Yellow Dog Linux Enhancement Announcement ----------------------------------------- Package: gaim Issue Date: Apr 23,2003 Priority: low Advisory ID: YDU-20030423-7 1. Topic: Updated gaim packages are available. 2. Problem: Gaim,a GTK2-based instant messenger application, supports multiple protocols like AIM, ICQ, Yahoo!, MSN, Jabber, IRC, Napster, Gadu-Gadu and Zephyr. An upgrade (gtk+ 2 version) of what came with YDL 3.0 release is available. 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 gaim apt-get install gaim b) Updating manually... Download the updates below and then run the following rpm command. (Please use a mirror site) rpm -Fvh [filenames] Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/updates/yellowdog-3.0/ ppc/gaim-0.61-1a.ppc.rpm 4. Verification MD5 checksum Package -------------------------------- ---------------------------- [Yellow Dog Linux 3.0] f7a418a7d9a602aee74c3ebcbfad68c6 SRPMS/gaim-0.61-1a.src.rpm f39544c58d883ce32ebd8498acb0ee76 ppc/gaim-0.61-1a.ppc.rpm If you wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine the md5sum with the following command: md5sum 5. Misc. Terra Soft has setup a moderated mailing list where these security, bugfix, and package enhancement announcements will be posted. See http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/ for more information. For information regarding the usage of apt-get, see: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/apt-get.shtml