Issued:

2011-07-06

Updated:

2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:0923 - mksh bug fix update

Synopsis

mksh bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated mksh package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The mksh package provides the MirBSD version of the Korn Shell, which implements the ksh-88 programming language for both interactive and shell script use.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, the mksh package did not specify all requirements for RPM scriptlets. As a result, the requirements were not installed during the post install setup and the scriptlets were not able to work correctly. With this update, the bug has been fixed, and the mksh package now specifies the requirements and installs them as expected. (BZ#712355)

All users of mksh are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.

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.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• mksh-debuginfo-39-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
• mksh-39-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
• mksh-39-7.el6.src.rpm
• mksh-39-7.el6.i686.rpm
• mksh-39-7.el6.s390x.rpm
• mksh-debuginfo-39-7.el6.i686.rpm
• mksh-39-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
• mksh-debuginfo-39-7.el6.s390x.rpm
• mksh-debuginfo-39-7.el6.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 712355

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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