Bug Fix Advisory ncompress bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2006:0722-5
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2006-10-26
Last updated on: 2007-05-01
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated ncompress packages that fix a problem in compressing zero-sized
files are now available.

The ncompress package contains the compress and uncompress file
compression and decompression utilities, which are compatible with the
original UNIX compress utility (.Z file extensions).

This update resolves an issue which caused compress to create a broken
compressed file on IBM zSeries systems.

All users of ncompress are advised to 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. 4)

SRPMS:
ncompress-4.2.4-44.rhel4.src.rpm     a137b480e17c8116a54b6e7582ddf72d
 
IA-32:
ncompress-4.2.4-44.rhel4.i386.rpm     c743c705bea4a3b49017a6564c6c9f49
 
x86_64:
ncompress-4.2.4-44.rhel4.x86_64.rpm     ddb2e920ea3fdc90e16840d1babbf370
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
ncompress-4.2.4-44.rhel4.src.rpm     a137b480e17c8116a54b6e7582ddf72d
 
IA-32:
ncompress-4.2.4-44.rhel4.i386.rpm     c743c705bea4a3b49017a6564c6c9f49
 
IA-64:
ncompress-4.2.4-44.rhel4.ia64.rpm     855fc33c0322b4c5a272acebd44220e2
 
PPC:
ncompress-4.2.4-44.rhel4.ppc.rpm     39ffeb933254580ae4331117bdb335f3
 
s390:
ncompress-4.2.4-44.rhel4.s390.rpm     45d51870646d8cb1340cc6dfec6062e5
 
s390x:
ncompress-4.2.4-44.rhel4.s390x.rpm     a0d723d036c242d7e446f206e117cfb7
 
x86_64:
ncompress-4.2.4-44.rhel4.x86_64.rpm     ddb2e920ea3fdc90e16840d1babbf370
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
ncompress-4.2.4-44.rhel4.src.rpm     a137b480e17c8116a54b6e7582ddf72d
 
IA-32:
ncompress-4.2.4-44.rhel4.i386.rpm     c743c705bea4a3b49017a6564c6c9f49
 
IA-64:
ncompress-4.2.4-44.rhel4.ia64.rpm     855fc33c0322b4c5a272acebd44220e2
 
x86_64:
ncompress-4.2.4-44.rhel4.x86_64.rpm     ddb2e920ea3fdc90e16840d1babbf370
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
ncompress-4.2.4-44.rhel4.src.rpm     a137b480e17c8116a54b6e7582ddf72d
 
IA-32:
ncompress-4.2.4-44.rhel4.i386.rpm     c743c705bea4a3b49017a6564c6c9f49
 
IA-64:
ncompress-4.2.4-44.rhel4.ia64.rpm     855fc33c0322b4c5a272acebd44220e2
 
x86_64:
ncompress-4.2.4-44.rhel4.x86_64.rpm     ddb2e920ea3fdc90e16840d1babbf370
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Keywords

ncompress


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