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Bug 838738 - [RFE] Provide 'sharutils' package in supported channel
Summary: [RFE] Provide 'sharutils' package in supported channel
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: distribution
Version: 6.4
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: 6.4
Assignee: RHEL Program Management
QA Contact: Nobody
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 752420 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: 607248 752420 806907 1075802 1172231 1269194
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-07-10 01:18 UTC by Platform RFE
Modified: 2019-07-11 07:36 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Enhancement
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2016-09-09 21:25:45 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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Comment 1 Platform RFE 2012-07-10 01:18:41 UTC 
** Original comment by rdassen **

2. What is the nature and description of the request?

Customer would like the 'sharutils' package to be supported in RHEL 6, as it
was in earlier RHEL versions.

        3. Why does the customer need this? (List the business requirements
        here)

"The uuencode command is supported by our Solaris 10 builds and widely used by
development environment and applications on that platforms. The sharutils
package has enabled migrations of these applications and is currently used on
approximately 2,000 RHEL4 and RHEL5 servers globally at [Customer]. Not having
support for this package is a major barrier for migrating our applications from
Solaris and older RHEL releases to RHEL6."

        4. How would the customer like to achieve this? (List the functional
        requirements here)

I don't think this question is applicable to this request.

        5. For each functional requirement listed in question 4, specify how
        Red Hat and the customer can test to confirm the requirement is
        successfully implemented.

I don't think this question is applicable to this request.

        6. Is there already an existing RFE upstream or in Red Hat bugzilla?

I was not able to find an existing RFE for this request.

        7. Does the customer have any specific timeline dependencies?

ASAP, probably RHEL 6.3 assuming this is too late for 6.2.

        8. Is the sales team involved in this request and do they have any
        additional input?

No.

        9. List any affected packages

sharutils
sharutils-debug

        10. Would the customer be able to assist in testing this functionality
        if implemented?

There's really nothing test.
Comment 3 Platform RFE 2012-07-10 01:18:45 UTC 
** Original comment by snagar **

Looking into this now....hope to have a decision on this shortly.
Comment 14 Marcel Kolaja 2015-05-26 12:06:48 UTC 
*** Bug 752420 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 16 Steve Almy 2016-09-09 21:25:45 UTC 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 has reached the end of Production 1 Phase of its Life Cycle (see https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/ for details). Accordingly, there are no plans to incorporate this feature in a future Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 release.

To request the feature be included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, please re-open the request for Red Hat Enterprise 7 and provide additional business and/or technical information about the importance of this feature to you.
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