RHBA-2014:0554 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated fontconfig packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The fontconfig packages contain the font configuration and customization
library, which is designed to locate fonts within the system and select them
according to the requirements specified by the applications.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, when the font cache file was stored on a Network File System

(NFS), the fontconfig library sometimes did not handle mmap() calls correctly.
As a consequence, applications using fontconfig, for example the GNOME terminal,
could terminate unexpectedly with a bus error. With this update, the
FONTCONFIG_USE_MMAP environment variable has been added to handle the mmap()
calls regardless of the file system, and these calls are no longer used if the
cache file is stored on an NFS. As a result, the bus errors no longer occur in
the described situation. (BZ#1035416)

• Previously, the 25-no-bitmap-fedora.conf file name contained the word

'fedora', although file names in Red Hat Enterprise Linux are not supposed to
include the word 'Fedora'. With this update, 25-no-bitmap-fedora.conf has been
renamed to 25-no-bitmap-dist.conf, and the spec file has been updated.
(BZ#1099546)

Users of fontconfig are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
this bug.

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)