Yellow Dog Linux Update Announcement ------------------------------------ Package: tar Issue Date: Nov 06, 2007 Priority: low Advisory-ID: YDU-2007-11-06-19 1. Topic Updated tar packages are available. 2. Problem There were various issues related to tar. 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/tar-1.15.1-26.ppc.rpm 5. Verification MD5 checksum Package -------------------------------- ---------------------------- [Yellow Dog Linux 5.0] b8f9c6955e26e8e0146b9d1404c0346e tar-1.15.1-26.ppc.rpm d262e1190242ac9307b1b2b680fc622b tar-1.15.1-26.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.