Issued:

2011-05-19

Updated:

2011-05-19

RHBA-2011:0721 - ruby bug fix update

Synopsis

ruby bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated ruby packages that fix several bugs are now available.

Description

Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented scripting language. It has features to process text files and to perform system management tasks.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, Ruby's self-test failed because of a false-positive. The erroneous result has been corrected and the test no longer fails. (BZ#635588)

• Ruby's self-test failed because of a bug in GNU dbm (gdbm). Until this bug is corrected, the test is omitted from Ruby's self-test to avoid this failure. (BZ#635588)

All users of Ruby are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these bugs.

Solution

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

This update is available via the 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://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• ruby-irb-1.8.7.299-7.el6.i686.rpm
• ruby-debuginfo-1.8.7.299-7.el6.ppc.rpm
• ruby-irb-1.8.7.299-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
• ruby-1.8.7.299-7.el6.i686.rpm
• ruby-devel-1.8.7.299-7.el6.s390x.rpm
• ruby-docs-1.8.7.299-7.el6.s390x.rpm
• ruby-rdoc-1.8.7.299-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
• ruby-tcltk-1.8.7.299-7.el6.s390x.rpm
• ruby-libs-1.8.7.299-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
• ruby-debuginfo-1.8.7.299-7.el6.s390.rpm
• ruby-ri-1.8.7.299-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
• ruby-static-1.8.7.299-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
• ruby-1.8.7.299-7.el6.src.rpm
• ruby-ri-1.8.7.299-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
• ruby-1.8.7.299-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
• ruby-ri-1.8.7.299-7.el6.s390x.rpm
• ruby-static-1.8.7.299-7.el6.i686.rpm
• ruby-static-1.8.7.299-7.el6.s390x.rpm
• ruby-rdoc-1.8.7.299-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
• ruby-debuginfo-1.8.7.299-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
• ruby-ri-1.8.7.299-7.el6.i686.rpm
• ruby-libs-1.8.7.299-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
• ruby-devel-1.8.7.299-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
• ruby-rdoc-1.8.7.299-7.el6.s390x.rpm
• ruby-libs-1.8.7.299-7.el6.ppc.rpm
• ruby-debuginfo-1.8.7.299-7.el6.s390x.rpm
• ruby-docs-1.8.7.299-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
• ruby-rdoc-1.8.7.299-7.el6.i686.rpm
• ruby-static-1.8.7.299-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
• ruby-devel-1.8.7.299-7.el6.ppc.rpm
• ruby-debuginfo-1.8.7.299-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
• ruby-devel-1.8.7.299-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
• ruby-docs-1.8.7.299-7.el6.i686.rpm
• ruby-tcltk-1.8.7.299-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
• ruby-tcltk-1.8.7.299-7.el6.i686.rpm
• ruby-devel-1.8.7.299-7.el6.s390.rpm
• ruby-tcltk-1.8.7.299-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
• ruby-1.8.7.299-7.el6.s390x.rpm
• ruby-devel-1.8.7.299-7.el6.i686.rpm
• ruby-libs-1.8.7.299-7.el6.s390.rpm
• ruby-1.8.7.299-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
• ruby-irb-1.8.7.299-7.el6.s390x.rpm
• ruby-libs-1.8.7.299-7.el6.i686.rpm
• ruby-irb-1.8.7.299-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
• ruby-libs-1.8.7.299-7.el6.s390x.rpm
• ruby-docs-1.8.7.299-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
• ruby-debuginfo-1.8.7.299-7.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 635588

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
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