perl bug fix update

Advisory:	RHBA-2009:0406-1
Type:	Bug Fix Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2009-04-02
Last updated on:	2009-04-02
Affected Products:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3.z server)
OVAL:	N/A

Details

An updated perl package that fixes a bug is now available.

Perl is a high-level programming language with roots in C, sed, awk and
shell scripting. Perl is good at handling processes and files, and is
especially good at handling text.

These updated perl packages provide a fix for the following bug:

* the Time::HiRes Perl module is incompatible with the latest version of
glibc, which caused setitimer errors to be written to /var/log/dmesg when
the alarm() function of HiRes was called with a time greater than one
second. With this update, the Time::HiRes module calls setitimer with the
correct parameters and no error messages are written to /var/log/dmesg,
thus resolving this issue.

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated perl packages, which resolve
these issues and add this enhancement.

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/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1244	`6c0a6d052ef8238a813f4a02f681cffe`

IA-32:
perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1244	`cb282b39273644f69509957c2c0e8fb5`
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1244	`279bd2e434cfdf9d2bbaaba3b9b1000a`

IA-64:
perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1244	`4dd8ba199c95f1de7bb4928601307c47`
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1244	`8beefdc4b1fb3d81690dd192c5b5e295`

PPC:
perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1244	`5ef086128e04729412603dbd6504a6a2`
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1244	`bc41c333187b378cf098beaa63d70726`

s390x:
perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1244	`25dc8bbfce1e264eb37bfe828bef4806`
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1244	`36df7a9305f1dd304d043f6c68cbd85a`

x86_64:
perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1244	`815ac803f221f5deda226483cd23562b`
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1244	`467077ac28d95f850b5c2cc109db9da4`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1244	`6c0a6d052ef8238a813f4a02f681cffe`

IA-32:
perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1244	`cb282b39273644f69509957c2c0e8fb5`
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1244	`279bd2e434cfdf9d2bbaaba3b9b1000a`

x86_64:
perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1244	`cb282b39273644f69509957c2c0e8fb5`
perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1244	`815ac803f221f5deda226483cd23562b`
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1244	`467077ac28d95f850b5c2cc109db9da4`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3.z server)

SRPMS:
perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2009:1244	`6c0a6d052ef8238a813f4a02f681cffe`

IA-32:
perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	`cb282b39273644f69509957c2c0e8fb5`
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	`279bd2e434cfdf9d2bbaaba3b9b1000a`

IA-64:
perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm	`4dd8ba199c95f1de7bb4928601307c47`
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm	`8beefdc4b1fb3d81690dd192c5b5e295`

PPC:
perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm	`5ef086128e04729412603dbd6504a6a2`
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm	`bc41c333187b378cf098beaa63d70726`

s390x:
perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm	`25dc8bbfce1e264eb37bfe828bef4806`
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm	`36df7a9305f1dd304d043f6c68cbd85a`

x86_64:
perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm	`815ac803f221f5deda226483cd23562b`
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm	`467077ac28d95f850b5c2cc109db9da4`

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

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

492112 - Time::HiRes V1.86 does work correctly with current glibc

Keywords

collectl, paths, PERL, perl, Time::HiRes

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