- Issued:
- 2013-01-07
- Updated:
- 2013-01-07
RHBA-2012:1134 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
symlinks bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated symlinks packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
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
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 578597 - On a 32-bit system, symlinks fails on files larger than 2GB
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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symlinks-1.2-26.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9253471f9d4bca4f15e0eb5f82677e8634b984c4d477f58e32f4a5a659536710 |
x86_64 | |
symlinks-1.2-26.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 93250ab821b9ce220794a50d2ae2072ec57e6271adc0126b7b535dc0344ca29b |
symlinks-debuginfo-1.2-26.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ab12950cbe6511bcab9347a4646171b9706ac57e5edd88c4eba2703d62894f0d |
ia64 | |
symlinks-1.2-26.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: b26976a1b1ea782d78f068c0d514eac56a0be126779da1799d9ab7f8e724dc70 |
symlinks-debuginfo-1.2-26.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 2aca8b3c725344ab9bc077564ee07b1cdd04abf2a32a00ae55f2298fe80ab6fe |
i386 | |
symlinks-1.2-26.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 871b2a48d92cabaa3e6607fef9937d10f1b4b990ea92dd262cc3f72d4aa1c7d4 |
symlinks-debuginfo-1.2-26.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 28540e8e06adef00d8e4866c11807c53169dafaa80abdd0672366da39741666a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
symlinks-1.2-26.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9253471f9d4bca4f15e0eb5f82677e8634b984c4d477f58e32f4a5a659536710 |
x86_64 | |
symlinks-1.2-26.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 93250ab821b9ce220794a50d2ae2072ec57e6271adc0126b7b535dc0344ca29b |
symlinks-debuginfo-1.2-26.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ab12950cbe6511bcab9347a4646171b9706ac57e5edd88c4eba2703d62894f0d |
i386 | |
symlinks-1.2-26.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 871b2a48d92cabaa3e6607fef9937d10f1b4b990ea92dd262cc3f72d4aa1c7d4 |
symlinks-debuginfo-1.2-26.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 28540e8e06adef00d8e4866c11807c53169dafaa80abdd0672366da39741666a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
symlinks-1.2-26.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9253471f9d4bca4f15e0eb5f82677e8634b984c4d477f58e32f4a5a659536710 |
x86_64 | |
symlinks-1.2-26.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 93250ab821b9ce220794a50d2ae2072ec57e6271adc0126b7b535dc0344ca29b |
symlinks-debuginfo-1.2-26.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ab12950cbe6511bcab9347a4646171b9706ac57e5edd88c4eba2703d62894f0d |
i386 | |
symlinks-1.2-26.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 871b2a48d92cabaa3e6607fef9937d10f1b4b990ea92dd262cc3f72d4aa1c7d4 |
symlinks-debuginfo-1.2-26.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 28540e8e06adef00d8e4866c11807c53169dafaa80abdd0672366da39741666a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
symlinks-1.2-26.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9253471f9d4bca4f15e0eb5f82677e8634b984c4d477f58e32f4a5a659536710 |
s390x | |
symlinks-1.2-26.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: d470968a19d6022acd5d015354151232ec122d17b330a8799fc35b0f1646ea92 |
symlinks-debuginfo-1.2-26.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: c5637e9fb9a3b8ef6ba6f16597e63e4a2b8438aef35fbe73477211f5d8517aa5 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
symlinks-1.2-26.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9253471f9d4bca4f15e0eb5f82677e8634b984c4d477f58e32f4a5a659536710 |
ppc | |
symlinks-1.2-26.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: e71d1eef3d9795827541b3af11930695b4a978e48145e5810683544581648a31 |
symlinks-debuginfo-1.2-26.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 59678625c9e921bc4171011a6b49ecf52d494d8ca28e0eb1d56752bada4c3685 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
symlinks-1.2-26.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9253471f9d4bca4f15e0eb5f82677e8634b984c4d477f58e32f4a5a659536710 |
x86_64 | |
symlinks-1.2-26.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 93250ab821b9ce220794a50d2ae2072ec57e6271adc0126b7b535dc0344ca29b |
symlinks-debuginfo-1.2-26.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ab12950cbe6511bcab9347a4646171b9706ac57e5edd88c4eba2703d62894f0d |
i386 | |
symlinks-1.2-26.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 871b2a48d92cabaa3e6607fef9937d10f1b4b990ea92dd262cc3f72d4aa1c7d4 |
symlinks-debuginfo-1.2-26.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 28540e8e06adef00d8e4866c11807c53169dafaa80abdd0672366da39741666a |
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