Your message dated Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:21:51 +0000
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and subject line Bug#607516: fixed in syslinux 2:4.03+dfsg-2
has caused the Debian Bug report #607516,
regarding extlinux-update manipulates boot files in unsafe ways
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Package: extlinux
Version: 2:4.02+dfsg-7
Severity: important
Tags: squeeze
update-extlinux script modifies boot-related files in unsafe ways,
which is a "good" way to make system unbootable: it re-creates
several files in /boot/extlinux/ by zeroing the content at start
and adding information to them piece by piece. In case of a power
failure during this time, the system will be unbootable. We're
talking about the need to perform f(data)sync() on important files
to ensure data integrity, but this case is much more important
since it affects whole system, but here, file manipulation is
much less safe than just omitting fsync.
The rigth way to create these files is to create a temp file first,
and when it's done, rename it into place atomically.
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Source: syslinux
Source-Version: 2:4.03+dfsg-2
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
syslinux, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
extlinux_4.03+dfsg-2_i386.deb
to main/s/syslinux/extlinux_4.03+dfsg-2_i386.deb
syslinux-common_4.03+dfsg-2_all.deb
to main/s/syslinux/syslinux-common_4.03+dfsg-2_all.deb
syslinux_4.03+dfsg-2.debian.tar.gz
to main/s/syslinux/syslinux_4.03+dfsg-2.debian.tar.gz
syslinux_4.03+dfsg-2.dsc
to main/s/syslinux/syslinux_4.03+dfsg-2.dsc
syslinux_4.03+dfsg-2_i386.deb
to main/s/syslinux/syslinux_4.03+dfsg-2_i386.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> (supplier of updated syslinux package)
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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:51:53 +0100
Source: syslinux
Binary: syslinux extlinux syslinux-common
Architecture: source i386 all
Version: 2:4.03+dfsg-2
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Syslinux Maintainers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Daniel Baumann <[email protected]>
Description:
extlinux - collection of boot loaders (ext2/3/4 and btrfs bootloader)
syslinux - collection of boot loaders
syslinux-common - collection of boot loaders (common files)
Closes: 607516
Changes:
syslinux (2:4.03+dfsg-2) experimental; urgency=low
.
[ Daniel Baumann ]
* Using tmpfiles when creating configuration files in extlinux-update
(Closes: #607516).
* Applying modified patch from Michael Tokarev <[email protected]> to not
use tmpfiles but rather update in one go, updated to match existing
codying style.
.
[ Michael Tokarev ]
* Exiting early in extlinux-update if disabled.
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