xrdb fails with "unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"' after applying security update

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Issue

After applying a security update, the command /usr/bin/xrdb fails with the following error message:

$ xrdb 
sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with xorg-x11-server-utils to version 7.4-15.el6_0.1 from RHSA-2011:0433
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 with xorg-x11-server-utils version 7.1-5.el5_6.1 from RHSA-2011:0433
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 with Xorg-x11 version 6.8.2-1.EL.67 from RHSA-2011:0432

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