Bug Fix Advisory ksh bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2006:0212-5
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2006-04-12
Last updated on: 2006-07-20
Affected Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 3)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated ksh packages that address various bugs are now available.

The ksh shell is a command interpreter intended for both interactive and
shell script use. Ksh's command language is a superset of the sh shell
language. The pdksh package contains PD-ksh, a clone of the Korn shell (ksh).

Previous versions of the ksh shell could enter an endless loop when a
particular directory layout was used. This update provides corrections to
avoid that problem.

Previous versions of the ksh package replaced the pdksh package. This issue
has been fixed in this update, but pdksh and ksh cannot be installed at the
same time.

Users of ksh should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these
issues.


Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. 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 Extras (v. 3)

SRPMS:
ksh-20050202-0.3E.2.src.rpm     ce79059bc984d503339151cabe52d28e
ksh-20050202-0.3E.2.src.rpm     ce79059bc984d503339151cabe52d28e
ksh-20050202-0.3E.2.src.rpm     ce79059bc984d503339151cabe52d28e
ksh-20050202-0.3E.2.src.rpm     ce79059bc984d503339151cabe52d28e
 
IA-32:
ksh-20050202-0.3E.2.i386.rpm     6672eb8ca3702c077089f26dbb7d4de5
ksh-20050202-0.3E.2.i386.rpm     6672eb8ca3702c077089f26dbb7d4de5
ksh-20050202-0.3E.2.i386.rpm     6672eb8ca3702c077089f26dbb7d4de5
ksh-20050202-0.3E.2.i386.rpm     6672eb8ca3702c077089f26dbb7d4de5
 
IA-64:
ksh-20050202-0.3E.2.ia64.rpm     4923052efe8972c7582c6c96e7958506
ksh-20050202-0.3E.2.ia64.rpm     4923052efe8972c7582c6c96e7958506
ksh-20050202-0.3E.2.ia64.rpm     4923052efe8972c7582c6c96e7958506
 
PPC:
ksh-20050202-0.3E.2.ppc.rpm     e8ddd2960e47c8821ceeb52cffd914ef
 
s390:
ksh-20050202-0.3E.2.s390.rpm     ea7e6c7fac06c8db1a7613c87e6b9530
 
s390x:
ksh-20050202-0.3E.2.s390x.rpm     7ff2198c4b82ccc2d95d1c7e6fd43b72
 
x86_64:
ksh-20050202-0.3E.2.x86_64.rpm     552e5a2a0da3dc0166fa6a31c82f921b
ksh-20050202-0.3E.2.x86_64.rpm     552e5a2a0da3dc0166fa6a31c82f921b
ksh-20050202-0.3E.2.x86_64.rpm     552e5a2a0da3dc0166fa6a31c82f921b
ksh-20050202-0.3E.2.x86_64.rpm     552e5a2a0da3dc0166fa6a31c82f921b
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

169530 - Running up2date with pdksh installed removes pdksh and installs ksh


Keywords

ksh, pdksh


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