[Bug 1569021] Re: [upgrade request] NTFS-3G, stable version 2016.2.22 (released on March 20, 2016)

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** Changed in: ntfs-3g (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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Title:
  [upgrade request] NTFS-3G, stable version 2016.2.22 (released on March
  20, 2016)

Status in ntfs-3g package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in ntfs-3g package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  hi!

  Pls upgrade NTFS-3G to the most current stable version. Keeping in
  mind, that this is an LTS-version & W10 was released since the last
  sync.

  Sadly Tuxera doesn't stick to Ubuntu's release-cycle.

  closes bugs:
  ============
  bug #1568338  – (FFe: Sync ntfs-3g 1:2015.3.14AR.3-1 (main) from Debian experimental (main)), dated 9.4.2016

  kindly look for the intermittant changes in that bug-report.

  current version Xenial (Development) :
  ======================================
  ntfs-3g (1:2015.3.14AR.1-1build1)

  Changelog 2016.2.22:
  ====================

  STABLE Version 2016.2.22 (March 21, 2016)

  Changes to NTFS-3G:

      Write as much data as possible in compressed attribute pwrite
      Fixed getting space for making an index non resident
      Alleviated constraints relative to reparse points
      Fixed special case of decompressing a runlist
      Fixed returning the trimming count to fstrim()
      Fixed the range of valid subauthority counts in a SID
      Updated the read-only flag even when the security attribute was cached
      Defended against reusing data from an invalid MFT record
      Simplified NTFS ACLs when group same as owner and same permission as world
      Packed/unpacked st_rdev transported as 32-bits on Solaris 64-bits
      Zero uninitialized bytes before writing compressed data
      Clear the environment when starting mount or umount
      Implemented rewinding a directory in lowntfs-3g
      Use incremental offsets when reading a directory in lowntfs-3g

  Changes to mkntfs

      Make installing mkntfs /sbin symlinks dependent on ENABLE_MOUNT_HELPER
      Mention the starting sector when it overflows in mkntfs
      Upgraded the upper-case table to same as Windows 7, 8 and 10

  Changes to ntfsresize

      Fixed relocating the MFT runlists
      Decode the full list of bad clusters
      Fixed resizing an extended bad cluster list

  Changes to ntfsclone

      Decoded the full list of bad clusters

  Changes to ntfsinfo

      Displayed reparse point information

  Changes to ntfsdecrypt

      Fixed DESX decryption

  Changes to ntfswipe

      Added clarifications about several options to the manual

  New ntfsprogs tool :

      Included ntfsrecover to recover the updates committed by Windows
  (experimental)

  Overall

      Made a general cleanup of endianness types for easier checks

  origin of changelog:
  ====================
  http://www.tuxera.com/community/open-source-ntfs-3g/ (tab: Release History)

  Source code:
  ============
  http://jp-andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/download-tarball.html#ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2016.2.22AR.1.tgz

  Debian-PTS (new):
  =================
  https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ntfs-3g

  Versions available  in Ubuntu (all) as per today:
  =================================================
  http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=ntfs-3g&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

  Thanks in advance

  & great thanks for making Ubuntu better every day.

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