Issued:

2012-02-20

Updated:

2012-02-20

RHBA-2011:1461 - man-pages bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

man-pages bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated man-pages package that fixes several bugs and adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The man-pages package provides man (manual) pages from the Linux Documentation Project (LDP).

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

• The host.conf(5) man page contained information about the "order" keyword, which is no longer used by the GNU C library, glibc, to determine the order in which host lookups are performed. The lookup order is now taken from /etc/nsswitch.conf. The unsupported keyword "order" has been removed from the host.conf man page. (BZ#699701)

• Previously, the rt_sigprocmask(2) manual page contained an erroneous description of the "oset" parameter. This update corrects this description. (BZ#698691)

• Previously, the db(3) manual page was pointing to the non-existent dbopen(3) manual page. An error message, "fopen: No such file or directory", was displayed when the command "man db" was issued. With this update, the db(3) manual page is removed. (BZ#640299)

• Previously, the tzset(3) manual page contained an incorrect interval in the description of the start and end format for Daylight Saving Time. Consequently users thought the number was 1-based rather than 0-based when not using the "J" option. With this update the manual page has been corrected. The Julian day can be specified with an interval of 0 to 365 and February 29 is counted in leap years when the "J" option is not used. (BZ#751877)

In addition, this updated package provides the following enhancements:

• An update in the close(2) man page explains the interaction between system calls close() and recv() in different threads. (BZ#650985)

• The bootparam(7) man page is updated to the newer version. (BZ#741713)

All users are advised to upgrade to this updated man-pages package, which fixes these bugs and adds these enhancements.

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

• man-pages-2.39-20.el5.src.rpm
• man-pages-2.39-20.el5.noarch.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 640299
• This content is not included.BZ - 650985
• This content is not included.BZ - 699701
• This content is not included.BZ - 741713

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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