Bug 8779

Summary:	Is it time to produce an e2fsprogs update for old RH releases?
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Aleksey Nogin <aleksey>
Component:	e2fsprogs	Assignee:	Florian La Roche <laroche>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	5.2
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://web.mit.edu/tytso/www/linux/e2fsprogs-release.html
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Description Aleksey Nogin 2000-01-23 23:42:39 UTC

There were many important improvements and bug fixes in e2fsprogs since RH
4.2 and RH 5.2 were released. And since trying to recompile and install a
new version of e2fsprogs when it's needed (e.g. after some partition went
bad) may be really hard (if there is no undamaged mashine around), I
believe it would make sence to issue an RH 4.2 and RH 5.2 e2fsprogs update.

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2000-08-10 04:58:28 UTC

While the suggestion has merit, Red Hat does not usually release errata/updates
unless there
are serious problems with the package in the released version.