RHBA-2013:0844 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated environment-modules packages that fix several bugs are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The environment-modules packages provide for the dynamic modification of a
user's environment using modulefiles. Each modulefile contains the information
needed to configure the shell for an application. Once the package is
initialized, the environment can be modified on a per-module basis using the
module command which interprets modulefiles.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• When updating the environment-modules package, changes to the

/usr/share/Modules/init/.modulespath config file were being silently replaced by
upgrades. The file is now set marked as %config(noreplace) in the spec file,
thus it is preserved between updates. (BZ#918540)

• The environment scripts of csh and tcsh used the "test" command without

specifying the PATH variable. That could have possibly resulted in an unexpected
behavior as a user binary called "test" could have been run instead. With this
update, the "test" binary is called by its full path. Misbehavior caused by
calling a random test binary is no longer possible. (BZ#929007)

• When updating the environment-modules package, changes to environment scripts

in /etc/profile.d were not preserved. With this update, those scripts have been
marked as configuration scripts, thus they are preserved between updates.
(BZ#953198)

All users of environment-modules are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which fix 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/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 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 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 i386
• 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

Fixes

• BZ - 953198 - Environment scripts not preserved on upgrade

CVEs

(none)

References

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