Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2008:0844 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2009-01-20
Updated:
2009-01-20

RHBA-2008:0844 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

patch bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

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Topic

An updated patch package that fixes a bug is now available.

Description

The patch package is used to apply changes, such as those from diff files,
to text files.

When a patch is applied to a file, a back up copy is made, which has
".orig" appended to the original file's file name. When applying more than
one patch at a time to a file, the back up copy of the file contained the
contents of the file immediately before applying the most recent change,
instead of the contents of the file before applying any changes.

Users of patch are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue.

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 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 - 234822 - [RHEL5]patch doesn't backup files properly

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
patch-2.5.4-29.2.3.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 1f66f58b828aab5939c50edbfa7005a7ad3c797b9cfab4a281a81bd82d57d872
x86_64
patch-2.5.4-29.2.3.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ba06d42c6b6bb3e72ecd344eabad282540ce65679f17f816778187a0dd244b73
ia64
patch-2.5.4-29.2.3.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 94ac2aed73081ee0e90b748ea21d7290abe5717a188e02fee304538abe63c051
i386
patch-2.5.4-29.2.3.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5ec6cb5c861e49a5ca79e5ee3121ab06d4f25b9fe1012c53da0e3e68301c115a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
patch-2.5.4-29.2.3.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 1f66f58b828aab5939c50edbfa7005a7ad3c797b9cfab4a281a81bd82d57d872
x86_64
patch-2.5.4-29.2.3.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ba06d42c6b6bb3e72ecd344eabad282540ce65679f17f816778187a0dd244b73
i386
patch-2.5.4-29.2.3.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5ec6cb5c861e49a5ca79e5ee3121ab06d4f25b9fe1012c53da0e3e68301c115a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
patch-2.5.4-29.2.3.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 1f66f58b828aab5939c50edbfa7005a7ad3c797b9cfab4a281a81bd82d57d872
x86_64
patch-2.5.4-29.2.3.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ba06d42c6b6bb3e72ecd344eabad282540ce65679f17f816778187a0dd244b73
i386
patch-2.5.4-29.2.3.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5ec6cb5c861e49a5ca79e5ee3121ab06d4f25b9fe1012c53da0e3e68301c115a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
patch-2.5.4-29.2.3.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 1f66f58b828aab5939c50edbfa7005a7ad3c797b9cfab4a281a81bd82d57d872
s390x
patch-2.5.4-29.2.3.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: cb5f700fb87d36b7fa198988d9d022499c5754517356871d3f399d70db794dae

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
patch-2.5.4-29.2.3.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 1f66f58b828aab5939c50edbfa7005a7ad3c797b9cfab4a281a81bd82d57d872
ppc
patch-2.5.4-29.2.3.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 626fefff64f398d633b5f1eb8fc758c3f822b0c37ac231eac68f86b96dd079c7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
patch-2.5.4-29.2.3.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 1f66f58b828aab5939c50edbfa7005a7ad3c797b9cfab4a281a81bd82d57d872
x86_64
patch-2.5.4-29.2.3.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ba06d42c6b6bb3e72ecd344eabad282540ce65679f17f816778187a0dd244b73
i386
patch-2.5.4-29.2.3.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5ec6cb5c861e49a5ca79e5ee3121ab06d4f25b9fe1012c53da0e3e68301c115a

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