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Update E2fsprogs to 1.42.13 fro 1.42.12 and add --bindir=/bin and a potential security fix sed located at https://lwn.net/Articles/652348/?format=printable

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-e2fsprogs" role="wrap">
9  <?dbhtml filename="e2fsprogs.html"?>
10
11  <title>E2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;</title>
12
13  <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs">
14    <primary sortas="a-E2fsprogs">E2fsprogs</primary>
15  </indexterm>
16
17  <sect2 role="package">
18    <title/>
19
20    <para>The E2fsprogs package contains the utilities for handling the
21    <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system. It also
22    supports the <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem> and
23    <systemitem class="filesystem">ext4</systemitem> journaling
24    file systems.</para>
25
26  </sect2>
27
28  <sect2 role="installation">
29    <title>Installation of E2fsprogs</title>
30
31    <para os="s1">Fix a potential security issue identified upstream:</para>
32
33<screen os="s2"><userinput>sed -e '/int.*old_desc_blocks/s/int/blk64_t/' \
34    -e '/if (old_desc_blocks/s/super->s_first_meta_bg/desc_blocks/' \
35    -i lib/ext2fs/closefs.c</userinput></screen>
36
37    <para os="a">The E2fsprogs documentation recommends that the package be
38    built in a subdirectory of the source tree:</para>
39
40<screen os="b"><userinput>mkdir -v build
41cd build</userinput></screen>
42
43    <para os="c">Prepare E2fsprogs for compilation:</para>
44
45<screen os="d"><userinput>../configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin \
46    --with-root-prefix="" --enable-elf-shlibs --disable-libblkid \
47    --disable-libuuid --disable-fsck --disable-uuidd</userinput></screen>
48
49    <variablelist os="e">
50      <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
51
52      <varlistentry os="e1">
53        <term><parameter>--with-root-prefix=""</parameter></term>
54        <listitem>
55          <para>Certain programs (such as the <command>e2fsck</command>
56          program) are considered essential programs. When, for example,
57          <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> is not mounted,
58          these programs still need to be available. They belong in
59          directories like <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and
60          <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>. If this option is
61          not passed to E2fsprogs' configure, the programs are installed into
62          the <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> directory.</para>
63        </listitem>
64      </varlistentry>
65
66      <varlistentry os="e2">
67        <term><parameter>--enable-elf-shlibs</parameter></term>
68        <listitem>
69          <para>This creates the shared libraries which some programs
70          in this package use.</para>
71        </listitem>
72      </varlistentry>
73
74      <varlistentry os="e3">
75        <term><parameter>--disable-*</parameter></term>
76        <listitem>
77          <para>This prevents E2fsprogs from building and installing the
78          <systemitem class="library">libuuid</systemitem> and
79          <systemitem class="library">libblkid</systemitem> libraries, the
80          <systemitem class="daemon">uuidd</systemitem> daemon, and the
81          <command>fsck</command> wrapper, as Util-Linux installed all of
82          them earlier.</para>
83        </listitem>
84      </varlistentry>
85
86    </variablelist>
87
88    <para os="f">Compile the package:</para>
89
90<screen os="g"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
91
92    <para os="h">To test the results, issue:</para>
93
94<screen os="h2"><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
95
96    <para os="i">Install the binaries, documentation and shared libraries:</para>
97
98<screen os="j"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
99
100    <para os="k">Install the static libraries and headers:</para>
101
102<screen os="l"><userinput>make install-libs</userinput></screen>
103
104  </sect2>
105
106  <sect2 id="contents-e2fsprogs" role="content">
107    <title>Contents of E2fsprogs</title>
108
109    <segmentedlist>
110      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
111      <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
112      <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
113
114      <seglistitem>
115        <seg>badblocks, chattr, compile_et, debugfs, dumpe2fs, e2freefrag,
116        e2fsck, e2image, e2initrd_helper, e2label, e2undo, e4defrag, filefrag,
117        fsck.ext2, fsck.ext3, fsck.ext4, fsck.ext4dev, logsave, lsattr,
118        mk_cmds, mke2fs, mkfs.ext2, mkfs.ext3, mkfs.ext4, mkfs.ext4dev,
119        mklost+found, resize2fs, tune2fs</seg>
120        <seg>libcom_err.[a,so], libe2p.[a,so], libext2fs.[a,so],
121        libss.[a,so], libquota.a</seg>
122        <seg>/usr/include/e2p, /usr/include/et, /usr/include/ext2fs,
123        /usr/include/quota, /usr/include/ss, /usr/share/et, /usr/share/ss</seg>
124      </seglistitem>
125    </segmentedlist>
126
127    <variablelist>
128      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
129      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
130      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
131
132      <varlistentry id="badblocks">
133        <term><command>badblocks</command></term>
134        <listitem>
135          <para>Searches a device (usually a disk partition) for bad
136          blocks</para>
137          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs badblocks">
138            <primary sortas="b-badblocks">badblocks</primary>
139          </indexterm>
140        </listitem>
141      </varlistentry>
142
143      <varlistentry id="chattr">
144        <term><command>chattr</command></term>
145        <listitem>
146          <para>Changes the attributes on a Linux file system</para>
147          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs chattr">
148            <primary sortas="b-chattr">chattr</primary>
149          </indexterm>
150        </listitem>
151      </varlistentry>
152
153      <varlistentry id="compile_et">
154        <term><command>compile_et</command></term>
155        <listitem>
156          <para>An error table compiler; it converts a table of error-code
157          names and messages into a C source file suitable for use with the
158          <filename class="libraryfile">com_err</filename> library</para>
159          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs compile_et">
160            <primary sortas="b-compile_et">compile_et</primary>
161          </indexterm>
162        </listitem>
163      </varlistentry>
164
165      <varlistentry id="debugfs">
166        <term><command>debugfs</command></term>
167        <listitem>
168          <para>A file system debugger; it can be used to examine and change
169          the state of an <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>
170          file system</para>
171          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs debugfs">
172            <primary sortas="b-debugfs">debugfs</primary>
173          </indexterm>
174        </listitem>
175      </varlistentry>
176
177      <varlistentry id="dumpe2fs">
178        <term><command>dumpe2fs</command></term>
179        <listitem>
180          <para>Prints the super block and blocks group information for the
181          file system present on a given device</para>
182          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs dumpe2fs">
183            <primary sortas="b-dumpe2fs">dumpe2fs</primary>
184          </indexterm>
185        </listitem>
186      </varlistentry>
187
188      <varlistentry id="e2freefrag">
189        <term><command>e2freefrag</command></term>
190        <listitem>
191          <para> Reports free space fragmentation information</para>
192          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2freefrag">
193            <primary sortas="b-e2freefrag">e2freefrag</primary>
194          </indexterm>
195        </listitem>
196      </varlistentry>
197
198      <varlistentry id="e2fsck">
199        <term><command>e2fsck</command></term>
200        <listitem>
201          <para>Is used to check, and optionally repair <systemitem
202          class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>, <systemitem
203          class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem> and <systemitem
204          class="filesystem">ext4</systemitem>file systems</para>
205          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2fsck">
206            <primary sortas="b-e2fsck">e2fsck</primary>
207          </indexterm>
208        </listitem>
209      </varlistentry>
210
211      <varlistentry id="e2image">
212        <term><command>e2image</command></term>
213        <listitem>
214          <para>Is used to save critical <systemitem
215          class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system data to a file</para>
216          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2image">
217            <primary sortas="b-e2image">e2image</primary>
218          </indexterm>
219        </listitem>
220      </varlistentry>
221
222      <varlistentry id="e2initrd_helper">
223        <term><command>e2initrd_helper</command></term>
224        <listitem>
225          <para>Prints the FS type of a given filesystem, given either a
226          device name or label</para>
227          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2initrd_helper">
228            <primary sortas="b-e2initrd_helper">e2initrd_helper</primary>
229          </indexterm>
230        </listitem>
231      </varlistentry>
232
233      <varlistentry id="e2label">
234        <term><command>e2label</command></term>
235        <listitem>
236          <para>Displays or changes the file system label on the <systemitem
237          class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system present on a given
238          device</para>
239          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2label">
240            <primary sortas="b-e2label">e2label</primary>
241          </indexterm>
242        </listitem>
243      </varlistentry>
244
245      <varlistentry id="e2undo">
246        <term><command>e2undo</command></term>
247        <listitem>
248          <para>Replays an undo log for an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem</para>
249          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2undo">
250            <primary sortas="b-e2undo">e2undo</primary>
251          </indexterm>
252        </listitem>
253      </varlistentry>
254
255      <varlistentry id="e4defrag">
256        <term><command>e4defrag</command></term>
257        <listitem>
258          <para>Online defragmenter for ext4 filesystems</para>
259          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e4defrag">
260            <primary sortas="b-e4defrag">e4defrag</primary>
261          </indexterm>
262        </listitem>
263      </varlistentry>
264
265      <varlistentry id="filefrag">
266        <term><command>filefrag</command></term>
267        <listitem>
268          <para>Reports on how badly fragmented a particular file might be</para>
269          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs filefrag">
270            <primary sortas="b-filefrag">filefrag</primary>
271          </indexterm>
272        </listitem>
273      </varlistentry>
274
275      <varlistentry id="fsck.ext2">
276        <term><command>fsck.ext2</command></term>
277        <listitem>
278          <para>By default checks <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>
279          file systems</para>
280          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck.ext2">
281            <primary sortas="b-fsck.ext2">fsck.ext2</primary>
282          </indexterm>
283        </listitem>
284      </varlistentry>
285
286      <varlistentry id="fsck.ext3">
287        <term><command>fsck.ext3</command></term>
288        <listitem>
289          <para>By default checks <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem>
290          file systems</para>
291          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck.ext3">
292            <primary sortas="b-fsck.ext3">fsck.ext3</primary>
293          </indexterm>
294        </listitem>
295      </varlistentry>
296
297      <varlistentry id="fsck.ext4">
298        <term><command>fsck.ext4</command></term>
299        <listitem>
300          <para>By default checks <systemitem class="filesystem">ext4</systemitem>
301          file systems</para>
302          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck.ext4">
303            <primary sortas="b-fsck.ext4">fsck.ext4</primary>
304          </indexterm>
305        </listitem>
306      </varlistentry>
307
308      <varlistentry id="fsck.ext4dev">
309        <term><command>fsck.ext4dev</command></term>
310        <listitem>
311          <para>By default checks <systemitem class="filesystem">ext4dev</systemitem>
312          file systems</para>
313          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck.ext4dev">
314            <primary sortas="b-fsck.ext4dev">fsck.ext4dev</primary>
315          </indexterm>
316        </listitem>
317      </varlistentry>
318
319      <varlistentry id="logsave">
320        <term><command>logsave</command></term>
321        <listitem>
322          <para>Saves the output of a command in a log file</para>
323          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs logsave">
324            <primary sortas="b-logsave">logsave</primary>
325          </indexterm>
326        </listitem>
327      </varlistentry>
328
329      <varlistentry id="lsattr">
330        <term><command>lsattr</command></term>
331        <listitem>
332          <para>Lists the attributes of files on a second extended file
333          system</para>
334          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs lsattr">
335            <primary sortas="b-lsattr">lsattr</primary>
336          </indexterm>
337        </listitem>
338      </varlistentry>
339
340      <varlistentry id="mk_cmds">
341        <term><command>mk_cmds</command></term>
342        <listitem>
343          <para>Converts a table of command names and help messages into a C
344          source file suitable for use with the <filename
345          class="libraryfile">libss</filename> subsystem library</para>
346          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mk_cmds">
347            <primary sortas="b-mk_cmds">mk_cmds</primary>
348          </indexterm>
349        </listitem>
350      </varlistentry>
351
352      <varlistentry id="mke2fs">
353        <term><command>mke2fs</command></term>
354        <listitem>
355          <para>Creates an <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>,
356          <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem> or <systemitem
357          class="filesystem">ext4</systemitem> file system on the given device</para>
358          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mke2fs">
359            <primary sortas="b-mke2fs">mke2fs</primary>
360          </indexterm>
361        </listitem>
362      </varlistentry>
363
364      <varlistentry id="mkfs.ext2">
365        <term><command>mkfs.ext2</command></term>
366        <listitem>
367          <para>By default creates <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>
368          file systems</para>
369          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mkfs.ext2">
370            <primary sortas="b-mkfs.ext2">mkfs.ext2</primary>
371          </indexterm>
372        </listitem>
373      </varlistentry>
374
375      <varlistentry id="mkfs.ext3">
376        <term><command>mkfs.ext3</command></term>
377        <listitem>
378          <para>By default creates <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem>
379          file systems</para>
380          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mkfs.ext3">
381            <primary sortas="b-mkfs.ext3">mkfs.ext3</primary>
382          </indexterm>
383        </listitem>
384      </varlistentry>
385
386      <varlistentry id="mkfs.ext4">
387        <term><command>mkfs.ext4</command></term>
388        <listitem>
389          <para>By default creates <systemitem class="filesystem">ext4</systemitem>
390          file systems</para>
391          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mkfs.ext4">
392            <primary sortas="b-mkfs.ext4">mkfs.ext4</primary>
393          </indexterm>
394        </listitem>
395      </varlistentry>
396
397      <varlistentry id="mkfs.ext4dev">
398        <term><command>mkfs.ext4dev</command></term>
399        <listitem>
400          <para>By default creates <systemitem class="filesystem">ext4dev</systemitem>
401          file systems</para>
402          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mkfs.ext4dev">
403            <primary sortas="b-mkfs.ext4dev">mkfs.ext4dev</primary>
404          </indexterm>
405        </listitem>
406      </varlistentry>
407
408      <varlistentry id="mklost-found">
409        <term><command>mklost+found</command></term>
410        <listitem>
411          <para>Used to create a <filename class="directory">lost+found</filename>
412          directory on an <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file
413          system; it pre-allocates disk blocks to this directory to lighten the
414          task of <command>e2fsck</command></para>
415          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mklost-found">
416            <primary sortas="b-mklost+found">mklost+found</primary>
417          </indexterm>
418        </listitem>
419      </varlistentry>
420
421      <varlistentry id="resize2fs">
422        <term><command>resize2fs</command></term>
423        <listitem>
424          <para>Can be used to enlarge or shrink an <systemitem
425          class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system</para>
426          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs resize2fs">
427            <primary sortas="b-resize2fs">resize2fs</primary>
428          </indexterm>
429        </listitem>
430      </varlistentry>
431
432      <varlistentry id="tune2fs">
433        <term><command>tune2fs</command></term>
434        <listitem>
435          <para>Adjusts tunable file system parameters on an <systemitem
436          class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system</para>
437          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs tune2fs">
438            <primary sortas="b-tune2fs">tune2fs</primary>
439          </indexterm>
440        </listitem>
441      </varlistentry>
442
443      <varlistentry id="libcom_err">
444        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcom_err</filename></term>
445        <listitem>
446          <para>The common error display routine</para>
447          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libcom_err">
448            <primary sortas="c-libcom_err">libcom_err</primary>
449          </indexterm>
450        </listitem>
451      </varlistentry>
452
453      <varlistentry id="libe2p">
454        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libe2p</filename></term>
455        <listitem>
456          <para>Used by <command>dumpe2fs</command>, <command>chattr</command>,
457          and <command>lsattr</command></para>
458          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libe2p">
459            <primary sortas="c-libe2p">libe2p</primary>
460          </indexterm>
461        </listitem>
462      </varlistentry>
463
464      <varlistentry id="libext2fs">
465        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libext2fs</filename></term>
466        <listitem>
467          <para>Contains routines to enable user-level programs to manipulate an
468          <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file system</para>
469          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libext2fs">
470            <primary sortas="c-libext2fs">libext2fs</primary>
471          </indexterm>
472        </listitem>
473      </varlistentry>
474
475      <varlistentry id="libquota">
476        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libquota</filename></term>
477        <listitem>
478          <para>Provides an interface for creating and updating quota files
479          and ext4 superblock fields</para>
480          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libquota">
481            <primary sortas="c-libquota">libquota</primary>
482          </indexterm>
483        </listitem>
484      </varlistentry>
485
486      <varlistentry id="libss">
487        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libss</filename></term>
488        <listitem>
489          <para>Used by <command>debugfs</command></para>
490          <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libss">
491            <primary sortas="c-libss">libss</primary>
492          </indexterm>
493        </listitem>
494      </varlistentry>
495
496    </variablelist>
497
498  </sect2>
499
500</sect1>
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