This bug was fixed in e2fsprogs 1.40.8 and so the fix is in Ubuntu Hardy
and Intrepid.
** Changed in: e2fsprogs (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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e2fsck prints "should never happen" and coredumps
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129395
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It's the same bug, and it's been fixed in newer releases of e2fsprogs.
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e2fsck prints "should never happen" and coredumps
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i have similar error message, but it doesn' coredump
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo fsck -v /dev/sda4
fsck 1.40.2 (12-Jul-2007)
e2fsck 1.40.2 (12-Jul-2007)
/dev/sda4 contains a file system with errors, check forced.
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Directo
And here's the fix which is getting checked into the next version of
e2fsprogs.
There are two other patches in git which causes e2fsck to handle the
situation much more nicely, but this prevents the "should never happen"
scenario from core-dumping, and allows e2fsck to recover cleanly.
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I was able to replicate this and have a test case now. It happens when
you have an htree directory and i_size is larger than it should be. I
will try to have a fix in upstream soon.
** Changed in: e2fsprogs (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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e2fsck prints "should never happen" and c
This isn't the final fix. But if you need a short-term workaround,
here's a patch you can apply against e2fsprogs 1.40.7 and rebuild.
** Attachment added: "workaround-patch"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12607909/workaround-patch
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e2fsck prints "should never happen" and coredumps
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