Recommended update for e2fsprogs

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for e2fsprogs
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:0964-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1160979
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4

An update that has one recommended 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 Recommended Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2020-964=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2020-964=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-964=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-964=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • e2fsprogs-debugsource-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • e2fsprogs-devel-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • libcom_err-devel-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • libext2fs-devel-1.43.8-3.14.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • e2fsprogs-debugsource-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • e2fsprogs-devel-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • libcom_err-devel-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • libext2fs-devel-1.43.8-3.14.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • e2fsprogs-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • e2fsprogs-debugsource-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • libcom_err2-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • libcom_err2-debuginfo-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • libext2fs2-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • libext2fs2-debuginfo-1.43.8-3.14.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (s390x x86_64):
    • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-32bit-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • libcom_err2-32bit-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • libcom_err2-debuginfo-32bit-1.43.8-3.14.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • e2fsprogs-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • e2fsprogs-debugsource-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • libcom_err2-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • libcom_err2-debuginfo-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • libext2fs2-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • libext2fs2-debuginfo-1.43.8-3.14.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (s390x x86_64):
    • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-32bit-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • libcom_err2-32bit-1.43.8-3.14.1
    • libcom_err2-debuginfo-32bit-1.43.8-3.14.1

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