Recommended update for e2fsprogs

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for e2fsprogs
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:0229-1
Rating: low
References: #750736 #769256
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for e2fsprogs fixes e2fsck so it can
    successfully repair file systems with a corrupted journal
    inode.

    Additionally, package dependencies were corrected to avoid
    side-effects caused by version mismatch between libraries
    and applications.

    Contraindications:

    None

    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 Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-e2fsprogs-7185
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-e2fsprogs-7185
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-e2fsprogs-7185
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-e2fsprogs-7185

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • e2fsprogs-devel-1.41.9-2.9.1
    • libcom_err-devel-1.41.9-2.9.1
    • libext2fs-devel-1.41.9-2.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libcom_err-devel-32bit-1.41.9-2.9.1
    • libext2fs-devel-32bit-1.41.9-2.9.1
    • libext2fs2-32bit-1.41.9-2.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (ia64):
    • libext2fs2-x86-1.41.9-2.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • e2fsprogs-1.41.9-2.9.1
    • libcom_err2-1.41.9-2.9.1
    • libext2fs2-1.41.9-2.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):
    • libcom_err2-32bit-1.41.9-2.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • e2fsprogs-1.41.9-2.9.1
    • libcom_err2-1.41.9-2.9.1
    • libext2fs2-1.41.9-2.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libcom_err2-32bit-1.41.9-2.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):
    • libcom_err2-x86-1.41.9-2.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • e2fsprogs-1.41.9-2.9.1
    • libcom_err2-1.41.9-2.9.1
    • libext2fs2-1.41.9-2.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
    • libcom_err2-32bit-1.41.9-2.9.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/750736
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/769256
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=63ba0e2dde677d75dfde0ce265e29507