4.7.3 RELEASE

Signed-off-by: Phillip Lougher <phillip@squashfs.org.uk>

Author: plougher

Documentation/4.7.3/ACTIONS-README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # MKSQUASHFS ACTIONS
 
-This file describes how to use the Actions sub-system, and it has the following sections:
+This file describes how to use the Actions subsystem, and it has the following sections:
 
 1. [Specification](#1-specification)
 2. [Syntax](#2-syntax)

Documentation/manpages/mksquashfs.1

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH MKSQUASHFS "1" "October 2025" "mksquashfs version 4.7.2-100f570" "User Commands"
+.TH MKSQUASHFS "1" "November 2025" "mksquashfs version 4.7.3" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 mksquashfs - tool to create and append to squashfs filesystems
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ allow tar files to be concatenated together and fed to Mksquashfs.  Normally a t
 .SS "Expert options (these may make the filesystem unmountable):"
 .TP
 \fB\-stream\fR
-output the filesystem to STDOUT rather than to a file.  This allows the output to be piped to another program or elsewhere with ssh.  The resultant streamed Squashfs filesystem will not be a normal Squashfs filesystem because the super block will be at the end of the filesystem.  But it can be fixed up afterwards with the \fB\-fix\fR option and the development Unsquashfs can read streamed unfixed up filesystems directly.  Use \- for the output FILESYSTEM on the command line.  Duplicate detection is disabled using the \fB\-stream\fR option.
+output the filesystem to STDOUT rather than to a file.  This allows the output to be piped to another program or elsewhere with ssh.  The resultant streamed Squashfs filesystem will not be a normal Squashfs filesystem because the super block will be at the end of the filesystem.  But it can be fixed up afterwards with the \fB\-fix\fR option and Unsquashfs 4.7.3 can read streamed unfixed up filesystems directly.  Use \- for the output FILESYSTEM on the command line.  Duplicate detection is disabled using the \fB\-stream\fR option.
 .TP
 \fB\-fix\fR FILESYSTEM
 fix FILESYSTEM generated using the \fB\-stream\fR option.
@@ -650,6 +650,10 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 unsquashfs(1), sqfstar(1), sqfscat(1)
 .PP
-The README for the Squashfs\-tools 4.7.2 release, describing the new features can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.2/README
+The README for the Squashfs\-tools 4.7.3 release, describing the new features can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.3/README.md
 .PP
-The Squashfs\-tools USAGE guides and other documentation can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.2
+The MKSQUASHFS usage guide can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.3/USAGE\-MKSQUASHFS.md
+.PP
+The CHANGELOG for Squashfs tools can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/CHANGES.md
+.PP
+The ACTIONS\-README for the actions subsystem can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.3/ACTIONS\-README.md

Documentation/manpages/sqfscat.1

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SQFSCAT "1" "October 2025" "sqfscat version 4.7.2-100f570" "User Commands"
+.TH SQFSCAT "1" "November 2025" "sqfscat version 4.7.3" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 sqfscat - tool to cat files from a squashfs filesystem to stdout
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 mksquashfs(1), unsquashfs(1), sqfstar(1)
 .PP
-The README for the Squashfs\-tools 4.7.2 release, describing the new features can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.2/README
+The README for the Squashfs\-tools 4.7.3 release, describing the new features can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.3/README.md
 .PP
-The Squashfs\-tools USAGE guides and other documentation can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.2
+The Sqfscat usage guide can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.3/USAGE\-SQFSCAT.md
+.PP
+The CHANGELOG for Squashfs tools can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/CHANGES.md

Documentation/manpages/sqfstar.1

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SQFSTAR "1" "October 2025" "sqfstar version 4.7.2-100f570" "User Commands"
+.TH SQFSTAR "1" "November 2025" "sqfstar version 4.7.3" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 sqfstar - tool to create a squashfs filesystem from a tar archive
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ allow PERCENT more threads to run in parallel than available processors.  Doing
 .SS "Expert options (these may make the filesystem unmountable):"
 .TP
 \fB\-stream\fR
-output the filesystem to STDOUT rather than to a file.  This allows the output to be piped to another program or elsewhere with ssh.  The resultant streamed Squashfs filesystem will not be a normal Squashfs filesystem because the super block will be at the end of the filesystem.  But it can be fixed up afterwards with the \fB\-fix\fR option and the development Unsquashfs can read streamed unfixed up filesystems directly.  Duplicate detection is disabled using the \fB\-stream\fR option.
+output the filesystem to STDOUT rather than to a file.  This allows the output to be piped to another program or elsewhere with ssh.  The resultant streamed Squashfs filesystem will not be a normal Squashfs filesystem because the super block will be at the end of the filesystem.  But it can be fixed up afterwards with the \fB\-fix\fR option and Unsquashfs 4.7.3 can read streamed unfixed up filesystems directly.  Duplicate detection is disabled using the \fB\-stream\fR option.
 .TP
 \fB\-fix\fR FILESYSTEM
 fix FILESYSTEM generated using the \fB\-stream\fR option.
@@ -486,6 +486,8 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 mksquashfs(1), unsquashfs(1), sqfscat(1)
 .PP
-The README for the Squashfs\-tools 4.7.2 release, describing the new features can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.2/README
+The README for the Squashfs\-tools 4.7.3 release, describing the new features can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.3/README.md
 .PP
-The Squashfs\-tools USAGE guides and other documentation can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.2
+The Sqfstar usage guide can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.3/USAGE\-SQFSTAR.md
+.PP
+The CHANGELOG for Squashfs tools can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/CHANGES.md

Documentation/manpages/unsquashfs.1

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH UNSQUASHFS "1" "October 2025" "unsquashfs version 4.7.2-100f570" "User Commands"
+.TH UNSQUASHFS "1" "November 2025" "unsquashfs version 4.7.3" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 unsquashfs - tool to uncompress, extract and list squashfs filesystems
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 mksquashfs(1), sqfstar(1), sqfscat(1)
 .PP
-The README for the Squashfs\-tools 4.7.2 release, describing the new features can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.2/README
+The README for the Squashfs\-tools 4.7.3 release, describing the new features can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.3/README.md
 .PP
-The Squashfs\-tools USAGE guides and other documentation can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.2
+The Unsquashfs usage guide can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.3/USAGE\-UNSQUASHFS.md
+.PP
+The CHANGELOG for Squashfs tools can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/CHANGES.md

INSTALL

@@ -1,9 +1 @@
-The latest Squashfs-tools release is 4.7.2
-
-The INSTALL file is in Documentation/<version>
-
-Where <version> is the version of the Squashfs tools that you
-are using.  This can be discovered by running the tool with
-the -version option, for example
-
-% mksquashfs -version
+Please see Documentation/4.7.3 for the INSTALL and INSTALL.md files.

README

@@ -1,9 +1 @@
-The latest Squashfs-tools release is 4.7.2
-
-The README file is in Documentation/<version>
-
-Where <version> is the version of the Squashfs tools that you
-are using.  This can be discovered by running the tool with
-the -version option, for example
-
-% mksquashfs -version
+Please see Documentation/4.7.3 for the README and README.md files.

squashfs-tools/Makefile

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Squashfs-tools 4.7.3 release
+RELEASE_VERSION = 4.7.3
+RELEASE_DATE = 2025/11/05
 ###############################################
 #                Build options                #
 ###############################################
@@ -461,10 +464,10 @@ VERSION := $(RELEASE_VERSION)
 DATE := $(RELEASE_DATE)
 else
 ifeq ($(HASH),$Format:%h$)
-VERSION := 4.7.2-$(shell git show -s --pretty=format:%h)
+VERSION := 4.7.3-$(shell git show -s --pretty=format:%h)
 DATE := $(firstword $(subst -,/,$(shell git show -s --pretty=format:%ci)))
 else
-VERSION := 4.7.2-$(HASH)
+VERSION := 4.7.3-$(HASH)
 DATE := $(firstword $(subst -,/,$(FULLDATE)))
 endif
 endif