Yellow Dog Linux Bugfix Announcement ------------------------------------ Package: modutils Issue Date: July 25, 2001 Priority: high Advisory ID: YDU-20010725-1 1. Topic: The modutils package was missing a critical program used when compiling the Linux kernel. 2. Problem: The modutils package was missing /sbin/genksyms. This missing program is necessary in order to build the Linux kernel. The updated package properly bundles this program. 3. Solution: a) Updating via yup... We suggest that you use the Yellow Dog Update Program (yup) to keep your system up-to-date. The following command(s) will automatically retrieve and install the fixed version of this update onto your system: yup update modutils b) Updating manually... The update can also be retrieved manually from our ftp site below along with the rpm command that should be used to install the update. (Please use a mirror site) ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/updates/yellowdog-2.0/ppc/RPMS/ rpm -Fvh modutils-2.4.3-1b.ppc.rpm 4. Verification MD5 checksum Package -------------------------------- ---------------------------- 404d5b361ceb4f31bbff25fc39bb50bb SRPMS/modutils-2.4.3-1b.src.rpm 7015c02048507b6912493e967d3c8602 ppc/RPMS/modutils-2.4.3-1b.ppc.rpm If you wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg filename 5. Misc. Terra Soft has setup a moderated mailing list where these security, bugfix, and package enhancement announcements will be posted. See http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/ for more information. For information regarding the usage of yup, the Yellow Dog Update Program, see http://http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/yup.shtml