RHBA-2009:0962 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated device-mapper packages that include various bug fixes and
enhancements are now available.

Description

The device-mapper packages provide a library required by logical volume
management utilities such as LVM2 and dmraid.

This update upgrades the device-mapper packages from version 1.02.25 to
version 1.02.28. The update provides the following bug fixes and enhancements:

• Add the --nameprefixes, --unquoted and --rows options to dmsetup.
• Add the field name prefix option to reporting functions.
• Add tables_loaded, readonly and suspended columns to reports.
• Fix compatibility issues with major/minor numbers for DM devices.

All users of device-mapper should upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues and add these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc

Fixes

• BZ - 476498 - Rebase device-mapper to new version for lvm2 build
• BZ - 480838 - specifying major/minor options results in failed snapshot create

CVEs

(none)

References

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