Yellow Dog Linux Update Announcement
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Package:	tar
Issue Date:	Nov 27, 2007
Priority:	low
Advisory-ID:	YDU-2007-11-27-7

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/tar-1.15.1-27.ppc.rpm

5. Verification

MD5 checksum                     Package
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[Yellow Dog Linux 5.0]
80c0679caa036ce6ac84a28468fb700b tar-1.15.1-27.ppc.rpm
a60103bd723ea12baded6b787914cb24 tar-1.15.1-27.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.