Yellow Dog Linux Update Announcement ------------------------------------ Package: libXfont Issue Date: Mar 29, 2007 Priority: low Advisory-ID: YDU-2007-03-29-89 1. Topic Updated libXfont packages are available. 2. Problem There were various issues related to libXfont. 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/libXfont-1.0.0-3.ppc.rpm yellowdog-5.0/RPMS/ppc/libXfont-devel-1.0.0-3.ppc.rpm 5. Verification MD5 checksum Package -------------------------------- ---------------------------- [Yellow Dog Linux 5.0] a3296be84333244b410388d8dbab4939 libXfont-1.0.0-3.ppc.rpm 9599c4a8a7016a39667075bf9843a8c9 libXfont-devel-1.0.0-3.ppc.rpm 19516f807cf8a7e66f6283f99077c219 libXfont-1.0.0-3.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.