Recommended update for reiserfs

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for reiserfs
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:1223-1
Rating: moderate
References: #774768
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update fixes signedness issues on large filesystems
    (bnc#774768), which could cause reiserfsck to not work
    properly.

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-reiserfs-6738
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-reiserfs-6738
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-reiserfs-6738

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • reiserfs-3.6.21-1.15.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • reiserfs-3.6.21-1.15.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • reiserfs-3.6.21-1.15.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/774768
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=54bd34d813c81d0630dcd86948ee03ff