Issued:
2010-01-12
Updated:
2010-01-12

RHBA-2010:0027 - tcsh bug fix update


Synopsis

tcsh bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated tcsh package that fixes a bug is now available.

Description

Tcsh is an enhanced and compatible version of the C shell (csh). Tcsh is a command language interpreter, which can be used as an interactive login shell, as well as a shell script command processor.

This updated tcsh package fixes the following bug:

  • when using the tcsh shell, running a command with glob characters which also took as an argument any single- or double-quoted string resulted in a backslash character being inserted before every character in the quoted string arguments. This update provides a fix to tcsh glob-handling so that characters in single- or double-quoted string arguments are handled correctly and as expected. (BZ#547529)

All users of tcsh are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue.

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

  • tcsh-6.14-14.el5_4.3.s390x.rpm
  • tcsh-6.14-14.el5_4.3.i386.rpm
  • tcsh-6.14-14.el5_4.3.src.rpm
  • tcsh-6.14-14.el5_4.3.x86_64.rpm
  • tcsh-6.14-14.el5_4.3.ppc.rpm
  • tcsh-6.14-14.el5_4.3.ia64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information