RHBA-2011:1461 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated man-pages package that fixes several bugs and adds various
enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The man-pages package provides man (manual) pages from the Linux Documentation
Project (LDP).

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

• The host.conf(5) man page contained information about the "order" keyword,

which is no longer used by the GNU C library, glibc, to determine the order in
which host lookups are performed. The lookup order is now taken from
/etc/nsswitch.conf. The unsupported keyword "order" has been removed from the
host.conf man page. (BZ#699701)

• Previously, the rt_sigprocmask(2) manual page contained an erroneous

description of the "oset" parameter. This update corrects this description.
(BZ#698691)

• Previously, the db(3) manual page was pointing to the non-existent dbopen(3)

manual page. An error message, "fopen: No such file or directory", was displayed
when the command "man db" was issued. With this update, the db(3) manual page is
removed. (BZ#640299)

• Previously, the tzset(3) manual page contained an incorrect interval in the

description of the start and end format for Daylight Saving Time. Consequently
users thought the number was 1-based rather than 0-based when not using the "J"
option. With this update the manual page has been corrected. The Julian day can
be specified with an interval of 0 to 365 and February 29 is counted in leap
years when the "J" option is not used. (BZ#751877)

In addition, this updated package provides the following enhancements:

• An update in the close(2) man page explains the interaction between system

calls close() and recv() in different threads. (BZ#650985)

• The bootparam(7) man page is updated to the newer version. (BZ#741713)

All users are advised to upgrade to this updated man-pages package, which fixes
these bugs and adds these enhancements.

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

• BZ - 640299 - db(3) refers to nonexistent dbopen(3) manpage
• BZ - 650985 - Interaction of close() and recv() in different threads never documented
• BZ - 699701 - Remove documentation for "order" keyword in /etc/host.conf manpage
• BZ - 741713 - bootparam man page not up-to-date under RHEL 5

CVEs

(none)

References

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