Bug Fix Advisory man-pages bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2007:0408-3
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2007-06-11
Last updated on: 2007-06-11
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 man-pages package that fixes various contradictions is now
available.

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:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
man-pages-1.60-7.rhel3.src.rpm     c2bd9dee79128d1261455810e41e5f93
 
IA-32:
man-pages-1.60-7.rhel3.noarch.rpm     830d81622622d06b0a9ed14022d210e7
 
x86_64:
man-pages-1.60-7.rhel3.noarch.rpm     830d81622622d06b0a9ed14022d210e7
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
man-pages-1.60-7.rhel3.src.rpm     c2bd9dee79128d1261455810e41e5f93
 
IA-32:
man-pages-1.60-7.rhel3.noarch.rpm     830d81622622d06b0a9ed14022d210e7
 
IA-64:
man-pages-1.60-7.rhel3.noarch.rpm     830d81622622d06b0a9ed14022d210e7
 
PPC:
man-pages-1.60-7.rhel3.noarch.rpm     830d81622622d06b0a9ed14022d210e7
 
s390:
man-pages-1.60-7.rhel3.noarch.rpm     830d81622622d06b0a9ed14022d210e7
 
s390x:
man-pages-1.60-7.rhel3.noarch.rpm     830d81622622d06b0a9ed14022d210e7
 
x86_64:
man-pages-1.60-7.rhel3.noarch.rpm     830d81622622d06b0a9ed14022d210e7
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
man-pages-1.60-7.rhel3.src.rpm     c2bd9dee79128d1261455810e41e5f93
 
IA-32:
man-pages-1.60-7.rhel3.noarch.rpm     830d81622622d06b0a9ed14022d210e7
 
IA-64:
man-pages-1.60-7.rhel3.noarch.rpm     830d81622622d06b0a9ed14022d210e7
 
x86_64:
man-pages-1.60-7.rhel3.noarch.rpm     830d81622622d06b0a9ed14022d210e7
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
man-pages-1.60-7.rhel3.src.rpm     c2bd9dee79128d1261455810e41e5f93
 
IA-32:
man-pages-1.60-7.rhel3.noarch.rpm     830d81622622d06b0a9ed14022d210e7
 
IA-64:
man-pages-1.60-7.rhel3.noarch.rpm     830d81622622d06b0a9ed14022d210e7
 
x86_64:
man-pages-1.60-7.rhel3.noarch.rpm     830d81622622d06b0a9ed14022d210e7
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

126680 - sem_wait man page has bug in RETURN VALUE section
138883 - gethostbyname_r returns success on unknown hostname
204484 - "auto-propagate" option missing from man page


Keywords

auto-propagate, gethostbyname, man-pages, nscd, pthread


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