ksh bug fix update

Advisory:	RHBA-2006:0219-5
Type:	Bug Fix Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2006-04-12
Last updated on:	2006-08-09
Affected Products:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 4)
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 shell could enter an endless loop when a
particular directory layout was used. This update provides corrections to
avoid that problem.

This update also corrects the output of the 'uname -i' command.

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. 4)

SRPMS:
ksh-20050202-0.4E.2.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0704	`c45e92522b1040e441a7cfda20233dd3`
ksh-20050202-0.4E.2.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0704	`c45e92522b1040e441a7cfda20233dd3`
ksh-20050202-0.4E.2.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0704	`c45e92522b1040e441a7cfda20233dd3`
ksh-20050202-0.4E.2.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0704	`c45e92522b1040e441a7cfda20233dd3`

IA-32:
ksh-20050202-0.4E.2.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0704	`b46975543a9b4378713c2a2a31896c0b`
ksh-20050202-0.4E.2.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0704	`b46975543a9b4378713c2a2a31896c0b`
ksh-20050202-0.4E.2.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0704	`b46975543a9b4378713c2a2a31896c0b`
ksh-20050202-0.4E.2.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0704	`b46975543a9b4378713c2a2a31896c0b`

IA-64:
ksh-20050202-0.4E.2.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0704	`cc4aa25d1f1574ce2a39b6e1f173ec77`
ksh-20050202-0.4E.2.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0704	`cc4aa25d1f1574ce2a39b6e1f173ec77`
ksh-20050202-0.4E.2.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0704	`cc4aa25d1f1574ce2a39b6e1f173ec77`

PPC:
ksh-20050202-0.4E.2.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0704	`5dc2cf4ce5aa44cc69d87b9e2a65e8c8`

s390:
ksh-20050202-0.4E.2.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0704	`b3f331f60807d27f8bf4c44c4a67424c`

s390x:
ksh-20050202-0.4E.2.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0704	`18af78b31f71e5520301949aef000506`

x86_64:
ksh-20050202-0.4E.2.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0704	`8b4d1e85cd2ab33b704bc0f52c5c81d3`
ksh-20050202-0.4E.2.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0704	`8b4d1e85cd2ab33b704bc0f52c5c81d3`
ksh-20050202-0.4E.2.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0704	`8b4d1e85cd2ab33b704bc0f52c5c81d3`
ksh-20050202-0.4E.2.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0704	`8b4d1e85cd2ab33b704bc0f52c5c81d3`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

179576 - Running up2date with pdksh installed removes pdksh and installs ksh

Keywords

ksh, pdksh

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