Updated Pax package allows LSB conformance testing

Advisory:	RHEA-2002:274-07
Type:	Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2003-02-21
Last updated on:	2003-02-17
Affected Products:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1) Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor
OVAL:	N/A

Details

The pax packages shipped with Red Hat Linux Advanced Server are not capable
of running the LSB conformance test system. This enhancement errata
release resolves this issue.

Pax is a replacement for cpio and tar. Versions of pax prior to 3.0 did
not provide the necessary functionality required for LSB conformance
testing. This errata updates the version of pax to 3.0 and addresses this
issue.

Pax is not installed by default on Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1. Only
users who have installed pax and are interested in LSB conformance testing
should update to the errata packages.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
pax-3.0-4AS.src.rpm	`f9b794d4105f2d2b0a96d93a1391b5cb`

IA-32:
pax-3.0-4AS.i386.rpm	`ee369ff4286924b3742ba7a17d84fbeb`

IA-64:
pax-3.0-4AS.ia64.rpm	`a8333e8fe4bf4f6449e4a002ae50ba91`

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor

SRPMS:
pax-3.0-4AS.src.rpm	`f9b794d4105f2d2b0a96d93a1391b5cb`

IA-64:
pax-3.0-4AS.ia64.rpm	`a8333e8fe4bf4f6449e4a002ae50ba91`

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

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

69091 - pax in AS 2.1 is not POSIX compliant.

Keywords

lsb, pax

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