Issued:
2011-02-23
Updated:
2011-05-19

RHBA-2011:0297 - vim bug fix update

Synopsis

vim bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated vim packages that fix a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • When editing a shell script (that is, "filetype=sh"), the presence of the "\c" escape sequence followed by a non-space character caused syntax highlighting to incorrectly report a syntax error. With this update, the relevant regular expression in the syntax file has been corrected, and syntax is now highlighted as expected. (BZ#629568)

All users of vim are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve 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.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • vim-enhanced-7.2.411-1.6.el6.s390x.rpm
  • vim-X11-7.2.411-1.6.el6.i686.rpm
  • vim-debuginfo-7.2.411-1.6.el6.i686.rpm
  • vim-7.2.411-1.6.el6.src.rpm
  • vim-enhanced-7.2.411-1.6.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • vim-minimal-7.2.411-1.6.el6.i686.rpm
  • vim-minimal-7.2.411-1.6.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • vim-debuginfo-7.2.411-1.6.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • vim-debuginfo-7.2.411-1.6.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • vim-common-7.2.411-1.6.el6.i686.rpm
  • vim-enhanced-7.2.411-1.6.el6.i686.rpm
  • vim-X11-7.2.411-1.6.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • vim-minimal-7.2.411-1.6.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • vim-common-7.2.411-1.6.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • vim-common-7.2.411-1.6.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • vim-enhanced-7.2.411-1.6.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • vim-X11-7.2.411-1.6.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • vim-debuginfo-7.2.411-1.6.el6.s390x.rpm
  • vim-X11-7.2.411-1.6.el6.s390x.rpm
  • vim-common-7.2.411-1.6.el6.s390x.rpm
  • vim-minimal-7.2.411-1.6.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information