Yellow Dog Linux Update Announcement
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Package:	perl
Issue Date:	Mar 27, 2006
Priority:	low
Advisory-ID:	YDU-2006-03-27-58

1. Topic

Updated perl packages are available.

2. Problem

There were various issues related to perl.

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/perl-5.8.3-19.5.legacy.ppc.rpm
		yellowdog-4.0/ppc/perl-suidperl-5.8.3-19.5.legacy.ppc.rpm

5. Verification

MD5 checksum                     Package
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[Yellow Dog Linux 4.0]
5f1a16298492bf3a8cf4857fb1184afe perl-5.8.3-19.5.legacy.ppc.rpm
f3009647e67fb4249d5a403ffcf58f81 perl-suidperl-5.8.3-19.5.legacy.ppc.rpm
64b1fb4148beda12354d766e6f10e473 perl-5.8.3-19.5.legacy.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 <filename>

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.