Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH] package/genext2fs: bump version to 1.6.2

[Julien Olivain via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>]

On 08/08/2026 18:27, Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot wrote:
> Upstream doesn't provide any useful changelog, but the number of
> 1.5.0..1.6.2 commits is reasonable:
> 
> bfc28c7 Define {MAX_,}RESERVED_BLOCKS as floats
> 5b93731 Recover automatic block number calculation
> d6e659d Correct message for minimum block count
> 1b2a30e Correct also commented code to take into account reserved 
> blocks
> 944a4fd Indirect blocks must be taken into account for stats
> 3e2fce1 Restore (MAX_)RESERVED_BLOCKS to integer division
> b571221 Add missing newlines on error messages.
> cd4ff51 don't call ftruncate() on stdout
> 6909cde Enable system locale - change from the standard (C) to system 
> locale.
> 9651f5d Fix alignment issues for strict architectures
> 4a99c22 Hardcode length of hardcoded char array instead of sizeof(long)
> 1f38ba4 Add ordered directory traversal
> 84c2d01 Add ordered directory traversal test
> 467ebe5 Fix formatting of man page references
> 810c12e Fix auto-block calculation from PR #5 merge
> 28988bd Skip device table entry when parent path is not a directory 
> (from PR #33)
> 45191ab Fix ordered directory traversal from PR #34 merge
> b615521 configure.ac: teach autoreconf to detect and install macros in 
> m4
> 81028ca configure.ac: upgrade ancient snprintf macro to modern 
> autoconf-archive edition
> 67661a1 Fix EXTRA_DIST: reference new ax_func_snprintf.m4 instead of 
> deleted ac_func_snprintf.m4
> 907737e Remove incorrect address
> 4c4343d Add licensing information
> cb5f584 Add license information
> a60ccd9 Use strrchr to split path:dest so host paths may contain colons 
> (fixes #23)
> 44ff03d Implement sparse_super feature with superblock/GDT backups 
> (fixes #29)
> 8b8f2d1 Add extended attributes (xattr) support (fixes #9)
> d0a9274 Optimize block/inode allocation for large filesystems (fixes 
> #31)
> b69c34e Fix -d dir:/path destination: restore colon after stats pass, 
> auto-create intermediate dirs
> 2c38700 Add 9 functional tests for previously untested features
> 3d3bcb6 remove useless NEWS file
> 03dee74 Bump version to 1.6.0 (fixes #28)
> c8f41b9 Make xattr copying opt-in with -X/--xattrs flag (fixes #40)
> 3324695 Bump version to 1.6.1
> 4e5d8ae Update README: add -X/--xattrs, SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH, and missing 
> device table types
> bf5b1a0 Bump version to 1.6.2
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>

Applied to master, thanks.
For info, I fixed the license hash.

Best regards,

Julien.
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