RHBA-2010:0290 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated gfs-utils packages that fix various bugs are now available.

Description

The gfs-utils packages provide the user-space tools necessary to mount,
create, maintain and test GFS file systems.

The updated gfs-utils packages apply the following bug fixes:

• GFS: gfs_fsck sometimes needs to be run twice (BZ#509225)
• gfs_fsck cannot repair rindex problems when directly on block device

(BZ#512722)

• gfs_fsck -n always returns 0 even if error is found (BZ#508978)

All users of gfs-utils should upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues.

Solution

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

This update is available via the 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 Resilient Storage for x86_64 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 508978 - gfs_fsck -n always returns 0 even if error is found
• BZ - 509225 - GFS: gfs_fsck sometimes needs to be run twice
• BZ - 512722 - gfs_fsck cannot repair rindex problems when directly on blockdevice

CVEs

(none)

References

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