Pare, Thanks for the info.
Al Maclang
--- "Ian C. Sison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This announcement will surely force another round of
> updates to your
> deployed servers...
>
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:25 -0500
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [RHSA-2001:016-03] rpm-4.0.2 for all Red
> Hat platforms and
> releases.
>
>
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> Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security
> Advisory
>
> Synopsis: rpm-4.0.2 for all Red Hat
> platforms and releases.
> Advisory ID: RHSA-2001:016-03
> Issue date: 2001-02-19
> Updated on: 2001-03-19
> Product: Red Hat Linux
> Keywords: rpm
> Cross references:
> Obsoletes:
>
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>
> 1. Topic:
>
> A common version of rpm for all Red Hat
> distributions is being released.
> This version of rpm understands legacy version 3
> packaging used in Red
> Hat 6.x/5.x distributions as well as version 4
> packaging used in Red Hat
> 7.x.
> In addition, rpm-4.0.2 has support for both the
> legacy db1 format used in
> Red Hat 6.x/5.x databases as well as support for the
> db3 format database
> used in Red Hat 7.x
>
> 2. Relevant releases/architectures:
>
> Red Hat Linux 5.2 - alpha, i386, sparc
>
> Red Hat Linux 6.2 - alpha, i386, sparc
>
> Red Hat Linux 7.0 - alpha, i386
>
> 3. Problem description:
>
> Several potential problems
>
> 1) Red Hat 6.x/5.x users will need to install the
> db3 packages from
> RHEA-2001:015-09.
>
> 2) Red Hat 5.x users should note that the default
> compiler flags in rpm
> have changed, and are not compatible with the
> gcc originally shipped
> with Red Hat 5.2. Use egcs as a compiler
> instead.
>
> 3) Red Hat 6.x/5.x users should convert from db1 to
> db3 format dtabases at
> your earliest convience. This can be done by
> running, as root, the
> command
> rpm --rebuilddb
> Support for legacy db1 format rpm databases will
> be removed in the next
> release of rpm.
>
> 4) All platforms: If you chose to install rpm-4.0.2,
> and then go back to a
> previous version of rpm, then you will
> experience segfaults due to an
> incompatible change in headers in the database.
> The problem is in
> legacy versions of rpm going back to rpm-3.0,
> and is both caused and
> fixed by rpm-4.0.2. This incompatibility also
> applies to any/all
> applications that are statically linked against
> rpm libraries which
> should either be upgraded or recompiled to use
> rpm-4.0.2 libraries.
> Applications that use shared libraries should
> not be affected by this
> problem.
>
> 5) All platforms: rpm-4.0.2 will fail to install if
> you have both db1 and
> db3 rpm databases in /var/lib/rpm. If the
> packages do not install,
> please check the directory /var/lib/rpm for the
> files "packages.rpm"
> (the db1 format headers) and "Packages" (the db3
> format headers)
> and rename/remove the older or smaller of the
> two files in order to
> upgrade.
>
> 4. Solution:
>
> To update all RPMs for your particular architecture,
> run:
>
> rpm -Fvh <filenames>
>
> where <filenames> is a list of the RPMs you wish to
> upgrade. Only those
> RPMs which are currently installed will be updated.
> Those RPMs which are
> not installed but included in the list will not be
> updated. Note that you
> can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current
> directly *only* contains the
> desired RPMs.
>
> Please note that this update is also available via
> Red Hat Network. Many
> people find this an easier way to apply updates. To
> use Red Hat Network,
> launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following
> command:
>
> up2date
>
> This will start an interactive process that will
> result in the appropriate
> RPMs being upgraded on your system.
>
> 5. Bug IDs fixed
> (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info):
>
>
>
> 6. RPMs required:
>
> Red Hat Linux 5.2:
>
> SRPMS:
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/SRPMS/rpm-4.0.2-5x.src.rpm
>
> alpha:
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/rpm-4.0.2-5x.alpha.rpm
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/rpm-devel-4.0.2-5x.alpha.rpm
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/rpm-build-4.0.2-5x.alpha.rpm
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/popt-1.6.2-5x.alpha.rpm
>
> i386:
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/rpm-4.0.2-5x.i386.rpm
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/rpm-devel-4.0.2-5x.i386.rpm
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/rpm-build-4.0.2-5x.i386.rpm
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/popt-1.6.2-5x.i386.rpm
>
> sparc:
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/rpm-4.0.2-5x.sparc.rpm
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/rpm-devel-4.0.2-5x.sparc.rpm
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/rpm-build-4.0.2-5x.sparc.rpm
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/popt-1.6.2-5x.sparc.rpm
>
> Red Hat Linux 6.2:
>
> SRPMS:
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/SRPMS/rpm-4.0.2-6x.src.rpm
>
> alpha:
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/rpm-4.0.2-6x.alpha.rpm
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/rpm-devel-4.0.2-6x.alpha.rpm
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/rpm-build-4.0.2-6x.alpha.rpm
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/popt-1.6.2-6x.alpha.rpm
>
> i386:
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/rpm-4.0.2-6x.i386.rpm
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/rpm-devel-4.0.2-6x.i386.rpm
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/rpm-build-4.0.2-6x.i386.rpm
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/popt-1.6.2-6x.i386.rpm
>
> sparc:
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/rpm-4.0.2-6x.sparc.rpm
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/rpm-devel-4.0.2-6x.sparc.rpm
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/rpm-build-4.0.2-6x.sparc.rpm
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/popt-1.6.2-6x.sparc.rpm
>
> Red Hat Linux 7.0:
>
> SRPMS:
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/SRPMS/rpm-4.0.2-7x.src.rpm
>
> alpha:
>
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/alpha/rpm-4.0.2-7x.alpha.rpm
>
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