Issued:
2016-01-12
Updated:
2016-05-09

RHEA-2016:0028 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Synopsis

wget enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

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Topic

Updated wget packages that add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The wget packages provide the GNU Wget file retrieval utility for HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols.

This update adds the following enhancement:

  • Additional unit tests are now run when building the wget packages, which ensures more reliable functionality of the packages after installation. (BZ#1295847)

Users of wget are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this enhancement.

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

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
x86_64
wget-1.12-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1cc8e5f65cb676637eb3b4d3086063e6dc0f6b2bccca562e57248855f865f90f
wget-debuginfo-1.12-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3d8d7d4021f01a23ad9a629d3071d1171cd9e4c27b221dd5acd83c1ca6f3e440
i386
wget-1.12-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0227c6d5e363a78f807e1dbd93565d61c35c7d031f71a9dea05106ff61b85c4f
wget-debuginfo-1.12-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7e688eae55bd53a7a3a48dfc7f27f0b1668d11ea394caeec75ad6505007a07c1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
x86_64
wget-1.12-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1cc8e5f65cb676637eb3b4d3086063e6dc0f6b2bccca562e57248855f865f90f
wget-debuginfo-1.12-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3d8d7d4021f01a23ad9a629d3071d1171cd9e4c27b221dd5acd83c1ca6f3e440
i386
wget-1.12-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0227c6d5e363a78f807e1dbd93565d61c35c7d031f71a9dea05106ff61b85c4f
wget-debuginfo-1.12-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7e688eae55bd53a7a3a48dfc7f27f0b1668d11ea394caeec75ad6505007a07c1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
x86_64
wget-1.12-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1cc8e5f65cb676637eb3b4d3086063e6dc0f6b2bccca562e57248855f865f90f
wget-debuginfo-1.12-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3d8d7d4021f01a23ad9a629d3071d1171cd9e4c27b221dd5acd83c1ca6f3e440
i386
wget-1.12-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0227c6d5e363a78f807e1dbd93565d61c35c7d031f71a9dea05106ff61b85c4f
wget-debuginfo-1.12-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7e688eae55bd53a7a3a48dfc7f27f0b1668d11ea394caeec75ad6505007a07c1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
x86_64
wget-1.12-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1cc8e5f65cb676637eb3b4d3086063e6dc0f6b2bccca562e57248855f865f90f
wget-debuginfo-1.12-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3d8d7d4021f01a23ad9a629d3071d1171cd9e4c27b221dd5acd83c1ca6f3e440
i386
wget-1.12-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0227c6d5e363a78f807e1dbd93565d61c35c7d031f71a9dea05106ff61b85c4f
wget-debuginfo-1.12-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7e688eae55bd53a7a3a48dfc7f27f0b1668d11ea394caeec75ad6505007a07c1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
s390x
wget-1.12-8.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 48bc8e6db0c647a063d6f710eb2c85132ace3942eeb3eada1b5f9c2fb16e492c
wget-debuginfo-1.12-8.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2eeb2dbdaaed39669bbaa17d27e1588367eb8387105a5d4a94dd3a364d6d02b0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
ppc64
wget-1.12-8.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: ed13dc65923e75ba898c9abcb2928c6ce3295d28c082fa7146b8eb04e171d0da
wget-debuginfo-1.12-8.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 4d03358240939eaf496126f6e61870eb1f21401da7c6b98276c8bf879e8ceb0c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
x86_64
wget-1.12-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1cc8e5f65cb676637eb3b4d3086063e6dc0f6b2bccca562e57248855f865f90f
wget-debuginfo-1.12-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3d8d7d4021f01a23ad9a629d3071d1171cd9e4c27b221dd5acd83c1ca6f3e440

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

SRPM
s390x
wget-1.12-8.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 48bc8e6db0c647a063d6f710eb2c85132ace3942eeb3eada1b5f9c2fb16e492c
wget-debuginfo-1.12-8.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2eeb2dbdaaed39669bbaa17d27e1588367eb8387105a5d4a94dd3a364d6d02b0

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