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Mandrake: Updated lvm2 packages fix Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake A bug in the lvm2 packages caused it to recurse symlinked directories indefinitely which caused lvm commands to be really slow or timeout. A patch has been applied to correct this problem.
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                     Mandrakelinux Update Advisory
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Package name:           lvm2
 Advisory ID:            MDKA-2005:014
 Date:                   March 14th, 2005

 Affected versions:	 10.1
 ______________________________________________________________________

 Problem Description:

 A bug in the lvm2 packages caused it to recurse symlinked directories
 indefinitely which caused lvm commands to be really slow or timeout.  A
 patch has been applied to correct this problem.
 ______________________________________________________________________

 Updated Packages:
  
 Mandrakelinux 10.1:
 f9409b8cae941739894157bd69321b4d  10.1/RPMS/lvm2-2.00.08-8.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
 e5e81147382cce0b2469aabb0e20c064  10.1/SRPMS/lvm2-2.00.08-8.1.100mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:
 02be69319cda36e65d2c37de176d7977  x86_64/10.1/RPMS/lvm2-2.00.08-8.1.100mdk.x86_64.rpm
 e5e81147382cce0b2469aabb0e20c064  x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/lvm2-2.00.08-8.1.100mdk.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Bug IDs fixed (see http://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):

  14198 - Too many levels of symbolic links
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandrakesoft for security.  You can obtain
 the GPG public key of the Mandrakelinux Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandrakelinux at:

  http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_linux-mandrake.com

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
  
 
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