RHBA-2013:0447 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated man-pages package that fixes a number of bugs and adds two
enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

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

This updated man-pages package includes numerous bug fixes. Space precludes
documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Technical Notes for information on the most significant
of these changes:

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.4_Technical_Notes/man-pages.html

All users of man-pages are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
fixes these bugs and adds these 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/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 x86_64
• 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 (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 - 714073 - stropts.h file not present in /usr/include
• BZ - 714074 - man page for recvmmsg
• BZ - 714075 - man pages for cciss + hpsa modules.
• BZ - 714078 - Remove documentation for "order" keyword in /etc/host.conf manpage
• BZ - 735789 - realtime clock functions need to link with -lrt
• BZ - 745152 - Need single-request-reopen option documented for resolv.conf
• BZ - 745501 - No mention of sssd in nsswitch.conf man page
• BZ - 745521 - Lack of UMOUNT_NOFOLLOW flag description in umount(2)
• BZ - 752778 - db(3) refers to nonexistent dbopen(3) manpage
• BZ - 804003 - Undocumented socket options for multicast/igmp
• BZ - 822317 - bdflush(2) is obsolete
• BZ - 857162 - Interaction of close() and recv() in different threads never documented
• BZ - 857962 - stale definition of file-nr in proc(5) man page
• BZ - 858240 - zdump manpage does not match the real options
• BZ - 858278 - Incorrect error description for non-existent interfaces in connect(2)

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.4_Technical_Notes/man-pages.html