Issued:

2013-01-07

Updated:

2013-01-07

RHEA-2012:0581 - aspell-en enhancement update

Synopsis

aspell-en enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An updated aspell-en package that adds one enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The aspell-en package provides the word list and dictionaries for the English language.

This update adds the following enhancement:

• Prior to this update, the default English dictionary contained profanity. With this update, the profanity is moved from the default dictionary to the "en-complete" dictionary. To run aspell with this dictionary, use the "-d" switch: "aspell -d en-complete". (BZ#562286)

All users of aspell-en are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds this enhancement.

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 This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• aspell-en-6.0-3.ppc.rpm
• aspell-en-6.0-3.src.rpm
• aspell-en-6.0-3.x86_64.rpm
• aspell-en-6.0-3.s390x.rpm
• aspell-en-6.0-3.ia64.rpm
• aspell-en-6.0-3.i386.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information

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