Issued:
2012-02-20
Updated:
2012-02-20

RHBA-2011:1460 - PyXML bug fix update

Synopsis

PyXML bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated PyXML package that fixes various bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

PyXML provides XML libraries for Python. The distribution contains a validating XML parser, an implementation of the SAX and DOM programming interfaces, and an interface to the Expat parser.

This updated PyXML package includes fixes for the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, PyXML contained the shebang line, "#!/usr/bin/env python". This made it difficult to install alternative versions of Python on the system. With this update, the shebang lines in Python executables have been changed to, "#!/usr/bin/python", to ensure the Python interpreter installed on the system is used. (BZ#521307)

  • Python packages provide extra metadata about the package in the form of eggs. Prior to this update, PyXML-0.8.4-py2.4.egg-info was missing. As a result, one of the scripts of the Zolera Soap Infrastructure (ZSI) Python module did not work correctly as it could not find the PyXML libraries. As a result of this update, the missing information has now been provided, the Python eggs are now built correctly, and python-ZSI module no longer fails at runtime. (BZ#472009)

All users of PyXML are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs.

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 Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • PyXML-0.8.4-6.el5.ia64.rpm
  • PyXML-0.8.4-6.el5.src.rpm
  • PyXML-0.8.4-6.el5.i386.rpm
  • PyXML-0.8.4-6.el5.ppc.rpm
  • PyXML-0.8.4-6.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • PyXML-0.8.4-6.el5.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information