Bug Fix Advisory procps bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2008:0706-3
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 procps package that fixes various bugs 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 includes fixes for the following bugs:

* the %CPU value in the top utility was displayed as an integer percentage
value instead of as a floating point percentage value.

* top did not properly honor the settings in the .toprc 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
these issues.


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-3.2.3-8.12.src.rpm     34345834c04d707690575fb2fe7ebcbf
 
IA-32:
procps-3.2.3-8.12.i386.rpm     92612c64ae745b7e5b4e62a5c4fdb44d
 
x86_64:
procps-3.2.3-8.12.x86_64.rpm     b3906e24c2d74fe7e260490e8cc2198f
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
procps-3.2.3-8.12.src.rpm     34345834c04d707690575fb2fe7ebcbf
 
IA-32:
procps-3.2.3-8.12.i386.rpm     92612c64ae745b7e5b4e62a5c4fdb44d
 
IA-64:
procps-3.2.3-8.12.ia64.rpm     bccd906e8fe59918594ee724a6142bc9
 
PPC:
procps-3.2.3-8.12.ppc.rpm     0d6dac9cf8330d8bb9ac129534ffbdf3
 
s390:
procps-3.2.3-8.12.s390.rpm     f422327dad6fa94f4cafcc34bafe79c7
 
s390x:
procps-3.2.3-8.12.s390x.rpm     9aabd7baa72570d5dce51de63237c204
 
x86_64:
procps-3.2.3-8.12.x86_64.rpm     b3906e24c2d74fe7e260490e8cc2198f
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
procps-3.2.3-8.12.src.rpm     34345834c04d707690575fb2fe7ebcbf
 
IA-32:
procps-3.2.3-8.12.i386.rpm     92612c64ae745b7e5b4e62a5c4fdb44d
 
IA-64:
procps-3.2.3-8.12.ia64.rpm     bccd906e8fe59918594ee724a6142bc9
 
x86_64:
procps-3.2.3-8.12.x86_64.rpm     b3906e24c2d74fe7e260490e8cc2198f
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
procps-3.2.3-8.12.src.rpm     34345834c04d707690575fb2fe7ebcbf
 
IA-32:
procps-3.2.3-8.12.i386.rpm     92612c64ae745b7e5b4e62a5c4fdb44d
 
IA-64:
procps-3.2.3-8.12.ia64.rpm     bccd906e8fe59918594ee724a6142bc9
 
x86_64:
procps-3.2.3-8.12.x86_64.rpm     b3906e24c2d74fe7e260490e8cc2198f
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

428278 - top does not properly honor .toprc field displays
447524 - top column order differs from one update to the next


Keywords

procps, top


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