4.7.4 release

plougher · plougher · commit bad1d213ab6d · 2025-11-09T23:11:44.000Z
Signed-off-by: Phillip Lougher &lt;phillip@squashfs.org.uk&gt;
diff --git a/Documentation/manpages/mksquashfs.1 b/Documentation/manpages/mksquashfs.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH MKSQUASHFS "1" "November 2025" "mksquashfs version 4.7.3" "User Commands"
+.TH MKSQUASHFS "1" "November 2025" "mksquashfs version 4.7.4" "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 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.
+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 and later 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.
@@ -650,10 +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 4.7.3 release, describing the new features can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.3/README.md
+The README for the Squashfs\-tools 4.7.4 release, describing the new features can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.4/README.md
 .PP
-The MKSQUASHFS usage guide can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.3/USAGE\-MKSQUASHFS.md
+The MKSQUASHFS usage guide can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.4/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
+The ACTIONS\-README for the actions subsystem can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.4/ACTIONS\-README.md
diff --git a/Documentation/manpages/sqfscat.1 b/Documentation/manpages/sqfscat.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SQFSCAT "1" "November 2025" "sqfscat version 4.7.3" "User Commands"
+.TH SQFSCAT "1" "November 2025" "sqfscat version 4.7.4" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 sqfscat - tool to cat files from a squashfs filesystem to stdout
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/manpages/sqfstar.1 b/Documentation/manpages/sqfstar.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SQFSTAR "1" "November 2025" "sqfstar version 4.7.3" "User Commands"
+.TH SQFSTAR "1" "November 2025" "sqfstar version 4.7.4" "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 Unsquashfs 4.7.3 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 and later 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.
@@ -486,8 +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 4.7.3 release, describing the new features can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.3/README.md
+The README for the Squashfs\-tools 4.7.4 release, describing the new features can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.4/README.md
 .PP
-The Sqfstar usage guide can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.3/USAGE\-SQFSTAR.md
+The Sqfstar usage guide can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.4/USAGE\-SQFSTAR.md
 .PP
 The CHANGELOG for Squashfs tools can be read here https://github.com/plougher/squashfs\-tools/blob/master/CHANGES.md
diff --git a/Documentation/manpages/unsquashfs.1 b/Documentation/manpages/unsquashfs.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH UNSQUASHFS "1" "November 2025" "unsquashfs version 4.7.3" "User Commands"
+.TH UNSQUASHFS "1" "November 2025" "unsquashfs version 4.7.4" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 unsquashfs - tool to uncompress, extract and list squashfs filesystems
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
diff --git a/README b/README
@@ -1,9 +1 @@
-The latest Squashfs-tools release is 4.7.3
-
-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
+The documentation is in Documentation/4.7.4
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -1,30 +1 @@
-# Welcome to Squashfs-tools!
-
-This is the official Squashfs-tools repository.
-
-To build and install the tools please read the [Documentation/4.7.3/INSTALL.md file](Documentation/4.7.3/INSTALL.md)
-
-To find out how use the latest release please start by reading [Documentation/4.7.3/README.md](Documentation/4.7.3/README.md)
-
-The latest **4.7.3** release may have already been packaged for your distribution, please see "Packaging status" below.
-
-Thanks
-
-## Contents of the repository
-
-<a href="https://repology.org/project/squashfs-tools/versions">
-    <img src="https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/squashfs-tools.svg" alt="Packaging status" align="right">
-</a>
-
-The top-level directory contains the following files:
-
-* **ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS** - This contains some historical acknowlegements, this file has mostly been replaced by the Github issues tracker.
-* **CHANGES** - a reverse chronological list of changes from the latest release to the earliest release.
-* **INSTALL** - where to get the INSTALL file for your version of squashfs-tools.
-* **README** - where to get the README for you version of squashfs-tools.
-* **USAGE** - where to get the USAGE files for your version of squashfs-tools.
-
-The top-level directory has the following directories:
-
-* **Documentation** - this directory contains documentation for various versions of squashfs-tools, and it is split into subdirectories for versions 4.5 through to 4.7.3, the latest version is 4.7.3.  It also has a directory containing prebuilt manpages for latest version of squashfs-tools.
-* **squashfs-tools** - the source code directory, enter this directory and type `make` to build, or `sudo make install` to install.  Edit the Makefile to change the compression algorithms built and other defaults including install PATH, XATTR support, and number of parallel reader threads.
+The documentation is in Documentation/4.7.4
diff --git a/USAGE b/USAGE
diff --git a/squashfs-tools/Makefile b/squashfs-tools/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Squashfs-tools 4.7.4 release
+RELEASE_VERSION = 4.7.4
+RELEASE_DATE = 2025/11/09
 ###############################################
 #                Build options                #
 ###############################################
@@ -461,10 +464,10 @@ VERSION := $(RELEASE_VERSION)
 DATE := $(RELEASE_DATE)
 else
 ifeq ($(HASH),$Format:%h$)
-VERSION := 4.7.3-$(shell git show -s --pretty=format:%h)
+VERSION := 4.7.4-$(shell git show -s --pretty=format:%h)
 DATE := $(firstword $(subst -,/,$(shell git show -s --pretty=format:%ci)))
 else
-VERSION := 4.7.3-$(HASH)
+VERSION := 4.7.4-$(HASH)
 DATE := $(firstword $(subst -,/,$(FULLDATE)))
 endif
 endif
diff --git a/squashfs-tools/unsquashfs_help.c b/squashfs-tools/unsquashfs_help.c
@@ -250,11 +250,11 @@ static char *unsquashfs_text[]={
 	"\nSee -ignore-errors, -strict-errors and -no-exit-code options for "
 		"how they affect the exit status.\n",
 	"\n", "See also (extra information elsewhere):", "\n",
-	"The README for the Squashfs-tools 4.7.3 release, describing the new "
+	"The README for the Squashfs-tools 4.7.4 release, describing the new "
 		"features can be read here https://github.com/plougher/"
-		"squashfs-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.3/README.md\n",
+		"squashfs-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.4/README.md\n",
 	"\nThe Unsquashfs usage guide can be read here https://github.com/"
-		"plougher/squashfs-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.3/"
+		"plougher/squashfs-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.4/"
 		"USAGE-UNSQUASHFS.md\n",
 	"\nThe CHANGELOG for Squashfs tools can be read here "
 		"https://github.com/plougher/squashfs-tools/blob/master/"
@@ -323,11 +323,11 @@ static char *sqfscat_text[]={
 	"\nSee -ignore-errors, -strict-errors and -no-exit-code options for "
 		"how they affect the exit status.\n",
 	"\n", "See also (extra information elsewhere):", "\n",
-	"The README for the Squashfs-tools 4.7.3 release, describing the new "
+	"The README for the Squashfs-tools 4.7.4 release, describing the new "
 		"features can be read here https://github.com/plougher/"
-		"squashfs-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.3/README.md\n",
+		"squashfs-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.4/README.md\n",
 	"\nThe Sqfscat usage guide can be read here https://github.com/"
-		"plougher/squashfs-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.3/"
+		"plougher/squashfs-tools/blob/master/Documentation/4.7.4/"
 		"USAGE-SQFSCAT.md\n",
 	"\nThe CHANGELOG for Squashfs tools can be read here "
 		"https://github.com/plougher/squashfs-tools/blob/master/"
