Issued:
2014-05-12
Updated:
2014-10-13

RHBA-2014:0483 - transfig bug fix update

Synopsis

transfig bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The transfig utility creates portable documents that can be printed in a wide variety of environments. The utility converts the FIG files produced by the Xfig editor to other formats by creating a makefile that can translate the FIG files and the figures in the PIC format into a specified LaTeX graphics language, for example PostScript.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Prior to this update, the PostScript files generated by the transfig utility incorrectly were reported to conform to the PostScript document structuring conventions (DSC). As a consequence, printing from the Xfig editor and printing the PostScript files generated by transfig could result in blank pages. A patch that improves the DSC conformance has been applied to address this bug, and the Xfig drawings are printed as expected in the aforementioned cases. (BZ#858718)

Users of transfig 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/site/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

  • transfig-3.2.5-10.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • transfig-debuginfo-3.2.5-10.el6.s390x.rpm
  • transfig-3.2.5-10.el6.i686.rpm
  • transfig-3.2.5-10.el6.s390x.rpm
  • transfig-debuginfo-3.2.5-10.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • transfig-debuginfo-3.2.5-10.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • transfig-3.2.5-10.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • transfig-debuginfo-3.2.5-10.el6.i686.rpm
  • transfig-3.2.5-10.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information