Issued:
2009-09-29
Updated:
2009-09-29

RHBA-2009:1464 - kdelibs bug fix update

Synopsis

kdelibs bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated kdelibs packages that fix the bugs are now available.

Description

The kdelibs packages contain a set of common libraries used by all applications written for the K Desktop Environment (KDE). kdelibs includes kdecore (KDE core library); kdeui (user interface); kfm (file manager); khtmlw (HTML widget); kio (input/output and networking); kspell (spelling checker); jscript (javascript); kab (addressbook); and kimgio (image manipulation).

This update addresses the following issue:

  • the kde.sh shell script used the keyword "source". The pdksh (Public Domain Korn SHell) package, a new package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4, does not recognize the "source" keyword in shell scripts. Consequently, if pdksh was used as the shell on systems with KDE installed, the following error message was returned in login shells:

    ksh: /etc/profile.d/kde.sh[7]: source: not found

The kde.sh shell script in this update has been edited with "source" replaced by "." The full stop keyword (.) is an alias for "source" in Bourne-compatible shells, including pdksh. Once installed, KDE users running the pdksh shell will no longer get the above error message. (BZ#523968)

Note: this bug was a known issue at the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 and a manual version of the fix included in this update was documented in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Technical Notes:

This content is not included.http://redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.4/html/Technical_Notes/Known_Issues-pdksh.html

If /etc/profile.d/kde.sh already exists, the new version included with this update is installed as /etc/profile.d/kde.sh.rpmnew.

Therefore, on systems where an extant kde.sh has been manually edited as per the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Technical Notes, the manual fix is retained.

On systems where kde.sh already exists and the workaround has not been applied, however, installing this update does not, of itself, implement the fix. After installation on such systems, renaming kde.sh and kde.sh.rpmnew as follows will implement the fix:

cp /etc/profile.d/kde.sh /etc/profile.d/kde.sh.bak
cp /etc/profile.d/kde.sh.rpmnew /etc/profile.d/kde.sh

All KDE and pdksh users should install this updated package which fixes this bug.

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.4ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support5.4ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support5.4s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.ppc64.rpm
  • kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.s390.rpm
  • kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.s390x.rpm
  • kdelibs-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm
  • kdelibs-apidocs-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm
  • kdelibs-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
  • kdelibs-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.src.rpm
  • kdelibs-apidocs-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.ppc.rpm
  • kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm
  • kdelibs-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.s390x.rpm
  • kdelibs-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.ppc.rpm
  • kdelibs-apidocs-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
  • kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.ppc.rpm
  • kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm
  • kdelibs-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm
  • kdelibs-apidocs-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.s390x.rpm
  • kdelibs-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.ppc64.rpm
  • kdelibs-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.s390.rpm
  • kdelibs-devel-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
  • kdelibs-apidocs-3.5.4-22.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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