Issued:
2013-01-07
Updated:
2013-01-07

RHBA-2013:0066 - vim bug fix update

Synopsis

vim bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated vim packages that fix various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, when using the VimExplorer file manager with the locale set to Simplified Chinese (zh_CN), the netrw.vim script inserted an unwanted "e" character in front of file names. The underlying code has been modified so that file names are now displayed correctly, without unwanted characters. (BZ#591578)

  • Under certain circumstances, when doing completion in Vim, the text editor entered a recursive function call without returning and stopped responding to user input. With this update, a patch has been applied to prevent such a recursive loop. (BZ#681108)

  • When using the file explorer in a subdirectory of the root directory, the "vim .." command displayed only part of the root directory's content. A patch has been applied to address this issue, and the "vim .." command now lists the content of the root directory properly in the described scenario. (BZ#825307)

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

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • vim-X11-7.0.109-7.2.el5.s390x.rpm
  • vim-debuginfo-7.0.109-7.2.el5.ia64.rpm
  • vim-X11-7.0.109-7.2.el5.ia64.rpm
  • vim-minimal-7.0.109-7.2.el5.ia64.rpm
  • vim-enhanced-7.0.109-7.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • vim-X11-7.0.109-7.2.el5.ppc.rpm
  • vim-enhanced-7.0.109-7.2.el5.s390x.rpm
  • vim-common-7.0.109-7.2.el5.s390x.rpm
  • vim-minimal-7.0.109-7.2.el5.s390x.rpm
  • vim-enhanced-7.0.109-7.2.el5.ia64.rpm
  • vim-enhanced-7.0.109-7.2.el5.i386.rpm
  • vim-minimal-7.0.109-7.2.el5.i386.rpm
  • vim-common-7.0.109-7.2.el5.i386.rpm
  • vim-enhanced-7.0.109-7.2.el5.ppc.rpm
  • vim-common-7.0.109-7.2.el5.ia64.rpm
  • vim-minimal-7.0.109-7.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • vim-common-7.0.109-7.2.el5.ppc.rpm
  • vim-debuginfo-7.0.109-7.2.el5.ppc.rpm
  • vim-common-7.0.109-7.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • vim-debuginfo-7.0.109-7.2.el5.s390x.rpm
  • vim-minimal-7.0.109-7.2.el5.ppc.rpm
  • vim-7.0.109-7.2.el5.src.rpm
  • vim-X11-7.0.109-7.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • vim-debuginfo-7.0.109-7.2.el5.i386.rpm
  • vim-debuginfo-7.0.109-7.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • vim-X11-7.0.109-7.2.el5.i386.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information