Bug Fix Advisory bash bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2009:0960-1
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2009-05-18
Last updated on: 2009-05-18
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 bash package that fixes several bugs is now available.

Bash is the default shell for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

These updated bash packages provide fixes for the following bugs:

* under certain conditions (such as when calling a bash script on a slow
NFS share) the bash signal-handling code caused bash to return the
following error message: "/bin/sh: bad interpreter: Interrupted system
call". In this updated package, bash handles the signals correctly,
therefore allowing scripts to complete successfully under these conditions.

* the bash package included an examples/loadables directory with a
Makefile. This caused file conflicts between various architectures. This
updated package does not contain this examples/loadables directory.

All users of bash are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve 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:
bash-3.0-21.el4.src.rpm     9fc407de4e65fb8711fe68031f32c5db
 
IA-32:
bash-3.0-21.el4.i386.rpm     238e7288437c5e461857af6f8a7f7a2a
 
x86_64:
bash-3.0-21.el4.x86_64.rpm     2eb1ce2f9b22ba26bbc49b36d7214499
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
bash-3.0-21.el4.src.rpm     9fc407de4e65fb8711fe68031f32c5db
 
IA-32:
bash-3.0-21.el4.i386.rpm     238e7288437c5e461857af6f8a7f7a2a
 
IA-64:
bash-3.0-21.el4.i386.rpm     238e7288437c5e461857af6f8a7f7a2a
bash-3.0-21.el4.ia64.rpm     d882671a462e6492ed856fe13b597841
 
PPC:
bash-3.0-21.el4.ppc.rpm     096fef11f122f84dd6a553277bfd7907
 
s390:
bash-3.0-21.el4.s390.rpm     cf2a4cdf06de73894f4ab9527155cc1e
 
s390x:
bash-3.0-21.el4.s390x.rpm     6d678574ac35736c398723255a45b836
 
x86_64:
bash-3.0-21.el4.x86_64.rpm     2eb1ce2f9b22ba26bbc49b36d7214499
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
bash-3.0-21.el4.src.rpm     9fc407de4e65fb8711fe68031f32c5db
 
IA-32:
bash-3.0-21.el4.i386.rpm     238e7288437c5e461857af6f8a7f7a2a
 
IA-64:
bash-3.0-21.el4.i386.rpm     238e7288437c5e461857af6f8a7f7a2a
bash-3.0-21.el4.ia64.rpm     d882671a462e6492ed856fe13b597841
 
x86_64:
bash-3.0-21.el4.x86_64.rpm     2eb1ce2f9b22ba26bbc49b36d7214499
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
bash-3.0-21.el4.src.rpm     9fc407de4e65fb8711fe68031f32c5db
 
IA-32:
bash-3.0-21.el4.i386.rpm     238e7288437c5e461857af6f8a7f7a2a
 
IA-64:
bash-3.0-21.el4.i386.rpm     238e7288437c5e461857af6f8a7f7a2a
bash-3.0-21.el4.ia64.rpm     d882671a462e6492ed856fe13b597841
 
x86_64:
bash-3.0-21.el4.x86_64.rpm     2eb1ce2f9b22ba26bbc49b36d7214499
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

448905 - file conflict between ia64/i386 versions of bash



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