Yellow Dog Linux Update Announcement ------------------------------------ Package: libxml2 Issue Date: Jan 06, 2009 Priority: low Advisory-ID: YDU-2009-01-06-11 1. Topic Updated libxml2 packages are available. 2. Problem There were various issues related to libxml2. 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-6.1/RPMS/libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.7.ppc.rpm yellowdog-6.1/RPMS/libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.7.ppc.rpm yellowdog-6.1/RPMS/libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.7.ppc.rpm 5. Verification MD5 checksum Package -------------------------------- ---------------------------- [Yellow Dog Linux 6.1] cb88ddf9c27334a8c58bf167cbda81fe libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.7.ppc.rpm 20b848a193a6871b47b9b8276062d29a libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.7.ppc.rpm b4f478f1c1f6122e8d2c2d3523a8643e libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.7.ppc.rpm e6c4670da290cf1b24bdebeb4faebc7c libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.7.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 Fixstars has setup a moderated mailing list where these security, bugfix, and package enhancement announcements will be posted. See http://lists.fixstars.com/ for more information.