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8.135. man-pages-overrides

Updated man-pages-overrides package that fixes numerous bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The man-pages-overrides package provides a collection of manual (man) pages to complement other packages or update those contained therein.

Bug Fixes

BZ#1003511
The "-d", "-G", and "-U" options were removed from the rpc.idmapd command but were still presented in the rpc.idmapd(8) manual page. With this update, these unsupported options have been removed from the rpc.idmapd(8) manual page.
BZ#889049
Previously, an incorrect path to the implicit configuration file was presented in the vhostmd(8) manual page. The vhostmd(8) manual page has been updated to mention the correct path, "/etc/vhostmd/vhostmd.conf".
BZ#1099275
Previously, the mailx(1) manual page contained incomplete information about unsetting environment variables, which could confuse the user. This update adds the complete information to the mailx(1) manual page.
BZ#1087503
Prior to this update, the information in the nl_langinfo(3) and charsets(7) manual pages was incomplete. The nl_langinfo(3) manual page has been updated to state that the code set for the en_US language defaults to Latin1. Additionally, a note has been added to the charsets(7) manual page that the recommended encoding in all settings and locales is UTF-8.
BZ#1078319
Previously, the core(5) manual page contained an incorrect default value for the coredump_filter value and incomplete descriptions of all bits. The core(5) manual page has been updated to include correct and complete information.
BZ#1112708
The bash(1) manual page did not mention that 512-byte blocks are used for the "-c" and "-f" options in POSIX mode. This update adds the missing piece of information to bash(1).
BZ#1075152
Previously, the xinetd(8) manual page contained incomplete information about what happens to services during the xinetd deamon reload. This update adds a paragraph about termination handling during the xinetd deamon reload to the xinetd(8) manual page.
BZ#1058100
Prior to this update, an incorrect default value for the "persistent" service was documented in the nscd.conf(5) manual page. The nscd.conf(5) manual page has been updated to state that the default value for the "persistent" service is "yes".
BZ#969502
Previously, the rpm(8) manual page did not clearly state that the "--setperms" and "--setugids" options were mutually exclusive. The rpm(8) manual page has been updated to contain complete information.
BZ#1114785
The host.conf(5) resolver library configuration manual page contained an incorrect default value for the "multi" value. The host.conf(5) manual page has been updated to state that the default value for "multi" is "on".
BZ#1066537
Previously, the zsh(1) manual page contained incomplete description concerning emulation mode of the Z shell. This update adds the letter "b" to the list of possible first letters invoking emulation.
BZ#1007865
Previously, the snmp_read(3) manual page was unavailable in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. This update adds the missing snmp_read(3) manual page.
BZ#781499
Prior to this update, the description of the "-l" option was missing in the makedeltarpm(8) manual page. This update adds the missing description to makedeltarpm(8).
BZ#1108028
Previously, the ciphers(1) manual page did not describe the following Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) cipher suite groups: Elliptic Curve Diffie–Hellman (ECDH) and Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA), or Transport Layer Security (TLS) version 1.2 specific features. This update adds the missing description of the ECDH and ECDSA cipher groups and TLSv1.2 features to ciphers(1), and the documentation is now complete.
BZ#964160
Previously, no manual pages for the cracklib-packer and cracklib-unpacker utilities were available. This update adds the cracklib-format(8) manual page, which describes cracklib-packer and cracklib-unpacker.
BZ#809096
The pkcs_slot utility was removed from the opencryptoki package but the manual page was still available. With this update, the pkcs_slot(1) man page has been removed.
BZ#1058793
Previously, the curl(1) and curl_easy_setopt(3) manual pages contained a link to the complete list of Network Security Services (NSS) ciphers that led to a non-existent page. This update adds the correct link to the curl(1) and curl_easy_setopt(3) manual pages.
BZ#988713
Previously, the "--rsyncable" option was not documented in the gzip(1) manual page. This update adds the description of "--rsyncable" and the documentation of the gzip utility is now complete.
BZ#1059828
Previously, the manual pages for the pthread_mutex utility were not available in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. This update adds the pthread_mutex_consistent(3), pthread_mutexattr_getrobust(3), and pthread_mutexattr_setrobust(3) manual pages.
BZ#1058738
The nscd.conf(5) manual page did not include information about netgroup caching. This update adds the description of netgroup caching to nscd.conf(5).
BZ#1075233
Previously, the pcregrep(1) manual page did not mention the pcresyntax(3) manual page. With this update, a note about pcresyntax(3) has been added to the description and the "See Also" section in the pcregrep(1) manual page.
BZ#818780
Previously, a manual page about configuring the oddjobd-mkhomedir utility was unavailable in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. This update adds the oddjobd-mkhomedir.conf(5) manual page.
BZ#816252
Prior to this update, a number of manual pages in Russian language were unreadable due to a redundant re-encoding. This bug has been fixed, no re-encoding is performed as the source pages are provided in the UTF-8 encoding, and the manual pages are now correctly readable.
BZ#1058349
The explanation of the sysconf(_SC_GETGR_R_SIZE_MAX) call in the getgrnam(3) manual page has been amended to describe the function of sysconf(_SC_GETGR_R_SIZE_MAX) clearly and correctly.
BZ#1017478
The flock(2) manual page contained insufficient information about locking files over NFS. With this update, a more precise description of this topic has been added to flock(2).
BZ#1011892
Previously, the documentation for the iconv utility was incomplete. This update adds the iconv(1) manual page.
BZ#1057712
When the openssh package was updated, its man pages were overridden by the man-pages-overrides package. This update removes the ssh_config(5) manual page from man-pages-overrides. The fixed manual pages are now part of the openssh package.
Users of man-pages-overrides are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs.