RHBA-2011:0780 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated man-pages-overrides package that fixes several bugs and adds various
enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

A collection of manual ("man") pages to complement other packages or update
those contained therein.

This updated man-pages-overrides package provides fixes for the following bugs:

• The semanage(8) manual page has been rewritten. (BZ#540492, BZ#636785)
• Several typographical errors have been fixed in the yum-verify(1) manual page.

(BZ#604626)

• The release tag has been fixed in the w3m(1) manual page. (BZ#615873)
• The missing description for the auto-rename option has been added to the

lftp(1) manual page. (BZ#619779)

• The logrotate(8) manual page has been updated, fixing multiple issues such as

missing options, typographical errors, an incorrect author tag, and a faulty
description of the "size" parameter. (BZ#622451, BZ#638625, BZ#644308,
BZ#673968)

• The Japanese version of the man(1) manual page no longer contains a duplicate

line in the specification of the "-p pager" option (BZ#632081)

• Several syntax errors and typographical errors have been fixed in the

expect(1) manual page. (BZ#633701)

• The information on home directories in the useradd(8) manual page has been

fixed. (BZ#650162)

• The "-v" option in the parametersetfattr(1) manual page is now described more

extensively to prevent possible confusion. (BZ#651120)

• The find(1) manual page has been rewritten. (BZ#657563)
• The setfacl(1) manual page has been update to address various issues.

(BZ#658734)

• A typographical error has been fixed in the userpasswd(1) manual page.

(BZ#675213)

• Several typographical errors have been fixed in the locate(1) manual page

(BZ#675223)

• Several typographical errors have been fixed in the pcregrep(1) manual page.

(BZ#675682)

• Several typographical errors have been fixed in the pcretest(1) manual page.

(BZ#675688)

• Several typographical errors have been fixed in the magic(5) manual page.

(BZ#676540)

In addition, this updated package provides the following enhancements:

• The dftest(1) and randpkt(1) manual pages are now available. (BZ#613979)
• The ospfclient(8) and watchquagga(8) manual pages are now available.

(BZ#615905)

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated man-pages-overrides package, which
resolves these issues and adds these enhancements.

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 604626 - MAN: yum-verify man page uses 'pretty' quotes in examples, and thus they don't work
• BZ - 613979 - dftest and randpkt does not have a man page
• BZ - 615873 - Man w3m is stating incorrect program version
• BZ - 615905 - Add missing man pages in quagga package
• BZ - 619779 - lftp option xfer:auto-rename not documented
• BZ - 622451 - Author info is wrong in man page.
• BZ - 632081 - man man for Japanese manual page contains duplicated lines in PAGER explanation
• BZ - 633701 - Man page is bad formatted
• BZ - 636785 - "semanage module" is not mentioned in semanage man page
• BZ - 638625 - Ambiguity in logrotate man page (definition of "size" parameter)
• BZ - 644308 - manpage not in sync with options logrotate actually recognizes
• BZ - 650162 - man useradd is incorrect
• BZ - 651120 - setfattr doesn't accept 0x2 as the value [documentation bug]
• BZ - 657563 - Manual page corrections for find
• BZ - 658734 - ACL: setfacl -x does not fail when asked to remove a non-existent Access Control Entry
• BZ - 673968 - logrotate(8) manpage fixes PATCH
• BZ - 675213 - userpasswd(1) manpage fix
• BZ - 675223 - locate(1) manpage fixes
• BZ - 675682 - pcregrep(1) manpage fixes
• BZ - 675688 - pcretest(1) manpage fixes
• BZ - 676540 - magic(5) manpage fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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