RHBA-2013:1129 - 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 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

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)