On Wed, 14 Dec 2011, Pat Riehecky wrote:

> Updated packages for nfs-utils posted for testing at
>
> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/testing/i386/
> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/testing/x86_64/
>
> These packages should not segfault in the manner that the current packages 
> do.  If it does continue to segfault, or operate in an unexpected manner, 
> please let me know.
>
> To test these you will need to downgrade to a version earlier than 
> nfs-utils-1.2.3-15.el6 (yum downgrade nfs-utils), enable the testing 
> repository, and install nfs-utils from there.  Once installed you can disable 
> the testing repo.
>
> Or you can just run the following commands
>
> yum -y downgrade nfs-utils
> yum -y --enablerepo=sl-testing update nfs-utils

Okay, thanks, this now works for me!

and since the version number didn't change above I think the command
that is needed is (depending on your yum setup):
   yum -y --disablerepo=sl-security --enablerepo=sl-testing update nfs-utils

# rpm -qi nfs-utils
Name        : nfs-utils        Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 1.2.3                 Vendor: (none)
Release     : 15.el6            Build Date: Wed 14 Dec 2011 07:17:13
...

cheers, etc.
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