Issued:

2011-05-19

Updated:

2011-05-19

RHBA-2011:0780 - man-pages-overrides bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

man-pages-overrides bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated man-pages-overrides package that fixes several bugs and adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

A collection of manual ("man") pages to complement other packages or update those contained therein.

This updated man-pages-overrides package provides fixes for the following bugs:

• The semanage(8) manual page has been rewritten. (BZ#540492, BZ#636785)

• Several typographical errors have been fixed in the yum-verify(1) manual page. (BZ#604626)

• The release tag has been fixed in the w3m(1) manual page. (BZ#615873)

• The missing description for the auto-rename option has been added to the lftp(1) manual page. (BZ#619779)

• The logrotate(8) manual page has been updated, fixing multiple issues such as missing options, typographical errors, an incorrect author tag, and a faulty description of the "size" parameter. (BZ#622451, BZ#638625, BZ#644308, BZ#673968)

• The Japanese version of the man(1) manual page no longer contains a duplicate line in the specification of the "-p pager" option (BZ#632081)

• Several syntax errors and typographical errors have been fixed in the expect(1) manual page. (BZ#633701)

• The information on home directories in the useradd(8) manual page has been fixed. (BZ#650162)

• The "-v" option in the parametersetfattr(1) manual page is now described more extensively to prevent possible confusion. (BZ#651120)

• The find(1) manual page has been rewritten. (BZ#657563)

• The setfacl(1) manual page has been update to address various issues. (BZ#658734)

• A typographical error has been fixed in the userpasswd(1) manual page. (BZ#675213)

• Several typographical errors have been fixed in the locate(1) manual page (BZ#675223)

• Several typographical errors have been fixed in the pcregrep(1) manual page. (BZ#675682)

• Several typographical errors have been fixed in the pcretest(1) manual page. (BZ#675688)

• Several typographical errors have been fixed in the magic(5) manual page. (BZ#676540)

In addition, this updated package provides the following enhancements:

• The dftest(1) and randpkt(1) manual pages are now available. (BZ#613979)

• The ospfclient(8) and watchquagga(8) manual pages are now available. (BZ#615905)

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated man-pages-overrides package, which resolves these issues and adds these enhancements.

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

Updated Packages

• man-pages-overrides-2.5-1.el6.noarch.rpm
• man-pages-overrides-2.5-1.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 604626
• This content is not included.BZ - 613979
• This content is not included.BZ - 615873
• This content is not included.BZ - 615905
• This content is not included.BZ - 619779
• This content is not included.BZ - 622451
• This content is not included.BZ - 632081
• This content is not included.BZ - 633701
• This content is not included.BZ - 636785
• This content is not included.BZ - 638625
• This content is not included.BZ - 644308
• This content is not included.BZ - 650162
• This content is not included.BZ - 651120
• This content is not included.BZ - 657563
• This content is not included.BZ - 658734
• This content is not included.BZ - 673968
• This content is not included.BZ - 675213
• This content is not included.BZ - 675223
• This content is not included.BZ - 675682
• This content is not included.BZ - 675688
• This content is not included.BZ - 676540

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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