RHBA-2009:1464 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated kdelibs packages that fix the bugs are now available.

Description

The kdelibs packages contain a set of common libraries used by all
applications written for the K Desktop Environment (KDE). kdelibs includes
kdecore (KDE core library); kdeui (user interface); kfm (file manager);
khtmlw (HTML widget); kio (input/output and networking); kspell (spelling
checker); jscript (javascript); kab (addressbook); and kimgio (image
manipulation).

This update addresses the following issue:

• the kde.sh shell script used the keyword "source". The pdksh (Public

Domain Korn SHell) package, a new package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4,
does not recognize the "source" keyword in shell scripts. Consequently, if
pdksh was used as the shell on systems with KDE installed, the following
error message was returned in login shells:

ksh: /etc/profile.d/kde.sh[7]: source: not found

The kde.sh shell script in this update has been edited with "source"
replaced by "." The full stop keyword (.) is an alias for "source" in
Bourne-compatible shells, including pdksh. Once installed, KDE users
running the pdksh shell will no longer get the above error message.
(BZ#523968)

Note: this bug was a known issue at the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5.4 and a manual version of the fix included in this update was documented
in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Technical Notes:

http://redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.4/html/Technical_Notes/Known_Issues-pdksh.html

If /etc/profile.d/kde.sh already exists, the new version included with this
update is installed as /etc/profile.d/kde.sh.rpmnew.

Therefore, on systems where an extant kde.sh has been manually edited as
per the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Technical Notes, the manual fix is
retained.

On systems where kde.sh already exists and the workaround has not been
applied, however, installing this update does not, of itself, implement the
fix. After installation on such systems, renaming kde.sh and kde.sh.rpmnew
as follows will implement the fix:

cp /etc/profile.d/kde.sh /etc/profile.d/kde.sh.bak
cp /etc/profile.d/kde.sh.rpmnew /etc/profile.d/kde.sh

All KDE and pdksh users should install this updated package which fixes
this bug.

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.4 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 523968 - 'source' keyword invalid in pdksh

CVEs

(none)

References

• http://redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.4/html/Technical_Notes/Known_Issues-pdksh.html