Issued:
2014-05-29
Updated:
2014-05-29

RHBA-2014:0569 - gfs2-utils bug fix update

Synopsis

gfs2-utils bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated gfs2-utils packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The gfs2-utils packages contain utilities for creating, checking, modifying, and correcting any inconsistencies in GFS2 file systems.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, system logs did not log important context of system events concerning the running fsck.gfs2 utility. Consequently, users and system administrators had difficulties examining the circumstances under which a problem occurred. With this update, fsck.gfs2 adds an informative message to the system logs on its start and exit, which helps in further debugging processes and administrative actions. (BZ#1099592)

  • Previously, GFS2 metadata dumps returned by the "gfs2_edit savemeta" command held no information about the time at which they were created. Without this information, users and system administrators could not easily find out when the GFS2 metadata was saved in relation to file system checks. With this update, "gfs2_edit savemeta" adds a header to the metadata file containing a time stamp relating to the creation of the file. (BZ#1100803)

Users of gfs2-utils 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
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

  • gfs2-utils-0.1.62-39.el5_10.3.ppc.rpm
  • gfs2-utils-debuginfo-0.1.62-39.el5_10.3.ia64.rpm
  • gfs2-utils-debuginfo-0.1.62-39.el5_10.3.i386.rpm
  • gfs2-utils-debuginfo-0.1.62-39.el5_10.3.ppc.rpm
  • gfs2-utils-0.1.62-39.el5_10.3.ia64.rpm
  • gfs2-utils-0.1.62-39.el5_10.3.src.rpm
  • gfs2-utils-debuginfo-0.1.62-39.el5_10.3.x86_64.rpm
  • gfs2-utils-0.1.62-39.el5_10.3.x86_64.rpm
  • gfs2-utils-0.1.62-39.el5_10.3.i386.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information