Issued:

2012-02-20

Updated:

2012-02-20

RHBA-2011:1376 - gpart bug fix update

Synopsis

gpart bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated gpart package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The gpart utility is a small tool, which tries to guess what partitions are on a PC type hard disk in case the primary partition table was damaged.

This update fixes the following bug:

• The gpart package was previously only available for the i386 architecture. This update makes the gpart package available for both i386 and 64-bit x86 architectures. (BZ#648279)

All users of gpart should 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

• gpart-0.1h-6.el5.x86_64.rpm
• gpart-0.1h-6.el5.src.rpm
• gpart-0.1h-6.el5.i386.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 648279

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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