Yellow Dog Linux Update Announcement ------------------------------------ Package: util-linux Issue Date: Jul 26, 2005 Priority: low Advisory-ID: YDU-2005-07-26-41 1. Topic Updated util-linux packages are available. 2. Problem There were various issues related to util-linux. 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/util-linux-2.12-19.ppc.rpm 5. Verification MD5 checksum Package -------------------------------- ---------------------------- [Yellow Dog Linux 4.0] cf556f140d6254c2d4995289c8075036 util-linux-2.12-19.ppc.rpm 7616e044d4a56e72415174dcda9cb726 util-linux-2.12-19.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.