- Issued:
- 2009-12-02
- Updated:
- 2010-03-30
RHBA-2009:1628 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
chkconfig bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated chkconfig packages that resolve several issues with the
alternatives utility and provide various man page corrections are now
available.
Description
The basic system utility chkconfig updates and queries runlevel information
for system services.
These updated chkconfig packages provide fixes for the following bugs:
- when the "alternatives" utility was run and an error occurred, no
contextual information such as the line number of the error was provided.
With this update, upon an error, "alternatives" now provides the line
number where the error occurred in the relevant file in the
/var/lib/alternatives directory, which helps to diagnose
alternatives-related errors. (BZ#441443)
- using the "alternatives" utility and selecting the last available option
and then uninstalling the program which provided that alternative did not
result in the removal of the symbolic links for that option. Because the
previously-set alternative was no longer available and the symbolic link
remained, the program was then rendered unusable. With this update, when
the aforementioned condition is met, the "alternatives" program now
recognizes that the program is no longer available and removes the
extraneous symbolic link, with the result that the next-best alternative is
properly selected, and running the program works as expected. (BZ#525051)
- the chkconfig(8) man page contained a description of the syntax for
running chkconfig that differed from the correct description presented when
running "chkconfig --help". The man page has been corrected to correspond
with the program's help information. (BZ#501225)
- the chkconfig(8) man page contained an incorrect reference to runlevel 7,
which does not exist (runlevels extend from 0 to 6, inclusive). This update
corrects the man page by removing all references to "runlevel 7".
(BZ#466740)
- the ntsysv(8) man page referenced a non-existent man page, servicesconf.
This reference has been removed. (BZ#516599)
All users of chkconfig are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which resolve 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 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 441443 - slave path expected in /var/lib/alternatives/java
- BZ - 466740 - [man pages] chkconfig(8) has run level 7 which does not exist
- BZ - 501225 - Different information in man page vs program help
- BZ - 516599 - man ntsysv(8) references servicesconf man page, which doesn't exist
- BZ - 525051 - alternatives can leave dangling symlinks after removal of manually set alternative's package
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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chkconfig-1.3.30.2-2.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 49a4371f588f37e4485ef0de0301e409953ae65d3515def79266a003559b1f94 |
x86_64 | |
chkconfig-1.3.30.2-2.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8fce614c438f211e57fabb8ee555476372ff1a5fae10bb6b324dc7a599f0275f |
ntsysv-1.3.30.2-2.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ae350267feb294256778373e55892a9575d2f3e977c6685179f6134a49acf483 |
ia64 | |
chkconfig-1.3.30.2-2.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 3f68bb10d9e7756885b65ffb72347c79d0dc655daad5024d5b181857ad553850 |
ntsysv-1.3.30.2-2.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: f00860fc4319f7cac0ea8a310c22e6272a29306749eb160f2eb450875e1c440a |
i386 | |
chkconfig-1.3.30.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f4ebbb283307d42287e2e678766914c0108d6663f0b2d0a4137396ae09a173c9 |
ntsysv-1.3.30.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ac12aef445d00c33800e4f4e1e01bfc9ff9678461fb732498dc2e1ff81fb3a8d |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
chkconfig-1.3.30.2-2.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 49a4371f588f37e4485ef0de0301e409953ae65d3515def79266a003559b1f94 |
x86_64 | |
chkconfig-1.3.30.2-2.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8fce614c438f211e57fabb8ee555476372ff1a5fae10bb6b324dc7a599f0275f |
ntsysv-1.3.30.2-2.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ae350267feb294256778373e55892a9575d2f3e977c6685179f6134a49acf483 |
i386 | |
chkconfig-1.3.30.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f4ebbb283307d42287e2e678766914c0108d6663f0b2d0a4137396ae09a173c9 |
ntsysv-1.3.30.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ac12aef445d00c33800e4f4e1e01bfc9ff9678461fb732498dc2e1ff81fb3a8d |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
chkconfig-1.3.30.2-2.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 49a4371f588f37e4485ef0de0301e409953ae65d3515def79266a003559b1f94 |
x86_64 | |
chkconfig-1.3.30.2-2.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8fce614c438f211e57fabb8ee555476372ff1a5fae10bb6b324dc7a599f0275f |
ntsysv-1.3.30.2-2.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ae350267feb294256778373e55892a9575d2f3e977c6685179f6134a49acf483 |
i386 | |
chkconfig-1.3.30.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f4ebbb283307d42287e2e678766914c0108d6663f0b2d0a4137396ae09a173c9 |
ntsysv-1.3.30.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ac12aef445d00c33800e4f4e1e01bfc9ff9678461fb732498dc2e1ff81fb3a8d |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
chkconfig-1.3.30.2-2.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 49a4371f588f37e4485ef0de0301e409953ae65d3515def79266a003559b1f94 |
s390x | |
chkconfig-1.3.30.2-2.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: e4b106b38f7d3c4e7c07fe78f471a249acabad589ac89706d2eb826fe611e301 |
ntsysv-1.3.30.2-2.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: e91ec6812a305e961e824b3f1901a2022e1f0a36259edae8cdac81ec74318b94 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
chkconfig-1.3.30.2-2.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 49a4371f588f37e4485ef0de0301e409953ae65d3515def79266a003559b1f94 |
ppc | |
chkconfig-1.3.30.2-2.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 33cf316ff66008860c139035bb4c512f95e5c5688c1cb4c65dc54a200214842a |
ntsysv-1.3.30.2-2.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 2dc2c9062437f473cba77deea2e364f9020e316fe91c483d342e84fd7c8ecbe4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
chkconfig-1.3.30.2-2.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 49a4371f588f37e4485ef0de0301e409953ae65d3515def79266a003559b1f94 |
x86_64 | |
chkconfig-1.3.30.2-2.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8fce614c438f211e57fabb8ee555476372ff1a5fae10bb6b324dc7a599f0275f |
ntsysv-1.3.30.2-2.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ae350267feb294256778373e55892a9575d2f3e977c6685179f6134a49acf483 |
i386 | |
chkconfig-1.3.30.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f4ebbb283307d42287e2e678766914c0108d6663f0b2d0a4137396ae09a173c9 |
ntsysv-1.3.30.2-2.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ac12aef445d00c33800e4f4e1e01bfc9ff9678461fb732498dc2e1ff81fb3a8d |
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