Bug Fix Advisory man-pages bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2007:0529-2
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-05-21
Last updated on: 2008-05-21
Affected Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated man-pages package that fixes various inaccuracies is now
available.

The man-pages package provides man (manual) pages from the Linux
Documentation Project.

This update fixes several inaccuracies 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 Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
man-pages-2.39-10.el5.src.rpm     a5ca23239f4c1f767f1ef93a8626e632
 
IA-32:
man-pages-2.39-10.el5.noarch.rpm     454529367baa7c8878fc7d4ef0fafa05
 
IA-64:
man-pages-2.39-10.el5.noarch.rpm     454529367baa7c8878fc7d4ef0fafa05
 
PPC:
man-pages-2.39-10.el5.noarch.rpm     454529367baa7c8878fc7d4ef0fafa05
 
s390x:
man-pages-2.39-10.el5.noarch.rpm     454529367baa7c8878fc7d4ef0fafa05
 
x86_64:
man-pages-2.39-10.el5.noarch.rpm     454529367baa7c8878fc7d4ef0fafa05
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
man-pages-2.39-10.el5.src.rpm     a5ca23239f4c1f767f1ef93a8626e632
 
IA-32:
man-pages-2.39-10.el5.noarch.rpm     454529367baa7c8878fc7d4ef0fafa05
 
x86_64:
man-pages-2.39-10.el5.noarch.rpm     454529367baa7c8878fc7d4ef0fafa05
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

219074 - rt_sigprocmask(2) missing its `how' parameter
235206 - The _syscallX macros are not defined anymore


Keywords

man-pages, splice, swapon


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