"if you're using e2fsprogs 1.41.12, you really should upgrade..."
Make that better to "if Ubuntu is using e2fsprogs 1.41.12, Ubuntu really should upgrade...". And since it is a bug affecting all 10.10 (at least), it needs to enter the official upgrade path, urgently. What I used was the installer-CD, but the system in question was pretty much updated (actually, crashed during the regular 'apt-get upgrade' from which it could never recover on its own). The current version offered by the repositories is 1.41.12-1ubuntu2, and I have no clue which actual release this reflects. (Does it make sense to file a RFE to make the upstream version visible in apt-get?)
"if you're using e2fsprogs 1.41.12, you really should upgrade..."
Make that better to "if Ubuntu is using e2fsprogs 1.41.12, Ubuntu really should upgrade...". And since it is a bug affecting all 10.10 (at least), it needs to enter the official upgrade path, urgently. What I used was the installer-CD, but the system in question was pretty much updated (actually, crashed during the regular 'apt-get upgrade' from which it could never recover on its own). The current version offered by the repositories is 1.41.12-1ubuntu2, and I have no clue which actual release this reflects. (Does it make sense to file a RFE to make the upstream version visible in apt-get?)