Issued:
2013-06-17
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:0948 - rpmlint bug fix update

Synopsis

rpmlint bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated rpmlint packages that fix two bugs are now available.

Description

Rpmlint is a tool for checking common errors in rpm packages. It can be used to test individual packages and specific files before uploading or to check an entire distribution. By default all applicable checks are processed but specific checks can be performed by using command line parameters.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, an incorrect rule in rpmlint caused it to report a "missing-lsb-keyword Default-Stop" error message for services that did not start by default in any run level. This update corrects the rule in rpmlint, and error messages no longer occur in the described scenario. (BZ#663082)

  • When a package had a UTF-8 encoding error in the description, or the description was encoded in a different character set, then rpmlint terminated unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. With this update, rmplint returns an error message that the description has incorrectly encoded UTF-8 data (tag-not-utf8 error), and crashes no longer occur in the described scenario. (BZ#958038)

Users of rpmlint 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 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

  • rpmlint-0.94-3.1.el6.src.rpm
  • rpmlint-0.94-3.1.el6.noarch.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information