Issued:

2012-04-03

Updated:

2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0444 - cpio bug fix update

Synopsis

cpio bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated cpio package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The cpio package provides the GNU cpio file archiver utility. GNU cpio can be used to copy and extract files into or from cpio and Tar archives.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update,the options --to-stdout and --no-absolute-filenames were not listed in the cpio (1) manual page. This update includes the missing options and corrects several misprints. (BZ#746209)

All users of cpio are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.

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

Updated Packages

• cpio-2.10-10.el6.s390x.rpm
• cpio-debuginfo-2.10-10.el6.i686.rpm
• cpio-debuginfo-2.10-10.el6.x86_64.rpm
• cpio-2.10-10.el6.src.rpm
• cpio-2.10-10.el6.ppc64.rpm
• cpio-2.10-10.el6.x86_64.rpm
• cpio-debuginfo-2.10-10.el6.ppc64.rpm
• cpio-debuginfo-2.10-10.el6.s390x.rpm
• cpio-2.10-10.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 746209

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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