SUSE-RU-2012:1119-1: Recommended update for xfsprogs

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for xfsprogs
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2012:1119-1
Rating:             low
References:         #773087 
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
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   An update that has one recommended fix can now be
   installed. It includes one version update.

Description:


   This update to xfsprogs 3.1.8 brings fixes and
   improvements, including:

   * repair: properly mark lost+found inode as used
   * repair: validate acl count before reading it
   * repair: avoid ABBA deadlocks on prefetched buffers
   and in inode prefetching
   * repair: do not walk the unlinked inode list
   * repair: use recursive buffer locking
   * repair: allocate and free extent and inode records
   individually
   * repair: handle filesystems with the log in allocation
   group 0
   * repair: update extent count after zapping duplicate
   blocks (bnc#773087)
   * mkfs: refuse to initialize a misaligned device if not
   forced using libblkid.

Contraindications:



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-xfsprogs-6658

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-xfsprogs-6658

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-xfsprogs-6658

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-xfsprogs-6658

   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) [New Version: 3.1.8]:

      xfsprogs-devel-3.1.8-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 3.1.8]:

      xfsprogs-3.1.8-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 3.1.8]:

      xfsprogs-3.1.8-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 3.1.8]:

      xfsprogs-3.1.8-0.5.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/773087
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=3c5ca944327618d3bce9d82e20a267ac