RHBA-2012:0449 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated man package that fixes two bugs is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

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

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the Japanese version of the man(1) manual page contained a

duplicate line in the specification of the "-p pager" option. This update
removes the duplicate. (BZ#659646)

• Prior to this update, the makewhatis script, which creates the whatis database

of manual pages, ignored symbolic links between pages. With this update, the
makewhatis script includes symbolic links in the whatis database. (BZ#749290)

All users of man are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
these bugs.

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 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 - 659646 - man man for Japanese manual page contains duplicated lines in PAGER explanation

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)