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cpio bug fix update

Advisory:	RHBA-2012:1055-1
Type:	Bug Fix Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2013-01-07
Last updated on:	2013-01-07
Affected Products:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

Details

Updated cpio packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.

The cpio packages provide the GNU cpio file archiver utility. GNU cpio can be
used to copy and extract files into or from cpio and Tar archives. This update
is related to the following bug:

* Prior to this update, the cpio man page did not document how to use tape
devices that do not use the default block size of 512 bytes for I/O operations.
As a result, the cpio utility could fail with the error message "cpio: read
error: Cannot allocate memory" if another block size was used. With this update,
the man page states that setting the block size with the "--block-size" long
option avoids this problem. (BZ#573943)

All users of cpio are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata
relevant 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/knowledge/articles/11258

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
cpio-2.6-25.el5.src.rpm	`MD5: 4750cb4635d4068c74245682f5a2a87a SHA-256: f1ba440c0529578af6ee4b6114cb653693fce256eb5520812fe4f50fff43ae92`

IA-32:
cpio-2.6-25.el5.i386.rpm	`MD5: f5e1471675dd3926c8a4c936d08e86c9 SHA-256: 2c6de1f5903a57489f788273ae1fadca83de1927d4ce3840c3dea6021f85e41b`
cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.i386.rpm	`MD5: 27c913d49863ff6b5a531dbebd4c506a SHA-256: 137c0d937305bf8be15fb7d6e526a7d53414be72c60246de3ebb60d6ebd2c7f7`

IA-64:
cpio-2.6-25.el5.ia64.rpm	`MD5: 20f108f99de8070c4d6113dfd627d848 SHA-256: 7f08174666acc990d8201e03837e852cae693a43b4cba2f78061a00e07571413`
cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.ia64.rpm	`MD5: 9f43c9206ada66e47cb25b19b54d4682 SHA-256: 5d8e802a95b8f591a82121b548a5faf9380176c6c2ee85d1526fa28af83b8b9e`

PPC:
cpio-2.6-25.el5.ppc.rpm	`MD5: fda7a5f1634d83bf5e4f6c44258dfd1f SHA-256: 7fce1a0a709421666d741624acd212e8be0cd0f1a1ee9e5dcc1788e5f852e2f6`
cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.ppc.rpm	`MD5: 941df4492aa54bbbce4438a548a3a398 SHA-256: e46447a280669931e98e50629515419fb0752ebfe7d31640c286e2239019d750`

s390x:
cpio-2.6-25.el5.s390x.rpm	`MD5: 6252ceec6e41d0ee2ad04739eece8cd8 SHA-256: 58115a771ed26aa7d7fb28b1e8ec230b5d91deddf038476b7d19dc2562239dc0`
cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.s390x.rpm	`MD5: c62910bbf3237b663b065862a1299171 SHA-256: f2aaa931ff0ec5fefecd9f93e26b38bf76534c46608e627bfeda2d4ff8f024cc`

x86_64:
cpio-2.6-25.el5.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 4398bff2379eb5fad4da54b13c6def57 SHA-256: 9e2911c24065135cd534a92546210f12db91202fcd4b02121099cfb8c00f5d37`
cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: ef518b7489707b6411c43655ca202581 SHA-256: a9e682ea3264b731d8fb1c65e73466170ba7fa2f7ee62ccefcaba974af792120`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
cpio-2.6-25.el5.src.rpm	`MD5: 4750cb4635d4068c74245682f5a2a87a SHA-256: f1ba440c0529578af6ee4b6114cb653693fce256eb5520812fe4f50fff43ae92`

IA-32:
cpio-2.6-25.el5.i386.rpm	`MD5: f5e1471675dd3926c8a4c936d08e86c9 SHA-256: 2c6de1f5903a57489f788273ae1fadca83de1927d4ce3840c3dea6021f85e41b`
cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.i386.rpm	`MD5: 27c913d49863ff6b5a531dbebd4c506a SHA-256: 137c0d937305bf8be15fb7d6e526a7d53414be72c60246de3ebb60d6ebd2c7f7`

x86_64:
cpio-2.6-25.el5.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: 4398bff2379eb5fad4da54b13c6def57 SHA-256: 9e2911c24065135cd534a92546210f12db91202fcd4b02121099cfb8c00f5d37`
cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.x86_64.rpm	`MD5: ef518b7489707b6411c43655ca202581 SHA-256: a9e682ea3264b731d8fb1c65e73466170ba7fa2f7ee62ccefcaba974af792120`

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

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

573943 - Technical note: Better document cpio behavior when using tape mechanic (find proper block size)

Keywords

cpio

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