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Bug 1043236 - Update ntfs-3g/ntfsprogs packages in EPEL
Summary: Update ntfs-3g/ntfsprogs packages in EPEL
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: ntfs-3g
Version: el6
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tom "spot" Callaway
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: 1157756
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-12-15 09:41 UTC by gulikoza
Modified: 2014-11-24 21:18 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-8.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2014-11-24 21:18:42 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description gulikoza 2013-12-15 09:41:31 UTC 
Latest ntfs-3g version in EPEL is 2011.4.12-5. Additionally these packages have EPOCH set to 2, so they are recognized as newer even when a different repository (eg. rpmforge) really has a newer version. This makes it very hard to maintain as any yum update will want to replace existing (if newer package is manually installed from a different repo) packages unless ntfs-3g/ntfsprogs is explicitly excluded from EPEL repo.

At least one problem I've encountered is fixed with newer version: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntfs-3g/+bug/789977
Comment 1 Moez Roy 2014-10-21 23:07:13 UTC 
I would also like to see ntfs-3g updated to 2014.2.15 (unless there is an even newer version with more bug fixes).

The ntfs-3g provided for EL6 right now is not reliable and should not be used.

It silently corrupted my 1 TB USB hard-disk.
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2014-10-22 02:00:28 UTC 
ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-6.el6 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 6.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-6.el6
Comment 3 Moez Roy 2014-10-22 04:19:56 UTC 
Thanks spot.

When you get time, can you please also update ntfs-3g in epel7?
Comment 4 Tom "spot" Callaway 2014-10-22 10:58:18 UTC 
Just pushed the matching epel7 update.
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2014-10-22 18:48:24 UTC 
Package ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-6.el6:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=epel-testing ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-6.el6'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2014-3544/ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-6.el6
then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2014-10-31 01:22:52 UTC 
Package ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-6.el6, testdisk-6.14-2.el6:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=epel-testing ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-6.el6 testdisk-6.14-2.el6'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2014-3544/testdisk-6.14-2.el6,ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-6.el6
then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Comment 7 gulikoza 2014-10-31 08:23:01 UTC 
Hi,

I cannot confirm this package.

[root@localhost /]# ntfs-3g -o ro /dev/mapper/loop0p2  /mnt/hdd/
[root@localhost /]# ls -al /mnt/hdd
ls: cannot access /mnt/hdd: Input/output error
[root@localhost /]# ls -la /mnt
ls: cannot access /mnt/hdd: Input/output error
total 8
drwxr-xr-x.  3 root root 4096 Oct 26 17:28 .
dr-xr-xr-x. 24 root root 4096 Oct 31 09:03 ..
d??????????  ? ?    ?       ?            ? hdd
[root@localhost /]# ls -la /mnt/hdd
ls: cannot access /mnt/hdd: Input/output error

While if installing rpmforge fuse-ntfs-3g-2013.1.13-2.el6.rf.x86_64, the image is mounted successfully:

[root@localhost /]# ntfs-3g -o ro /dev/mapper/loop0p2 /mnt/hdd
[root@localhost /]# ls -la /mnt/hdd/
total 12
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 4096 Oct 27 01:31 .
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Oct 26 17:28 ..
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 4096 Oct 31 01:09 System Volume Information
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root root    0 Oct 26 23:38 WindowsImageBackup
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2014-11-14 20:23:47 UTC 
ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-6.el6, testdisk-6.14-2.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 9 Tomasz Tomasik 2014-11-16 08:44:13 UTC 
I have the same problem with the latest EPEL packages (ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-6.el6.x86_64.rpm, ntfsprogs-2014.2.15-6.el6.x86_64.rpm, testdisk-6.14-2.el6.x86_64.rpm):
# mount.ntfs-3g /dev/sdd1 /mnt
# ls -la /mnt
ls: cannot access /mnt: Input/output error

However, it works OK with the older packages (ntfs-3g-2011.4.12-5.el6.x86_64.rpm, ntfsprogs-2011.4.12-5.el6.x86_64.rpm, testdisk-6.14-1.el6.x86_64.rpm).
Comment 10 RG Barnes 2014-11-17 07:00:16 UTC 
I'd like to add my comment to an issue with ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-6.el6.x86_64.rpm.

I'm running "CentOS release 6.6 (Final)".  

Currently booted with slightly older kernel ("uname -a" now says "Linux mail 2.6.32-431.29.2.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Sep 9 21:36:05 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux") but the issue surfaced when updating kernel to 2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64 and updating ntfs-3g to the 2014 version.



For now I've done "yum remove ntfs-3g"  and "yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=rpmforge install fuse-ntfs-3g" and I've gotten back my NTFS drive.



I apologize if this isn't the correct location for my "report" or if I haven't provided sufficient info to help diagnose the issue.  I'd be happy to provide further test results should they be required.


In case this is of interest, the /etc/fstab entry that failed was this one:

UUID=5C6EC0C76EC09B62     /media/Rons_Data        ntfs-3g rw            0 2



Thank you.
Comment 11 Constantin Dunayev 2014-11-17 11:08:04 UTC 
after removing hal files ntfs filesystems cannot be mounted from Nautilus
Comment 12 Tom "spot" Callaway 2014-11-17 15:40:28 UTC 
Yep. Sorry about this breakage, new build happening right now.
Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2014-11-17 15:56:25 UTC 
ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-7.el6 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 6.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-7.el6
Comment 14 Fedora Update System 2014-11-18 08:07:54 UTC 
Package ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-7.el6:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=epel-testing ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-7.el6'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2014-4099/ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-7.el6
then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Comment 15 Constantin Dunayev 2014-11-18 10:22:50 UTC 
Package ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-7.el6 

*mounts ntfs partition from nautilus
*shows right total/free space of this partition from df command
*does not show mounted partition in /media from nautilus
*cannot changedir to /media/<mount point> from mc
*directory permissions of /media/<mount point> are set to 000
root also cannot chdir to /media/<mount point>


maybe something is wrong with file/dir permissions
Comment 16 Moez Roy 2014-11-18 12:31:05 UTC 
http://tuxera.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30813(In reply to Constantin Dunayev from comment #15)
> Package ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-7.el6 
> 
> *mounts ntfs partition from nautilus
> *shows right total/free space of this partition from df command
> *does not show mounted partition in /media from nautilus
> *cannot changedir to /media/<mount point> from mc
> *directory permissions of /media/<mount point> are set to 000
> root also cannot chdir to /media/<mount point>
> 
> 
> maybe something is wrong with file/dir permissions

Its a kernel issue. Try using a more recent kernel on CentOS 6 :)

The suggestion from upstream is to upgrade: "Please upgrade to ntfs-3g-2014.2.15AR.3 (see http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-advanced/)" 

http://jp-andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/download-tarball.html#ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2014.2.15AR.3.tgz
Comment 17 Moez Roy 2014-11-18 12:32:13 UTC 
(In reply to Moez Roy from comment #16)
> http://tuxera.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30813(In reply to Constantin
> Dunayev from comment #15)
> > Package ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-7.el6 
> > 
> > *mounts ntfs partition from nautilus
> > *shows right total/free space of this partition from df command
> > *does not show mounted partition in /media from nautilus
> > *cannot changedir to /media/<mount point> from mc
> > *directory permissions of /media/<mount point> are set to 000
> > root also cannot chdir to /media/<mount point>
> > 
> > 
> > maybe something is wrong with file/dir permissions
> 
> Its a kernel issue. Try using a more recent kernel on CentOS 6 :)
> 
> The suggestion from upstream is to upgrade: "Please upgrade to
> ntfs-3g-2014.2.15AR.3 (see
> http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-advanced/)" 
> 
> http://jp-andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/download-tarball.html#ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-
> 2014.2.15AR.3.tgz

Forgot the link where they suggested: http://tuxera.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30813
Comment 18 Chris Webster 2014-11-19 18:24:24 UTC 
(In reply to Moez Roy from comment #16)
> http://tuxera.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30813(In reply to Constantin
> Dunayev from comment #15)
> > Package ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-7.el6 
> > 
> > *mounts ntfs partition from nautilus
> > *shows right total/free space of this partition from df command
> > *does not show mounted partition in /media from nautilus
> > *cannot changedir to /media/<mount point> from mc
> > *directory permissions of /media/<mount point> are set to 000
> > root also cannot chdir to /media/<mount point>
> > 
> > 
> > maybe something is wrong with file/dir permissions
> 
> Its a kernel issue. Try using a more recent kernel on CentOS 6 :)
> 
> The suggestion from upstream is to upgrade: "Please upgrade to
> ntfs-3g-2014.2.15AR.3 (see
> http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-advanced/)" 
> 
> http://jp-andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/download-tarball.html#ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-
> 2014.2.15AR.3.tgz

The input/output error (noted in comment #7) occurs with the 2.15-6 and 2.15-7 packages even on the latest kernel:

# uname -a
Linux blizzard 2.6.32-504.1.3.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Oct 31 11:37:10 EDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# rpm -qa ntfs-3g
ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-7.el6.x86_64

# ntfs-3g /dev/sdd2 /media/usb 

# ls -la /media/
ls: cannot access /media/usb: Input/output error
total 28
drwxr-xr-x.  8 root root 4096 Nov 19 11:36 .
dr-xr-xr-x. 28 root root 4096 Nov 19 10:41 ..
d??????????  ? ?    ?       ?            ? usb

# ls /media/usb
ls: cannot access /media/usb: Input/output error
Comment 19 Tom "spot" Callaway 2014-11-19 21:48:11 UTC 
I'm sitting in an airport, waiting to get on a plane. I'll get a working build done tonight, barring flight cancellations.
Comment 20 Fedora Update System 2014-11-20 02:51:19 UTC 
ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-8.el6 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 6.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-8.el6
Comment 21 gulikoza 2014-11-22 11:45:52 UTC 
ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-8.el6.x86_64 works for me.

Thanks!
Comment 22 Fedora Update System 2014-11-24 21:18:42 UTC 
ntfs-3g-2014.2.15-8.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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