Issued:
2011-07-13
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:0933 - swig bug fix update

Synopsis

swig bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated swig package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator (SWIG) is a software development utility for connecting C, C++ and Objective C programs with a variety of high-level programming languages. SWIG is primarily used with Perl, Python and Tcl/TK, but it has also been extended to Java, Eiffel and Guile. SWIG is normally used to create high-level interpreted programming environments, systems integration, and as a tool for building user interfaces.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Prior to this update, the swig utility emitted a nonexistent "zend_error_noreturn" function call instead of the "zend_error" call into a generated PHP code. This bug has been fixed in this update, and swig now correctly emits only the "zend_error" call as expected. (BZ#679713)

All users of swig are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • swig-debuginfo-1.3.40-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • swig-doc-1.3.40-6.el6.noarch.rpm
  • swig-1.3.40-6.el6.i686.rpm
  • swig-debuginfo-1.3.40-6.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • swig-1.3.40-6.el6.s390x.rpm
  • swig-debuginfo-1.3.40-6.el6.i686.rpm
  • swig-1.3.40-6.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • swig-1.3.40-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • swig-1.3.40-6.el6.src.rpm
  • swig-debuginfo-1.3.40-6.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information