Yellow Dog Linux Bugfix Advisory: YDU-20020810-5

[Dan Burcaw]

Yellow Dog Linux Bugfix Announcement
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Package:	python2
Issue Date: 	August 10, 2002	
Priority:	low
Advisory ID: 	YDU-20020810-5


1. 	Topic:

	Updated python2 packages are available.


2. 	Problem:

	The version of python2 that shipped with Yellow Dog Linux
	2.3 did not specify an rpm 'provide' for /usr/bin/python2.
	This causes some problems when using the 'apt' utility
	to install or update software requiring python2.

	The updated python2 package corrects this problem.


3. 	Solution:

   	a) Updating via apt...
   	We suggest that you use the apt-get 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:

		apt-get update
		apt-get install python2

   	b) Updating manually...
	Download the updates below for your version of Yellow Dog Linux
	and then run the following rpm command.
   	(Please use a mirror site)

		rpm -Fvh [filenames]
		  ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/updates/yellowdog-2.3/
			ppc/python2-2.1.1-2a.ppc.rpm

			  	

4. Verification

MD5 checksum			  Package
--------------------------------  ----------------------------
a9620db369ed7f70b905b113932d052c  ppc/python2-2.1.1-2a.ppc.rpm
75c956bbaaaea8c73646a19109199b68  ppc/python2-devel-2.1.1-2a.ppc.rpm
730374e56dc1da46828078ad5908a4bb  SRPMS/python2-2.1.1-2a.src.rpm

I wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with,
examine the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg filename


5. Misc.

Terra Soft has setup a moderated mailing list where these security, bugfix, and package
enhancement announcements will be posted. See http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/ for more
information.

For information regarding the usage of apt-get, see:
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/apt-get.shtml