Issued:
2012-10-29
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2012:1409 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

mt-st bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated mt-st packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6.

Description

The mt-st package contains the mt and st tape drive management programs. Mt (for
magnetic tape drives) and st (for SCSI tape devices) can control rewinding,
ejecting, skipping files and blocks and more.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Prior this update, the stinit init script did not support standard actions

like "status" or "restart". As a consequence, an error code was returned. This
update modifies the underlying code to use all use all standard actions.
(BZ#820245)

All users of mt-st 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/knowledge/articles/11258

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 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

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 58036936cc4076939093c8a26513c338d5830ea36319b7742bb96e38217ea1d7
x86_64
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dc288c9f32c0b7a530fabe070fba73b69923cc84d1df55279efa710409269fd8
mt-st-debuginfo-1.1-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b584e60b7fbb81387a8af843ca7f2056c5bc8ec97659d9942fbd58e3a76adfa3
i386
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: cd9ec8d274549bcce587e0ad919057d632697d087825ecb955dfa626737feaa9
mt-st-debuginfo-1.1-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4bf8cb8dfce0b2ac34063d65bd90bca174115bb5760fc10a6f52dbfa5f837810

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 58036936cc4076939093c8a26513c338d5830ea36319b7742bb96e38217ea1d7
x86_64
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dc288c9f32c0b7a530fabe070fba73b69923cc84d1df55279efa710409269fd8
mt-st-debuginfo-1.1-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b584e60b7fbb81387a8af843ca7f2056c5bc8ec97659d9942fbd58e3a76adfa3
i386
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: cd9ec8d274549bcce587e0ad919057d632697d087825ecb955dfa626737feaa9
mt-st-debuginfo-1.1-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4bf8cb8dfce0b2ac34063d65bd90bca174115bb5760fc10a6f52dbfa5f837810

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 58036936cc4076939093c8a26513c338d5830ea36319b7742bb96e38217ea1d7
x86_64
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dc288c9f32c0b7a530fabe070fba73b69923cc84d1df55279efa710409269fd8
mt-st-debuginfo-1.1-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b584e60b7fbb81387a8af843ca7f2056c5bc8ec97659d9942fbd58e3a76adfa3
i386
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: cd9ec8d274549bcce587e0ad919057d632697d087825ecb955dfa626737feaa9
mt-st-debuginfo-1.1-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4bf8cb8dfce0b2ac34063d65bd90bca174115bb5760fc10a6f52dbfa5f837810

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 58036936cc4076939093c8a26513c338d5830ea36319b7742bb96e38217ea1d7
x86_64
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dc288c9f32c0b7a530fabe070fba73b69923cc84d1df55279efa710409269fd8
mt-st-debuginfo-1.1-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b584e60b7fbb81387a8af843ca7f2056c5bc8ec97659d9942fbd58e3a76adfa3
i386
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: cd9ec8d274549bcce587e0ad919057d632697d087825ecb955dfa626737feaa9
mt-st-debuginfo-1.1-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4bf8cb8dfce0b2ac34063d65bd90bca174115bb5760fc10a6f52dbfa5f837810

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 58036936cc4076939093c8a26513c338d5830ea36319b7742bb96e38217ea1d7
x86_64
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dc288c9f32c0b7a530fabe070fba73b69923cc84d1df55279efa710409269fd8
mt-st-debuginfo-1.1-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b584e60b7fbb81387a8af843ca7f2056c5bc8ec97659d9942fbd58e3a76adfa3
i386
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: cd9ec8d274549bcce587e0ad919057d632697d087825ecb955dfa626737feaa9
mt-st-debuginfo-1.1-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4bf8cb8dfce0b2ac34063d65bd90bca174115bb5760fc10a6f52dbfa5f837810

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 58036936cc4076939093c8a26513c338d5830ea36319b7742bb96e38217ea1d7
s390x
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3d905ef73b87541735847eefc1ed0d4e95351558df6d42d340e6ae7d75a15d25
mt-st-debuginfo-1.1-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 630a3fec4b691e98a682fd9c3dc91794c2a138ad41478f1854a5a17c1fc995b2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 58036936cc4076939093c8a26513c338d5830ea36319b7742bb96e38217ea1d7
ppc64
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: b146233814edc9fadc84d20472485fbe874840fc830fc6799e6b0c3c923277e8
mt-st-debuginfo-1.1-5.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: c23dcd48117bbf3f73e5b58e342b4a47c9d52f72261c550122ccbfc4bfced07f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 58036936cc4076939093c8a26513c338d5830ea36319b7742bb96e38217ea1d7
s390x
mt-st-1.1-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3d905ef73b87541735847eefc1ed0d4e95351558df6d42d340e6ae7d75a15d25
mt-st-debuginfo-1.1-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 630a3fec4b691e98a682fd9c3dc91794c2a138ad41478f1854a5a17c1fc995b2

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