coreutils bug fix update

Advisory:	RHBA-2008:0963-3
Type:	Bug Fix Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2008-10-30
Last updated on:	2008-10-30
Affected Products:	Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.7.z) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.7.z) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

Details

An updated coreutils package that fixes a bug with the date command's
output width is now available.

The coreutils package contains core GNU utilities. It is a combination of
the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.

This updated coreutils package fixes a bug which occurred when calling the
date command and attempting to set the output width to a length less than
9. For example, calling 'date + "%xN"', where x was an integer value
representing the desired display width, always resulted in a displayed date
value of width 9. In these updated packages, the date command will print
output that corresponds to the specified width, thus resolving this issue.

All users of coreutils 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 Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: 8df49e5a6448d8db4a89acc60744f212`

IA-32:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: 27e581a173823e4e2e782b2a7b482e5b`

x86_64:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: 3341a6f8678fa213a032ce0e199bcded`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: 8df49e5a6448d8db4a89acc60744f212`

IA-32:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: 27e581a173823e4e2e782b2a7b482e5b`

IA-64:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: abc1b1c3793f5872e9bf9d7a1eb292c7`

PPC:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: 32e337b5d0d72e2532c4d39795632ccf`

s390:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: dbb216a4eac64b72b84ae09321fe1701`

s390x:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: b155df8bb234d6172bc4b434b024d2a2`

x86_64:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: 3341a6f8678fa213a032ce0e199bcded`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.7.z)

SRPMS:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: 8df49e5a6448d8db4a89acc60744f212`

IA-32:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.i386.rpm	`MD5: 27e581a173823e4e2e782b2a7b482e5b`

IA-64:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm	`MD5: abc1b1c3793f5872e9bf9d7a1eb292c7`

PPC:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm	`MD5: 32e337b5d0d72e2532c4d39795632ccf`

s390:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.s390.rpm	`MD5: dbb216a4eac64b72b84ae09321fe1701`

s390x:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm	`MD5: b155df8bb234d6172bc4b434b024d2a2`

x86_64:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 3341a6f8678fa213a032ce0e199bcded`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: 8df49e5a6448d8db4a89acc60744f212`

IA-32:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: 27e581a173823e4e2e782b2a7b482e5b`

IA-64:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: abc1b1c3793f5872e9bf9d7a1eb292c7`

x86_64:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: 3341a6f8678fa213a032ce0e199bcded`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.7.z)

SRPMS:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: 8df49e5a6448d8db4a89acc60744f212`

IA-32:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.i386.rpm	`MD5: 27e581a173823e4e2e782b2a7b482e5b`

IA-64:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm	`MD5: abc1b1c3793f5872e9bf9d7a1eb292c7`

x86_64:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 3341a6f8678fa213a032ce0e199bcded`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: 8df49e5a6448d8db4a89acc60744f212`

IA-32:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: 27e581a173823e4e2e782b2a7b482e5b`

IA-64:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: abc1b1c3793f5872e9bf9d7a1eb292c7`

x86_64:
coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:0230	`MD5: 3341a6f8678fa213a032ce0e199bcded`

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

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

468152 - date +'%6N' shows 9 digits

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