Issued:
2013-04-29
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:0777 - perl-Socket6 bug fix update

Synopsis

perl-Socket6 bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated perl-Socket6 packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

This module supports the getaddrinfo() and getnameinfo() functions to intend to enable protocol independent programing. If the user's environment supports IPv6, IPv6 related defines such as AF_INET6 are included.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • When invoking a manual page for Socket6, no manual page was found. The build script has been fixed to convert POD (Plain Old Documentation) to manual pages. As a result, the "man Socket6" command correctly shows the Socket6(3) manual page for the Socket6 Perl module as expected. (BZ#953873)

Users of perl-Socket6 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

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

  • perl-Socket6-0.23-4.el6.i686.rpm
  • perl-Socket6-0.23-4.el6.src.rpm
  • perl-Socket6-0.23-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • perl-Socket6-0.23-4.el6.s390x.rpm
  • perl-Socket6-debuginfo-0.23-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • perl-Socket6-debuginfo-0.23-4.el6.i686.rpm
  • perl-Socket6-debuginfo-0.23-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • perl-Socket6-0.23-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • perl-Socket6-debuginfo-0.23-4.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information