Bug Fix Advisory sed bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2008:0202-3
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

An updated sed package that fixes a bug in sed substitutions is now
available.

Sed is a stream or batch (non-interactive) editor. Sed takes text as
input, performs an operation or set of operations on the text, and outputs
the modified text.

This updated package addresses the following issue:

* the "\u" operand in substitution expressions returned nothing but a
blank carriage return. It should return the input characters transformed to
their upper case equivalents. In this new package, the "\u" sequence now
acts as expected.

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated sed 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 Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
sed-4.1.2-7.el4.src.rpm     6bbb5bd38eb50f89bf49d0eaea6c7af8
 
IA-32:
sed-4.1.2-7.el4.i386.rpm     c8b445a731c1a3005d577ebe0f5919fc
 
x86_64:
sed-4.1.2-7.el4.x86_64.rpm     f8d6ecd14e1a26df0b84488f4bf4d706
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
sed-4.1.2-7.el4.src.rpm     6bbb5bd38eb50f89bf49d0eaea6c7af8
 
IA-32:
sed-4.1.2-7.el4.i386.rpm     c8b445a731c1a3005d577ebe0f5919fc
 
IA-64:
sed-4.1.2-7.el4.ia64.rpm     e63b79f55ce3c2835d0c29d87e0771c3
 
PPC:
sed-4.1.2-7.el4.ppc.rpm     0a9aa614a0c1a897e2b54db0c0c3a1d9
 
s390:
sed-4.1.2-7.el4.s390.rpm     7c37486c3263b59489e6cb57c6c47d92
 
s390x:
sed-4.1.2-7.el4.s390x.rpm     4afe38df4be3a3ae9496d134a8600f9a
 
x86_64:
sed-4.1.2-7.el4.x86_64.rpm     f8d6ecd14e1a26df0b84488f4bf4d706
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
sed-4.1.2-7.el4.src.rpm     6bbb5bd38eb50f89bf49d0eaea6c7af8
 
IA-32:
sed-4.1.2-7.el4.i386.rpm     c8b445a731c1a3005d577ebe0f5919fc
 
IA-64:
sed-4.1.2-7.el4.ia64.rpm     e63b79f55ce3c2835d0c29d87e0771c3
 
x86_64:
sed-4.1.2-7.el4.x86_64.rpm     f8d6ecd14e1a26df0b84488f4bf4d706
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
sed-4.1.2-7.el4.src.rpm     6bbb5bd38eb50f89bf49d0eaea6c7af8
 
IA-32:
sed-4.1.2-7.el4.i386.rpm     c8b445a731c1a3005d577ebe0f5919fc
 
IA-64:
sed-4.1.2-7.el4.ia64.rpm     e63b79f55ce3c2835d0c29d87e0771c3
 
x86_64:
sed-4.1.2-7.el4.x86_64.rpm     f8d6ecd14e1a26df0b84488f4bf4d706
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

217720 - "u" inside a sed substution does not work


Keywords

"u", a, does, inside, not, sed, substution, work


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