Synopsis

perl-Config-General bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated perl-Config-General packages that fix several bugs and add various
enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The Config::General Perl module is able to parse and write configuration files
and presents an object-oriented access to their data. In addition, the
Config::General module is 100% read-compatible with Apache configuration files,
though it is also possible to create and access simple name/value configuration
files. Certain enhancements such as here-documents, C-style comments and
multi-line options are also available.

The perl-Config-General package has been upgraded to upstream version 2.52,
which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
The most significant of these changes are the following:

• When the Config::General module was supplied a directory instead of a
  configuration file, the module silently accepted it and returned an empty
  configuration hash. After this update, the module now calls the croak() function
  if the configuration file parameter is a directory and the "directory include"
  option is not turned on.
  
• Parsing now accepts white spaces after the block closing character ">".
  
• The save_file() function and a named block, whose second part starts with a
  slash character (/), now can be used to write valid configurations to a file
  correctly."
  
• With this update, the sort() function is no longer used on arrays if the
  "-SaveSorted" option is turned off.
  
• A character escaping bug has been fixed. Escaping the dollar "$" or the
  backslash "\" characters is now handled correctly.
  
• A tied hash now remains tied when saving to a file.
  
• Preserving the single quotes during a variable interpolation has been
  corrected. An incrementor is now used to mark single quotes instead of using the
  rand() function.
  
• Empty configuration values are no longer handed over to interpreting methods.
  
• The "-Plug" parameter, which introduces plugin closures, has been added to the
  perl-Config-General packages.
  
• The "-NoEscape" switch, which turns off escaping of every character, has been
  added to the perl-Config-General packages.
  
• The parameters "-NormalizeOption", "-NormalizeBlock" and "-NormalizeValue",
  which take a subroutine reference and change a block, option or value
  accordingly, have been added to the perl-Config-General packages.
  
• A new option "-AllowSingleQuoteInterpolation", which turns on interpolation
  for variables inside single quotes, has been added to the perl-Config-General
  packages.
  
• A new option "-ForceArray" has been added to the perl-Config-General packages.
  When enabled, a single configuration value enclosed in square brackets "[ ]"
  will become an array forcefully.
  

With this upgraded perl-Config-General package, users can write and process
their configuration files more efficiently. (BZ#658946)

Users of perl-Config-General are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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 for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• 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
perl-Config-General-2.52-1.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: d16d96a03a24753bf2f52a29b66c18bb01afbb3c85dccf3dc48509b9d7c8a8f4
x86_64
perl-Config-General-2.52-1.el6.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 619fd0d6766d6117a9d1a12aab8aacf6cf364ce30a3989fabefd7b19a1f9f048
i386
perl-Config-General-2.52-1.el6.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 619fd0d6766d6117a9d1a12aab8aacf6cf364ce30a3989fabefd7b19a1f9f048

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
perl-Config-General-2.52-1.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: d16d96a03a24753bf2f52a29b66c18bb01afbb3c85dccf3dc48509b9d7c8a8f4
x86_64
perl-Config-General-2.52-1.el6.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 619fd0d6766d6117a9d1a12aab8aacf6cf364ce30a3989fabefd7b19a1f9f048
i386
perl-Config-General-2.52-1.el6.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 619fd0d6766d6117a9d1a12aab8aacf6cf364ce30a3989fabefd7b19a1f9f048

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
perl-Config-General-2.52-1.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: d16d96a03a24753bf2f52a29b66c18bb01afbb3c85dccf3dc48509b9d7c8a8f4
ppc64
perl-Config-General-2.52-1.el6.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 619fd0d6766d6117a9d1a12aab8aacf6cf364ce30a3989fabefd7b19a1f9f048

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
perl-Config-General-2.52-1.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: d16d96a03a24753bf2f52a29b66c18bb01afbb3c85dccf3dc48509b9d7c8a8f4
x86_64
perl-Config-General-2.52-1.el6.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 619fd0d6766d6117a9d1a12aab8aacf6cf364ce30a3989fabefd7b19a1f9f048
i386
perl-Config-General-2.52-1.el6.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 619fd0d6766d6117a9d1a12aab8aacf6cf364ce30a3989fabefd7b19a1f9f048