Bug Fix Advisory procps bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2008:0571-2
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-06-25
Last updated on: 2008-06-25
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 procps package that fixes a bug is now available.

The procps package contains a set of system utilities that provide system
information. The procps package includes ps, free, skill, snice, sysctl,
tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, and watch.

This updated procps package fixes a bug in which top did not properly honor
the ordering settings in the .toprc configuration file. This has been fixed
so that all the settings in the .toprc file are honored.

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated procps 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:
procps-3.2.3-8.9.el4_6.1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0706
    55e591cb223d3dea7757528f65d65414
 
IA-32:
procps-3.2.3-8.9.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0706
    338af9cea4033de2b046eb3d1d10c169
 
x86_64:
procps-3.2.3-8.9.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0706
    2baac72dacf6d7de308ef7f78060ed94
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
procps-3.2.3-8.9.el4_6.1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0706
    55e591cb223d3dea7757528f65d65414
 
IA-32:
procps-3.2.3-8.9.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0706
    338af9cea4033de2b046eb3d1d10c169
 
IA-64:
procps-3.2.3-8.9.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0706
    337335fdbdb89adea1a8d43268735468
 
PPC:
procps-3.2.3-8.9.el4_6.1.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0706
    329750287d402f5484be5a001a12dd04
 
s390:
procps-3.2.3-8.9.el4_6.1.s390.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0706
    a6f6d6b47c68dbab93c0c28a5e68684a
 
s390x:
procps-3.2.3-8.9.el4_6.1.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0706
    893363a2eb28105508a5300c4efc4b61
 
x86_64:
procps-3.2.3-8.9.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0706
    2baac72dacf6d7de308ef7f78060ed94
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
procps-3.2.3-8.9.el4_6.1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0706
    55e591cb223d3dea7757528f65d65414
 
IA-32:
procps-3.2.3-8.9.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0706
    338af9cea4033de2b046eb3d1d10c169
 
IA-64:
procps-3.2.3-8.9.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0706
    337335fdbdb89adea1a8d43268735468
 
x86_64:
procps-3.2.3-8.9.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0706
    2baac72dacf6d7de308ef7f78060ed94
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
procps-3.2.3-8.9.el4_6.1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0706
    55e591cb223d3dea7757528f65d65414
 
IA-32:
procps-3.2.3-8.9.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0706
    338af9cea4033de2b046eb3d1d10c169
 
IA-64:
procps-3.2.3-8.9.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0706
    337335fdbdb89adea1a8d43268735468
 
x86_64:
procps-3.2.3-8.9.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0706
    2baac72dacf6d7de308ef7f78060ed94
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

450112 - top column order differs from one update to the next


Keywords

procps, top


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