Issued:

2013-01-07

Updated:

2013-01-07

RHBA-2012:1117 - yum bug fix update

Synopsis

yum bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated yum packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

Yum is a command-line utility that allows the user to check for updates and automatically download and install updated RPM packages. Yum automatically obtains and downloads dependencies, prompting the user for permission as necessary.

This update fixes the following bug:

• After having installed a 64-bit package and running the "yum localupdate" command with the same package for both 64-bit and 32-bit architectures, yum installed the 32-bit package if the file list contained the current package versions. With this update, yum now checks for the matching package name and architecture in this scenario; if either the name or architecture does not match, yum does not perform any action. (BZ#749337)

All users of yum 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

Updated Packages

• yum-3.2.22-40.el5.noarch.rpm
• yum-3.2.22-40.el5.src.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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