- Issued:
- 2006-07-20
- Updated:
- 2006-07-20
RHBA-2006:0400 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
e2fsprogs bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated e2fsprogs packages that fix bugs are now available.
Description
The e2fsprogs package contains a number of utilities for creating,
checking, modifying, and correcting any inconsistencies in ext2 and ext3
file systems.
The following issues have been addressed:
- - support for 32M directory limit in e2fsck
- - offline filesystem resizing issue
- - unexpected fsck error message
All users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these
issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filenames]
where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.
Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 144486 - RHEL3 EXT3 Offline Filesystem Resizing Issue
- BZ - 162576 - e2fsck hits 32M directory limit
- BZ - 185534 - [EMC RHEL3 U8 bug] init:mount:fsck fails when fstype is set to auto on _netdev device in /etc/fstab
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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