Issued:

2013-01-07

Updated:

2013-01-07

RHBA-2013:0015 - kbd bugfix update

Synopsis

kbd bugfix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated kbd packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The kbd packages provide tools for managing console behavior on a Linux system, including the keyboard, screen fonts, virtual terminals and font files.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, the "bin/unicode_start" script was called twice. As a consequence, "unicode_start" with environment variables set to "BASH_ENV=~/.bashrc" and "TERM=linux" could enter an infinite loop. This update modifies the "/etc/unicode_start" init script so that "unicode_start" is now called once and no longer causes a loop. (BZ#622981)

All users of kbd are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• kbd-debuginfo-1.12-22.el5.i386.rpm
• kbd-1.12-22.el5.ppc.rpm
• kbd-debuginfo-1.12-22.el5.ia64.rpm
• kbd-debuginfo-1.12-22.el5.ppc.rpm
• kbd-1.12-22.el5.ia64.rpm
• kbd-1.12-22.el5.src.rpm
• kbd-debuginfo-1.12-22.el5.x86_64.rpm
• kbd-1.12-22.el5.x86_64.rpm
• kbd-1.12-22.el5.i386.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 622981

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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