Bug Fix Advisory vixie-cron bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2008:0115-2
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-07-24
Last updated on: 2008-07-24
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 vixie-cron packages that fixes a bug are now available.

The vixie-cron package contains the vixie version of cron. Cron is a
standard UNIX daemon that runs specified programs at scheduled times. The
vixie-cron package adds better security and more powerful configuration
options to the standard version of cron.

These packages address a vixie-cron failure after new year.

All users of vixie-cron should upgrade to these updated packages, 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:
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.src.rpm     ece3179fdbdb45cde9f229e788defc25
 
IA-32:
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.i386.rpm     0c28ab5b38210e494e91e8b12aba8a6e
 
x86_64:
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.x86_64.rpm     4be9e204c4e7717866122ecaa1410bba
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.src.rpm     ece3179fdbdb45cde9f229e788defc25
 
IA-32:
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.i386.rpm     0c28ab5b38210e494e91e8b12aba8a6e
 
IA-64:
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.ia64.rpm     b436230ab11029ed8799e7217ea57939
 
PPC:
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.ppc.rpm     01fe1e75ee2dddf3d2741cf1f3da3571
 
s390:
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.s390.rpm     6e86f9de236b01eed28cc155839571c6
 
s390x:
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.s390x.rpm     58e2f039780cc32515da17ec2ec54358
 
x86_64:
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.x86_64.rpm     4be9e204c4e7717866122ecaa1410bba
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.src.rpm     ece3179fdbdb45cde9f229e788defc25
 
IA-32:
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.i386.rpm     0c28ab5b38210e494e91e8b12aba8a6e
 
IA-64:
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.ia64.rpm     b436230ab11029ed8799e7217ea57939
 
x86_64:
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.x86_64.rpm     4be9e204c4e7717866122ecaa1410bba
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.src.rpm     ece3179fdbdb45cde9f229e788defc25
 
IA-32:
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.i386.rpm     0c28ab5b38210e494e91e8b12aba8a6e
 
IA-64:
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.ia64.rpm     b436230ab11029ed8799e7217ea57939
 
x86_64:
vixie-cron-4.1-50.el4.x86_64.rpm     4be9e204c4e7717866122ecaa1410bba
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

222464 - crond failed "Days of week" after a few hours on 1st/Jan


Keywords

after, fail, new, year


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