- Issued:
- 2009-05-18
- Updated:
- 2009-05-18
RHBA-2009:0971 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
cvs bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated CVS package that fixes various bugs is now available.
Description
Concurrent Version System (CVS) is a version control system that can record
the history of your files.
This updated package addresses the following bugs:
- some server operations failed when the CVS history file became larger
than 2 GB. Large file support has been added to CVS, and files larger than
2 GB are now supported. (BZ#196259)
- mismatches between hosts sometimes caused the CVS client to present
incorrect credentials to servers with gserver authentication. This patch
ensures the correct credentials are supplied by confirming the IP address
of the currently-connected server so that host mismatch does not occur.
(BZ#217035)
- some URLs were out of date in the CVS help section. Help URLs have been
updated, and users are now directed to the correct pages. (BZ#218324)
- using rtag in CVS caused an assertion error. This update removes the
assert statement so that rtag may be used in CVS. (BZ#441694)
- attempting to process large numbers of files with long names caused
problems with some scripts due to lengthy command line arguments. This
problem has been resolved by adding the possibility of passing arguments
through standard input. (BZ#462072)
- when users attempted to generate debug information, the document would be
generated without debug sections. This has been corrected, and debug
information is now generated with debug sections included. (BZ#468165)
Users are advised to upgrade to this updated CVS 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/docs/DOC-11259
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 - 196259 - cvs lacks LFS support
- BZ - 218324 - `cvs -help` lists out-of-date URLs
- BZ - 441694 - cvs assertion failure
- BZ - 462072 - cvs tag hits the arguments limits
- BZ - 468165 - cvs debuginfo is empty
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
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cvs-1.11.17-11.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 75fd4b3c2be6c68107063035020e2041a55d52168e47c001b71ed9553ec39bb4 |
x86_64 | |
cvs-1.11.17-11.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3c145040c2afd057c777dc316d11b5546b8596eebcb92951270c03b02a33924e |
cvs-1.11.17-11.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3c145040c2afd057c777dc316d11b5546b8596eebcb92951270c03b02a33924e |
ia64 | |
cvs-1.11.17-11.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 4960022b99f96f8bcdd9a9df7c5215114a7521a2284ea945c99a80893cc464a0 |
cvs-1.11.17-11.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 4960022b99f96f8bcdd9a9df7c5215114a7521a2284ea945c99a80893cc464a0 |
i386 | |
cvs-1.11.17-11.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ef4b5a555dd01c84dee1fc120ee07c84198cf49eb3a7d9eee818ebe465467fc3 |
cvs-1.11.17-11.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ef4b5a555dd01c84dee1fc120ee07c84198cf49eb3a7d9eee818ebe465467fc3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
cvs-1.11.17-11.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 75fd4b3c2be6c68107063035020e2041a55d52168e47c001b71ed9553ec39bb4 |
x86_64 | |
cvs-1.11.17-11.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3c145040c2afd057c777dc316d11b5546b8596eebcb92951270c03b02a33924e |
ia64 | |
cvs-1.11.17-11.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 4960022b99f96f8bcdd9a9df7c5215114a7521a2284ea945c99a80893cc464a0 |
i386 | |
cvs-1.11.17-11.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ef4b5a555dd01c84dee1fc120ee07c84198cf49eb3a7d9eee818ebe465467fc3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
cvs-1.11.17-11.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 75fd4b3c2be6c68107063035020e2041a55d52168e47c001b71ed9553ec39bb4 |
x86_64 | |
cvs-1.11.17-11.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3c145040c2afd057c777dc316d11b5546b8596eebcb92951270c03b02a33924e |
i386 | |
cvs-1.11.17-11.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ef4b5a555dd01c84dee1fc120ee07c84198cf49eb3a7d9eee818ebe465467fc3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
cvs-1.11.17-11.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 75fd4b3c2be6c68107063035020e2041a55d52168e47c001b71ed9553ec39bb4 |
s390x | |
cvs-1.11.17-11.el4.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: c2bc77b650f095d5d34eb9dc1f1279cb9c255f2483e41425df2f7e14aa8cf5d4 |
s390 | |
cvs-1.11.17-11.el4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: e6588574d329f72c11973fff7d4ab27fb72c7db94d6a11c754d2b7483b4369fa |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
cvs-1.11.17-11.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 75fd4b3c2be6c68107063035020e2041a55d52168e47c001b71ed9553ec39bb4 |
ppc | |
cvs-1.11.17-11.el4.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 2a1ab8b24439b00bd94f1a056c16d0895b45fabdbc807ba4cd1606c136e1576d |
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