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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:2655 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2020-06-23
Updated:
2020-06-23

RHBA-2020:2655 - Bug Fix Advisory

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Synopsis

ncompress bugfix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

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

Description

The ncompress package contains the compress and uncompress file compression and decompression utilities, which are compatible with the original UNIX compress utility (.Z file extensions). These utilities can't handle gzipped (.gz file extensions) files, but gzip can handle compressed files.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • compress/uncompress file shows "chown error (ignored) file: Operation not permitted" (BZ#1823668)

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

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 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 - 1823668 - compress/uncompress file shows "chown error (ignored) file: Operation not permitted" [rhel-7.8.z]

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 7

SRPM
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4d14aecdbb71521704ce1fd41d203503b36a72d7bac9ae3f0ae7e8936c9c1cef
x86_64
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 53bb16c43c456c05750bb4008846c39c5de5696f839fc3490e1a5b1859c4d096
ncompress-debuginfo-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4b77efc51cc8b53bdd63bda0baae25ab6451fc2b1e09515055d0c6468892e1e5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4d14aecdbb71521704ce1fd41d203503b36a72d7bac9ae3f0ae7e8936c9c1cef
x86_64
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 53bb16c43c456c05750bb4008846c39c5de5696f839fc3490e1a5b1859c4d096
ncompress-debuginfo-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4b77efc51cc8b53bdd63bda0baae25ab6451fc2b1e09515055d0c6468892e1e5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4d14aecdbb71521704ce1fd41d203503b36a72d7bac9ae3f0ae7e8936c9c1cef
x86_64
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 53bb16c43c456c05750bb4008846c39c5de5696f839fc3490e1a5b1859c4d096
ncompress-debuginfo-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4b77efc51cc8b53bdd63bda0baae25ab6451fc2b1e09515055d0c6468892e1e5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4d14aecdbb71521704ce1fd41d203503b36a72d7bac9ae3f0ae7e8936c9c1cef
x86_64
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 53bb16c43c456c05750bb4008846c39c5de5696f839fc3490e1a5b1859c4d096
ncompress-debuginfo-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4b77efc51cc8b53bdd63bda0baae25ab6451fc2b1e09515055d0c6468892e1e5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4d14aecdbb71521704ce1fd41d203503b36a72d7bac9ae3f0ae7e8936c9c1cef
s390x
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 600fa6162d631917fb42894b0eeb5d09f528f332daa2f7ad6d532d1655dfecfa
ncompress-debuginfo-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b2cf722d1f5d4afe535669897b9050c8ea0c7d47f0ae9e1608b72de5df5d8662

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4d14aecdbb71521704ce1fd41d203503b36a72d7bac9ae3f0ae7e8936c9c1cef
ppc64
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: d3abc9ee3c751e50ebd703c71ff2e2b7ef96f08fa87a4e2c9a0cf025f354686a
ncompress-debuginfo-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 97f3cf9a973372c55143815721be1f59faa50b6136d8c3b17c13a989b40dfd33

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4d14aecdbb71521704ce1fd41d203503b36a72d7bac9ae3f0ae7e8936c9c1cef
x86_64
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 53bb16c43c456c05750bb4008846c39c5de5696f839fc3490e1a5b1859c4d096
ncompress-debuginfo-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4b77efc51cc8b53bdd63bda0baae25ab6451fc2b1e09515055d0c6468892e1e5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4d14aecdbb71521704ce1fd41d203503b36a72d7bac9ae3f0ae7e8936c9c1cef
ppc64le
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9afdef1c9a4b31ea5b93cffc1c77362b2f18f80972eaf30cca29c08a658f9574
ncompress-debuginfo-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 75bba3b7da0c6dce20231705f291fb1d1573cdc7146ed4f4a02a9d3026b1e53e

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

SRPM
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4d14aecdbb71521704ce1fd41d203503b36a72d7bac9ae3f0ae7e8936c9c1cef
s390x
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 600fa6162d631917fb42894b0eeb5d09f528f332daa2f7ad6d532d1655dfecfa
ncompress-debuginfo-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b2cf722d1f5d4afe535669897b9050c8ea0c7d47f0ae9e1608b72de5df5d8662

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

SRPM
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4d14aecdbb71521704ce1fd41d203503b36a72d7bac9ae3f0ae7e8936c9c1cef
ppc64
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: d3abc9ee3c751e50ebd703c71ff2e2b7ef96f08fa87a4e2c9a0cf025f354686a
ncompress-debuginfo-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 97f3cf9a973372c55143815721be1f59faa50b6136d8c3b17c13a989b40dfd33

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

SRPM
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4d14aecdbb71521704ce1fd41d203503b36a72d7bac9ae3f0ae7e8936c9c1cef
ppc64le
ncompress-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9afdef1c9a4b31ea5b93cffc1c77362b2f18f80972eaf30cca29c08a658f9574
ncompress-debuginfo-4.2.4.4-3.1.el7_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 75bba3b7da0c6dce20231705f291fb1d1573cdc7146ed4f4a02a9d3026b1e53e

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