Bug Fix Advisory util-linux bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2009:1405-1
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2009-09-02
Last updated on: 2009-09-02
Affected Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated util-linux packages that fix various bugs are now available.

The util-linux package contains a large variety of low-level system
utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among
others, util-linux contains the fdisk configuration tool and the login
program.

The updated packages include the following fixes:

* A previous version of the utility contained a scriptlet error in the
post-install spec file.

The scriptlet error produced unnecessary error messages during the package
installation process. With this update, the post-install spec file error
messages are removed. (BZ#501870)

* The man page for raw(8) incorrectly stated that raw device support was
deprecated. This update reinstates the raw device support information.
(BZ#509334)

Users of util-linux should 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/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
util-linux-2.13-0.52.el5.src.rpm     ec46323540f067a4e69afc4a7941164d
 
IA-32:
util-linux-2.13-0.52.el5.i386.rpm     b737459257a4b8c452aa39922c015e87
 
IA-64:
util-linux-2.13-0.52.el5.ia64.rpm     450d3778f73197b0becf03f7782fdce3
 
PPC:
util-linux-2.13-0.52.el5.ppc.rpm     43a7200a4afec4760e072c604d459e2b
 
s390x:
util-linux-2.13-0.52.el5.s390x.rpm     2627892fdbaa90d81dfaff8e93ce2269
 
x86_64:
util-linux-2.13-0.52.el5.x86_64.rpm     8aefd457992452975c4e57150e76b4bd
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
util-linux-2.13-0.52.el5.src.rpm     ec46323540f067a4e69afc4a7941164d
 
IA-32:
util-linux-2.13-0.52.el5.i386.rpm     b737459257a4b8c452aa39922c015e87
 
x86_64:
util-linux-2.13-0.52.el5.x86_64.rpm     8aefd457992452975c4e57150e76b4bd
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

501870 - util-linux %post scriptlet failed
509334 - /bin/raw man page needs de-deprecate rawdevices


Keywords

raw, scriptlet


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