Issued:
2011-07-27
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:1092 - gpm bug fix update


Synopsis

gpm bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated gpm packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The gpm packages contain a program handling mouse services on a system console device.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Prior to this update, it was not possible to build the gpm packages on the supported platforms if the emacs package was installed. This problem has been resolved with this update and no longer occurs. (BZ#684920)

All users of gpm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

Solution

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

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 - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
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

  • gpm-devel-1.20.6-12.el6.s390.rpm
  • gpm-1.20.6-12.el6.s390x.rpm
  • gpm-libs-1.20.6-12.el6.ppc.rpm
  • gpm-libs-1.20.6-12.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gpm-devel-1.20.6-12.el6.s390x.rpm
  • gpm-1.20.6-12.el6.i686.rpm
  • gpm-debuginfo-1.20.6-12.el6.i686.rpm
  • gpm-libs-1.20.6-12.el6.i686.rpm
  • gpm-devel-1.20.6-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gpm-static-1.20.6-12.el6.i686.rpm
  • gpm-devel-1.20.6-12.el6.i686.rpm
  • gpm-debuginfo-1.20.6-12.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gpm-static-1.20.6-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gpm-debuginfo-1.20.6-12.el6.ppc.rpm
  • gpm-devel-1.20.6-12.el6.ppc.rpm
  • gpm-devel-1.20.6-12.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gpm-static-1.20.6-12.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gpm-libs-1.20.6-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gpm-debuginfo-1.20.6-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gpm-1.20.6-12.el6.src.rpm
  • gpm-1.20.6-12.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gpm-debuginfo-1.20.6-12.el6.s390.rpm
  • gpm-debuginfo-1.20.6-12.el6.s390x.rpm
  • gpm-static-1.20.6-12.el6.s390x.rpm
  • gpm-libs-1.20.6-12.el6.s390.rpm
  • gpm-1.20.6-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gpm-libs-1.20.6-12.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information