Recommended update for e2fsprogs

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:0961-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for e2fsprogs fixes the following issues:

  • e2fsck: clarify overflow link count error message (bsc#1160979)
  • ext2fs: update allocation info earlier in ext2fs_mkdir() (bsc#1160979)
  • ext2fs: implement dir entry creation in htree directories (bsc#1160979)
  • tests: add test to excercise indexed directories with metadata_csum (bsc#1160979)
  • tune2fs: update dir checksums when clearing dir_index feature (bsc#1160979)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-961=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • e2fsprogs-devel-1.43.8-4.20.1
    • libcom_err-devel-static-1.43.8-4.20.1
    • libext2fs-devel-static-1.43.8-4.20.1
    • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-1.43.8-4.20.1
    • e2fsprogs-debugsource-1.43.8-4.20.1
    • libcom_err2-debuginfo-1.43.8-4.20.1
    • libcom_err2-1.43.8-4.20.1
    • libext2fs-devel-1.43.8-4.20.1
    • libext2fs2-1.43.8-4.20.1
    • e2fsprogs-1.43.8-4.20.1
    • libcom_err-devel-1.43.8-4.20.1
    • libext2fs2-debuginfo-1.43.8-4.20.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • libcom_err2-32bit-debuginfo-1.43.8-4.20.1
    • libcom_err2-32bit-1.43.8-4.20.1
    • e2fsprogs-32bit-debuginfo-1.43.8-4.20.1

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