Package: e2fsprogs Version: 1.41.12-2 Severity: important resize2fs(8) says:
"Optionally, the size parameter may be suffixed by one of the following the units designators: 's', 'K', 'M', or 'G', for 512 byte sectors, kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes, respectively." In contrast to hard disk specifications, the suffixes are interpreted as base-2 multiples, not base-10 multiples. This could lead to data loss when shrinking a filesystem and then separately shrinking the partition, if the partitioning tool is not filesystem-aware. The manual page should state explicitly that the suffixes are interpreted as base-2 multiples. Ben. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers proposed-updates APT policy: (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages e2fsprogs depends on: ii e2fslibs 1.41.12-2 ext2/ext3/ext4 file system librari ii libblkid1 2.17.2-3.1 block device id library ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libcomerr2 1.41.12-2 common error description library ii libss2 1.41.12-2 command-line interface parsing lib ii libuuid1 2.17.2-3.1 Universally Unique ID library ii util-linux 2.17.2-3.1 Miscellaneous system utilities e2fsprogs recommends no packages. Versions of packages e2fsprogs suggests: pn e2fsck-static <none> (no description available) pn gpart <none> (no description available) ii parted 2.3-1 The GNU Parted disk partition resi -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
