Issued:

2013-02-20

Updated:

2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0464 - man-pages-overrides bug fix update

Synopsis

man-pages-overrides bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated man-pages-overrides package that fixes several bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The man-pages-overrides package provides a collection of manual (man) pages to complement other packages or update those contained therein.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, documentation about SMBIOS on the dmidecode(8) manual page was unclear. This update fixes the information about SMBIOS on the dmidecode(8) manual page. (BZ#806845)

• Prior to this update, description of the "-SecurityTypes" option in the TigerVNC utility was missing in the vncviewer(1) and Xvnc(1) manual pages. This update adds a description to the vncviewer(1) and Xvnc(1) manual pages. (BZ#814417)

• Prior to this update, the localalloc option on the numactl(8) manual page was not clearly described. This update adds a clear description of the localalloc option to the numactl(8) utility. (BZ#845657)

• Prior to this update, some options were missing from the ipmitool(1) manual page. With this update, all options are described on the ipmitool(1) manual page. (BZ#846591)

• Previously, the alsaunmute(1) manual page was missing. This update adds the alsaunmute(1) manual page. (BZ#849201)

• Prior to this update, the "--no-tpm" option was not described in the rngd(8) manual page. This update adds a description of the "--no-tpm" option. (BZ#853959)

• Prior to this update, the groupmems(8) manual page was missing information about the setuid permission of the groupmems binary. This update clarifies the setuid permission in the groupmems(8) manual page. (BZ#867332)

• Prior to this update, the dump(8) manual page was missing information about the ext4 file system support. This update adds this information to the dump(8) manual page. (BZ#872526)

Users of man-pages-overrides are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes 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

Updated Packages

• man-pages-overrides-6.4.1-1.el6.src.rpm
• man-pages-overrides-6.4.1-1.el6.noarch.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 806845
• This content is not included.BZ - 845657
• This content is not included.BZ - 849201
• This content is not included.BZ - 853959
• This content is not included.BZ - 866386
• This content is not included.BZ - 867332
• This content is not included.BZ - 872526

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.