Issued:: 2018-10-30
Updated:: 2018-10-30

RHBA-2018:3126 - Bug Fix Advisory

Overview
Updated Packages

Synopsis

flex bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for flex is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The flex package provides a tool for generating programs that perform pattern-matching on text.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of flex are advised to upgrade to this updated package.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7 aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7 ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

BZ - 1210022 - flex produces output with compiler warnings
BZ - 1600429 - flex FTBFS in rhel-7.6

CVEs

(none)

References

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/7.6_Release_Notes/index.html

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: eb0ec94dea875d9c4e032e3b9010622bd33228cab53c13662715ca817eea9604
x86_64
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: bf66daed068b611850c962a7f986ccd2f37375ddb7f9639d4563b5ff2061f92e
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 76fcfd7c6c14e40cb24dfb9c1b760800e457b71b65b090071578968fcba7eb01
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9034ac3ab6850e7e7a20729ed109e3f157d28d461db38ca8355b71493deb54c8
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9034ac3ab6850e7e7a20729ed109e3f157d28d461db38ca8355b71493deb54c8
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 75b1d9a5b3dd19637e1897fba6daa45c057e624a5b7c0bf879e7871252c93520
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 89f6d00e2d873e6038ef1488290e05fa5e0829fc9ae8b1e9792fa7d92d3ac918
flex-doc-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 679623550aafd6b464662a8672690f0cc6ad0d812bf88ae7c8a77e5d4061f773

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: eb0ec94dea875d9c4e032e3b9010622bd33228cab53c13662715ca817eea9604
x86_64
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: bf66daed068b611850c962a7f986ccd2f37375ddb7f9639d4563b5ff2061f92e
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 76fcfd7c6c14e40cb24dfb9c1b760800e457b71b65b090071578968fcba7eb01
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9034ac3ab6850e7e7a20729ed109e3f157d28d461db38ca8355b71493deb54c8
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9034ac3ab6850e7e7a20729ed109e3f157d28d461db38ca8355b71493deb54c8
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 75b1d9a5b3dd19637e1897fba6daa45c057e624a5b7c0bf879e7871252c93520
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 89f6d00e2d873e6038ef1488290e05fa5e0829fc9ae8b1e9792fa7d92d3ac918
flex-doc-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 679623550aafd6b464662a8672690f0cc6ad0d812bf88ae7c8a77e5d4061f773

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: eb0ec94dea875d9c4e032e3b9010622bd33228cab53c13662715ca817eea9604
x86_64
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: bf66daed068b611850c962a7f986ccd2f37375ddb7f9639d4563b5ff2061f92e
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 76fcfd7c6c14e40cb24dfb9c1b760800e457b71b65b090071578968fcba7eb01
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9034ac3ab6850e7e7a20729ed109e3f157d28d461db38ca8355b71493deb54c8
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9034ac3ab6850e7e7a20729ed109e3f157d28d461db38ca8355b71493deb54c8
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 75b1d9a5b3dd19637e1897fba6daa45c057e624a5b7c0bf879e7871252c93520
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 89f6d00e2d873e6038ef1488290e05fa5e0829fc9ae8b1e9792fa7d92d3ac918
flex-doc-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 679623550aafd6b464662a8672690f0cc6ad0d812bf88ae7c8a77e5d4061f773

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: eb0ec94dea875d9c4e032e3b9010622bd33228cab53c13662715ca817eea9604
x86_64
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: bf66daed068b611850c962a7f986ccd2f37375ddb7f9639d4563b5ff2061f92e
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 76fcfd7c6c14e40cb24dfb9c1b760800e457b71b65b090071578968fcba7eb01
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9034ac3ab6850e7e7a20729ed109e3f157d28d461db38ca8355b71493deb54c8
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9034ac3ab6850e7e7a20729ed109e3f157d28d461db38ca8355b71493deb54c8
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 75b1d9a5b3dd19637e1897fba6daa45c057e624a5b7c0bf879e7871252c93520
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 89f6d00e2d873e6038ef1488290e05fa5e0829fc9ae8b1e9792fa7d92d3ac918
flex-doc-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 679623550aafd6b464662a8672690f0cc6ad0d812bf88ae7c8a77e5d4061f773

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: eb0ec94dea875d9c4e032e3b9010622bd33228cab53c13662715ca817eea9604
s390x
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 505c310d5f94eb55f292298b53ac8ffc5281be9f6fa01e4591decc51346d5b0c
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 998c3e6c8469aa18374fc94b180896885b208cac9dcc6f7278ab04e765c6dae9
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 7a5e0d6237458744dd4e99b3626429b6ab18af97dac4b0e6f64f8ba8292040cf
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 7a5e0d6237458744dd4e99b3626429b6ab18af97dac4b0e6f64f8ba8292040cf
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 137276a9b0f3715e3958bf16e30351dcce886bc9c510f488ee93f7345c0f01ca
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 1ca1f56595ba0fab9323050fd538159474ec7cb2087778e5d3982cda72ba8705
flex-doc-2.5.37-6.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: f153de27944d4b02d61bed5bb6f65b130a0dd43a329dd98a8a11f252a8a6ae50

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: eb0ec94dea875d9c4e032e3b9010622bd33228cab53c13662715ca817eea9604
ppc64
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 92d2ba9b86314f05576e766ee56ebc4504b3d9f07f3e81b2c8aef4ff25102ee9
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 87ce1645da214788d59d5cb43ab96cab77c02145b23393a161ca064bccc9bf33
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 544f9851487dbd3b0a6ea7362383667199af25234e991009d9339e9cb3392899
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 544f9851487dbd3b0a6ea7362383667199af25234e991009d9339e9cb3392899
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 11387534ca9e8c5fca9d045ca556c483cf8052781c502ae3210bc55d8c8d7130
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 113e6045d03589f30368f62a2109d3282d61d8d802e2ff74bc761bba23456895
flex-doc-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 5822fd06daf7aad06a369336ee2f5a4977faf981d7386f8eb92ea2925ac5af71

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: eb0ec94dea875d9c4e032e3b9010622bd33228cab53c13662715ca817eea9604
x86_64
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: bf66daed068b611850c962a7f986ccd2f37375ddb7f9639d4563b5ff2061f92e
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 76fcfd7c6c14e40cb24dfb9c1b760800e457b71b65b090071578968fcba7eb01
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9034ac3ab6850e7e7a20729ed109e3f157d28d461db38ca8355b71493deb54c8
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 75b1d9a5b3dd19637e1897fba6daa45c057e624a5b7c0bf879e7871252c93520
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 89f6d00e2d873e6038ef1488290e05fa5e0829fc9ae8b1e9792fa7d92d3ac918
flex-doc-2.5.37-6.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 679623550aafd6b464662a8672690f0cc6ad0d812bf88ae7c8a77e5d4061f773

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: eb0ec94dea875d9c4e032e3b9010622bd33228cab53c13662715ca817eea9604
ppc64le
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 8ac3f9dcf699ed9dd463edef157ffabec2a6e5a17af982ae3bb1f47c9ac5c46f
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: f5dc76a3438666b14917ca31f4432f2caad0220aea4cd20decae92a6b4245b9f
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: f5dc76a3438666b14917ca31f4432f2caad0220aea4cd20decae92a6b4245b9f
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 2c7dfb228d6db38f508feaafd5057aeda4097c84049a37849bab9e4e411e8651
flex-doc-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 947fc1c9eb98564dd63c6eae80b0dd2ce9c6844659d241fcfd32113b4d344ad3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7

SRPM
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: eb0ec94dea875d9c4e032e3b9010622bd33228cab53c13662715ca817eea9604
s390x
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 505c310d5f94eb55f292298b53ac8ffc5281be9f6fa01e4591decc51346d5b0c
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 998c3e6c8469aa18374fc94b180896885b208cac9dcc6f7278ab04e765c6dae9
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 7a5e0d6237458744dd4e99b3626429b6ab18af97dac4b0e6f64f8ba8292040cf
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 7a5e0d6237458744dd4e99b3626429b6ab18af97dac4b0e6f64f8ba8292040cf
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 137276a9b0f3715e3958bf16e30351dcce886bc9c510f488ee93f7345c0f01ca
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 1ca1f56595ba0fab9323050fd538159474ec7cb2087778e5d3982cda72ba8705
flex-doc-2.5.37-6.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: f153de27944d4b02d61bed5bb6f65b130a0dd43a329dd98a8a11f252a8a6ae50

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7

SRPM
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: eb0ec94dea875d9c4e032e3b9010622bd33228cab53c13662715ca817eea9604
aarch64
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.aarch64.rpm	SHA-256: fdd68b6340acaa3ba4737724dfd70f5e823fa736d3755c08021b1b924fbf371a
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.aarch64.rpm	SHA-256: 747366ff222137b6bac41f263aceddf590fe5e1d00b7bacaa700272c04062e5d
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.aarch64.rpm	SHA-256: 747366ff222137b6bac41f263aceddf590fe5e1d00b7bacaa700272c04062e5d
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.aarch64.rpm	SHA-256: 2da73e9284a383ed51744969b05159f391c5917d18ca3dd3f966f133fcc783b4
flex-doc-2.5.37-6.el7.aarch64.rpm	SHA-256: c40316c95e3ed2383b6b0632602eecc6b23672e7bbf23a6526649bb9073bae80

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7

SRPM
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: eb0ec94dea875d9c4e032e3b9010622bd33228cab53c13662715ca817eea9604
ppc64le
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 8ac3f9dcf699ed9dd463edef157ffabec2a6e5a17af982ae3bb1f47c9ac5c46f
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: f5dc76a3438666b14917ca31f4432f2caad0220aea4cd20decae92a6b4245b9f
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: f5dc76a3438666b14917ca31f4432f2caad0220aea4cd20decae92a6b4245b9f
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 2c7dfb228d6db38f508feaafd5057aeda4097c84049a37849bab9e4e411e8651
flex-doc-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 947fc1c9eb98564dd63c6eae80b0dd2ce9c6844659d241fcfd32113b4d344ad3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7

SRPM
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: eb0ec94dea875d9c4e032e3b9010622bd33228cab53c13662715ca817eea9604
s390x
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 505c310d5f94eb55f292298b53ac8ffc5281be9f6fa01e4591decc51346d5b0c
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 998c3e6c8469aa18374fc94b180896885b208cac9dcc6f7278ab04e765c6dae9
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 7a5e0d6237458744dd4e99b3626429b6ab18af97dac4b0e6f64f8ba8292040cf
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 7a5e0d6237458744dd4e99b3626429b6ab18af97dac4b0e6f64f8ba8292040cf
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 137276a9b0f3715e3958bf16e30351dcce886bc9c510f488ee93f7345c0f01ca
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 1ca1f56595ba0fab9323050fd538159474ec7cb2087778e5d3982cda72ba8705
flex-doc-2.5.37-6.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: f153de27944d4b02d61bed5bb6f65b130a0dd43a329dd98a8a11f252a8a6ae50

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7

SRPM
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: eb0ec94dea875d9c4e032e3b9010622bd33228cab53c13662715ca817eea9604
ppc64
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 92d2ba9b86314f05576e766ee56ebc4504b3d9f07f3e81b2c8aef4ff25102ee9
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 87ce1645da214788d59d5cb43ab96cab77c02145b23393a161ca064bccc9bf33
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 544f9851487dbd3b0a6ea7362383667199af25234e991009d9339e9cb3392899
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 544f9851487dbd3b0a6ea7362383667199af25234e991009d9339e9cb3392899
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 11387534ca9e8c5fca9d045ca556c483cf8052781c502ae3210bc55d8c8d7130
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 113e6045d03589f30368f62a2109d3282d61d8d802e2ff74bc761bba23456895
flex-doc-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 5822fd06daf7aad06a369336ee2f5a4977faf981d7386f8eb92ea2925ac5af71

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7

SRPM
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: eb0ec94dea875d9c4e032e3b9010622bd33228cab53c13662715ca817eea9604
ppc64le
flex-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 8ac3f9dcf699ed9dd463edef157ffabec2a6e5a17af982ae3bb1f47c9ac5c46f
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: f5dc76a3438666b14917ca31f4432f2caad0220aea4cd20decae92a6b4245b9f
flex-debuginfo-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: f5dc76a3438666b14917ca31f4432f2caad0220aea4cd20decae92a6b4245b9f
flex-devel-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 2c7dfb228d6db38f508feaafd5057aeda4097c84049a37849bab9e4e411e8651
flex-doc-2.5.37-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 947fc1c9eb98564dd63c6eae80b0dd2ce9c6844659d241fcfd32113b4d344ad3

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