Bug Fix Advisory xinitrc bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2007:0770-4
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

An updated xinitrc package that fixes a bug is now available.

The xinitrc package contains the default X Window System startup scripts
used by the startx command.

A bug causing the desktop environment to not inherit the environment
variable LD_LIBRARY_PRELOAD correctly has been fixed.

Users are advised to upgrade to the updated xinitrc package,
which resolve this issue.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
xinitrc-4.0.14.3-3.src.rpm     02c037dd7e0c61ec8c4a3927975a0dc9
 
IA-32:
xinitrc-4.0.14.3-3.noarch.rpm     832e938f02c021c48a00a1251f4ba186
 
x86_64:
xinitrc-4.0.14.3-3.noarch.rpm     832e938f02c021c48a00a1251f4ba186
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
xinitrc-4.0.14.3-3.src.rpm     02c037dd7e0c61ec8c4a3927975a0dc9
 
IA-32:
xinitrc-4.0.14.3-3.noarch.rpm     832e938f02c021c48a00a1251f4ba186
 
IA-64:
xinitrc-4.0.14.3-3.noarch.rpm     832e938f02c021c48a00a1251f4ba186
 
PPC:
xinitrc-4.0.14.3-3.noarch.rpm     832e938f02c021c48a00a1251f4ba186
 
s390:
xinitrc-4.0.14.3-3.noarch.rpm     832e938f02c021c48a00a1251f4ba186
 
s390x:
xinitrc-4.0.14.3-3.noarch.rpm     832e938f02c021c48a00a1251f4ba186
 
x86_64:
xinitrc-4.0.14.3-3.noarch.rpm     832e938f02c021c48a00a1251f4ba186
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
xinitrc-4.0.14.3-3.src.rpm     02c037dd7e0c61ec8c4a3927975a0dc9
 
IA-32:
xinitrc-4.0.14.3-3.noarch.rpm     832e938f02c021c48a00a1251f4ba186
 
IA-64:
xinitrc-4.0.14.3-3.noarch.rpm     832e938f02c021c48a00a1251f4ba186
 
x86_64:
xinitrc-4.0.14.3-3.noarch.rpm     832e938f02c021c48a00a1251f4ba186
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
xinitrc-4.0.14.3-3.src.rpm     02c037dd7e0c61ec8c4a3927975a0dc9
 
IA-32:
xinitrc-4.0.14.3-3.noarch.rpm     832e938f02c021c48a00a1251f4ba186
 
IA-64:
xinitrc-4.0.14.3-3.noarch.rpm     832e938f02c021c48a00a1251f4ba186
 
x86_64:
xinitrc-4.0.14.3-3.noarch.rpm     832e938f02c021c48a00a1251f4ba186
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

208148 - LD_LIBRARY_PATH stripped when xdm login



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