Yellow Dog Linux Update Announcement ------------------------------------ Package: libXfont Issue Date: Apr 20, 2007 Priority: low Advisory-ID: YDU-2007-04-20-5 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-1.2.8-1.ppc.rpm yellowdog-5.0/RPMS/ppc/libXfont-devel-1.2.8-1.ppc.rpm 5. Verification MD5 checksum Package -------------------------------- ---------------------------- [Yellow Dog Linux 5.0] ca446194a3b02c7b91d1673f60936672 libXfont-1.2.8-1.ppc.rpm 40a53ab9214f6c0125300e53847bc81b libXfont-devel-1.2.8-1.ppc.rpm e4d4a3663d12966bb5150ac3fcffb9e0 libXfont-1.2.8-1.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.