- This is the new version (1.41.3) of the second extended file
+ This is the new version (1.41.4) of the second extended file
system management programs.
From time to time, I release new versions of e2fsprogs, to fix
+E2fsprogs 1.41.4 (January 27, 2009)
+===================================
+
+Fixed a bug which could sometimes cause blkid to return an exit value
+of zero for a non-existent device (Addresses Debian Bug: #502541)
+
+Blkid will now recognize ext3 filesystems that have the test_fs flag
+set as ext3 filesystems.
+
+The blkid library will now recognize btrfs filesystems and swap
+devices currently used by user-level software suspend.
+
+Tune2fs now updates the block group checksums when changing the UUID
+to avoid causing e2fsck to complain vociferously at the next reboot.
+
+Tune2fs's inode size resizing algorithms have been fixed so it is not
+vastly inefficient for moderate-to-large filesystems, due to some
+O(n**2) and O(n*m) algorithms that didn't scale well at all.
+
+Fix tune2fs's inode resizing algorithm so it will not corrupt
+filesystems laid out for RAID filesystems; in addition, tune2fs will
+refuse to change the inode size for filesystems that have the flex_bg
+feature enabled. (This is a limitation in the current implementation
+of tune2fs -I.)
+
+E2fsprogs 1.41 broke debugfs's logdump command for normal ext3/4
+filesystems with 32-bit block numbers, when the headers for 64-bit
+block numbers was added. This regression has been fixed.
+
+Debugfs's ncheck command has been fixed to avoid printing garbage
+characters at the end of file names.
+
+Fix resize2fs for ext4 filesystems. Some blocks that that need moving
+when shrinking filesystems with uninit_bg feature would not be moved.
+In addition, blocks and inode table blocks were not being correctly
+freed when shrinking filesystems with the flex_bg feable, which caused
+resize2fs -M to fail. Finally, when blocks are moved, make sure the
+uninitialized flag in extents is preserved.
+
+Fix bug which caused dumpe2fs to abort with an error if run on a
+filesystem that contained an external journal.
+
+Some distributions used "mke3fs" as an alias for "mkfs.ext3"; check
+for this in argv[0] to provide better legacy support for these
+distributions. This is a practice that should NOT be continued,
+however.
+
+Mke2fs now has a new option -U, which allows the user to specify the
+UUID that should be used for the new filesystem.
+
+Mke2fs will treat devices that are exactly 16TB as if they were 16TB
+minus one block. This allows users who have read that ext3 supports
+up to 16TB filesystems and who create a 16TB LVM to not get confused,
+since the true limit is really 16TB minus one block.
+
+E2fsck will no longer abort an fsck run if block group has an errant
+INODE_UNINIT flag.
+
+E2fsck now distinguishes between fragmented directories and fragmented
+files in verbose mode statistics and in the fragcheck report.
+
+Fix a bug in e2fsck which casued it double count non-contiguous
+extent-based inodes.
+
+E2fsck will leave some slack space when repacking directories to allow
+room for a few directory entries to be added without causing leaf
+nodes to be split right away.
+
+Fix a bug which caused e2fsck to crash when it comes across a
+corrupted interior node in an extent tree with the error message:
+"Error1: Corrupt extent header on inode XXXXXX"
+
+E2fsck problem descriptions involving the journal are no longer
+referred to as "ext3" problems, since ext4 filesystems also have
+journals.
+
+Fix a long-standing bug in e2fsck which would cause it to crash when
+replying journals for filesystems with block sizes greater than 8k.
+
+Update Catalan translation from the Translation Project.
+
+Fixed various Debian packaging issues --- see debian/changelog for
+details. (Addresses Debian Bugs: #503057, #502323, #511207)
+
+Programmer's Notes
+------------------
+
+Fix build of e2fsck.profiled, and add support for building profiled
+binaries in the misc directory if configured with --enable-profile.
+
+The ext2fs_open() function now performs more sanity checks on the
+superblock to avoid potential divide by zero errors by other parts of
+library.
+
+The ext2fs_read_inode_full() function now has a safety check to avoid
+a segmentation fault on corrupted filesystems.
+
+The ext2fs_new_inode() function now has a sanity check so that if the
+s_first_inode field in the superblock is insane, it will return
+EXT2_ET_INODE_ALLOC_FAIL instead of returning an invalid inode number.
+
+To avoid segmentation faults, ext2fs_block_alloc_stats() and
+ext2fs_inode_alloc_stats() now validates the passed inode or block
+number to avoid overrunning an array boundary.
+
+Various signed/unsigned errors for variables containing block numbers
+have been fixed.
+
+Accomodations for gcc's stupidity in not realizing that constant
+strings that do not contain a '%' character are safe to use in format
+strings have been made so that distributions that want to compile
+e2fsprogs with -Werror=format-security have an easier time doing so.
+
+Added a new 64-bit getsize interface, ext2fs_get_device_size2().
+
+Added the utility make-sparse.c to the contrib directory.
+
+The ext2fs_block_iterate2() function now reflects errors from
+ext2fs_extent_set_bmap() to the caller, if the callback tries to
+change a block on an extent-based file, and ext2fs_extent_set_bmap()
+fails for some reason (for example, there isn't enough disk space to
+split a node and expand the extent tree.
+
+The ext2fs_block_iterate2() function will preserve the uninit flag in
+extents when the callback function modifies a block in an extent-based
+file.
+
+E2fsck will now flag filesystems that have an insane s_first_ino field
+in their superblock, and attempt to use a backup superblock to repair
+the filesystem.
+
+
E2fsprogs 1.41.3 (October 12, 2008)
===================================
+e2fsprogs (1.41.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * New upstream release
+ * Fix bug which could sometimes cause blkid to return an exit value of
+ zero for a non-existent device (Closes: #502541)
+ * Fix spelling mistake in Debian changelog (Closes: #502323)
+ * Fix blkid to deal with an ext3 filesystem with the test_fs flag
+ * Fix debugfs's ncheck output to suppress extra characters at the end
+ of the file name
+ * Tune2fs now updates the block group checksums after changing the
+ filesystem's UUID
+ * Speed up tune2fs's inode resizing code so it is no longer vastly
+ inefficient for moderate to large filesystems
+ * Fix dumpe2fs so it doesn't attempt to print the inline journal
+ information on filesystems with an external journal
+ * Update the Catalan translation
+ * Filter out linux-vdso.so lines when determining the library
+ dependencies while building the initial ramdisk (Closes: #503057)
+ * Fix e2fsck so an errant INODE_UNINIT flag set in a block group
+ doesn't cause e2fsck to abort.
+ * E2fsck now distinguishes between fragmented directories and
+ fragmented files in verbose mode statistics and in the fragcheck
+ report.
+ * Avoid double-counting non-contiguous extent-based inodes in the
+ verbose mode statistics.
+ * E2fsck now leaves slack space when repacking directories so that a
+ few new directory entries won't cause leaf nodes to become split
+ right away.
+ * E2fsck was previously not handling the case of a corrupted interior
+ node in the extent tree, and would crash in that case. It now will
+ handle this and related failures robustly.
+ * E2fsck problem descriptions involving the journal are no longer
+ referred to as "ext3" problems, since ext4 filesystems also have
+ journals.
+ * Fix a long-standing bug in e2fsck which would cause it to crash when
+ replying journals for filesystems with block sizes greater than 8k.
+ * Fix a regression in debugfs's logdump command so it works for
+ filesystems with 32-bit block numbers. This was accidentally broken
+ when the header files were changed to support the 64-bit block numbers.
+ * Fix resize2fs for ext4 filesystems. Some blocks that that need moving
+ when shrinking filesystems with uninit_bg feature would not be
+ moved. In addition, blocks and inode table blocks were not being
+ correctly freed when shrinking filesystems with the flex_bg feable,
+ which caused resize2fs -M to fail. Finally, when blocks are moved,
+ make sure the uninitialized flag in extents is preserved.
+ * Add mkfs.ext4 symlink to the e2fsprogs-udeb package (Closes: #511207)
+ * Resize2fs now reserves some extra block when calculating the minimum
+ size to shrink the filesystem in case some extent allocation trees
+ * Add a "set -e" to uuid-runtime's prerm script to make Lintian happy
+ * The blkid library will now recognize btrfs filesystems and swap
+ devices currently used by user-level software suspend.
+ * tune2fs will not allow changing the inode size for filesystems that
+ have the flex_bg feature enabled, since the code currently assumes
+ the each block group's portion inode table is located in its own
+ block group.
+ * Fix tune2fs -I so it won't corrupt ext3/ext4 filesystem configured
+ for RAID storage devices.
+ * Mke2fs now understands a -U option which allows the UUID to be
+ specified for the new filesystem.
+ * Mke2fs will now treat devices with exactly 16TB as if they have 16TB
+ minus one block, since many users expect ext4 to support 16TB
+ devices, and the true maximum size is 16TB-1.
+ * E2fsck will now flag filesystems that have an insane s_first_ino
+ field in their superblock.
+
+ -- Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:50:49 -0500
+
e2fsprogs (1.41.3-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream release
\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
@c %**start of header
@setfilename libext2fs.info
-@settitle The EXT2FS Library (version 1.41.3)
+@settitle The EXT2FS Library (version 1.41.4)
@synindex tp fn
@comment %**end of header
This file documents the ext2fs library, a library for manipulating the
ext2 filesystem.
-Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Theodore Ts'o
+Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
+2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 by Theodore Ts'o
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
@title The EXT2FS Library
@subtitle The EXT2FS Library
-@subtitle Version 1.41.3
-@subtitle October 2008
+@subtitle Version 1.41.4
+@subtitle January 2009
@author by Theodore Ts'o
@top The EXT2FS Library
-This manual documents the EXT2FS Library, version 1.41.3
+This manual documents the EXT2FS Library, version 1.41.4
@end ifinfo
Begin3
Title: EXT2 Filesystem utilities
-Version: 1.41.3
-Entered-date: 12Oct2008
+Version: 1.41.4
+Entered-date: 27Jan2009
Description: The filesystem utilities for the EXT2 filesystem, including
e2fsck, mke2fs, dumpe2fs, fsck, and others.
Keywords: utilities, fsck, filesystem, Ext2fs
Author: tytso@mit.edu (Theodore Tso)
Maintained-by: tytso@mit.edu (Theodore Tso)
Primary-site: download.sourceforge.net /pub/sourceforge/e2fsprogs
- 4264kB e2fsprogs-1.41.3.tar.gz
- 480kB e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.3.tar.gz
- 1kB e2fsprogs-1.41.3.lsm
+ 4324kB e2fsprogs-1.41.4.tar.gz
+ 484kB e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.4.tar.gz
+ 1kB e2fsprogs-1.41.4.lsm
Alternate-site:
Platforms: linux 1.2.x/1.3.x/2.0.x/2.1.x/2.2.x/2.3.x/2.4.x/2.5.x/2.6.x
Copying-policy: GPL/LGPL
* redistributed under the GNU Public License.
*/
-#define E2FSPROGS_VERSION "1.41.3"
-#define E2FSPROGS_DATE "12-Oct-2008"
+#define E2FSPROGS_VERSION "1.41.4"
+#define E2FSPROGS_DATE "27-Jan-2009"
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