Bug Fix Advisory gzip bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2007:0427-1
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

Updated gzip packages, that fix a regression that caused gzip to not
uncompress special cases of lzh compressed data, are now available.

The gzip package contains the GNU gzip data compression program.

A regression caused gzip not to open some special cases of lzh compressed
data archives.

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which fix 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:
gzip-1.3.3-14.rhel3.src.rpm     1d37679e51022524b90e1afe3e04b505
 
IA-32:
gzip-1.3.3-14.rhel3.i386.rpm     78a4bbde28ac55f542bf45eaed6bce7a
 
x86_64:
gzip-1.3.3-14.rhel3.x86_64.rpm     15491fb209e17341adfcbab9ca3b0ac8
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
gzip-1.3.3-14.rhel3.src.rpm     1d37679e51022524b90e1afe3e04b505
 
IA-32:
gzip-1.3.3-14.rhel3.i386.rpm     78a4bbde28ac55f542bf45eaed6bce7a
 
IA-64:
gzip-1.3.3-14.rhel3.ia64.rpm     c6a9fb851f574d4778a182bb159e19b4
 
PPC:
gzip-1.3.3-14.rhel3.ppc.rpm     43625a0f3b69f4b860a116ab41853e94
 
s390:
gzip-1.3.3-14.rhel3.s390.rpm     f2cde22ab1215010f472f17b32c6c80f
 
s390x:
gzip-1.3.3-14.rhel3.s390x.rpm     fd13be9c74bafcbf3c5e783c6fe3541a
 
x86_64:
gzip-1.3.3-14.rhel3.x86_64.rpm     15491fb209e17341adfcbab9ca3b0ac8
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
gzip-1.3.3-14.rhel3.src.rpm     1d37679e51022524b90e1afe3e04b505
 
IA-32:
gzip-1.3.3-14.rhel3.i386.rpm     78a4bbde28ac55f542bf45eaed6bce7a
 
IA-64:
gzip-1.3.3-14.rhel3.ia64.rpm     c6a9fb851f574d4778a182bb159e19b4
 
x86_64:
gzip-1.3.3-14.rhel3.x86_64.rpm     15491fb209e17341adfcbab9ca3b0ac8
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
gzip-1.3.3-14.rhel3.src.rpm     1d37679e51022524b90e1afe3e04b505
 
IA-32:
gzip-1.3.3-14.rhel3.i386.rpm     78a4bbde28ac55f542bf45eaed6bce7a
 
IA-64:
gzip-1.3.3-14.rhel3.ia64.rpm     c6a9fb851f574d4778a182bb159e19b4
 
x86_64:
gzip-1.3.3-14.rhel3.x86_64.rpm     15491fb209e17341adfcbab9ca3b0ac8
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

230218 - Can't unpack LZH compressed data


Keywords

compression, gzip, lzh


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