Issued:
2013-11-20
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:1695 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

man-pages-overrides bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated man-pages-overrides packages that fix several bugs and add one
enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The man-pages-overrides packages provide a collection of manual (man) pages to
complement other packages or update those contained therein.

These updated man-pages-overrides packages include numerous bug fixes and
enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory.
Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Technical Notes for
information on the most significant of these changes:

https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.5_Technical_Notes/man-pages-overrides.html#RHBA-2013-1695

Users of man-pages-overrides are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which fix these bugs and add this enhancement.

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

  • BZ - 807323 - byzanz man page missing webm record
  • BZ - 833868 - Unable to disable IDN at "dig" out put
  • BZ - 884699 - typo in man page for usb-devices
  • BZ - 885625 - man cupsctl, typo
  • BZ - 896544 - manpage typos found using aspell
  • BZ - 896700 - Missing text in auditd.conf man page
  • BZ - 903258 - Need description of FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE flag for fallocate(2) system call
  • BZ - 904970 - Typo in manpage
  • BZ - 905066 - CA certificate cannot be specified by nickname [documentation bug]
  • BZ - 907837 - man useradd is incorrect (again)
  • BZ - 908295 - man page syslog(3) refers to non-existant syslog.conf
  • BZ - 913088 - Typo in security_compute_av manpage
  • BZ - 913191 - Old selinux man page and missing some additional info about switching the policy
  • BZ - 951826 - inet_protocols default setting and man page do not match
  • BZ - 972764 - superfluous dots after "via" preposition in man pages
  • BZ - 974685 - Incorrect example for sched_getaffinity relying on EINVAL return.
  • BZ - 983066 - rhnreg_ks man page examples contain deprecated option
  • BZ - 996478 - man-pages-overrides 6.5 remove bug tracker
  • BZ - 1020417 - ssh_config manual page lists incorrect default value of KexAlgorithms
  • BZ - 1020432 - Fix man page for ssh-keygen because of certificate support

CVEs

(none)

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
man-pages-overrides-6.5.2-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 26998f62aaf38da4c5539fcccd62155ce7cd150bc8f4c617537ad6055ede2562
x86_64
man-pages-overrides-6.5.2-1.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 448553c499cb80a21f18c8431607dd1bb01799058afc32c5418a5e68def4e34c
i386
man-pages-overrides-6.5.2-1.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 448553c499cb80a21f18c8431607dd1bb01799058afc32c5418a5e68def4e34c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
man-pages-overrides-6.5.2-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 26998f62aaf38da4c5539fcccd62155ce7cd150bc8f4c617537ad6055ede2562
x86_64
man-pages-overrides-6.5.2-1.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 448553c499cb80a21f18c8431607dd1bb01799058afc32c5418a5e68def4e34c
i386
man-pages-overrides-6.5.2-1.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 448553c499cb80a21f18c8431607dd1bb01799058afc32c5418a5e68def4e34c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
man-pages-overrides-6.5.2-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 26998f62aaf38da4c5539fcccd62155ce7cd150bc8f4c617537ad6055ede2562
x86_64
man-pages-overrides-6.5.2-1.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 448553c499cb80a21f18c8431607dd1bb01799058afc32c5418a5e68def4e34c
i386
man-pages-overrides-6.5.2-1.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 448553c499cb80a21f18c8431607dd1bb01799058afc32c5418a5e68def4e34c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
man-pages-overrides-6.5.2-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 26998f62aaf38da4c5539fcccd62155ce7cd150bc8f4c617537ad6055ede2562
s390x
man-pages-overrides-6.5.2-1.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 448553c499cb80a21f18c8431607dd1bb01799058afc32c5418a5e68def4e34c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
man-pages-overrides-6.5.2-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 26998f62aaf38da4c5539fcccd62155ce7cd150bc8f4c617537ad6055ede2562
ppc64
man-pages-overrides-6.5.2-1.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 448553c499cb80a21f18c8431607dd1bb01799058afc32c5418a5e68def4e34c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
man-pages-overrides-6.5.2-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 26998f62aaf38da4c5539fcccd62155ce7cd150bc8f4c617537ad6055ede2562
x86_64
man-pages-overrides-6.5.2-1.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 448553c499cb80a21f18c8431607dd1bb01799058afc32c5418a5e68def4e34c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
man-pages-overrides-6.5.2-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 26998f62aaf38da4c5539fcccd62155ce7cd150bc8f4c617537ad6055ede2562
x86_64
man-pages-overrides-6.5.2-1.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 448553c499cb80a21f18c8431607dd1bb01799058afc32c5418a5e68def4e34c
i386
man-pages-overrides-6.5.2-1.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 448553c499cb80a21f18c8431607dd1bb01799058afc32c5418a5e68def4e34c

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