Bug Fix Advisory device-mapper bug-fix and enhancement update

Advisory: RHBA-2009:0962-1
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2009-05-18
Last updated on: 2009-05-18
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated device-mapper packages that include various bug fixes and
enhancements are now available.

The device-mapper packages provide a library required by logical volume
management utilities such as LVM2 and dmraid.

This update upgrades the device-mapper packages from version 1.02.25 to
version 1.02.28. The update provides the following bug fixes and enhancements:

* Add the --nameprefixes, --unquoted and --rows options to dmsetup.

* Add the field name prefix option to reporting functions.

* Add tables_loaded, readonly and suspended columns to reports.

* Fix compatibility issues with major/minor numbers for DM devices.

All users of device-mapper should upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues and add these enhancements.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.src.rpm     def5a61c5e75eb42d7243e1d47fb0c49
 
IA-32:
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.i386.rpm     9e8880b39ae36020956c6d78390dc3da
 
x86_64:
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.i386.rpm     9e8880b39ae36020956c6d78390dc3da
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.x86_64.rpm     89545913ae677d367fb9ade2bc4e2f78
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.src.rpm     def5a61c5e75eb42d7243e1d47fb0c49
 
IA-32:
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.i386.rpm     9e8880b39ae36020956c6d78390dc3da
 
IA-64:
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.i386.rpm     9e8880b39ae36020956c6d78390dc3da
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.ia64.rpm     6d0101dc316c36b9be7c9b42aa9da108
 
PPC:
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.ppc.rpm     2a3e419818bef90ccc5e3564aed389f6
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.ppc64.rpm     adeac16ad314f4f8893e227ca31cf072
 
s390:
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.s390.rpm     c899358729fcbdd2224ecf565bd24f02
 
s390x:
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.s390.rpm     c899358729fcbdd2224ecf565bd24f02
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.s390x.rpm     313acef9943aa2a7c88d6ab2a2628f67
 
x86_64:
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.i386.rpm     9e8880b39ae36020956c6d78390dc3da
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.x86_64.rpm     89545913ae677d367fb9ade2bc4e2f78
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.src.rpm     def5a61c5e75eb42d7243e1d47fb0c49
 
IA-32:
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.i386.rpm     9e8880b39ae36020956c6d78390dc3da
 
IA-64:
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.i386.rpm     9e8880b39ae36020956c6d78390dc3da
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.ia64.rpm     6d0101dc316c36b9be7c9b42aa9da108
 
x86_64:
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.i386.rpm     9e8880b39ae36020956c6d78390dc3da
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.x86_64.rpm     89545913ae677d367fb9ade2bc4e2f78
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.src.rpm     def5a61c5e75eb42d7243e1d47fb0c49
 
IA-32:
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.i386.rpm     9e8880b39ae36020956c6d78390dc3da
 
IA-64:
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.i386.rpm     9e8880b39ae36020956c6d78390dc3da
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.ia64.rpm     6d0101dc316c36b9be7c9b42aa9da108
 
x86_64:
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.i386.rpm     9e8880b39ae36020956c6d78390dc3da
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el4.x86_64.rpm     89545913ae677d367fb9ade2bc4e2f78
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

476498 - Rebase device-mapper to new version for lvm2 build
480838 - specifying major/minor options results in failed snapshot create



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