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

RHBA-2013:0460 - redhat-rpm-config bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

redhat-rpm-config bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated redhat-rpm-config packages that fix two bugs and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The redhat-rpm-config packages are used during the build of RPM packages to apply various default distribution options determined by Red Hat. It also provides a few Red Hat RPM macro customizations, such as those used during the building of Driver Update packages.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • The kmodtool script is a helper script for building kernel module RPMs. Previously, the "verrel" parameter in the kmodtool script returned the kernel version and variant string with a dangling sign ("."). With this update, the dangling sign has been removed from the "verrel" output. (BZ#795577)

  • The "brp-java-repack-jars" script was unable to correctly handle certain Java Archive (JAR) files. Those files set permissions on "exploded" directory hierarchies to non-standard permissions modes, such as "0000". With this update, standard user permissions are set correctly on the "exploded" directory hierarchy, which prevents certain errors from occurring, such as being unable to remove the directory tree when it is necessary to do so. (BZ#822073)

This update also adds the following enhancements:

  • Previously, the number of parallel compilation jobs suggested by the %_smp_mflags macro was limited to maximum of 16 CPUs. This update introduces the %_smp_ncpus_max macro, which makes the CPU limit adjustable. (BZ#669638)

  • Previously, the /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/rpmrc file contained a leftover "macrofiles" line, which is ignored by later versions of RPM. With this update, the aforementioned line has been removed from rprmc to avoid confusion. (BZ#869062)

All users of redhat-rpm-config are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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 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 - 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

  • redhat-rpm-config-9.0.3-42.el6.noarch.rpm
  • redhat-rpm-config-9.0.3-42.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information