RHBA-2012:0700 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated man packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.

Description

The man packages provide the man, apropos, and whatis tools to find information
and documentation about the Linux system.

This update fixes the following bug:

• 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#749288)

All users of man are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
this bug.

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)