Synopsis

emacs bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated emacs packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

GNU Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting text editor. It provides
special code editing features, a scripting language (elisp), and the capability
to read email and news.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the data_space_start value was set inaccurately. As a
  consequence, the emacs text editor returned the following memory warning
  message:
  

Emergency (alloc): Warning: past 95% of memory limit

To fix this bug, data_space_start has been set correctly, and emacs no longer
returns warning messages. (BZ#852516)

• When using the glyph face encoding, a text face was not removed from the
  garbage collector. As a consequence, the emacs text editor terminated
  unexpectedly with a segmentation fault when attempting to remove the
  face. With this update, the text face is also removed from the garbage
  collector, and emacs thus no longer crashes in the described scenario.
  (BZ#986989)
  

Users of emacs 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/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 - 852516 - emacs produces "Emergency (alloc): Warning: past 95% of memory limit"

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
emacs-23.1-28.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: a12289661f63087e8d4cd02df9a21d28cc8de6c41d6cd83ebf483a08c252ee37
x86_64
emacs-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: edf56e59d67510607e9b2da0127f53c7deb06b4016abd04805442defb49a0e94
emacs-common-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3a5c17cd0cfc46863dc77d51c325d111150ae8d05ea02261a12be24aa57681f5
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b5a1b7a30a4d3ffefc24d0407e0718d246231b7f03fd34e48bffd59f589079fd
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b5a1b7a30a4d3ffefc24d0407e0718d246231b7f03fd34e48bffd59f589079fd
emacs-el-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9b04193886bb4220af50d2cb5f67356e84ffd2d10df348507a4b0b0561934e41
emacs-nox-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 998a5ccd26c78386708acbbf06158d0da5bf1dbbd09dd1e3797afddf1fae6e95
i386
emacs-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 18ef9bc60755b00f13bf10d24f415439eaef6ae79347e8260dbcb4e23c624ed9
emacs-common-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: b62abf5e8b646ce24ee940c6394dc95d79f6608f3c39ea1eadc45d84ba7d1cb4
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: b5159b90c412301c33680f8291b69d52677fb9503b8579b4b87e69924a544b3e
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: b5159b90c412301c33680f8291b69d52677fb9503b8579b4b87e69924a544b3e
emacs-el-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: bfcdd55e53e0bbcfa0d492afc9cc16768527c3167ebdc0ed98a70eeba58d7870
emacs-nox-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 645b965aeb0a7b144b7eaeec8985b79985157845baa82646c199499b83fbd97c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
emacs-23.1-28.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: a12289661f63087e8d4cd02df9a21d28cc8de6c41d6cd83ebf483a08c252ee37
x86_64
emacs-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: edf56e59d67510607e9b2da0127f53c7deb06b4016abd04805442defb49a0e94
emacs-common-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3a5c17cd0cfc46863dc77d51c325d111150ae8d05ea02261a12be24aa57681f5
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b5a1b7a30a4d3ffefc24d0407e0718d246231b7f03fd34e48bffd59f589079fd
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b5a1b7a30a4d3ffefc24d0407e0718d246231b7f03fd34e48bffd59f589079fd
emacs-el-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9b04193886bb4220af50d2cb5f67356e84ffd2d10df348507a4b0b0561934e41
emacs-nox-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 998a5ccd26c78386708acbbf06158d0da5bf1dbbd09dd1e3797afddf1fae6e95
i386
emacs-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 18ef9bc60755b00f13bf10d24f415439eaef6ae79347e8260dbcb4e23c624ed9
emacs-common-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: b62abf5e8b646ce24ee940c6394dc95d79f6608f3c39ea1eadc45d84ba7d1cb4
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: b5159b90c412301c33680f8291b69d52677fb9503b8579b4b87e69924a544b3e
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: b5159b90c412301c33680f8291b69d52677fb9503b8579b4b87e69924a544b3e
emacs-el-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: bfcdd55e53e0bbcfa0d492afc9cc16768527c3167ebdc0ed98a70eeba58d7870
emacs-nox-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 645b965aeb0a7b144b7eaeec8985b79985157845baa82646c199499b83fbd97c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
emacs-23.1-28.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: a12289661f63087e8d4cd02df9a21d28cc8de6c41d6cd83ebf483a08c252ee37
x86_64
emacs-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: edf56e59d67510607e9b2da0127f53c7deb06b4016abd04805442defb49a0e94
emacs-common-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3a5c17cd0cfc46863dc77d51c325d111150ae8d05ea02261a12be24aa57681f5
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b5a1b7a30a4d3ffefc24d0407e0718d246231b7f03fd34e48bffd59f589079fd
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b5a1b7a30a4d3ffefc24d0407e0718d246231b7f03fd34e48bffd59f589079fd
emacs-el-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9b04193886bb4220af50d2cb5f67356e84ffd2d10df348507a4b0b0561934e41
emacs-nox-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 998a5ccd26c78386708acbbf06158d0da5bf1dbbd09dd1e3797afddf1fae6e95
i386
emacs-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 18ef9bc60755b00f13bf10d24f415439eaef6ae79347e8260dbcb4e23c624ed9
emacs-common-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: b62abf5e8b646ce24ee940c6394dc95d79f6608f3c39ea1eadc45d84ba7d1cb4
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: b5159b90c412301c33680f8291b69d52677fb9503b8579b4b87e69924a544b3e
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: b5159b90c412301c33680f8291b69d52677fb9503b8579b4b87e69924a544b3e
emacs-el-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: bfcdd55e53e0bbcfa0d492afc9cc16768527c3167ebdc0ed98a70eeba58d7870
emacs-nox-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 645b965aeb0a7b144b7eaeec8985b79985157845baa82646c199499b83fbd97c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
emacs-23.1-28.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: a12289661f63087e8d4cd02df9a21d28cc8de6c41d6cd83ebf483a08c252ee37
s390x
emacs-23.1-28.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: f33c4d6b7ce51739acb0d155e911868dff1461ec1ba2687ecbd4070203704f88
emacs-common-23.1-28.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 316bfcf3fed0c533d4eefde2438d453c410f95bb4123ab4f37779b760282557b
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 13533d7a751f62d2f319252c1f7caaec129980db1964b58922c8e49c27e3fb7b
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 13533d7a751f62d2f319252c1f7caaec129980db1964b58922c8e49c27e3fb7b
emacs-el-23.1-28.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: c498831a77d78fede11dd7d7b0abc98ddc3ad0ebf00d1bf908edbd7fc0265e23
emacs-nox-23.1-28.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 2e39a464dc5a85eb814c3f606647b2eac014b9c4bd0469b49a4005d7e17823fd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
emacs-23.1-28.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: a12289661f63087e8d4cd02df9a21d28cc8de6c41d6cd83ebf483a08c252ee37
ppc64
emacs-23.1-28.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 502979edf186becdfa2f29c98f908a3f15a5327cbd3a4569103d7776fa31129f
emacs-common-23.1-28.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: e2382daed40735842f44d777a3c6771f9bca3c23bdf3e3bd8c01624733e377f2
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 25b0b3c8e416b3b9fbf24e8d674ae8a4f6dceec4896e72c6546baddf466cf178
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 25b0b3c8e416b3b9fbf24e8d674ae8a4f6dceec4896e72c6546baddf466cf178
emacs-el-23.1-28.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 1c43c00b0698a05e0a70da78b64478e1b7ca8f70095d412855015fad0f20b831
emacs-nox-23.1-28.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: fa77240d89b93f709e4f64e4aa8343519761ab0c255195601465fe4ab86948a9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
emacs-23.1-28.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: a12289661f63087e8d4cd02df9a21d28cc8de6c41d6cd83ebf483a08c252ee37
x86_64
emacs-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: edf56e59d67510607e9b2da0127f53c7deb06b4016abd04805442defb49a0e94
emacs-common-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3a5c17cd0cfc46863dc77d51c325d111150ae8d05ea02261a12be24aa57681f5
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b5a1b7a30a4d3ffefc24d0407e0718d246231b7f03fd34e48bffd59f589079fd
emacs-el-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9b04193886bb4220af50d2cb5f67356e84ffd2d10df348507a4b0b0561934e41
emacs-nox-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 998a5ccd26c78386708acbbf06158d0da5bf1dbbd09dd1e3797afddf1fae6e95

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
emacs-23.1-28.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: a12289661f63087e8d4cd02df9a21d28cc8de6c41d6cd83ebf483a08c252ee37
x86_64
emacs-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: edf56e59d67510607e9b2da0127f53c7deb06b4016abd04805442defb49a0e94
emacs-common-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3a5c17cd0cfc46863dc77d51c325d111150ae8d05ea02261a12be24aa57681f5
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b5a1b7a30a4d3ffefc24d0407e0718d246231b7f03fd34e48bffd59f589079fd
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b5a1b7a30a4d3ffefc24d0407e0718d246231b7f03fd34e48bffd59f589079fd
emacs-el-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9b04193886bb4220af50d2cb5f67356e84ffd2d10df348507a4b0b0561934e41
emacs-nox-23.1-28.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 998a5ccd26c78386708acbbf06158d0da5bf1dbbd09dd1e3797afddf1fae6e95
i386
emacs-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 18ef9bc60755b00f13bf10d24f415439eaef6ae79347e8260dbcb4e23c624ed9
emacs-common-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: b62abf5e8b646ce24ee940c6394dc95d79f6608f3c39ea1eadc45d84ba7d1cb4
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: b5159b90c412301c33680f8291b69d52677fb9503b8579b4b87e69924a544b3e
emacs-debuginfo-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: b5159b90c412301c33680f8291b69d52677fb9503b8579b4b87e69924a544b3e
emacs-el-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: bfcdd55e53e0bbcfa0d492afc9cc16768527c3167ebdc0ed98a70eeba58d7870
emacs-nox-23.1-28.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 645b965aeb0a7b144b7eaeec8985b79985157845baa82646c199499b83fbd97c