Bug Fix Advisory Updated psacct package fixes bugs on Itanium

Advisory: RHBA-2004:274-03
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2004-08-18
Last updated on: 2004-08-18
Affected Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated psacct package that fixes bugs on the Itanium platform is now
available.

The psacct package contains several utilities for monitoring process
activities, including ac, lastcomm, accton and sa. The ac command displays
statistics about how long users have been logged on. The lastcomm command
displays information about previous executed commands. The accton command
turns process accounting on or off. The sa command summarizes information
about previously executed commmands.

This updated package fixes a bug in the sa command when printing execution
times, and a bug in lastcomm when printing dates. Both of these errors
only occur on Itanium machines.

If you use the psacct utilities on an Itanium platform, you should upgrade
to this updated package.


Solution

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.

If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat Network due to SSL
Certificate Errors, you need to install a version of the
up2date client with an updated certificate. The latest version of
up2date is available from the Red Hat FTP site and may also be
downloaded directly from the RHN website:

https://rhn.redhat.com/help/latest-up2date.pxt

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
psacct-6.3.2-10.21as.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2004:496
    9e2329ccb1730e673021d285b90b8e5d
 
IA-32:
psacct-6.3.2-10.21as.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2004:496
    25f18df59b568304f1d92d7917624360
 
IA-64:
psacct-6.3.2-10.21as.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2004:496
    48096d0e6cde5d3257e1b3d6fd55fa4a
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
psacct-6.3.2-10.21as.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2004:496
    9e2329ccb1730e673021d285b90b8e5d
 
IA-32:
psacct-6.3.2-10.21as.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2004:496
    25f18df59b568304f1d92d7917624360
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
psacct-6.3.2-10.21as.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2004:496
    9e2329ccb1730e673021d285b90b8e5d
 
IA-32:
psacct-6.3.2-10.21as.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2004:496
    25f18df59b568304f1d92d7917624360
 
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor

SRPMS:
psacct-6.3.2-10.21as.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2004:496
    9e2329ccb1730e673021d285b90b8e5d
 
IA-64:
psacct-6.3.2-10.21as.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2004:496
    48096d0e6cde5d3257e1b3d6fd55fa4a
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)


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