Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:1571 - man-pages-overrides bug fix update

Synopsis

man-pages-overrides bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated man-pages-overrides package that fixes multiple bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

[Updated 28 March 2012] This advisory has been updated with the correct description for bug 688543. The package included in this revised update has not been changed in any way from the package included in the original advisory.

Description

The man-pages-overrides package contains a collection of manual (man) pages to complement other packages or update those contained therein.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, a manual page for the lsmsr utility was missing. This update adds the lsmsr(8) manual page. (BZ#615897)

  • Previously, a manual page for the fattach function was missing. This update adds the fattach(2) manual page. (BZ#656245)

  • Previously, a manual page for the recvmmsg call was missing. This update adds the recvmmsg(2) manual page. (BZ#674423)

  • Previously, a manual page for the sendmmsg call was missing. This update adds the sendmmsg(2) manual page. (BZ#728416)

  • Prior to this update, the lscfg(8), lsmcode(8), lsmsr(8), lsvio(8), and vpdupdate(8) manual pages did not document multiple lsvpd options. This update adds all missing options to the manual pages. (BZ#688543)

  • Previously, manual pages for the cciss and hpsa utilities were missing. This update adds the cciss(4) and hpsa(4) manual pages. (BZ#690187)

  • Previously, a manual page for the cpufreq-aperf utility was missing. This update adds the cpufreq-aperf(1) manual page. (BZ#730042)

  • Previously, the ntp-keygen(8) manual page contained multiple typos. This update corrects these typos. (BZ#709058)

  • Previously, the ntpq(8) manual page contained multiple typos. This update corrects these typos. (BZ#709274)

  • Previously, the volume_key(8) manual page contained a typo. This update corrects this typo. (BZ#712256)

  • Previously, the curl(1) manual page contained a typo. This update corrects this typo. (BZ#727526)

  • Previously, multiple ecryptfs manual pages contained an incorrect link in the SEE ALSO section. With this update, the link is now fixed. (BZ#731690)

  • Previously, the clock_gettime(2), clock_getres(2), and clock_nanosleep(2) manual pages did not mention the "-lrt" option. With this update, the "-lrt" option is now described in the corresponding manual pages. (BZ#734836)

  • The host.conf(5) manual page contained a description for the unsupported "order" keyword. With this update, the description of the "order" keyword is removed. (BZ#698151)

  • Previously, the nfs(5) manual page contained an inaccurate description of the "timeo" option. With this update, the description is now enhanced. (BZ#742098)

  • Previously, the vsftpd.conf(5) manual page contained incorrect information about the default values of the "max_per_ip" option. With this update, the information is now fixed. (BZ#740670)

  • With this update, the new multicast feature is now described in the brctl(8) manual page. (BZ#602228)

  • With this update, the "single-request-reopen" option is now described in the resolv.conf(5) manual page. (BZ#717770)

  • With this update, the new UMOUNT_NOFOLLOW flag is described in the umount(2) manual page. (BZ#723791)

  • With this update, usage of SSSD in the nsswitch.conf file is now described in the nsswitch.conf(5) manual page. (BZ#694860)

  • This update removes multiple manual pages from the original package. (BZ#719902)

All users of man-pages-overrides are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs.

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.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/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 - 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

  • man-pages-overrides-6.2.3-2.el6.noarch.rpm
  • man-pages-overrides-6.2.3-2.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information