SUSE-RU-2022:0084-1: moderate: Recommended update for dosfstools

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for dosfstools
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2022:0084-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1172863 #1188401 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE MicroOS 5.1
                    SUSE MicroOS 5.0
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2
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   An update that has two recommended fixes can now be
   installed.

Description:

   This update for dosfstools fixes the following issues:

   - To be able to create filesystems compatible with previous version, add
     -g command line option to mkfs (bsc#1188401)
   - BREAKING CHANGES: After fixing of bsc#1172863 in the last update, mkfs
     started to create different images than before. Applications that depend
     on exact FAT file format (e. g. embedded systems) may be broken in two
     ways:
     * The introduction of the alignment may create smaller images than
       before, with a different positions of important image elements. It can
       break existing software that expect images in doststools <= 4.1 style.
       To work around these problems, use "-a" command line argument.
     * The new image may contain a different geometry values. Geometry
       sensitive applications expecting doststools <= 4.1 style images can
       fails to accept different geometry values. There is no direct work
       around for this problem. But you can take the old image, use "file -s
       $IMAGE", check its "sectors/track" and "heads", and use them in the
       newly introduced "-g" command line argument.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Recommended Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE MicroOS 5.1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2022-84=1

   - SUSE MicroOS 5.0:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2022-84=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2022-84=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2022-84=1



Package List:

   - SUSE MicroOS 5.1 (aarch64 s390x x86_64):

      dosfstools-4.1-3.6.1
      dosfstools-debuginfo-4.1-3.6.1
      dosfstools-debugsource-4.1-3.6.1

   - SUSE MicroOS 5.0 (aarch64 x86_64):

      dosfstools-4.1-3.6.1
      dosfstools-debuginfo-4.1-3.6.1
      dosfstools-debugsource-4.1-3.6.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      dosfstools-4.1-3.6.1
      dosfstools-debuginfo-4.1-3.6.1
      dosfstools-debugsource-4.1-3.6.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      dosfstools-4.1-3.6.1
      dosfstools-debuginfo-4.1-3.6.1
      dosfstools-debugsource-4.1-3.6.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1172863
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188401