Bug Fix Advisory tcsh bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2006:0218-4
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2006-07-20
Last updated on: 2006-07-20
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 tcsh package that fixes various bugs is now available.

Tcsh is an enhanced but completely compatible version of csh, the C
shell. Tcsh is a command language interpreter which can be used both
as an interactive login shell and as a shell script command processor.

Bugs fixed in this updated package include:

- Architecture was reported as "unknown" on ia64, ppc64, s390, s390x and
x86_64 in $HOSTTYPE and $MACHTYPE.

- tcsh could crash on x86_64 under unlikely conditions.

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated tcsh package, 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 Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
tcsh-6.12-13.EL3.src.rpm     67d0656bcfe9c475b32ef862612ac29d
 
IA-32:
tcsh-6.12-13.EL3.i386.rpm     13a5f97e36a94c4ae0f76ec3051971b8
 
x86_64:
tcsh-6.12-13.EL3.x86_64.rpm     89175bf50682b69c45c91ead81075b8e
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
tcsh-6.12-13.EL3.src.rpm     67d0656bcfe9c475b32ef862612ac29d
 
IA-32:
tcsh-6.12-13.EL3.i386.rpm     13a5f97e36a94c4ae0f76ec3051971b8
 
IA-64:
tcsh-6.12-13.EL3.ia64.rpm     f7e83ceee060ef77416c73e3455a3f1d
 
PPC:
tcsh-6.12-13.EL3.ppc.rpm     fac79f35e613f3d29e02e784757d62a8
 
s390:
tcsh-6.12-13.EL3.s390.rpm     a5c708161685c045abf87c0dcd2c2a1c
 
s390x:
tcsh-6.12-13.EL3.s390x.rpm     1e06cf246ddf2dbbc0c3199c7ce3d73a
 
x86_64:
tcsh-6.12-13.EL3.x86_64.rpm     89175bf50682b69c45c91ead81075b8e
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
tcsh-6.12-13.EL3.src.rpm     67d0656bcfe9c475b32ef862612ac29d
 
IA-32:
tcsh-6.12-13.EL3.i386.rpm     13a5f97e36a94c4ae0f76ec3051971b8
 
IA-64:
tcsh-6.12-13.EL3.ia64.rpm     f7e83ceee060ef77416c73e3455a3f1d
 
x86_64:
tcsh-6.12-13.EL3.x86_64.rpm     89175bf50682b69c45c91ead81075b8e
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
tcsh-6.12-13.EL3.src.rpm     67d0656bcfe9c475b32ef862612ac29d
 
IA-32:
tcsh-6.12-13.EL3.i386.rpm     13a5f97e36a94c4ae0f76ec3051971b8
 
IA-64:
tcsh-6.12-13.EL3.ia64.rpm     f7e83ceee060ef77416c73e3455a3f1d
 
x86_64:
tcsh-6.12-13.EL3.x86_64.rpm     89175bf50682b69c45c91ead81075b8e
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

115531 - Automatic variable HOSTTYPE is "unknown" on x86_64



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