Bug 614492

Summary: $VERSION isn't nummeric in perl-Archive-Tar-1.39.1-1.el4_8.1
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Reporter: RHEL Program Management <pm-rhel>
Component: perl-Archive-TarAssignee: Petr Pisar <ppisar>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Martin Cermak <mcermak>
Severity: low Docs Contact:
Priority: low    
Version: 4.8CC: azelinka, mcermak, ovasik, pm-eus, ppisar, psabata, rvokal, szeppek
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: EasyFix, Regression, ZStream
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: perl-Archive-Tar-1.39.1-1.el4_8.2 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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When using the Archive::Tar Perl module, when the $VERSION variable was referenced, a warning message similar to the following was printed to standard output: Argument "1.39_01" isn't numeric in subroutine entry at -e line 1. This was caused by the presence of an underscore in the $VERSION variable. With this update, the Archive::Tar module no longer outputs this warning message. Note: this regression was caused by a change to the module's version number, and was introduced by the RHSA-2010:0505 perl-Archive-Tar security update.
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Bug Depends On: 612886    
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Description RHEL Program Management 2010-07-14 15:16:27 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #612886 and has been proposed
to be backported to 4.8 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 6 Douglas Silas 2010-07-26 14:13:33 UTC
Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.

New Contents:
When using the Archive::Tar Perl module, when the $VERSION variable was referenced, a warning message similar to the following was printed to standard output:

  Argument "1.39_01" isn't numeric in subroutine entry at -e line 1.

This was caused by the presence of an underscore in the $VERSION variable. With this update, the Archive::Tar module no longer outputs this warning message.

Note: this regression was caused by a change to the module's version number, and was introduced by the RHSA-2010:0505 perl-Archive-Tar security update.

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2010-08-04 14:44:16 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2010-0594.html