New tmpwatch package fixes cron warning

The man update (RHSA-2001:072) removed several cache directories in /var
that tmpwatch cleans up on a nightly basis. This update provides a new
cron script for tmpwatch that verifies the existence of cache directories
before cleaning is attempted.

tmpwatch is a program that runs nightly, and cleans up old temporary
files that are older than a certain date. As shipped in Red Hat Linux
5.x, 6.x, and 7.x, tmpwatch cleans up cached man pages stored in
directories under /var. A recent man security update (RHSA-2001:072)
removed these directories. The symptom of this is that cron, the Linux
periodic job scheduler, will report errors from the tmpwatch service on a
nightly basis. The messages are similar to the following:

/etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch:

error: lstat() of directory /var/cache/man/X11R6/cat? failed: No such
file or directory

Note that these messages do not affect the tmpwatch service.

The new tmpwatch will check for the existence of the manual page cache
directories before attempting to clean them, stopping the messages from
the cron service.

In addition, the new tmpwatch adds some new functionality and fixes a few
minor bugs present in previous releases. See the RPM changelog for
details.

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

47784 - man problem after an update
56815 - /etc/fstab update failure

cron, man, tmpwatch