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Chapter 1. Package Updates
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1.44. e2fsprogs
1.44.1. RHBA-2009:1291: bug fix and enhancement update
An updated e2fsprogs package that fixes various bugs and adds an enhancement is now available.
The e2fsprogs package contains a number of utilities that create, check, modify, and correct
inconsistencies in second extended (ext2) file systems. e2fsprogs contains e2fsck (which repairs file
system inconsistencies after an unclean shutdown), mke2fs (which initializes a partition to contain an
empty ext2 file system), tune2fs (which modifies file system parameters), and most of the other core
ext2fs file system utilities.
This updated version of e2fsprogs addresses the following issues:
• when mke2fs or resize2fs was run on a device of exactly 2^32 file system blocks (16 terabytes for
4 kilobit blocks), these commands would fail with a "File too large" error, because the maximum
file system size was 2^32-1 blocks. mke2fs and resize2fs now round down by one block to allow
the commands to succeed for devices of exactly 2^32 blocks, and the error no longer presents. (
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• the German localization of an e2fsprogs process contained a typographical error. This has been
corrected and the correct line now displays. (
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• the e2fsck method, pass3, would use a pointer regardless of whether it contained a null value. This
would result in a segfault. The method has been corrected and the problem no longer presents. (
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• the ismounted method was set to use two arguments when it required three. This has been
corrected, and the method now works as expected. (
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• the debugfs method, logdump, performed a call to fclose without checking that the value being
passed was not null. This would result in segfault. The method now checks for a null before
attempting to pass the value, and does not call fclose if a null is present. (
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• a typographical error in the uuidd initscript that caused an incorrect status to me set has been
corrected. (
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The updated package also includes the following enhancement:
• running mke2fs on devices larger than 8 terabytes required the "-F" (force) option to succeed. This
update removes that requirement. (
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All users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves the listed issues and adds the noted
enhancement.
1.45. e4fsprogs
1.45.1. RHBA-2009:1413: bug fix update
An updated e4fsprogs package that fixes a bug is now available.
The e4fsprogs package contains a number of utilities for creating, checking, modifying, and correcting
inconsistencies in ext4 and ext4dev file systems. e4fsprogs contains e4fsck (used to repair file system