symlinks bug fix update
| Advisory: | RHBA-2012:1134-1 |
|---|---|
| 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 symlinks packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.
The symlinks utility is used for maintenance of symbolic links.
This update fixes the following bug:
* On 32-bit systems, support for files larger than 2 GB was not enabled. This
caused failures when running the symlinks utility in directories containing
symbolic links to large files. This update enables large file support so that
the utility works as expected in this scenario. (BZ#578597)
All users of symlinks are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix this bug.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure 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
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: | |
| symlinks-1.2-26.el5.src.rpm | MD5: 1dd0ee6746083c3946576cb38e389ca5 SHA-256: 9253471f9d4bca4f15e0eb5f82677e8634b984c4d477f58e32f4a5a659536710 |
| IA-32: | |
| symlinks-1.2-26.el5.i386.rpm | MD5: cc76a67a813f81c99d8865809a6df326 SHA-256: 871b2a48d92cabaa3e6607fef9937d10f1b4b990ea92dd262cc3f72d4aa1c7d4 |
| symlinks-debuginfo-1.2-26.el5.i386.rpm | MD5: aacca62befda89ec8dd610362b2d140d SHA-256: 28540e8e06adef00d8e4866c11807c53169dafaa80abdd0672366da39741666a |
| IA-64: | |
| symlinks-1.2-26.el5.ia64.rpm | MD5: 6038639d81197412937c3e1a727e3a39 SHA-256: b26976a1b1ea782d78f068c0d514eac56a0be126779da1799d9ab7f8e724dc70 |
| symlinks-debuginfo-1.2-26.el5.ia64.rpm | MD5: d49a194e240e6e75b7b98245c517883d SHA-256: 2aca8b3c725344ab9bc077564ee07b1cdd04abf2a32a00ae55f2298fe80ab6fe |
| PPC: | |
| symlinks-1.2-26.el5.ppc.rpm | MD5: 3405fc5dc890d91ad1fe61590d4d79c0 SHA-256: e71d1eef3d9795827541b3af11930695b4a978e48145e5810683544581648a31 |
| symlinks-debuginfo-1.2-26.el5.ppc.rpm | MD5: 2b0234b03c72452af795681d4902f542 SHA-256: 59678625c9e921bc4171011a6b49ecf52d494d8ca28e0eb1d56752bada4c3685 |
| s390x: | |
| symlinks-1.2-26.el5.s390x.rpm | MD5: 87af7aefe00e074f39cf46c1c4d2a446 SHA-256: d470968a19d6022acd5d015354151232ec122d17b330a8799fc35b0f1646ea92 |
| symlinks-debuginfo-1.2-26.el5.s390x.rpm | MD5: 8d3fede18383b20eee5cb76b31275c38 SHA-256: c5637e9fb9a3b8ef6ba6f16597e63e4a2b8438aef35fbe73477211f5d8517aa5 |
| x86_64: | |
| symlinks-1.2-26.el5.x86_64.rpm | MD5: 957c5d4d256f354ac877ee3cfd912f03 SHA-256: 93250ab821b9ce220794a50d2ae2072ec57e6271adc0126b7b535dc0344ca29b |
| symlinks-debuginfo-1.2-26.el5.x86_64.rpm | MD5: 47fe7b62e1e91e38058b6fc2319366ed SHA-256: ab12950cbe6511bcab9347a4646171b9706ac57e5edd88c4eba2703d62894f0d |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) | |
| SRPMS: | |
| symlinks-1.2-26.el5.src.rpm | MD5: 1dd0ee6746083c3946576cb38e389ca5 SHA-256: 9253471f9d4bca4f15e0eb5f82677e8634b984c4d477f58e32f4a5a659536710 |
| IA-32: | |
| symlinks-1.2-26.el5.i386.rpm | MD5: cc76a67a813f81c99d8865809a6df326 SHA-256: 871b2a48d92cabaa3e6607fef9937d10f1b4b990ea92dd262cc3f72d4aa1c7d4 |
| symlinks-debuginfo-1.2-26.el5.i386.rpm | MD5: aacca62befda89ec8dd610362b2d140d SHA-256: 28540e8e06adef00d8e4866c11807c53169dafaa80abdd0672366da39741666a |
| x86_64: | |
| symlinks-1.2-26.el5.x86_64.rpm | MD5: 957c5d4d256f354ac877ee3cfd912f03 SHA-256: 93250ab821b9ce220794a50d2ae2072ec57e6271adc0126b7b535dc0344ca29b |
| symlinks-debuginfo-1.2-26.el5.x86_64.rpm | MD5: 47fe7b62e1e91e38058b6fc2319366ed SHA-256: ab12950cbe6511bcab9347a4646171b9706ac57e5edd88c4eba2703d62894f0d |
| (The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network) | |
Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)
578597 - On a 32-bit system, symlinks fails on files larger than 2GB
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