Yellow Dog Linux Update Announcement ------------------------------------ Package: util-linux Issue Date: Feb 16, 2009 Priority: low Advisory-ID: YDU-2009-02-16-4 1. Topic Updated util-linux packages are available. 2. Problem There were various issues related to util-linux. 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/util-linux-2.13-0.47.ydl6.2.ppc.rpm 5. Verification MD5 checksum Package -------------------------------- ---------------------------- [Yellow Dog Linux 6.1] 962260d8fb27cfd2f4f4511cb0c3f98e util-linux-2.13-0.47.ydl6.2.ppc.rpm ae8a40f9c8533047928e5f11c5f8427e util-linux-2.13-0.47.ydl6.2.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.