Yellow Dog Linux Update Announcement ------------------------------------ Package: kernel Issue Date: Dec 07, 2006 Priority: low Advisory-ID: YDU-2006-12-07 1. Topic Updated kernel packages are available. 2. Problem There were various issues related to kernel. 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-5.0/RPMS/ppc/kernel-ps3-2.6.16-20061110.ydl.2.ppc64.rpm 5. Verification MD5 checksum Package -------------------------------- ---------------------------- [Yellow Dog Linux 5.0] 020c11ed5161c79eece139d136cb94bc kernel-ps3-2.6.16-20061110.ydl.2.ppc64.rpm 4e4dc71513e23c92679fd996db2e9b8e kernel-2.6.16-20061110.ydl.2.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.