grep bug fix update

Advisory:	RHBA-2006:0223-3
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)

Details

Updated grep packages that fix a bug are now available.

Grep searches through textual input for lines matching a regular expression.

The program could crash when the -P option was used.

All users of grep should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve
this issue.

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:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/grep/2.5.1-24.6/SRPMS/grep-2.5.1-24.6.src.rpm Missing file	`MD5: cdded422734c8ba2f12a35f008201a8c`

IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/grep/2.5.1-24.6/i386/grep-2.5.1-24.6.i386.rpm Missing file	`MD5: 472da645875849ecd12c9d0008288802`

x86_64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/grep/2.5.1-24.6/x86_64/grep-2.5.1-24.6.x86_64.rpm Missing file	`MD5: ee39bb6c2c846159df4130063cf678a2`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/grep/2.5.1-24.6/SRPMS/grep-2.5.1-24.6.src.rpm Missing file	`MD5: cdded422734c8ba2f12a35f008201a8c`

IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/grep/2.5.1-24.6/i386/grep-2.5.1-24.6.i386.rpm Missing file	`MD5: 472da645875849ecd12c9d0008288802`

IA-64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/grep/2.5.1-24.6/ia64/grep-2.5.1-24.6.ia64.rpm Missing file	`MD5: 8e926905b71aebdeee93af0dcde52a1d`

PPC:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/grep/2.5.1-24.6/ppc/grep-2.5.1-24.6.ppc.rpm Missing file	`MD5: 7bf4c256f6b9622b1156c3fdf5955557`

s390:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/grep/2.5.1-24.6/s390/grep-2.5.1-24.6.s390.rpm Missing file	`MD5: 9853ae1f53af97580cfcc35c1b411d8a`

s390x:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/grep/2.5.1-24.6/s390x/grep-2.5.1-24.6.s390x.rpm Missing file	`MD5: 8cc125afe246b057ddc19b99f7c5afa4`

x86_64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/grep/2.5.1-24.6/x86_64/grep-2.5.1-24.6.x86_64.rpm Missing file	`MD5: ee39bb6c2c846159df4130063cf678a2`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/grep/2.5.1-24.6/SRPMS/grep-2.5.1-24.6.src.rpm Missing file	`MD5: cdded422734c8ba2f12a35f008201a8c`

IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/grep/2.5.1-24.6/i386/grep-2.5.1-24.6.i386.rpm Missing file	`MD5: 472da645875849ecd12c9d0008288802`

IA-64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/grep/2.5.1-24.6/ia64/grep-2.5.1-24.6.ia64.rpm Missing file	`MD5: 8e926905b71aebdeee93af0dcde52a1d`

x86_64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/grep/2.5.1-24.6/x86_64/grep-2.5.1-24.6.x86_64.rpm Missing file	`MD5: ee39bb6c2c846159df4130063cf678a2`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/grep/2.5.1-24.6/SRPMS/grep-2.5.1-24.6.src.rpm Missing file	`MD5: cdded422734c8ba2f12a35f008201a8c`

IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/grep/2.5.1-24.6/i386/grep-2.5.1-24.6.i386.rpm Missing file	`MD5: 472da645875849ecd12c9d0008288802`

IA-64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/grep/2.5.1-24.6/ia64/grep-2.5.1-24.6.ia64.rpm Missing file	`MD5: 8e926905b71aebdeee93af0dcde52a1d`

x86_64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/grep/2.5.1-24.6/x86_64/grep-2.5.1-24.6.x86_64.rpm Missing file	`MD5: ee39bb6c2c846159df4130063cf678a2`

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

171379 - echo | /bin/grep -P "^\s+$" segfaults

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