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Re: Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO



>  4.2.  /sbin/e2fsck
>
>  The e2fsck program in e2fsprogs_1.10-4 has a bug in it which will
>  cause it to destroy data on partitions above 2GB in size.  The version
>  in e2fsprogs_1.10-5 has fixed this bug.  IMPORTANT: If you run the
>  older libc6-based e2fsck on a 2 GB or greater partition, YOU WILL LOSE
>  DATA.

Even the 1.10-5 version seems to be vulnerable.

This week it trashed twice about 8GB worth of filesystems.
Luckily I had complete backups of my developent stuff.


Mike


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