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Btrfs-progs v6.12

Indian coral tree in bloom in the mist of the SW monsoon, Mallalli Falls, Hassan, Karnataka, India

Btrfs-progs v6.12 was released today with new features and code fixes.

Changelog

• subvolume delete: add new option to do recursive subvolume deletion (for regular user delete only accessible subvolumes)
• mkfs:
  • new option --subvol to create subvolumes in given paths, read-write, read-only and default
  • add hard link detection support for --rootdir option
• fixes:
  • receive: message verbosity fixes
  • check: fix false positive report of missing checksum for extent holes
  • check: handle compressed extents when checking tree log
  • when asking Y/N user questions, flush the terminal so the question is displayed (e.g. btrfstune -S)
• other:
  • code refactoring, error handling
  • python packaging fixes
  • documentation updates
  • new tests

Static builds for aarch64, riscv64 and x86_64

As usual there are static builds for ARM64, x86_64 and RISC-V systems available.

You can find all the current builds at https://mirrors.tnonline.net/btrfs/btrfs-progs/.

For more information about static builds and why you would use them, check out the dedicate wiki page Btrfs/Statically_built_btrfs-progs