Bug Fix Advisory psmisc bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2005:023-05
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2005-04-28
Last updated on: 2005-04-28
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 psmisc package that fixes a bug is now available.

The psmisc package contains utilities for managing processes on your
system: pstree, killall, and fuser. The pstree command displays a tree
structure of all of the running processes on your system. The killall
command sends a specified signal (SIGTERM if nothing is specified) to
processes identified by name. The fuser command identifies the PIDs of
processes that are using specified files or filesystems.

Previously, the psmisc package would produce unexpected output with large
files. This erratum includes large file support.

All users of the psmisc package should upgrade to this updated package,
which resolves this issue.


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.

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
psmisc-20.1-3.src.rpm     5d724abc1cc2f28814ef448de9e93307
 
IA-32:
psmisc-20.1-3.i386.rpm     a095ecedac46f3661a34705602e64566
 
IA-64:
psmisc-20.1-3.ia64.rpm     c1902f45672e1cb37ac2566b27eb9f99
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
psmisc-20.1-3.src.rpm     5d724abc1cc2f28814ef448de9e93307
 
IA-32:
psmisc-20.1-3.i386.rpm     a095ecedac46f3661a34705602e64566
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
psmisc-20.1-3.src.rpm     5d724abc1cc2f28814ef448de9e93307
 
IA-32:
psmisc-20.1-3.i386.rpm     a095ecedac46f3661a34705602e64566
 
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor

SRPMS:
psmisc-20.1-3.src.rpm     5d724abc1cc2f28814ef448de9e93307
 
IA-64:
psmisc-20.1-3.ia64.rpm     c1902f45672e1cb37ac2566b27eb9f99
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

98042 - psmisc needs to be compiled with LFS support


Keywords

LFS, psmisc


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