RHBA-2011:0994 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated man package that fixes one bug and adds one enhancement is now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

[Updated 21 July 2011]
This advisory has once more been updated with the correct advisory type. Neither
this update nor the previous one have changed the packages in any way.

Description

The man package provides the man, apropos, and whatis tools for finding
information and documentation about your Linux system.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, the variable name TMPFILEDIR was not defined in the

makewhatis script. Due to this problem, users could lose their entire file
system if they defined TMPFILEDIR=/ in the environment. In case of
TMPFILEDIR=/tmp, the tmp folder could be lost. This update defines the variable
TMPFILEDIR in the makewhatis and no more loss of files occur. (BZ#560585)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

• Prior to this update, the man package did not support the man-pages-overrides

subdirectory. Due to this lack, the man-pages-overrides package did not work
correctly. This update adds this subdirectory. Now, man-pages-overrides works as
expected.(BZ#558732)

All man users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this
bug and adds this enhancement.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant
to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the 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 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

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)