Issued:
2011-07-21
Updated:
2011-07-21

RHBA-2011:1072 - new package: tcsh617

Synopsis

new package: tcsh617

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An new tcsh617 package that serves as a replacement for the tcsh package, and provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the tcsh package, is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

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

This new tcsh617 package serves as a replacement for the tcsh package, and upgrades tcsh to upstream version 6.17, which incorporates a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version (6.14), which was released as a part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5. The tcsh package has been retained for compatibility with the older version of tcsh.

The tcsh and tcsh617 packages are mutually-exclusive: both packages cannot be installed simultaneously. Users of tcsh who require the bug fixes and enhancements included in this upgraded package are advised to first uninstall the tcsh package and then install this new tcsh617 package. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 (BZ#676136)

Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 Technical Notes for information about these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.7_Technical_Notes/RHBA-2011-1072.html

All users of the tcsh package who want to upgrade their version of tcsh to 6.17 are advised to uninstall the tcsh package and then install this upgraded tcsh617 package, which provides these bug fixes and 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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
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

  • tcsh617-6.17-5.el5.s390x.rpm
  • tcsh617-6.17-5.el5.ia64.rpm
  • tcsh617-6.17-5.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • tcsh617-6.17-5.el5.ppc.rpm
  • tcsh617-6.17-5.el5.src.rpm
  • tcsh617-6.17-5.el5.i386.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

Additional information