Issued:
2013-02-20
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0316 - environment-modules bug fix update

Synopsis

environment-modules bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated environment-modules packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The environment-modules packages provide for the dynamic modification of a user's environment using modulefiles. Each modulefile contains the information needed to configure the shell for an application. Once the package is initialized, the environment can be modified on a per-module basis using the module command which interprets modulefiles.

The environment-modules package has been upgraded to upstream version 3.2.9c, which provides a number of bug fixes over the previous version. (BZ#765630)

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Due to an error in the Tcl library, some allocated pointers were invalidated inside the library. Consequently, running the "module switch" command in the tcsh shell led to a segmentation fault. The bug has been fixed and the system memory is now allocated and pointed to correctly. (BZ#818177)

  • Previously, the /usr/share/Modules/modulefiles/modules file contained an incorrect path. Consequently, an error occurred when the "module load modules" command was executed. With this update, the incorrect path has been replaced and the described error no longer occurs. (BZ#848865)

All users of environment-modules 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 Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
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 Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • environment-modules-debuginfo-3.2.9c-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • environment-modules-3.2.9c-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • environment-modules-debuginfo-3.2.9c-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • environment-modules-debuginfo-3.2.9c-4.el6.i686.rpm
  • environment-modules-3.2.9c-4.el6.src.rpm
  • environment-modules-3.2.9c-4.el6.i686.rpm
  • environment-modules-3.2.9c-4.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information