Bug#505381: genisoimage: writes blank sectors
OK, some updates for 2021: * genisoimage is officially marked "abandoned" and should not be used (time stamps will start break come 2028; I've fixed the bug but there's no genisoimage maintainer to update the program with the fix). See https://wiki.debian.org/genisoimage for end-of-life notice * As per that Wiki page, the official answer is to use xorrisofs, which yes has fixed (or never had) this "blank sector" bug * I have made my own fork of genisoimage, iso9660, which fixes this bug and the bug with post-2027 timestamps: https://github.com/samboy/iso9660 - Sam This behavior (or one very similar to it) appears to still be present, five and a half years later. The patch still appears to apply (albeit with considerable a offset) against current upstream SVN. I have not managed to find any indication of what the reason for adding these blank sectors is supposed to be. The code in question appears to date all the way back to the original import of mkisofs into Subversion, so there's no help there. Any chance of either getting this patch applied, or at least figuring out a reason why it would be a bad idea? > >
Bug#505381: genisoimage: writes blank sectors
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 This behavior (or one very similar to it) appears to still be present, five and a half years later. The patch still appears to apply (albeit with considerable a offset) against current upstream SVN. I have not managed to find any indication of what the reason for adding these blank sectors is supposed to be. The code in question appears to date all the way back to the original import of mkisofs into Subversion, so there's no help there. Any chance of either getting this patch applied, or at least figuring out a reason why it would be a bad idea? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJTmzLDAAoJEASpNY00KDJrbKkP/16p+KD924ulw9uNTLl9fiy8 RW3WTiMqK8Hv8izcOk+nfTZlLBWDMdFsUHTqWsw4xhgCN+F6KauVDAy1eB82FrEx 8KTCTpb7H0fCrXzY9WArQBPSWAAF/lWn5/dRmw4ZuJUaaAmsZcYRxl1E4cxB+CEF Aoctd0gk3jccQ9Qd+IwzIc5eM2eP1HwHWYfoLoVs7aOlnAWLQ2vt4tnR1nW3YXcG uGUIkcP662l7taIJRW2NsT31AdWXneDrZ3dnHLaORjnrKBzkuFhg0mdRmaKQqzE7 91Tg5L+H/mH9lusfRqkR038dIZy2YoZdpRtcsDkn0iLqvxa3DKVxR3dUZj+Id2+C lhhvTQ2K/1MPVf/FF6mP5ubo7h4V/Vk1K4AQPh9k+RQBRc829njy9HMPcCAdFW2v bAYcESqWmrzNY7HjCVb3rVMVm5SKL3BG5IfwflWBm/+0zr6z970Y7ufHtlnrdzrr KL10nAKg8yh9r4sWYDl2iB007M7bKVLplQsExdh+x6Dj7O5Oiwkub523/zaa4nYu eu0HibpVgGdmi6xE547UucNCf7bOl6TPAfsbiQihwXC3HDNx9fCUb5CkzMgFlPcz l9GRhordnborQzTwTbIimMWFv/OaGwKDFW8Mn4mczGyCmCQoVx68lx8smjVfghuv lkyl/b0kz5TcaoUBzOw3 =+qSF -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#505381: genisoimage: writes blank sectors
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:08:02PM +, Eduardo Pérez Ureta wrote: Package: genisoimage Version: 1.1.9-1 Severity: wishlist I have found genisoimage adds unneeded blank sectors. Comparing joliet images with only 1 small file mkisofs nero sectors sectors 16 blank 16 blank 01 Volume descriptor 01 Volume descriptor 01 Volume descriptor Joliet 01 Volume descriptor Joliet 01 Volume Descriptor Set Terminator 01 Volume Descriptor Set Terminator 01 Version 01 directory 01 path table little endian 01 path table little endian 01 blank 01 path table big endian 01 path table big endian 01 directory joliet 01 blank 01 path table little endian joliet 01 path table little endian joliet 01 path table big endian joliet 01 blank 01 file data 01 path table big endian joliet 01 blank 01 directory 01 directory joliet 01 file data As you can see there are 4 extra blank unneeded sectors. I have attached the patch I have been using some years successfully. Cool, thanks. I'll take a look. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] I suspect most samba developers are already technically insane... Of course, since many of them are Australians, you can't tell. -- Linus Torvalds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#505381: genisoimage: writes blank sectors
Package: genisoimage Version: 1.1.9-1 Severity: wishlist I have found genisoimage adds unneeded blank sectors. Comparing joliet images with only 1 small file mkisofs nero sectors sectors 16 blank 16 blank 01 Volume descriptor 01 Volume descriptor 01 Volume descriptor Joliet 01 Volume descriptor Joliet 01 Volume Descriptor Set Terminator 01 Volume Descriptor Set Terminator 01 Version 01 directory 01 path table little endian 01 path table little endian 01 blank 01 path table big endian 01 path table big endian 01 directory joliet 01 blank 01 path table little endian joliet 01 path table little endian joliet 01 path table big endian joliet 01 blank 01 file data 01 path table big endian joliet 01 blank 01 directory 01 directory joliet 01 file data As you can see there are 4 extra blank unneeded sectors. I have attached the patch I have been using some years successfully. --- cdrkit/genisoimage/genisoimage.c +++ cdrkit/genisoimage/genisoimage.c @@ -2896,14 +2896,8 @@ } /* Now assign addresses on the disc for the path table. */ - path_blocks = ISO_BLOCKS(path_table_size); - if (path_blocks 1) - path_blocks++; - jpath_blocks = ISO_BLOCKS(jpath_table_size); - if (jpath_blocks 1) - jpath_blocks++; /* * Start to set up the linked list that we use to track the contents
