Issued:
2012-04-09
Updated:
2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0461 - procps bug fix update

Synopsis

procps bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated procps package that fixes two bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The procps package contains a set of system utilities that provide system information using the /proc file system. The procps package includes the free, pgrep, pkill, pmap, ps, pwdx, skill, slabtop, snice, sysctl, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, and watch utilities.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, it was not possible to instruct the "top" utility by using command-line options to sort processes according to the memory consumption. This was possible only in interactive mode (by using the "Shift+M" key combination). This update introduces a new command-line option, "-a", that instructs the "top" utility to sort processes according to the memory consumption in batch mode. Note that in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, this functionality is provided by the "-m" option whereas the same option is used for another feature in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. (BZ#746997)

  • Previously, the CPULOOP variable effected only the statistical lines representing the particular CPU cores. With this update, the "top" command additionally applies the CPULOOP variable on the CPU summary line (that represents all the CPU cores). (BZ#751475)

  • Prior to this update, no development package was generated for procps. With this update, a separate procps-devel package containing a set of procps development headers is available. (BZ#766792)

All users of procps are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs.

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

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

  • procps-debuginfo-3.2.8-23.el6.i686.rpm
  • procps-devel-3.2.8-23.el6.ppc.rpm
  • procps-debuginfo-3.2.8-23.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • procps-3.2.8-23.el6.ppc.rpm
  • procps-3.2.8-23.el6.s390x.rpm
  • procps-3.2.8-23.el6.s390.rpm
  • procps-devel-3.2.8-23.el6.s390.rpm
  • procps-devel-3.2.8-23.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • procps-debuginfo-3.2.8-23.el6.ppc.rpm
  • procps-debuginfo-3.2.8-23.el6.s390.rpm
  • procps-debuginfo-3.2.8-23.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • procps-devel-3.2.8-23.el6.s390x.rpm
  • procps-3.2.8-23.el6.src.rpm
  • procps-3.2.8-23.el6.i686.rpm
  • procps-devel-3.2.8-23.el6.i686.rpm
  • procps-devel-3.2.8-23.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • procps-3.2.8-23.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • procps-debuginfo-3.2.8-23.el6.s390x.rpm
  • procps-3.2.8-23.el6.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information