadata images
      ntfsclone: implemented a new option to set a new serial number

      ntfsfix: implemented fixing the backup boot sector
      ntfsfix: fixed clearing the bad cluster list

      ntfsinfo: added allocation data to the volume parameters summary
      ntfsinfo: output the numbers of runs and fragments for the selected file

      ntfslabel: implemented a new option to set a new serial number

      ntfswipe: added optional wiping of file tails and undelete data

      mkntfs: insert an $Info stream in $UpCase to comply with Windows-8

      (openindianas: merged OpenIndiana requirements into the driver and
  fuse-lite)

  to be found @ project-site: http://www.tuxera.com/community/release-
  history/

  sourcecode: http://tuxera.com/opensource/ntfs-
  3g_ntfsprogs-2013.1.13.tgz

  Thanks in advance.for helping to make Ubuntu better every day.

  Might be worth a thought to SRu-backport it to Precise 12.04 LTS,
  since it has 5 yrs. support

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