Bug Fix Advisory cdrtools bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2009:1007-1
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 cdrtools packages that resolve a number of bugs are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

The cdrtools packages provide a collection of CD-ROM and DVD utilities.

These updated packages fix the following bugs:

* the cdrecord program burned DVD+R and DVD+RW discs in such a way that
they were not able to be mounted. When trying to burn a DVD+R or DVD+RW
disc with cdrecord, the following message appears:

Please use growisofs from dvd+rw-tools or cdrecord-Pro for DVD+R/DVD+RW.

Users are advised to use the growisofs utility (or cdrecord-Pro) from the
"dvd+rw-tools" package for burning DVD+R and DVD+RW discs.

* the mkisofs utility was unable to handle directories in which the ".."
parent directory entry preceded the "." directory entry. Running mkisofs on
such a directory caused the following error message to be displayed:

Unknown file type (unallocated) /[usr]/[share]/.. - ignoring and continuing

With these updated packages, mkisofs correctly handles directories in which
the ".." directory precedes ".", thus resolving the problem.

* running the "mkisofs" utility with the "-no-emul-boot" switch when an
image argument was not specified with the "-b" boot option caused mkisofs
to segmentation fault. With these updated packages, using the
"-no-emul-boot" switch without a corresponding "-b" option causes the
following warning to be displayed:

Missing boot image name, use -b option

Users of cdrtools are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues.


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:
cdrtools-2.01.1-5.2.el4.src.rpm     07df29706e20ac7f39c5cabcc13c7571
 
IA-32:
cdda2wav-2.01.1-5.2.el4.i386.rpm     179ae1bf6dcce080f50761d85e2afeb8
cdrecord-2.01.1-5.2.el4.i386.rpm     b0489067c495899f49f150a496387fd6
cdrecord-devel-2.01.1-5.2.el4.i386.rpm     a3a325a0857724b5cfb947984b2d1a5d
mkisofs-2.01.1-5.2.el4.i386.rpm     d683f4d609111e349b36825b3a2da102
 
x86_64:
cdda2wav-2.01.1-5.2.el4.x86_64.rpm     65b5ac45acf0dbf61b0cd308165b4463
cdrecord-2.01.1-5.2.el4.x86_64.rpm     6f3077e12a9ca9ce47938009a3cc0a84
cdrecord-devel-2.01.1-5.2.el4.x86_64.rpm     ad8e083d85d1569d344011f4898b70fd
mkisofs-2.01.1-5.2.el4.x86_64.rpm     4af0d9dece3e69a80b804331062129dd
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
cdrtools-2.01.1-5.2.el4.src.rpm     07df29706e20ac7f39c5cabcc13c7571
 
IA-32:
cdda2wav-2.01.1-5.2.el4.i386.rpm     179ae1bf6dcce080f50761d85e2afeb8
cdrecord-2.01.1-5.2.el4.i386.rpm     b0489067c495899f49f150a496387fd6
cdrecord-devel-2.01.1-5.2.el4.i386.rpm     a3a325a0857724b5cfb947984b2d1a5d
mkisofs-2.01.1-5.2.el4.i386.rpm     d683f4d609111e349b36825b3a2da102
 
IA-64:
cdda2wav-2.01.1-5.2.el4.ia64.rpm     08810699d50fe799ca731ac240060e43
cdrecord-2.01.1-5.2.el4.ia64.rpm     355f1a0b3aaac264e21b984ecef05f3e
cdrecord-devel-2.01.1-5.2.el4.ia64.rpm     fc1c6c572d1532928ec77b1ff06b8687
mkisofs-2.01.1-5.2.el4.ia64.rpm     f5946104895828f64c687dd4957deb3e
 
PPC:
cdda2wav-2.01.1-5.2.el4.ppc.rpm     077c173293b4ae1e6e9f331b4ed00f78
cdrecord-2.01.1-5.2.el4.ppc.rpm     2eb973db32225465843e110858272146
cdrecord-devel-2.01.1-5.2.el4.ppc.rpm     3b85f8db2ae56aa46adf3e1f4698b9b7
mkisofs-2.01.1-5.2.el4.ppc.rpm     5e329f4f79947cf754516197e98ab6d9
 
s390:
cdda2wav-2.01.1-5.2.el4.s390.rpm     41779167cac68aaa730005dd28e128ec
cdrecord-2.01.1-5.2.el4.s390.rpm     4e07187e080158bc07ad29bcc27e265f
cdrecord-devel-2.01.1-5.2.el4.s390.rpm     221e34f1739fa2c2b875d0fd5488a4df
mkisofs-2.01.1-5.2.el4.s390.rpm     143c315587961819d7712957288c12ca
 
s390x:
cdda2wav-2.01.1-5.2.el4.s390x.rpm     71decb9663e6808583bd1ff551bff755
cdrecord-2.01.1-5.2.el4.s390x.rpm     76bcf022b00739599a8d263a659e117d
cdrecord-devel-2.01.1-5.2.el4.s390x.rpm     6681ef8198b7272ed006c99bb7c97e95
mkisofs-2.01.1-5.2.el4.s390x.rpm     8f5d89908baef345e1e4b1fe00612c9b
 
x86_64:
cdda2wav-2.01.1-5.2.el4.x86_64.rpm     65b5ac45acf0dbf61b0cd308165b4463
cdrecord-2.01.1-5.2.el4.x86_64.rpm     6f3077e12a9ca9ce47938009a3cc0a84
cdrecord-devel-2.01.1-5.2.el4.x86_64.rpm     ad8e083d85d1569d344011f4898b70fd
mkisofs-2.01.1-5.2.el4.x86_64.rpm     4af0d9dece3e69a80b804331062129dd
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
cdrtools-2.01.1-5.2.el4.src.rpm     07df29706e20ac7f39c5cabcc13c7571
 
IA-32:
cdda2wav-2.01.1-5.2.el4.i386.rpm     179ae1bf6dcce080f50761d85e2afeb8
cdrecord-2.01.1-5.2.el4.i386.rpm     b0489067c495899f49f150a496387fd6
cdrecord-devel-2.01.1-5.2.el4.i386.rpm     a3a325a0857724b5cfb947984b2d1a5d
mkisofs-2.01.1-5.2.el4.i386.rpm     d683f4d609111e349b36825b3a2da102
 
IA-64:
cdda2wav-2.01.1-5.2.el4.ia64.rpm     08810699d50fe799ca731ac240060e43
cdrecord-2.01.1-5.2.el4.ia64.rpm     355f1a0b3aaac264e21b984ecef05f3e
cdrecord-devel-2.01.1-5.2.el4.ia64.rpm     fc1c6c572d1532928ec77b1ff06b8687
mkisofs-2.01.1-5.2.el4.ia64.rpm     f5946104895828f64c687dd4957deb3e
 
x86_64:
cdda2wav-2.01.1-5.2.el4.x86_64.rpm     65b5ac45acf0dbf61b0cd308165b4463
cdrecord-2.01.1-5.2.el4.x86_64.rpm     6f3077e12a9ca9ce47938009a3cc0a84
cdrecord-devel-2.01.1-5.2.el4.x86_64.rpm     ad8e083d85d1569d344011f4898b70fd
mkisofs-2.01.1-5.2.el4.x86_64.rpm     4af0d9dece3e69a80b804331062129dd
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
cdrtools-2.01.1-5.2.el4.src.rpm     07df29706e20ac7f39c5cabcc13c7571
 
IA-32:
cdda2wav-2.01.1-5.2.el4.i386.rpm     179ae1bf6dcce080f50761d85e2afeb8
cdrecord-2.01.1-5.2.el4.i386.rpm     b0489067c495899f49f150a496387fd6
cdrecord-devel-2.01.1-5.2.el4.i386.rpm     a3a325a0857724b5cfb947984b2d1a5d
mkisofs-2.01.1-5.2.el4.i386.rpm     d683f4d609111e349b36825b3a2da102
 
IA-64:
cdda2wav-2.01.1-5.2.el4.ia64.rpm     08810699d50fe799ca731ac240060e43
cdrecord-2.01.1-5.2.el4.ia64.rpm     355f1a0b3aaac264e21b984ecef05f3e
cdrecord-devel-2.01.1-5.2.el4.ia64.rpm     fc1c6c572d1532928ec77b1ff06b8687
mkisofs-2.01.1-5.2.el4.ia64.rpm     f5946104895828f64c687dd4957deb3e
 
x86_64:
cdda2wav-2.01.1-5.2.el4.x86_64.rpm     65b5ac45acf0dbf61b0cd308165b4463
cdrecord-2.01.1-5.2.el4.x86_64.rpm     6f3077e12a9ca9ce47938009a3cc0a84
cdrecord-devel-2.01.1-5.2.el4.x86_64.rpm     ad8e083d85d1569d344011f4898b70fd
mkisofs-2.01.1-5.2.el4.x86_64.rpm     4af0d9dece3e69a80b804331062129dd
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

136665 - Cdrecord fails to write DVD+R correctly works with DVD+RW
193916 - mkisofs produces erroneous "Unknown file type (unallocated)" warning
436932 - "mkisofs -no-emul-boot /blah" causes a segmentation fault


Keywords

cdrtools


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