- Issued:
- 2006-09-14
- Updated:
- 2007-05-01
RHBA-2006:0647 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
man-pages bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated man-pages package that fixes various contradictions is now
available.
Description
The man-pages package provides man (manual) pages from the Linux
Documentation Project.
This update fixes several contradictions in various manual pages.
All users of man-pages should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves
this issue.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:
up2date
For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 187075 - man 2 read doesn't mention ERESTARTSYS
- BZ - 189956 - Bad UTF-8 encoding in charset-related man pages
- BZ - 197581 - writev/readv man pages are not accurate.
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
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man-pages-1.67-12.EL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 47a4d3c682d52bb0901cde0b7116ab58706b25beaee3a759051d01d9cceda88f |
x86_64 | |
man-pages-1.67-12.EL4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9d3b8aaef247413af7cdafb99726df44ea371e2ea280598ab9f2463b196990d3 |
man-pages-1.67-12.EL4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9d3b8aaef247413af7cdafb99726df44ea371e2ea280598ab9f2463b196990d3 |
ia64 | |
man-pages-1.67-12.EL4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9d3b8aaef247413af7cdafb99726df44ea371e2ea280598ab9f2463b196990d3 |
man-pages-1.67-12.EL4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9d3b8aaef247413af7cdafb99726df44ea371e2ea280598ab9f2463b196990d3 |
i386 | |
man-pages-1.67-12.EL4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9d3b8aaef247413af7cdafb99726df44ea371e2ea280598ab9f2463b196990d3 |
man-pages-1.67-12.EL4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9d3b8aaef247413af7cdafb99726df44ea371e2ea280598ab9f2463b196990d3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
man-pages-1.67-12.EL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 47a4d3c682d52bb0901cde0b7116ab58706b25beaee3a759051d01d9cceda88f |
x86_64 | |
man-pages-1.67-12.EL4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9d3b8aaef247413af7cdafb99726df44ea371e2ea280598ab9f2463b196990d3 |
ia64 | |
man-pages-1.67-12.EL4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9d3b8aaef247413af7cdafb99726df44ea371e2ea280598ab9f2463b196990d3 |
i386 | |
man-pages-1.67-12.EL4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9d3b8aaef247413af7cdafb99726df44ea371e2ea280598ab9f2463b196990d3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
man-pages-1.67-12.EL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 47a4d3c682d52bb0901cde0b7116ab58706b25beaee3a759051d01d9cceda88f |
x86_64 | |
man-pages-1.67-12.EL4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9d3b8aaef247413af7cdafb99726df44ea371e2ea280598ab9f2463b196990d3 |
i386 | |
man-pages-1.67-12.EL4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9d3b8aaef247413af7cdafb99726df44ea371e2ea280598ab9f2463b196990d3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
man-pages-1.67-12.EL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 47a4d3c682d52bb0901cde0b7116ab58706b25beaee3a759051d01d9cceda88f |
s390x | |
man-pages-1.67-12.EL4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9d3b8aaef247413af7cdafb99726df44ea371e2ea280598ab9f2463b196990d3 |
s390 | |
man-pages-1.67-12.EL4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9d3b8aaef247413af7cdafb99726df44ea371e2ea280598ab9f2463b196990d3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
man-pages-1.67-12.EL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 47a4d3c682d52bb0901cde0b7116ab58706b25beaee3a759051d01d9cceda88f |
ppc | |
man-pages-1.67-12.EL4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9d3b8aaef247413af7cdafb99726df44ea371e2ea280598ab9f2463b196990d3 |
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