Issued:

2012-04-04

Updated:

2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0452 - db4 bug fix update

Synopsis

db4 bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated db4 package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The Berkeley Database (Berkeley DB) is a programmatic toolkit that provides embedded database support for both traditional and client/server applications. The Berkeley DB includes B+tree, Extended Linear Hashing, Fixed and Variable-length record access methods, transactions, locking, logging, shared memory caching, and database recovery. The Berkeley DB supports C, C++, Java, and Perl APIs. It is used by many applications, including Python and Perl, so this should be installed on all systems.

This update fixes the following bug:

• The db4 spec file incorrectly stated that the "License" is simply "BSD", whereas it is in fact licensed under both the BSD and Sleepycat licenses, the latter of which differs from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) license by including a redistribution clause. This update corrects the spec file so it correctly states that the db4 software is provided under the "Sleepycat and BSD" license. (BZ#784662)

Users of db4 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

Updated Packages

• db4-debuginfo-4.7.25-17.el6.s390x.rpm
• db4-4.7.25-17.el6.ppc.rpm
• db4-devel-4.7.25-17.el6.i686.rpm
• db4-devel-static-4.7.25-17.el6.i686.rpm
• db4-devel-4.7.25-17.el6.ppc.rpm
• db4-4.7.25-17.el6.x86_64.rpm
• db4-debuginfo-4.7.25-17.el6.s390.rpm
• db4-cxx-4.7.25-17.el6.i686.rpm
• db4-java-4.7.25-17.el6.x86_64.rpm
• db4-debuginfo-4.7.25-17.el6.x86_64.rpm
• db4-tcl-4.7.25-17.el6.i686.rpm
• db4-devel-static-4.7.25-17.el6.ppc64.rpm
• db4-tcl-4.7.25-17.el6.s390x.rpm
• db4-4.7.25-17.el6.s390.rpm
• db4-4.7.25-17.el6.s390x.rpm
• db4-debuginfo-4.7.25-17.el6.i686.rpm
• db4-devel-4.7.25-17.el6.ppc64.rpm
• db4-devel-4.7.25-17.el6.x86_64.rpm
• db4-devel-static-4.7.25-17.el6.s390x.rpm
• db4-4.7.25-17.el6.i686.rpm
• db4-java-4.7.25-17.el6.s390x.rpm
• db4-utils-4.7.25-17.el6.s390x.rpm
• db4-java-4.7.25-17.el6.i686.rpm
• db4-cxx-4.7.25-17.el6.ppc64.rpm
• db4-cxx-4.7.25-17.el6.s390.rpm
• db4-devel-4.7.25-17.el6.s390x.rpm
• db4-debuginfo-4.7.25-17.el6.ppc.rpm
• db4-4.7.25-17.el6.src.rpm
• db4-tcl-4.7.25-17.el6.x86_64.rpm
• db4-debuginfo-4.7.25-17.el6.ppc64.rpm
• db4-devel-4.7.25-17.el6.s390.rpm
• db4-utils-4.7.25-17.el6.x86_64.rpm
• db4-utils-4.7.25-17.el6.ppc64.rpm
• db4-cxx-4.7.25-17.el6.x86_64.rpm
• db4-4.7.25-17.el6.ppc64.rpm
• db4-cxx-4.7.25-17.el6.s390x.rpm
• db4-utils-4.7.25-17.el6.i686.rpm
• db4-cxx-4.7.25-17.el6.ppc.rpm
• db4-tcl-4.7.25-17.el6.ppc64.rpm
• db4-devel-static-4.7.25-17.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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