gzip bug fix update

Advisory:	RHBA-2008:0065-2
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 gzip package that fixes a bug is now available.

The gzip package contains the GNU gzip data compression program. Gzipped
files have a ".gz" extension.

In the previous gzip package, the "-r" option did not restore the last
accessed time (atime) of directories. In this updated package, the last
accessed time is updated to reflect the time when the directory was
decompressed.

Users of gzip are advised to 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.

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 Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
gzip-1.3.5-10.el5.src.rpm	`8357bf7b3322a0a3ec15c8765ad300f5`

IA-32:
gzip-1.3.5-10.el5.i386.rpm	`58753d28f52d3997129d09fab4d318f2`

IA-64:
gzip-1.3.5-10.el5.ia64.rpm	`1921c7ead2255abe166b6a308e5577d7`

PPC:
gzip-1.3.5-10.el5.ppc.rpm	`e61c0e2ee58f5d9535343e2b880be8b6`

s390x:
gzip-1.3.5-10.el5.s390x.rpm	`efd8084dc5b0f31fe6edecbf7f84999f`

x86_64:
gzip-1.3.5-10.el5.x86_64.rpm	`d889e85faf17fc92bb842fbafebdc76e`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
gzip-1.3.5-10.el5.src.rpm	`8357bf7b3322a0a3ec15c8765ad300f5`

IA-32:
gzip-1.3.5-10.el5.i386.rpm	`58753d28f52d3997129d09fab4d318f2`

x86_64:
gzip-1.3.5-10.el5.x86_64.rpm	`d889e85faf17fc92bb842fbafebdc76e`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

247269 - gzip munges directory mtime with "-r"

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