Synopsis

environment-modules bug fix update

Type/Severity

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 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

Fixes

• BZ - 953198 - Environment scripts not preserved on upgrade

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
environment-modules-3.2.9c-6.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 9635a725526b59a5f50d1afc6d44a476c5f479e589c23a2327fb9607adb43f01
x86_64
environment-modules-3.2.9c-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8929742257db3a30549c8c32aaab38f6d9601b95caf00e36e8795d833b4a81c0
environment-modules-debuginfo-3.2.9c-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: cf813a5602c672203cb563b3756b314c597cdd7f34079491bace801c4e7f6fcc
i386
environment-modules-3.2.9c-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 8b73c7eecdf9b75266f6e45413033b7c0058f2194b9cbd5340d13e685a834ea1
environment-modules-debuginfo-3.2.9c-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 12b191a594469051b04d12a1d33cb17dd4d102ecaa92cc96710ed77480ace90e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
environment-modules-3.2.9c-6.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 9635a725526b59a5f50d1afc6d44a476c5f479e589c23a2327fb9607adb43f01
x86_64
environment-modules-3.2.9c-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8929742257db3a30549c8c32aaab38f6d9601b95caf00e36e8795d833b4a81c0
environment-modules-debuginfo-3.2.9c-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: cf813a5602c672203cb563b3756b314c597cdd7f34079491bace801c4e7f6fcc
i386
environment-modules-3.2.9c-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 8b73c7eecdf9b75266f6e45413033b7c0058f2194b9cbd5340d13e685a834ea1
environment-modules-debuginfo-3.2.9c-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 12b191a594469051b04d12a1d33cb17dd4d102ecaa92cc96710ed77480ace90e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
environment-modules-3.2.9c-6.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 9635a725526b59a5f50d1afc6d44a476c5f479e589c23a2327fb9607adb43f01
x86_64
environment-modules-3.2.9c-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8929742257db3a30549c8c32aaab38f6d9601b95caf00e36e8795d833b4a81c0
environment-modules-debuginfo-3.2.9c-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: cf813a5602c672203cb563b3756b314c597cdd7f34079491bace801c4e7f6fcc
i386
environment-modules-3.2.9c-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 8b73c7eecdf9b75266f6e45413033b7c0058f2194b9cbd5340d13e685a834ea1
environment-modules-debuginfo-3.2.9c-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 12b191a594469051b04d12a1d33cb17dd4d102ecaa92cc96710ed77480ace90e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
environment-modules-3.2.9c-6.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 9635a725526b59a5f50d1afc6d44a476c5f479e589c23a2327fb9607adb43f01
ppc64
environment-modules-3.2.9c-6.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: a147301c5836f656785d62a27726ce5805056f7d7938fb7e904bb8adc003486f
environment-modules-debuginfo-3.2.9c-6.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 24e57c43ac79984500ab82a3830403b172a52734c396e26c7c17138f869fbec3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
environment-modules-3.2.9c-6.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 9635a725526b59a5f50d1afc6d44a476c5f479e589c23a2327fb9607adb43f01
x86_64
environment-modules-3.2.9c-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8929742257db3a30549c8c32aaab38f6d9601b95caf00e36e8795d833b4a81c0
environment-modules-debuginfo-3.2.9c-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: cf813a5602c672203cb563b3756b314c597cdd7f34079491bace801c4e7f6fcc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
environment-modules-3.2.9c-6.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 9635a725526b59a5f50d1afc6d44a476c5f479e589c23a2327fb9607adb43f01
x86_64
environment-modules-3.2.9c-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8929742257db3a30549c8c32aaab38f6d9601b95caf00e36e8795d833b4a81c0
environment-modules-debuginfo-3.2.9c-6.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: cf813a5602c672203cb563b3756b314c597cdd7f34079491bace801c4e7f6fcc
i386
environment-modules-3.2.9c-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 8b73c7eecdf9b75266f6e45413033b7c0058f2194b9cbd5340d13e685a834ea1
environment-modules-debuginfo-3.2.9c-6.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 12b191a594469051b04d12a1d33cb17dd4d102ecaa92cc96710ed77480ace90e