Bug Fix Advisory gzip bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2007:0502-2
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2007-11-15
Last updated on: 2007-11-15
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 gzip packages that address various bugs 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.

In previous versions of gzip the -r option would try to restore the last
accessed time (atime) and last modified time (mtime) of the directory. In
this new version these values are not restored.

Users of gzip should upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these
issues.


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. 4)

SRPMS:
gzip-1.3.3-17.rhel4.src.rpm     57f711c710e6f07f279ef55673ae52d6
 
IA-32:
gzip-1.3.3-17.rhel4.i386.rpm     4032c56c3bf75d28d949c3b723c9af5c
 
x86_64:
gzip-1.3.3-17.rhel4.x86_64.rpm     9a3d1f081d747847210713abff42093c
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
gzip-1.3.3-17.rhel4.src.rpm     57f711c710e6f07f279ef55673ae52d6
 
IA-32:
gzip-1.3.3-17.rhel4.i386.rpm     4032c56c3bf75d28d949c3b723c9af5c
 
IA-64:
gzip-1.3.3-17.rhel4.ia64.rpm     035e4619898828c57a082f2aff22979f
 
PPC:
gzip-1.3.3-17.rhel4.ppc.rpm     fa9e41992419dce6d2a5b6fe1d2c2c81
 
s390:
gzip-1.3.3-17.rhel4.s390.rpm     c7c8be2aabbfe70e0a2ac1f6022ce023
 
s390x:
gzip-1.3.3-17.rhel4.s390x.rpm     8154889920db23b9b2c2ae530b2cc564
 
x86_64:
gzip-1.3.3-17.rhel4.x86_64.rpm     9a3d1f081d747847210713abff42093c
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
gzip-1.3.3-17.rhel4.src.rpm     57f711c710e6f07f279ef55673ae52d6
 
IA-32:
gzip-1.3.3-17.rhel4.i386.rpm     4032c56c3bf75d28d949c3b723c9af5c
 
IA-64:
gzip-1.3.3-17.rhel4.ia64.rpm     035e4619898828c57a082f2aff22979f
 
x86_64:
gzip-1.3.3-17.rhel4.x86_64.rpm     9a3d1f081d747847210713abff42093c
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
gzip-1.3.3-17.rhel4.src.rpm     57f711c710e6f07f279ef55673ae52d6
 
IA-32:
gzip-1.3.3-17.rhel4.i386.rpm     4032c56c3bf75d28d949c3b723c9af5c
 
IA-64:
gzip-1.3.3-17.rhel4.ia64.rpm     035e4619898828c57a082f2aff22979f
 
x86_64:
gzip-1.3.3-17.rhel4.x86_64.rpm     9a3d1f081d747847210713abff42093c
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

213619 - Can't unpack LZH compressed data
216111 - gzip munges directory mtime with "-r"


Keywords

compression, gzip, lzh


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