package jfsutils out of date; new upstream fixes several possible bugs

Bug #233991 reported by Sam Stern
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jfsutils (Debian)
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jfsutils (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: jfsutils

the current version of jfsutils on ubuntu 8.04 is 1.1.11
at:
http://jfs.sourceforge.net/source.html

there is a newer version (since 08/24/2007) that purports to fix the following issues:

New in 1.1.12 - 2007-08-24
* Fix build break when built against recent glibc with -DFORTIFY_SOURCE
* Allow -n flag to be passed to jfs_fsck in conjuction with -f, -a, or -p
* Look for external journal in /proc/mdstat in case of raid
* netbsd support (Submitted by Gary Thorpe)
* Fix double close of external journal descriptor
* Fix possible array overflow
* Fix big-endian bug with legacy partition

of note is the external journal, double-close and possible array overflow fixes. Full change log is at:

http://jfs.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/jfs/jfsutils/NEWS?revision=1.30

Full change history is at:

http://jfs.cvs.sourceforge.net/jfs/jfsutils/ChangeLog?view=log

Sam Stern (samstern)
description: updated
Changed in jfsutils:
status: Unknown → New
Changed in jfsutils:
status: New → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

needs a sync from debian:

 jfsutils (1.1.12-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * new upstream release (Closes: #445488, thanks to Amit Gurdasani
     <email address hidden>)
   * upstream homepage added to debian/control
   * debian/watch file added
   * added copyright holder and updated authors in debian/copyright
   * bumped up Standards-Version

Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

was autosynced a while ago

Changed in jfsutils:
status: New → Fix Released
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