Bug Fix Advisory man bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2006:0010-4
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2006-03-15
Last updated on: 2006-03-15
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated man package that fixes the makewhatis script is now available.

The man package includes three tools for finding information and/or
documentation about your Linux system: man, apropos, and whatis.

The previous version of man contained a version of the makewhatis
script that produced an error message "zcat: stdout: broken pipe".

All users of man 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 Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
man-1.5k-13.rhel3.src.rpm     1b7b9e168c3d09e150eedaa2ed3377b3
 
IA-32:
man-1.5k-13.rhel3.i386.rpm     128bd745284d100dbc02bdc839dde5d5
 
x86_64:
man-1.5k-13.rhel3.x86_64.rpm     38d1f46eabe14aacd9910b693cdca06e
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
man-1.5k-13.rhel3.src.rpm     1b7b9e168c3d09e150eedaa2ed3377b3
 
IA-32:
man-1.5k-13.rhel3.i386.rpm     128bd745284d100dbc02bdc839dde5d5
 
IA-64:
man-1.5k-13.rhel3.ia64.rpm     e41e010eb67182cd9405b29d700f85d2
 
PPC:
man-1.5k-13.rhel3.ppc.rpm     325efaa4784592092730f2bdcc4cea57
 
s390:
man-1.5k-13.rhel3.s390.rpm     c6b1a0bd3713a82769b1c965f4ececf2
 
s390x:
man-1.5k-13.rhel3.s390x.rpm     53cb7b3b82772609b8e5a78cc59ae29a
 
x86_64:
man-1.5k-13.rhel3.x86_64.rpm     38d1f46eabe14aacd9910b693cdca06e
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
man-1.5k-13.rhel3.src.rpm     1b7b9e168c3d09e150eedaa2ed3377b3
 
IA-32:
man-1.5k-13.rhel3.i386.rpm     128bd745284d100dbc02bdc839dde5d5
 
IA-64:
man-1.5k-13.rhel3.ia64.rpm     e41e010eb67182cd9405b29d700f85d2
 
x86_64:
man-1.5k-13.rhel3.x86_64.rpm     38d1f46eabe14aacd9910b693cdca06e
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
man-1.5k-13.rhel3.src.rpm     1b7b9e168c3d09e150eedaa2ed3377b3
 
IA-32:
man-1.5k-13.rhel3.i386.rpm     128bd745284d100dbc02bdc839dde5d5
 
IA-64:
man-1.5k-13.rhel3.ia64.rpm     e41e010eb67182cd9405b29d700f85d2
 
x86_64:
man-1.5k-13.rhel3.x86_64.rpm     38d1f46eabe14aacd9910b693cdca06e
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

64836 - /etc/cron.daily/makewhatis.cron: 3000 lines of "zcat: stdout: broken pipe"


Keywords

makewhatis, man


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