Issued:
2013-04-04
Updated:
2013-04-04

RHBA-2013:0703 - coreutils bug fix update

Synopsis

coreutils bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated coreutils packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The coreutils package contains the core GNU utilities. It is a combination of the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.

This update fixes the following bug:

The "tail -f" command uses inotify for tracking changes in files. For remote file systems [-/,] inotify is not available. In the case of unknown file systems, for example panasas, "tail -f" failed instead of falling back to polling. Now, the list of known file systems is updated and "tail -f" is modified to fall back into polling for unknown file systems. As result, "tail -f" now works correctly, even on unknown file systems, with only a warning about the unknown file system and a fall back to polling. (#924711)

Users of coreutils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via 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 Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI)2.1x86_64
Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise2.1x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support6.4ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support6.4s390x
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 Update Support from RHUI6.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.4i386
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 Server - AUS6.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.s390x.rpm
  • coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.s390x.rpm
  • coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.src.rpm
  • coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm
  • coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm
  • coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm
  • coreutils-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm
  • coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.s390x.rpm
  • coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm
  • coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm
  • coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm
  • coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-19.el6_4.1.i686.rpm
  • coreutils-libs-8.4-19.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information