expect bug fix update
| Advisory: | RHBA-2011:1501-1 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Bug Fix Advisory |
| Severity: | N/A |
| Issued on: | 2012-02-20 |
| Last updated on: | 2012-02-20 |
| Affected Products: | RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) |
Details
Updated expect packages that fix multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.
The "expect" packages contain a tool for automating and testing interactive
command line programs and Tk applications. Tcl is a portable and widely used
scripting language, while Tk is a graphical toolkit that eases development of
text-based and GUI applications.
This update fixes the following bugs:
* Prior to this update, the su binary was not called with the full path
(/bin/su). This problem has been fixed in this update. (BZ#702265)
* Prior to this update, the expect(1) man page was not formatted properly. As a
result, the content of the man page was not easily readable. The problem has
been fixed with this update. (BZ#699613)
* Prior to this update, the /usr/bin/passmass script expected a different
password change prompt than the one provided. As a result, the script did not
work properly. This problem has been fixed in this update. (BZ#567307)
* Prior to this update, expect paused for 1 second when exiting from an
interactive script. This unintended behavior has been fixed in this update.
(BZ#520451)
All users of "expect" are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix these bugs.
Solution
to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red
Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
Updated packages
| RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) | |
| SRPMS: | |
| expect-5.43.0-8.el5.src.rpm | MD5: 95df39d7f4dd12a522e94eb00fce4b98 SHA-256: 418ce422ffda93aa74798e1892d88a6cd07576f46bbed04ac924c8ede406eccd |
| IA-32: | |
| expect-devel-5.43.0-8.el5.i386.rpm | MD5: 93c4f653ecca9d3fa33c3978017cc0e7 SHA-256: 760ee534c362f5bcc06819fd8b9b6f6411f33b8b740a610696f1f43ebc064c3a |
| x86_64: | |
| expect-devel-5.43.0-8.el5.i386.rpm | MD5: 93c4f653ecca9d3fa33c3978017cc0e7 SHA-256: 760ee534c362f5bcc06819fd8b9b6f6411f33b8b740a610696f1f43ebc064c3a |
| expect-devel-5.43.0-8.el5.x86_64.rpm | MD5: 1c9b06257d08c2443bdcd9c55f09ef94 SHA-256: 8e7b9fa802270c4bfaf32ed122b6cb844e29f3c48da8baeb0d4beb51e5efcbb5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) | |
| SRPMS: | |
| expect-5.43.0-8.el5.src.rpm | MD5: 95df39d7f4dd12a522e94eb00fce4b98 SHA-256: 418ce422ffda93aa74798e1892d88a6cd07576f46bbed04ac924c8ede406eccd |
| IA-32: | |
| expect-5.43.0-8.el5.i386.rpm | MD5: 016106523f16bd6000a8281df919204b SHA-256: 492236fec7fe7c36ab1e4cdb21b01df47bc8672dd7c470da2688be225c967177 |
| expect-devel-5.43.0-8.el5.i386.rpm | MD5: 93c4f653ecca9d3fa33c3978017cc0e7 SHA-256: 760ee534c362f5bcc06819fd8b9b6f6411f33b8b740a610696f1f43ebc064c3a |
| expectk-5.43.0-8.el5.i386.rpm | MD5: d09fc00c52348ad577ecdab02e74de14 SHA-256: 238982c582a0a745f334d0c6b06a2cc89f7825a94a7d8f273a4ddd4db054ecab |
| IA-64: | |
| expect-5.43.0-8.el5.ia64.rpm | MD5: bbcabbafcae0f22b878dbf76af08cac3 SHA-256: 090487a34fe09dd22726bf222f15534cbac3e558282b85cd498d37d9c5b9a6f4 |
| expect-devel-5.43.0-8.el5.ia64.rpm | MD5: 54b9f0663609d681dfbec4e73259e859 SHA-256: 53204acce12b3f7634cf8727e264016240bf17bb26eaeb20a9186b2ef2f9fc30 |
| expectk-5.43.0-8.el5.ia64.rpm | MD5: a37c0fde14c46cb2804ef9de09626d17 SHA-256: 464d7204f9dc8be3415736c4278a4800af53d1a4792887794ee0f1f9dc8566be |
| PPC: | |
| expect-5.43.0-8.el5.ppc.rpm | MD5: 65345027d4c83b226d843e751eb91158 SHA-256: f5fd8b23f7afc2a61ca879275263f5fdc345755e421aa6cf4cc28f1aa3ee3331 |
| expect-5.43.0-8.el5.ppc64.rpm | MD5: e5bf485e272ba314bd6f2f3a0893150f SHA-256: f65c550224c14819b39450aa2128d1c1282ac742e61ec5aeafc34499851f64e7 |
| expect-devel-5.43.0-8.el5.ppc.rpm | MD5: 67d583f24ddcc7aa90df2e6bbace0146 SHA-256: 2cf3e6f092018fdded2e9ef5851744f26e3e1a163e5fd8a4a035e7d055e4c442 |
| expect-devel-5.43.0-8.el5.ppc64.rpm | MD5: 0d4c00d482d9bebc2e29030451d5eb75 SHA-256: c3e012a0b6f8ab6a0c5a4ddf3623cb8671c472cf2f6ec183be6122305cd57c60 |
| expectk-5.43.0-8.el5.ppc.rpm | MD5: f9c73bb8b700de7d383530680bf101cc SHA-256: 9d8973469b0ce0465de71e1c2bbcd6b7c7563eea8cf80d021e8b50ec5247b147 |
| s390x: | |
| expect-5.43.0-8.el5.s390.rpm | MD5: a457838fc7a6f53a768c8e597df00747 SHA-256: 5d5fb27c1c3da1da14a76a84ce3cb4011046efb133601cd40ab821742f90f181 |
| expect-5.43.0-8.el5.s390x.rpm | MD5: cc47a9c5d2101fbda5e68109073e32f0 SHA-256: 4cda4ccd4242c8ccb2e52082e28fe1da101875850f2d65513d296469e0e85ef0 |
| expect-devel-5.43.0-8.el5.s390.rpm | MD5: 9eba7c2c696cacdd1e6912c5abbe9656 SHA-256: e35891fbccddf9d97ab11f245f84a15662341861726188ab4f744b4f5cd0bf83 |
| expect-devel-5.43.0-8.el5.s390x.rpm | MD5: 04dfd22626843717d0996500ab8c1a2a SHA-256: a4e0bc6291b668ac9f788c35f6653c0349afb302063e763a2fb9cbed99110340 |
| expectk-5.43.0-8.el5.s390x.rpm | MD5: bc31f51f94259af6ed827b0f308b760e SHA-256: 4c20cb4fc1dacb0f39e4c64b64e45481adb92b08102e0b414c6fc2f48b1bc293 |
| x86_64: | |
| expect-5.43.0-8.el5.i386.rpm | MD5: 016106523f16bd6000a8281df919204b SHA-256: 492236fec7fe7c36ab1e4cdb21b01df47bc8672dd7c470da2688be225c967177 |
| expect-5.43.0-8.el5.x86_64.rpm | MD5: 8fe79483b54d24e636bda3a125be3d18 SHA-256: 057db67b127dca389f508fd65732e5e9d9cc70be1aea68bdc52239e246544cfe |
| expect-devel-5.43.0-8.el5.i386.rpm | MD5: 93c4f653ecca9d3fa33c3978017cc0e7 SHA-256: 760ee534c362f5bcc06819fd8b9b6f6411f33b8b740a610696f1f43ebc064c3a |
| expect-devel-5.43.0-8.el5.x86_64.rpm | MD5: 1c9b06257d08c2443bdcd9c55f09ef94 SHA-256: 8e7b9fa802270c4bfaf32ed122b6cb844e29f3c48da8baeb0d4beb51e5efcbb5 |
| expectk-5.43.0-8.el5.x86_64.rpm | MD5: 832815b80934dc6e72e75b36cc041ab7 SHA-256: 0be162f79bdc37f2582aae99a85595487b8568976418405430c00c580282d57c |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) | |
| SRPMS: | |
| expect-5.43.0-8.el5.src.rpm | MD5: 95df39d7f4dd12a522e94eb00fce4b98 SHA-256: 418ce422ffda93aa74798e1892d88a6cd07576f46bbed04ac924c8ede406eccd |
| IA-32: | |
| expect-5.43.0-8.el5.i386.rpm | MD5: 016106523f16bd6000a8281df919204b SHA-256: 492236fec7fe7c36ab1e4cdb21b01df47bc8672dd7c470da2688be225c967177 |
| expectk-5.43.0-8.el5.i386.rpm | MD5: d09fc00c52348ad577ecdab02e74de14 SHA-256: 238982c582a0a745f334d0c6b06a2cc89f7825a94a7d8f273a4ddd4db054ecab |
| x86_64: | |
| expect-5.43.0-8.el5.i386.rpm | MD5: 016106523f16bd6000a8281df919204b SHA-256: 492236fec7fe7c36ab1e4cdb21b01df47bc8672dd7c470da2688be225c967177 |
| expect-5.43.0-8.el5.x86_64.rpm | MD5: 8fe79483b54d24e636bda3a125be3d18 SHA-256: 057db67b127dca389f508fd65732e5e9d9cc70be1aea68bdc52239e246544cfe |
| expectk-5.43.0-8.el5.x86_64.rpm | MD5: 832815b80934dc6e72e75b36cc041ab7 SHA-256: 0be162f79bdc37f2582aae99a85595487b8568976418405430c00c580282d57c |
| (The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network) | |
Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)
520451 - expect pauses on exit
567307 - /usr/bin/passmass does not cope with RHEL5 password prompts
699613 - Man page is bad formatted
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