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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2014:0755 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2014-06-16
Updated:
2014-10-13

RHBA-2014:0755 - Bug Fix Advisory

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  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

less bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

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

Description

The "less" utility is a text file browser that resembles "more", but allows
users to move backwards in the file as well as forwards. Since "less" does not
read the entire input file at startup, it also starts more quickly than ordinary
text editors.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, the lesspipe script returned incorrect exit status codes. As a

consequence, the less utility failed to decompress empty files that had been
compressed with the gzip utility, and an unwanted message was displayed. With
this update, a pipe character ("|") has been added in front of the LESSOPEN
environment variable to enforce a new default behavior of lesspipe. For backward
compatibility, lesspipe has the same behavior if LESSOPEN remains unchanged. As
a result, the less utility now detects and displays empty files correctly.
(BZ#615303)

Users of less 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 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 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 615303 - less fails to decompress empty files that have been gzipped

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
less-436-13.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 85ce08827d0158985918faa2b8c27a024a2d4925101b2bf7d1c3624f2c9bd94d
x86_64
less-436-13.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0923f83527c5520ec5e72ee6099bdec919601f6304ea34ed873ab34045134a3a
less-436-13.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0923f83527c5520ec5e72ee6099bdec919601f6304ea34ed873ab34045134a3a
less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 071071f18c936bf0c1a76ef942b2127a5dcfc3b0e7bdd5be10356f61d0c045c9
less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 071071f18c936bf0c1a76ef942b2127a5dcfc3b0e7bdd5be10356f61d0c045c9
i386
less-436-13.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 98a2906924eb96365756a6305ffd216cf6b7c4cfc960f12c80ae82a2280796e3
less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 91d1ff4dd27d172c915f0d5b1ef7cef66578e1b84a367bae39c43a5fdfe41668

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
less-436-13.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 85ce08827d0158985918faa2b8c27a024a2d4925101b2bf7d1c3624f2c9bd94d
x86_64
less-436-13.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0923f83527c5520ec5e72ee6099bdec919601f6304ea34ed873ab34045134a3a
less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 071071f18c936bf0c1a76ef942b2127a5dcfc3b0e7bdd5be10356f61d0c045c9
i386
less-436-13.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 98a2906924eb96365756a6305ffd216cf6b7c4cfc960f12c80ae82a2280796e3
less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 91d1ff4dd27d172c915f0d5b1ef7cef66578e1b84a367bae39c43a5fdfe41668

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
less-436-13.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 85ce08827d0158985918faa2b8c27a024a2d4925101b2bf7d1c3624f2c9bd94d
x86_64
less-436-13.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0923f83527c5520ec5e72ee6099bdec919601f6304ea34ed873ab34045134a3a
less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 071071f18c936bf0c1a76ef942b2127a5dcfc3b0e7bdd5be10356f61d0c045c9
i386
less-436-13.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 98a2906924eb96365756a6305ffd216cf6b7c4cfc960f12c80ae82a2280796e3
less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 91d1ff4dd27d172c915f0d5b1ef7cef66578e1b84a367bae39c43a5fdfe41668

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
less-436-13.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 85ce08827d0158985918faa2b8c27a024a2d4925101b2bf7d1c3624f2c9bd94d
x86_64
less-436-13.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0923f83527c5520ec5e72ee6099bdec919601f6304ea34ed873ab34045134a3a
less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 071071f18c936bf0c1a76ef942b2127a5dcfc3b0e7bdd5be10356f61d0c045c9
i386
less-436-13.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 98a2906924eb96365756a6305ffd216cf6b7c4cfc960f12c80ae82a2280796e3
less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 91d1ff4dd27d172c915f0d5b1ef7cef66578e1b84a367bae39c43a5fdfe41668

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
less-436-13.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 85ce08827d0158985918faa2b8c27a024a2d4925101b2bf7d1c3624f2c9bd94d
s390x
less-436-13.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b8152ec0a3bf7cb9ad375007ced2520889c5ca7aab8e61e3338c4fee3d4dad45
less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dfc922faa90de6abd6c0ef95e46b1a6c1826acf2c85c607bc37564b0618aa0eb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
less-436-13.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 85ce08827d0158985918faa2b8c27a024a2d4925101b2bf7d1c3624f2c9bd94d
ppc64
less-436-13.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: e9ec034a1743a86cdf18bcd5c9d3c1b1ddc613430252f2ebdac968cfe2abed8f
less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 8f924806e58a4b1bdfc51a5ff0069d275420a421d0aee221e3365a34b9ba6fc3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
less-436-13.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 85ce08827d0158985918faa2b8c27a024a2d4925101b2bf7d1c3624f2c9bd94d
x86_64
less-436-13.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0923f83527c5520ec5e72ee6099bdec919601f6304ea34ed873ab34045134a3a
less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 071071f18c936bf0c1a76ef942b2127a5dcfc3b0e7bdd5be10356f61d0c045c9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
less-436-13.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 85ce08827d0158985918faa2b8c27a024a2d4925101b2bf7d1c3624f2c9bd94d
x86_64
less-436-13.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0923f83527c5520ec5e72ee6099bdec919601f6304ea34ed873ab34045134a3a
less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 071071f18c936bf0c1a76ef942b2127a5dcfc3b0e7bdd5be10356f61d0c045c9
i386
less-436-13.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 98a2906924eb96365756a6305ffd216cf6b7c4cfc960f12c80ae82a2280796e3
less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 91d1ff4dd27d172c915f0d5b1ef7cef66578e1b84a367bae39c43a5fdfe41668

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
less-436-13.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 85ce08827d0158985918faa2b8c27a024a2d4925101b2bf7d1c3624f2c9bd94d
s390x
less-436-13.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b8152ec0a3bf7cb9ad375007ced2520889c5ca7aab8e61e3338c4fee3d4dad45
less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dfc922faa90de6abd6c0ef95e46b1a6c1826acf2c85c607bc37564b0618aa0eb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
less-436-13.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 85ce08827d0158985918faa2b8c27a024a2d4925101b2bf7d1c3624f2c9bd94d
x86_64
less-436-13.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0923f83527c5520ec5e72ee6099bdec919601f6304ea34ed873ab34045134a3a
less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 071071f18c936bf0c1a76ef942b2127a5dcfc3b0e7bdd5be10356f61d0c045c9
i386
less-436-13.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 98a2906924eb96365756a6305ffd216cf6b7c4cfc960f12c80ae82a2280796e3
less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 91d1ff4dd27d172c915f0d5b1ef7cef66578e1b84a367bae39c43a5fdfe41668

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
less-436-13.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 85ce08827d0158985918faa2b8c27a024a2d4925101b2bf7d1c3624f2c9bd94d
s390x
less-436-13.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b8152ec0a3bf7cb9ad375007ced2520889c5ca7aab8e61e3338c4fee3d4dad45
less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dfc922faa90de6abd6c0ef95e46b1a6c1826acf2c85c607bc37564b0618aa0eb

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