Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: trixie X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected] Control: affects -1 + src:exfatprogs User: [email protected] Usertags: pu
[ Reason ] With exfatprogs 1.2.6 mkfs.exfat was changed to handle devices with 4KB sector size but a 512Byte sector size emulation as a 4KB sector size device for performance reasons. https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/commit/f47362d4d62422be0b3823f1e50f0b4cd62b265 That turned out to be incompatible with Windows and was reverted in https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/commit/d4f77ae41ce178c04b8e3326178554182ca94bd5 and released as part of exfatprogs 1.3.0. That issue was brought to my attention via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1120932 that the default "mkfs.exfat" invocation on Debian/trixie formats such a device in a way that is incompatible with Windows. [ Impact ] Devices with a physical 4KB sector size exposing an emulated 512Byte sector size get by default formated in a way that is unusable for Windows. [ Tests ] Since this household no longer has any Windows operated devices I've a hard time replicating the issue and testing the remediation. [ Risks ] Since upstream decided to revert that change and the bug reporter suggested that this change fixes his issue, I think it's ok. Users will likely see a performance degradation on those devices meeting the criteria leading to the original bug report. [ Changes ] * Add trixie branch information to gbp.conf and Vcs-Git. * Add debian/patches/windows-compat-use-512-sector-size.patch for Windows compatibility. Windows fails to access devices with a 4KB sector size which use a 512Byte sector emulation. Cherry-Pick the revert from exfatprogs 1.3.0 to use a 512Byte sector size for those devices, despite the performance penalty. If a user would like to omit the Windows compatability "mkfs.exfat -s 4096" can still be used to override the sector size.
diff -Nru exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/changelog exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/changelog --- exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/changelog 2025-05-13 14:30:45.000000000 +0200 +++ exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/changelog 2025-11-18 20:57:33.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,17 @@ +exfatprogs (1.2.9-1+deb13u1) trixie; urgency=medium + + * Add trixie branch information to gbp.conf and Vcs-Git. + * Add debian/patches/windows-compat-use-512-sector-size.patch + for Windows compatibility. Windows fails to access devices + with a 4KB sector size which use a 512Byte sector emulation. + Cherry-Pick the revert from exfatprogs 1.3.0 to use a 512Byte + sector size for those devices, despite the performance penalty. + If a user would like to omit the Windows compatability + "mkfs.exfat -s 4096" can still be used to override the sector size. + (Closes: #1120932) + + -- Sven Hoexter <[email protected]> Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:57:33 +0100 + exfatprogs (1.2.9-1) unstable; urgency=medium * New upstream release. diff -Nru exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/control exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/control --- exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/control 2025-03-04 16:12:23.000000000 +0100 +++ exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/control 2025-11-18 14:27:15.000000000 +0100 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Standards-Version: 4.7.2 Rules-Requires-Root: no Homepage: https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs -Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/exfatprogs.git +Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/exfatprogs.git -b trixie Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/exfatprogs Package: exfatprogs diff -Nru exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/gbp.conf exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/gbp.conf --- exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/gbp.conf 2025-03-04 15:59:07.000000000 +0100 +++ exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/gbp.conf 2025-11-18 14:26:43.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,2 +1,3 @@ [DEFAULT] pristine-tar = True +debian-branch = trixie diff -Nru exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/patches/series exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/patches/series --- exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/patches/series 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/patches/series 2025-11-18 14:40:03.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +windows-compat-use-512-sector-size.patch diff -Nru exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/patches/windows-compat-use-512-sector-size.patch exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/patches/windows-compat-use-512-sector-size.patch --- exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/patches/windows-compat-use-512-sector-size.patch 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ exfatprogs-1.2.9/debian/patches/windows-compat-use-512-sector-size.patch 2025-11-18 20:53:43.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Origin: https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/commit/d4f77ae41ce178c04b8e3326178554182ca94bd5 +Bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1120932 +Description: Windows seems to be unable to deal with a 4KB +sector size for devices with a 512Byte sector size emulation. +The behaviour was changed in +https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/commit/f47362d4d62422be0b3823f1e50f0b4cd62b265 +which was first released in exfatprogs 1.2.6. The revert was +released with version 1.3.0. +Index: exfatprogs/lib/libexfat.c +=================================================================== +--- exfatprogs.orig/lib/libexfat.c ++++ exfatprogs/lib/libexfat.c +@@ -189,8 +189,6 @@ int exfat_get_blk_dev_info(struct exfat_ + + if (ui->sector_size) + bd->sector_size = ui->sector_size; +- else if (ioctl(fd, BLKPBSZGET, &bd->sector_size) >= 0) +- ; + else if (ioctl(fd, BLKSSZGET, &bd->sector_size) < 0) + bd->sector_size = DEFAULT_SECTOR_SIZE; + bd->sector_size_bits = sector_size_bits(bd->sector_size);
