- Issued:
- 2008-07-24
- Updated:
- 2008-07-24
RHBA-2008:0111 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
man-pages bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated man-pages package that updates various man pages is now
available.
Description
The man-pages package provides man (manual) pages from the Linux
Documentation Project.
This updated man-pages package fixes the following man pages documentation
bugs:
- amended the getgrnam_r man page that clarifies information about the
result of calling the "sysconf (_SC_GETGR_R_SIZE_MAX)" function.
- the gethostid man page has been amended with a warning about sign
extension of the long int return value on 64-bit systems.
- the getrlimit and setrlimit man pages have been updated to reflect the
fact that setting or limiting RSS memory is not possible on the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux version 5 kernel.
- the socket man page has been updated to better reflect newer kernel behavior.
- updated the proc man page to reflect new fields such as "numthreads",
"rt_priority" and "policy".
Users are advised to upgrade to this updated man-pages package, which
resolves these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 246574 - Modify man page to include warning about sign extension on 64 bit hosts.
- BZ - 253952 - setrlimit man page is incorrect, leads user to believe that rss can be set
- BZ - 329021 - setsockopt manpage info doesn't match kernel behavior
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
man-pages-1.67-15.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 02c2a5b78ee845587f404ce50d966f18188715c5d71c91b043fc12d0e69b38fd |
x86_64 | |
man-pages-1.67-15.el4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 85047df7f7e9babcd151d75c7cbb7f7c1c0c23865760d2e00a6ec9d3f0219c00 |
man-pages-1.67-15.el4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 85047df7f7e9babcd151d75c7cbb7f7c1c0c23865760d2e00a6ec9d3f0219c00 |
ia64 | |
man-pages-1.67-15.el4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 85047df7f7e9babcd151d75c7cbb7f7c1c0c23865760d2e00a6ec9d3f0219c00 |
man-pages-1.67-15.el4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 85047df7f7e9babcd151d75c7cbb7f7c1c0c23865760d2e00a6ec9d3f0219c00 |
i386 | |
man-pages-1.67-15.el4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 85047df7f7e9babcd151d75c7cbb7f7c1c0c23865760d2e00a6ec9d3f0219c00 |
man-pages-1.67-15.el4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 85047df7f7e9babcd151d75c7cbb7f7c1c0c23865760d2e00a6ec9d3f0219c00 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
man-pages-1.67-15.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 02c2a5b78ee845587f404ce50d966f18188715c5d71c91b043fc12d0e69b38fd |
x86_64 | |
man-pages-1.67-15.el4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 85047df7f7e9babcd151d75c7cbb7f7c1c0c23865760d2e00a6ec9d3f0219c00 |
ia64 | |
man-pages-1.67-15.el4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 85047df7f7e9babcd151d75c7cbb7f7c1c0c23865760d2e00a6ec9d3f0219c00 |
i386 | |
man-pages-1.67-15.el4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 85047df7f7e9babcd151d75c7cbb7f7c1c0c23865760d2e00a6ec9d3f0219c00 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
man-pages-1.67-15.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 02c2a5b78ee845587f404ce50d966f18188715c5d71c91b043fc12d0e69b38fd |
x86_64 | |
man-pages-1.67-15.el4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 85047df7f7e9babcd151d75c7cbb7f7c1c0c23865760d2e00a6ec9d3f0219c00 |
i386 | |
man-pages-1.67-15.el4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 85047df7f7e9babcd151d75c7cbb7f7c1c0c23865760d2e00a6ec9d3f0219c00 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
man-pages-1.67-15.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 02c2a5b78ee845587f404ce50d966f18188715c5d71c91b043fc12d0e69b38fd |
s390x | |
man-pages-1.67-15.el4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 85047df7f7e9babcd151d75c7cbb7f7c1c0c23865760d2e00a6ec9d3f0219c00 |
s390 | |
man-pages-1.67-15.el4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 85047df7f7e9babcd151d75c7cbb7f7c1c0c23865760d2e00a6ec9d3f0219c00 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
man-pages-1.67-15.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 02c2a5b78ee845587f404ce50d966f18188715c5d71c91b043fc12d0e69b38fd |
ppc | |
man-pages-1.67-15.el4.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 85047df7f7e9babcd151d75c7cbb7f7c1c0c23865760d2e00a6ec9d3f0219c00 |
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