Yellow Dog Linux Bugfix Announcement ------------------------------------ Package: yellowdog-release Issue Date: June 26, 2002 Priority: low Advisory ID: YDU-20020626-3 1. Topic: Updated yellowdog-release packages are available. 2. Problem: The yellowdog-release rpm that shipped with Yellow Dog Linux 2.3 doesn't properly re-identify a system as YDL 2.3 after a 2.2 to 2.3 upgrade. This updated package fixes the problem. 3. Solution: a) Updating via apt... We suggest that you use the apt-get program to keep your system up-to-date. The following command(s) will retrieve and install the fixed version of this update onto your system: apt-get update apt-get install yellowdog-release b) Updating manually... Download the updates below for your version of Yellow Dog Linux and then run the following rpm command. (Please use a mirror site) rpm -Fvh [filenames] ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/updates/yellowdog-2.3/ ppc/yellowdog-release-2.3-2.ppc.rpm 4. Verification MD5 checksum Package -------------------------------- ---------------------------- edef62f0669a452e3fdf19d29d7f8209 SRPMS/yellowdog-release-2.3-2.src.rpm 8eaae996b26929ea462a60667ae1b8d9 ppc/yellowdog-release-2.3-2.noarch.rpm I 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 apt-get, see: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/apt-get.shtml