Issued:
2013-01-07
Updated:
2013-01-07

RHBA-2013:0094 - e4fsprogs bug fix update

Synopsis

e4fsprogs bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated e4fsprogs packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Due to a bug in the resize2fs program, the size of the ext4 file system created on a 16TB block device could not be modified. Consequently, the "device too big" error occurred. This bug has been fixed and file systems residing on 16TB block devices can now be re-sized within the existing file system size limits. (BZ#707314)

  • Prior to this update, the mke4fs command created an ext2 file system by default. In order to create an ext4 file system, the "-t ext4" command-line option had to be inserted. This behavior has been changed, and mke4fs now creates an ext4 file system by default, without the need for extending the command. (BZ#785200)

Users of e4fsprogs package are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

Solution

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

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • e4fsprogs-1.41.12-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-devel-1.41.12-3.el5.s390.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-libs-1.41.12-3.el5.ia64.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-1.41.12-3.el5.src.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-debuginfo-1.41.12-3.el5.ppc.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-1.41.12-3.el5.i386.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-devel-1.41.12-3.el5.ia64.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-libs-1.41.12-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-debuginfo-1.41.12-3.el5.s390x.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-libs-1.41.12-3.el5.s390x.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-1.41.12-3.el5.ppc.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-devel-1.41.12-3.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-1.41.12-3.el5.s390x.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-devel-1.41.12-3.el5.s390x.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-debuginfo-1.41.12-3.el5.i386.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-1.41.12-3.el5.ia64.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-libs-1.41.12-3.el5.ppc.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-devel-1.41.12-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-libs-1.41.12-3.el5.i386.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-devel-1.41.12-3.el5.i386.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-debuginfo-1.41.12-3.el5.s390.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-debuginfo-1.41.12-3.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-debuginfo-1.41.12-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-debuginfo-1.41.12-3.el5.ia64.rpm
  • e4fsprogs-devel-1.41.12-3.el5.ppc.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information