Issued:

2011-12-06

Updated:

2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:1755 - papi bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

papi bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated papi package that fixes multiple bugs and adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

PAPI (Performance Application Programming Interface) is a software library that provides access to the processor's performance-monitoring hardware.

The papi package has been upgraded to upstream version 4.1.3, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#705893)

All PAPI users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs and adds these enhancements.

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

Updated Packages

• papi-4.1.3-3.el6.i686.rpm
• papi-debuginfo-4.1.3-3.el6.i686.rpm
• papi-debuginfo-4.1.3-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
• papi-devel-4.1.3-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
• papi-debuginfo-4.1.3-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
• papi-devel-4.1.3-3.el6.i686.rpm
• papi-4.1.3-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
• papi-4.1.3-3.el6.src.rpm
• papi-4.1.3-3.el6.ppc.rpm
• papi-devel-4.1.3-3.el6.ppc.rpm
• papi-debuginfo-4.1.3-3.el6.ppc.rpm
• papi-4.1.3-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
• papi-devel-4.1.3-3.el6.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 736006

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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