Yellow Dog Linux Update Announcement ------------------------------------ Package: glibc Issue Date: Jul 26, 2005 Priority: low Advisory-ID: YDU-2005-07-26-13 1. Topic Updated glibc packages are available. 2. Problem There were various issues related to glibc. 3. Solution a) Updating via yum We suggest that you use the yum 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: yum update b) Updating manually rpm -Fvu [filenames] ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/updates/ yellowdog-4.0/ppc/glibc-2.3.3-27.1.ydl.1.ppc.rpm yellowdog-4.0/ppc/glibc-common-2.3.3-27.1.ydl.1.ppc.rpm yellowdog-4.0/ppc/glibc-devel-2.3.3-27.1.ydl.1.ppc.rpm yellowdog-4.0/ppc/glibc-headers-2.3.3-27.1.ydl.1.ppc.rpm yellowdog-4.0/ppc/glibc-profile-2.3.3-27.1.ydl.1.ppc.rpm yellowdog-4.0/ppc/glibc-utils-2.3.3-27.1.ydl.1.ppc.rpm yellowdog-4.0/ppc/nptl-devel-2.3.3-27.1.ydl.1.ppc.rpm yellowdog-4.0/ppc/nscd-2.3.3-27.1.ydl.1.ppc.rpm 5. Verification MD5 checksum Package -------------------------------- ---------------------------- [Yellow Dog Linux 4.0] f689f5f9fd51f6cf8569dd781d07046f glibc-2.3.3-27.1.ydl.1.ppc.rpm cb2b2529afb657057ee4ea2dc871f82a glibc-common-2.3.3-27.1.ydl.1.ppc.rpm b0f9bdfddfe8e80294212fe0e3eedcd5 glibc-devel-2.3.3-27.1.ydl.1.ppc.rpm a2d1c4c349dbb3424e6198ed691d8b04 glibc-headers-2.3.3-27.1.ydl.1.ppc.rpm b6fc43d98082765dd6bf0fe2d45cbb3e glibc-profile-2.3.3-27.1.ydl.1.ppc.rpm 2094c3b7a1361f6c1f866708750a741f glibc-utils-2.3.3-27.1.ydl.1.ppc.rpm 768bf07282bb9e69cf3d1eecd5151079 nptl-devel-2.3.3-27.1.ydl.1.ppc.rpm 0db501beb4e533ea82d7553a743d1545 nscd-2.3.3-27.1.ydl.1.ppc.rpm c401b4a8608fb8437887bde1693ba342 glibc-2.3.3-27.1.ydl.1.src.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. Miscellaneous 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.