RHBA-2010:0005 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

readahead reads the contents of a list of files into memory, which causes
them to be read from cache when they are actually needed. Its goal is to
speed up the boot process.

This update addresses the following bug:

• readahead includes a python helper script for readahead list maintainers:

/usr/share/doc/readahead-1.3/readahead-check. Previously, this script's
shebang line pointed to "/usr/bin/env python" rather than explicitly
referencing the Python version installed on the system. This reference
broke scripts such as readahead-check in the case of a user installing an
alternative Python version. With this update, the shebang line in
readahead-check points explicitly to the system version at /usr/bin/python.
(BZ#521280)

All readahead users should install this update which addresses 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/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 - 521280 - "Fix instances of #!/usr/bin/env python in readahead"

CVEs

(none)

References

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