Issued:
2021-11-09
Updated:
2021-11-09

RHBA-2021:4470 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

man-db bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for man-db is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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 for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1874010 - After installing lapack package, server shutdown is delayed while man-db-cache-update.service runs

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8

SRPM
man-db-2.7.6.1-18.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 398094ada3db6207ddfa55d0e17754f12833244d66c04736cb877327c50952e9
x86_64
man-db-2.7.6.1-18.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4ba395fa52087932606da98e076eb94b8d766ee11d0a60bc09bc8bd57ff6e479
man-db-cron-2.7.6.1-18.el8.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 6f773ad4e3df5b742218f0e20f7ddbd583c511b442e9888060432727c13f6fe1
man-db-debuginfo-2.7.6.1-18.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b52eef2f6f3f362cf7760f4c2f297849f14bf530c66139695a8e10555491e59
man-db-debugsource-2.7.6.1-18.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 86e55331cca39cb71a6922d33f7ada0981cc9811140605906f64ece84711a2fe

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8

SRPM
man-db-2.7.6.1-18.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 398094ada3db6207ddfa55d0e17754f12833244d66c04736cb877327c50952e9
s390x
man-db-2.7.6.1-18.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fc429ad878b7b3b768283402b451a6a9d8a954d730034a9a56205238b423dd26
man-db-cron-2.7.6.1-18.el8.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 6f773ad4e3df5b742218f0e20f7ddbd583c511b442e9888060432727c13f6fe1
man-db-debuginfo-2.7.6.1-18.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0cd36fce1e2c4115bfa0044c95377791b3e8f33dc40daff71bd7bb45c791f42c
man-db-debugsource-2.7.6.1-18.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3852c784959b46ab3499c4d52ec2d407543e2d2cc825a124434dc6db1f97762b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8

SRPM
man-db-2.7.6.1-18.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 398094ada3db6207ddfa55d0e17754f12833244d66c04736cb877327c50952e9
ppc64le
man-db-2.7.6.1-18.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9bfb2ec6e0ca708bb8b37225e24f8fec42930597dec0dbc845fab710d3e6e55a
man-db-cron-2.7.6.1-18.el8.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 6f773ad4e3df5b742218f0e20f7ddbd583c511b442e9888060432727c13f6fe1
man-db-debuginfo-2.7.6.1-18.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: cee76eeef99d98cc7d4a0e2a1755b6f87c86a1426a3efbba0490449efb694ca1
man-db-debugsource-2.7.6.1-18.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 35dab3e570ca3d697ab1aa50db5701b3d44b1d6d2870071ab675da6affd37fcb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8

SRPM
man-db-2.7.6.1-18.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 398094ada3db6207ddfa55d0e17754f12833244d66c04736cb877327c50952e9
aarch64
man-db-2.7.6.1-18.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 17a0232cc5a4bbdf14dea4d0ea804ecf48c1191febfe901539c1e30f830facd8
man-db-cron-2.7.6.1-18.el8.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 6f773ad4e3df5b742218f0e20f7ddbd583c511b442e9888060432727c13f6fe1
man-db-debuginfo-2.7.6.1-18.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: dc28b0da6fc503ffb593f26c72625a9db8c30f2fadbe502f8129fb8a98d181a9
man-db-debugsource-2.7.6.1-18.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: ab0e330d00c21bd7dd331ad4031979de94cf5d88fb1969ea6e526f47eb43950d

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