Enhancement Advisory Updated procps package

Advisory: RHEA-2004:374-09
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2004-08-18
Last updated on: 2004-08-18
Affected Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated procps package that adds the slabtop utility is now available.

The procps package contains a set of system utilities that provide system
information. Procps includes ps, free, skill, snice, tload, top, uptime,
vmstat, w, watch, and now slabtop as well.

This updated package includes the newly added slabtop utility, which
displays detailed kernel slab cache information in real time. It displays
a listing of the top caches sorted by one of the listed sort criterias. It
also displays a statistics header filled with slab layer information.

This tool was not available in previous procps releases and was requested
to help diagnose certain kernel virtual memory problems.

All users of procps that require slabtop should upgrade to this updated
package, which adds this feature.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
procps-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2005:024
    5b5f65202602603d44d3db37cd54cc41
 
IA-32:
procps-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2005:024
    468f7a1b8626e13de90db2f982230d1b
procps-X11-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2005:024
    7a50957a069fda8dbb60eab8e5b8ab41
 
IA-64:
procps-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2005:024
    db08550cefbcffbb68eaec1aea33324d
procps-X11-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2005:024
    57e6efa99157fe08e960729d8c27036f
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
procps-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2005:024
    5b5f65202602603d44d3db37cd54cc41
 
IA-32:
procps-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2005:024
    468f7a1b8626e13de90db2f982230d1b
procps-X11-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2005:024
    7a50957a069fda8dbb60eab8e5b8ab41
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
procps-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2005:024
    5b5f65202602603d44d3db37cd54cc41
 
IA-32:
procps-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2005:024
    468f7a1b8626e13de90db2f982230d1b
procps-X11-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2005:024
    7a50957a069fda8dbb60eab8e5b8ab41
 
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor

SRPMS:
procps-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2005:024
    5b5f65202602603d44d3db37cd54cc41
 
IA-64:
procps-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2005:024
    db08550cefbcffbb68eaec1aea33324d
procps-X11-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2005:024
    57e6efa99157fe08e960729d8c27036f
 
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