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

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procps-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2005:024	`MD5: 5b5f65202602603d44d3db37cd54cc41`

IA-32:
procps-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2005:024	`MD5: 468f7a1b8626e13de90db2f982230d1b`
procps-X11-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2005:024	`MD5: 7a50957a069fda8dbb60eab8e5b8ab41`

IA-64:
procps-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2005:024	`MD5: db08550cefbcffbb68eaec1aea33324d`
procps-X11-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2005:024	`MD5: 57e6efa99157fe08e960729d8c27036f`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procps-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2005:024	`MD5: 5b5f65202602603d44d3db37cd54cc41`

IA-32:
procps-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2005:024	`MD5: 468f7a1b8626e13de90db2f982230d1b`
procps-X11-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2005:024	`MD5: 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	`MD5: 5b5f65202602603d44d3db37cd54cc41`

IA-32:
procps-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2005:024	`MD5: 468f7a1b8626e13de90db2f982230d1b`
procps-X11-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2005:024	`MD5: 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	`MD5: 5b5f65202602603d44d3db37cd54cc41`

IA-64:
procps-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2005:024	`MD5: db08550cefbcffbb68eaec1aea33324d`
procps-X11-2.0.7-11.21AS.4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2005:024	`MD5: 57e6efa99157fe08e960729d8c27036f`

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https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

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