Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:45 -0400
From: bugzilla@redhat.com
To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com
Subject: [RHBA-2000:040-01] New textutils package available
Red Hat, Inc. Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis: New textutils package available
Advisory ID: RHBA-2000:040-01
Issue date: 2000-06-29
Updated on: 2000-06-29
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: N/A
Cross references: N/A
1. Topic:
With textutils-2.0a-2, sort -n doesn’t work properly.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Linux 6.2 – i386 alpha sparc
3. Problem description:
With textutils-2.0a-2, sort -n doesn’t work properly. Some
locale information may also be ignored.
4. Solution:
For each RPM for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filename]
where filename is the name of the RPM.
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
for more info):
10570 – /bin/sort broken
11104 – The `-n’ flag to sort does not work properly
11383 – /bin/sort does not sort properly if -n switch is used
11685 – sort -n doesn’t work correctly
12761 – ‘sort -n’ incorrect with stock textutils
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Linux 6.2:
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/textutils-2.0e-6.i386.rpm
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/textutils-2.0e-6.alpha.rpm
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/textutils-2.0e-6.sparc.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/SRPMS/textutils-2.0e-6.src.rpm
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
a890151493b37081571699c2707cd03a 6.2/SRPMS/textutils-2.0e-6.src.rpm 35ad718cacc6886b60b790e6039b8185 6.2/alpha/textutils-2.0e-6.alpha.rpm 02f253157ba3d04b113c5e198a85fbbe 6.2/i386/textutils-2.0e-6.i386.rpm 4628635c3a99c29dfaae382b09552178 6.2/sparc/textutils-2.0e-6.sparc.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our
key is available at:
http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm –checksig
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been
corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the
following command:
rpm –checksig –nogpg
8. References:
N/A