Issued:
2012-06-20
Updated:
2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0968 - libevent bug fix update


Synopsis

libevent bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated libevent packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been reached.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Prior to this update, several multilib files in the optional repositories could cause conflicts. As a consequence, these files could not use both a primary and a secondary architecture. This update modifies the underlying source code so that no more multilib file conflicts occur. (BZ#658051)

All users of libevent or applications that require the libevent library are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

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 - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
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

  • libevent-doc-1.4.13-4.el6.noarch.rpm
  • libevent-debuginfo-1.4.13-4.el6.s390.rpm
  • libevent-1.4.13-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libevent-devel-1.4.13-4.el6.s390.rpm
  • libevent-1.4.13-4.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libevent-debuginfo-1.4.13-4.el6.i686.rpm
  • libevent-headers-1.4.13-4.el6.noarch.rpm
  • libevent-1.4.13-4.el6.s390.rpm
  • libevent-debuginfo-1.4.13-4.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libevent-1.4.13-4.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libevent-devel-1.4.13-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libevent-devel-1.4.13-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libevent-1.4.13-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libevent-1.4.13-4.el6.i686.rpm
  • libevent-debuginfo-1.4.13-4.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libevent-debuginfo-1.4.13-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libevent-devel-1.4.13-4.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libevent-1.4.13-4.el6.src.rpm
  • libevent-debuginfo-1.4.13-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libevent-devel-1.4.13-4.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libevent-devel-1.4.13-4.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information