Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2013:0703 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2013-04-04
Updated:
2013-04-04

RHBA-2013:0703 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

coreutils bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

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

Description

The coreutils package contains the core GNU utilities. It is a combination of
the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.

This update fixes the following bug:

The "tail -f" command uses inotify for tracking changes in files. For remote
file systems [-/,] inotify is not available. In the case of unknown file
systems, for example panasas, "tail -f" failed instead of falling back to
polling. Now, the list of known file systems is updated and "tail -f" is
modified to fall back into polling for unknown file systems. As result, "tail

  • f" now works correctly, even on unknown file systems, with only a warning about

the unknown file system and a fall back to polling. (#924711)

Users of coreutils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via 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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.4 x86_64
  • 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.4 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 Update Support from RHUI 6.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.4 i386
  • Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise 2.1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI) 2.1 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 - 924711 - [RHEL6] tail -f doesn't work on panasas file systems

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 972a933613723363abaa659e764907bd34809cf7ccc82ae3ba71cfc31a8df1a1
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 644696f5eadc02079e5d32a26e42bcf60b86cf3f810a328b15fcb8a8a20b4019
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 644696f5eadc02079e5d32a26e42bcf60b86cf3f810a328b15fcb8a8a20b4019
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89c503ffa6b486334ae312c96767924223f79f2828d4cf4b1752c7e68dbaf72a
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89c503ffa6b486334ae312c96767924223f79f2828d4cf4b1752c7e68dbaf72a
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8cd9cd3983a24017e009f9d770ba335ee843e2707c2c2dae13d5032b100fd1a4
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8cd9cd3983a24017e009f9d770ba335ee843e2707c2c2dae13d5032b100fd1a4
i386
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3cf301203cc10bd7c878bd3371ba441658496ccaec9bfacaeeb4a0d1ea30267
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 97eb80ecfc13980e78088b1229ca02c25df024cea3b55545087b4ad361b9874d
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 884f6600d15652c1a48f154a484554172dfba3efb40e10a120e058cd72a05973

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.4

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 972a933613723363abaa659e764907bd34809cf7ccc82ae3ba71cfc31a8df1a1
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 644696f5eadc02079e5d32a26e42bcf60b86cf3f810a328b15fcb8a8a20b4019
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89c503ffa6b486334ae312c96767924223f79f2828d4cf4b1752c7e68dbaf72a
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8cd9cd3983a24017e009f9d770ba335ee843e2707c2c2dae13d5032b100fd1a4
i386
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3cf301203cc10bd7c878bd3371ba441658496ccaec9bfacaeeb4a0d1ea30267
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 97eb80ecfc13980e78088b1229ca02c25df024cea3b55545087b4ad361b9874d
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 884f6600d15652c1a48f154a484554172dfba3efb40e10a120e058cd72a05973

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 972a933613723363abaa659e764907bd34809cf7ccc82ae3ba71cfc31a8df1a1
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 644696f5eadc02079e5d32a26e42bcf60b86cf3f810a328b15fcb8a8a20b4019
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89c503ffa6b486334ae312c96767924223f79f2828d4cf4b1752c7e68dbaf72a
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8cd9cd3983a24017e009f9d770ba335ee843e2707c2c2dae13d5032b100fd1a4
i386
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3cf301203cc10bd7c878bd3371ba441658496ccaec9bfacaeeb4a0d1ea30267
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 97eb80ecfc13980e78088b1229ca02c25df024cea3b55545087b4ad361b9874d
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 884f6600d15652c1a48f154a484554172dfba3efb40e10a120e058cd72a05973

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 972a933613723363abaa659e764907bd34809cf7ccc82ae3ba71cfc31a8df1a1
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 644696f5eadc02079e5d32a26e42bcf60b86cf3f810a328b15fcb8a8a20b4019
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89c503ffa6b486334ae312c96767924223f79f2828d4cf4b1752c7e68dbaf72a
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8cd9cd3983a24017e009f9d770ba335ee843e2707c2c2dae13d5032b100fd1a4
i386
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3cf301203cc10bd7c878bd3371ba441658496ccaec9bfacaeeb4a0d1ea30267
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 97eb80ecfc13980e78088b1229ca02c25df024cea3b55545087b4ad361b9874d
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 884f6600d15652c1a48f154a484554172dfba3efb40e10a120e058cd72a05973

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 972a933613723363abaa659e764907bd34809cf7ccc82ae3ba71cfc31a8df1a1
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 644696f5eadc02079e5d32a26e42bcf60b86cf3f810a328b15fcb8a8a20b4019
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89c503ffa6b486334ae312c96767924223f79f2828d4cf4b1752c7e68dbaf72a
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8cd9cd3983a24017e009f9d770ba335ee843e2707c2c2dae13d5032b100fd1a4
i386
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3cf301203cc10bd7c878bd3371ba441658496ccaec9bfacaeeb4a0d1ea30267
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 97eb80ecfc13980e78088b1229ca02c25df024cea3b55545087b4ad361b9874d
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 884f6600d15652c1a48f154a484554172dfba3efb40e10a120e058cd72a05973

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 972a933613723363abaa659e764907bd34809cf7ccc82ae3ba71cfc31a8df1a1
s390x
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8ab2d79c8c5c7c2d60b9b7ec50f7fc1d7ba9006df4c80564f9f2441ef2757a3b
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5957f882ca3ece814a9e7888bd9d3eddfcd6dc75c8e4daad362d6c313860d373
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 083c38007a34a3f91b6678afd17869ec587c9fb74cb5132732bfeab91082e4c5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.4

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 972a933613723363abaa659e764907bd34809cf7ccc82ae3ba71cfc31a8df1a1
s390x
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8ab2d79c8c5c7c2d60b9b7ec50f7fc1d7ba9006df4c80564f9f2441ef2757a3b
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5957f882ca3ece814a9e7888bd9d3eddfcd6dc75c8e4daad362d6c313860d373
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 083c38007a34a3f91b6678afd17869ec587c9fb74cb5132732bfeab91082e4c5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 972a933613723363abaa659e764907bd34809cf7ccc82ae3ba71cfc31a8df1a1
ppc64
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 2bd4713b6a84d31eb4f6096d39de77b08474065e84ffc863f664eb2f3f3e9725
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 974470acfdc603538efca7c0e226fde5d003546f585b09ab7843d6a80367d667
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 36f53c4349624025b058cc5b48e5a3c07beb2dcf3c22a6bc7d7b6134ee91cfd3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.4

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 972a933613723363abaa659e764907bd34809cf7ccc82ae3ba71cfc31a8df1a1
ppc64
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 2bd4713b6a84d31eb4f6096d39de77b08474065e84ffc863f664eb2f3f3e9725
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 974470acfdc603538efca7c0e226fde5d003546f585b09ab7843d6a80367d667
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 36f53c4349624025b058cc5b48e5a3c07beb2dcf3c22a6bc7d7b6134ee91cfd3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 972a933613723363abaa659e764907bd34809cf7ccc82ae3ba71cfc31a8df1a1
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 644696f5eadc02079e5d32a26e42bcf60b86cf3f810a328b15fcb8a8a20b4019
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89c503ffa6b486334ae312c96767924223f79f2828d4cf4b1752c7e68dbaf72a
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8cd9cd3983a24017e009f9d770ba335ee843e2707c2c2dae13d5032b100fd1a4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 972a933613723363abaa659e764907bd34809cf7ccc82ae3ba71cfc31a8df1a1
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 644696f5eadc02079e5d32a26e42bcf60b86cf3f810a328b15fcb8a8a20b4019
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89c503ffa6b486334ae312c96767924223f79f2828d4cf4b1752c7e68dbaf72a
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8cd9cd3983a24017e009f9d770ba335ee843e2707c2c2dae13d5032b100fd1a4
i386
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3cf301203cc10bd7c878bd3371ba441658496ccaec9bfacaeeb4a0d1ea30267
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 97eb80ecfc13980e78088b1229ca02c25df024cea3b55545087b4ad361b9874d
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 884f6600d15652c1a48f154a484554172dfba3efb40e10a120e058cd72a05973

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.4

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 972a933613723363abaa659e764907bd34809cf7ccc82ae3ba71cfc31a8df1a1
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 644696f5eadc02079e5d32a26e42bcf60b86cf3f810a328b15fcb8a8a20b4019
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89c503ffa6b486334ae312c96767924223f79f2828d4cf4b1752c7e68dbaf72a
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8cd9cd3983a24017e009f9d770ba335ee843e2707c2c2dae13d5032b100fd1a4
i386
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3cf301203cc10bd7c878bd3371ba441658496ccaec9bfacaeeb4a0d1ea30267
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 97eb80ecfc13980e78088b1229ca02c25df024cea3b55545087b4ad361b9874d
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 884f6600d15652c1a48f154a484554172dfba3efb40e10a120e058cd72a05973

Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise 2.1

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 972a933613723363abaa659e764907bd34809cf7ccc82ae3ba71cfc31a8df1a1
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 644696f5eadc02079e5d32a26e42bcf60b86cf3f810a328b15fcb8a8a20b4019
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89c503ffa6b486334ae312c96767924223f79f2828d4cf4b1752c7e68dbaf72a
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8cd9cd3983a24017e009f9d770ba335ee843e2707c2c2dae13d5032b100fd1a4

Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI) 2.1

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 972a933613723363abaa659e764907bd34809cf7ccc82ae3ba71cfc31a8df1a1
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 644696f5eadc02079e5d32a26e42bcf60b86cf3f810a328b15fcb8a8a20b4019
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89c503ffa6b486334ae312c96767924223f79f2828d4cf4b1752c7e68dbaf72a
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8cd9cd3983a24017e009f9d770ba335ee843e2707c2c2dae13d5032b100fd1a4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.4

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 972a933613723363abaa659e764907bd34809cf7ccc82ae3ba71cfc31a8df1a1
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 644696f5eadc02079e5d32a26e42bcf60b86cf3f810a328b15fcb8a8a20b4019
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89c503ffa6b486334ae312c96767924223f79f2828d4cf4b1752c7e68dbaf72a
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8cd9cd3983a24017e009f9d770ba335ee843e2707c2c2dae13d5032b100fd1a4

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

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 972a933613723363abaa659e764907bd34809cf7ccc82ae3ba71cfc31a8df1a1
s390x
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8ab2d79c8c5c7c2d60b9b7ec50f7fc1d7ba9006df4c80564f9f2441ef2757a3b
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5957f882ca3ece814a9e7888bd9d3eddfcd6dc75c8e4daad362d6c313860d373
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 083c38007a34a3f91b6678afd17869ec587c9fb74cb5132732bfeab91082e4c5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 972a933613723363abaa659e764907bd34809cf7ccc82ae3ba71cfc31a8df1a1
x86_64
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 644696f5eadc02079e5d32a26e42bcf60b86cf3f810a328b15fcb8a8a20b4019
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89c503ffa6b486334ae312c96767924223f79f2828d4cf4b1752c7e68dbaf72a
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8cd9cd3983a24017e009f9d770ba335ee843e2707c2c2dae13d5032b100fd1a4
i386
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3cf301203cc10bd7c878bd3371ba441658496ccaec9bfacaeeb4a0d1ea30267
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 97eb80ecfc13980e78088b1229ca02c25df024cea3b55545087b4ad361b9874d
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 884f6600d15652c1a48f154a484554172dfba3efb40e10a120e058cd72a05973

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

SRPM
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 972a933613723363abaa659e764907bd34809cf7ccc82ae3ba71cfc31a8df1a1
s390x
coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8ab2d79c8c5c7c2d60b9b7ec50f7fc1d7ba9006df4c80564f9f2441ef2757a3b
coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5957f882ca3ece814a9e7888bd9d3eddfcd6dc75c8e4daad362d6c313860d373
coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 083c38007a34a3f91b6678afd17869ec587c9fb74cb5132732bfeab91082e4c5

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