- Issued:
- 2014-06-16
- Updated:
- 2014-10-13
RHBA-2014:0755 - less bug fix update
Synopsis
less bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated less packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The "less" utility is a text file browser that resembles "more", but allows users to move backwards in the file as well as forwards. Since "less" does not read the entire input file at startup, it also starts more quickly than ordinary text editors.
This update fixes the following bug:
- Previously, the lesspipe script returned incorrect exit status codes. As a consequence, the less utility failed to decompress empty files that had been compressed with the gzip utility, and an unwanted message was displayed. With this update, a pipe character ("|") has been added in front of the LESSOPEN environment variable to enforce a new default behavior of lesspipe. For backward compatibility, lesspipe has the same behavior if LESSOPEN remains unchanged. As a result, the less utility now detects and displays empty files correctly. (BZ#615303)
Users of less 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
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.i686.rpm
- less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.x86_64.rpm
- less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.ppc64.rpm
- less-436-13.el6.src.rpm
- less-436-13.el6.i686.rpm
- less-436-13.el6.s390x.rpm
- less-436-13.el6.ppc64.rpm
- less-436-13.el6.x86_64.rpm
- less-debuginfo-436-13.el6.s390x.rpm
Fixes
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/.
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