Synopsis

mailx bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated mailx packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The mailx packages contain a mail user agent that is mostly used to manage mail
using scripts.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the "mail" utility provided with the Red Hat Enterprise
  Linux 6 mailx packages was not fully compatible with the utility provided with
  the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 mailx package and packages in earlier releases of
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Consequently, some user scripts written for the mail
  utility did not work with "mail" in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Support for
  multiple versions of the "mail" utility has been added to the mailx packages.
  This allows the user to install alternative packages providing this utility, for
  example, bsd-mailx. (BZ#845098)
  
• The mailx command did not set the error return code when it failed to send an
  e-mail because the TMPDIR environment variable was set to an invalid path. As a
  consequence, error checking was incorrect and therefore not helpful. With this
  update, the correct return code is set when mailx fails to send an e-mail. The
  error checking now works properly. (BZ#857120)
  

Users of mailx 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/site/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 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

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
mailx-12.4-7.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 35df38e2e7dbd6c9cb893b18586c30b3f0bf8ae9cf4f0bf0116b482faf6eb25b
x86_64
mailx-12.4-7.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: ce3617659373a862476cbd384366921b84a6f9e28ad45cdf361a9dc0a34acfc5
mailx-debuginfo-12.4-7.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: df0498350215969431865de7442be69aca0fe20232f11f77c35098bfa39d3b51
i386
mailx-12.4-7.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 14ce83a31254ba0c219a61c0eae1d638260140006ed787c4873115418ae69f18
mailx-debuginfo-12.4-7.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 024aad4b0b5fbe071b3d51cdc3503cdd9a2d6e7ab25c88ffd91776bed1d33dfb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
mailx-12.4-7.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 35df38e2e7dbd6c9cb893b18586c30b3f0bf8ae9cf4f0bf0116b482faf6eb25b
x86_64
mailx-12.4-7.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: ce3617659373a862476cbd384366921b84a6f9e28ad45cdf361a9dc0a34acfc5
mailx-debuginfo-12.4-7.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: df0498350215969431865de7442be69aca0fe20232f11f77c35098bfa39d3b51
i386
mailx-12.4-7.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 14ce83a31254ba0c219a61c0eae1d638260140006ed787c4873115418ae69f18
mailx-debuginfo-12.4-7.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 024aad4b0b5fbe071b3d51cdc3503cdd9a2d6e7ab25c88ffd91776bed1d33dfb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
mailx-12.4-7.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 35df38e2e7dbd6c9cb893b18586c30b3f0bf8ae9cf4f0bf0116b482faf6eb25b
x86_64
mailx-12.4-7.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: ce3617659373a862476cbd384366921b84a6f9e28ad45cdf361a9dc0a34acfc5
mailx-debuginfo-12.4-7.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: df0498350215969431865de7442be69aca0fe20232f11f77c35098bfa39d3b51
i386
mailx-12.4-7.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 14ce83a31254ba0c219a61c0eae1d638260140006ed787c4873115418ae69f18
mailx-debuginfo-12.4-7.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 024aad4b0b5fbe071b3d51cdc3503cdd9a2d6e7ab25c88ffd91776bed1d33dfb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
mailx-12.4-7.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 35df38e2e7dbd6c9cb893b18586c30b3f0bf8ae9cf4f0bf0116b482faf6eb25b
s390x
mailx-12.4-7.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: b0f0adb91534396340f3bef6c6e1aecbe90ece63450ab0c3537a7937c0ab74c5
mailx-debuginfo-12.4-7.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 87ffdab5242920f911ce66f3914fcea0396934e3233023da483d14836d193d14

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
mailx-12.4-7.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 35df38e2e7dbd6c9cb893b18586c30b3f0bf8ae9cf4f0bf0116b482faf6eb25b
ppc64
mailx-12.4-7.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 7ada9cff31946d8904397c149671935e585b7ba65bcce5a03bb76c3724f08a5b
mailx-debuginfo-12.4-7.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 4ee77e457c2b65999cb8ed50d919b8a3ca22c91963a98a61b882f9649d54c90a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
mailx-12.4-7.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 35df38e2e7dbd6c9cb893b18586c30b3f0bf8ae9cf4f0bf0116b482faf6eb25b
x86_64
mailx-12.4-7.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: ce3617659373a862476cbd384366921b84a6f9e28ad45cdf361a9dc0a34acfc5
mailx-debuginfo-12.4-7.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: df0498350215969431865de7442be69aca0fe20232f11f77c35098bfa39d3b51

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
mailx-12.4-7.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 35df38e2e7dbd6c9cb893b18586c30b3f0bf8ae9cf4f0bf0116b482faf6eb25b
x86_64
mailx-12.4-7.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: ce3617659373a862476cbd384366921b84a6f9e28ad45cdf361a9dc0a34acfc5
mailx-debuginfo-12.4-7.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: df0498350215969431865de7442be69aca0fe20232f11f77c35098bfa39d3b51
i386
mailx-12.4-7.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 14ce83a31254ba0c219a61c0eae1d638260140006ed787c4873115418ae69f18
mailx-debuginfo-12.4-7.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 024aad4b0b5fbe071b3d51cdc3503cdd9a2d6e7ab25c88ffd91776bed1d33dfb